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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-global-food-week-abu-dhabi-202
 6@tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009
SUMMARY:Global Food Week (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Global Food Week brings food producers\, farmers and hospitalit
 y suppliers to ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi each October\; the 2026 edition\, it
 s third and largest\, runs 6 to 8 October.\n\nWhat to eat: Food and agricu
 lture trade show: producers\, food technology\, hospitality\, a honey symp
 osium\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/fe
 stivals/global-food-week-abu-dhabi/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/globa
 l-food-week-abu-dhabi/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-al-dhafra-dates-festival-and-a
 uction-2026@tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027
SUMMARY:Al Dhafra Dates Festival and Auction (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:Madinat Zayed\, Al Dhafra Region\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirate
 s
DESCRIPTION:Al Dhafra Dates Festival and Auction fills Madinat Zayed\, in A
 bu Dhabi's western region\, each October with date auctions\, honey and co
 oking contests\; the 2025 edition offered 173 prizes.\n\nWhat to eat: Date
  auctions\, date beauty and honey contests\, cooking competitions\n\nDates
  not yet confirmed by the organiser.\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/un
 ited-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/al-dhafra-dates-festival-and-auctio
 n/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/al-dh
 afra-dates-festival-and-auction/
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-taste-of-abu-dhabi-2026@tablej
 ourney.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
SUMMARY:Taste of Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:Gateway Park North\, Yas Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Taste of Abu Dhabi fills Gateway Park North on Yas Island for t
 hree November days with 16 pop-up restaurants\, chef-led workshops and liv
 e music from AED 60.\n\nWhat to eat: Pop-up dishes from 16 Abu Dhabi resta
 urants\, chef workshops\, pasta and barbecue classes\n\nGuide: https://tab
 lejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/taste-of-abu-dhabi/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/taste
 -of-abu-dhabi/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-michelin-guide-food-festival-a
 bu-dhabi-2026@tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261124
SUMMARY:MICHELIN Guide Food Festival Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental\, Corniche Road West\, Abu Dhabi
 \, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:MICHELIN Guide Food Festival Abu Dhabi gathers chefs from about
  20 Michelin Guide restaurants on the Emirates Palace grounds for a Novemb
 er weekend of tasting dishes\, masterclasses and live music.\n\nWhat to ea
 t: Dishes from Michelin Guide restaurants in Abu Dhabi and abroad\, master
 classes\, a producers' market\n\nDates not yet confirmed by the organiser.
 \n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festiva
 ls/michelin-guide-food-festival-abu-dhabi/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/miche
 lin-guide-food-festival-abu-dhabi/
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-hatta-honey-festival-2026@tablejou
 rney.com
DTSTAMP:20260928T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
SUMMARY:Hatta Honey Festival (Dubai)
LOCATION:Hatta Hall\, Hatta\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:The Hatta Honey Festival brings Emirati beekeepers to Hatta Hal
 l in Dubai's mountain exclave each late December\, with more than 50 honey
  booths in 2025. Free entry.\n\nWhat to eat: Emirati sidr and samar honey\
 n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/ha
 tta-honey-festival/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/hatta-hon
 ey-festival/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-world-of-coffee-dubai-2027@tablejo
 urney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270129
SUMMARY:World of Coffee Dubai (Dubai)
LOCATION:Za'abeel Halls 1\, 4\, 5 & 6\, Dubai World Trade Centre\, Dubai\, 
 United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:World of Coffee Dubai brings the specialty trade to Za'abeel Ha
 lls each January: a roaster village\, cupping rooms\, brew bars and the UA
 E barista championships.\n\nWhat to eat: Specialty coffee\n\nGuide: https:
 //tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/world-of-coffee-du
 bai/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/world-of-
 coffee-dubai/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-hatta-agricultural-festival-2027@t
 ablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20260928T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270202
SUMMARY:Hatta Farming Festival (Dubai)
LOCATION:Leem Lake\, Hatta\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:The Hatta Farming Festival brings Dubai farmers to Leem Lake ea
 ch winter with winter produce\, date varieties and growing workshops on th
 e valley floor.\n\nWhat to eat: Dubai winter produce\, dates\, mountain fa
 rming\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festiv
 als/hatta-agricultural-festival/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/hatta-agr
 icultural-festival/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-taste-of-dubai-2027@tablejourney.c
 om
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270209
SUMMARY:Taste of Dubai (Dubai)
LOCATION:Dubai Media City Amphitheatre\, Media City\, Dubai\, United Arab E
 mirates
DESCRIPTION:Taste of Dubai fills the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre for thre
