Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | January 2024 |

UAE
QUOZ ARTS FEST 24
Quoz Arts Fest, the region’s highly
anticipated arts and culture festival
returns for its 11th edition on
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January
2024 across Alserkal Avenue and Al
Quoz Creative Zone, supported by Al Quoz
Creative Zone, part of Dubai Culture and
Arts Authority, as Strategic Partner. Known
for bringing together art, food, live music
performances and cultural activations in
a single weekend, this upcoming edition
of Quoz Arts Fest features a dynamic and
diverse programme of more than 200 live
performances, art installations and cultural
activations across Al Quoz.
Following 2023’s major headliners the -
likes of Arab stars, Bu Kolthoum and Saint
Levant - audiences can expect another
packed festival line-up, filled with not-tobe-missed
acts in 2024. Big Hass, a Dubaibased
hip-hop DJ famous for his electric
sets, will return to the festival as emcee
and show-runner. Sudanese fusion artists
MarSimba will be back with their mix of Sudanese
lingo and African beats, along with
Lebanese duo RUST, comprising singers
Hani Manna and Petra Hawi, known for their
blend of traditional Arabic melodies and poetry
with modern electronic beats.
2024’s edition of the festival invites visitors
to take a fresh look at how they experience
their weekends. Quoz Arts Fest hopes to
tap into the inherent relativity of time with
a unique and layered experience for every
single visitor by