 e February days with restaurant pop-ups\, chef workshops and live music\, 
 on tickets from AED 90.\n\nWhat to eat: Restaurant tasting dishes\, celebr
 ity chef workshops\, artisan producers\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/
 united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/taste-of-dubai/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/taste-of-
 dubai/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-ramadan-street-food-festival-2027@
 tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270308
SUMMARY:Ramadan Street Food Festival (Dubai)
LOCATION:Sheikh Hamdan Colony\, Karama Park\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:The Ramadan Street Food Festival turns Al Karama's Sheikh Hamda
 n Colony and Karama Park into an open kitchen for the fasting month\, 100 
 restaurants serving from iftar to 02:00\, dishes from AED 5.\n\nWhat to ea
 t: South Asian\, Levantine and Filipino street food\n\nGuide: https://tabl
 ejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/ramadan-street-food-fest
 ival/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/ramadan-s
 treet-food-festival/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-hai-ramadan-expo-city-2027@tablejo
 urney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270307
SUMMARY:Hai Ramadan (Dubai)
LOCATION:Al Wasl Plaza\, Expo City Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Hai Ramadan sets a souq and a nightly iftar under the Al Wasl D
 ome at Expo City Dubai through the fasting month\, with the AED 150 entry 
 redeemable against food.\n\nWhat to eat: Emirati iftar and suhoor\, souq s
 nacks\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festiv
 als/hai-ramadan-expo-city/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/hai-ramad
 an-expo-city/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-ramadan-festival-abu-dhabi-cor
 niche-2027@tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270227
SUMMARY:Ramadan Festival on the Abu Dhabi Corniche (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:Abu Dhabi Corniche\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Ramadan Festival on the Abu Dhabi Corniche\, run by Experience 
 Abu Dhabi\, opened Ramadan neighbourhoods with food trucks\, suhoor dishes
  and a souq nightly from 20:00 to 02:00 in 2026.\n\nWhat to eat: Food truc
 ks\, traditional Ramadan drinks\, suhoor dishes\, a Ramadan souq\n\nDates 
 not yet confirmed by the organiser.\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/uni
 ted-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/ramadan-festival-abu-dhabi-corniche/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/ramad
 an-festival-abu-dhabi-corniche/
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-gulfood-2027@tablejourney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270320
SUMMARY:Gulfood (Dubai)
LOCATION:Dubai World Trade Center and Dubai Expo City\, Dubai\, United Arab
  Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Gulfood bills itself as the world's largest annual food and dri
 nk sourcing event\, filling Dubai World Trade Centre and Expo City with th
 ousands of exhibitors. Trade visitors only.\n\nWhat to eat: Global food an
 d drink trade\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/duba
 i/festivals/gulfood/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/gulfood/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-e-and-beach-canteen-2027@tablejour
 ney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270406
SUMMARY:e& Beach Canteen (Dubai)
LOCATION:Nessnass Beach\, Jumeirah\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:e& Beach Canteen turns Nessnass Beach in Jumeirah into a free o
 pen air food court for about three weeks each spring\, with Dubai kitchens
  cooking 16:00 to 00:00.\n\nWhat to eat: Street food and homegrown Dubai r
 estaurant pop-ups\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/
 dubai/festivals/e-and-beach-canteen/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/e-and-bea
 ch-canteen/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-dubai-festivals-dubai-restaurant-week-2027@tablejo
 urney.com
DTSTAMP:20260926T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270518
SUMMARY:Dubai Restaurant Week (Dubai)
LOCATION:Participating restaurants across the city\, Dubai\, United Arab Em
 irates
DESCRIPTION:Dubai Restaurant Week hands more than 125 kitchens a fixed menu
  for 17 days each May\, AED 125 for two courses at lunch and AED 250 for t
 hree at dinner.\n\nWhat to eat: Set menus across 25 cuisines\n\nGuide: htt
 ps://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/dubai-restauran
 t-week/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/festivals/dubai-res
 taurant-week/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-festivals-liwa-dates-festival-2027@table
 journey.com
DTSTAMP:20261002T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270724
SUMMARY:Liwa Dates Festival (Abu Dhabi)
LOCATION:Liwa City\, Al Dhafra Region\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:Liwa Dates Festival brings Emirati date farmers to Liwa City\, 
 in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra Region\, each July for ten days of rutab-harvest 
 competitions\; 2026 drew about 80\,000 visitors.\n\nWhat to eat: Emirati d
 ates and rutab\, farmers' competitions\, date products\n\nDates not yet co
 nfirmed by the organiser.\n\nGuide: https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-e
 mirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/liwa-dates-festival/
URL:https://tablejourney.com/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/festivals/liwa-
 dates-festival/
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CATEGORIES:Food festival
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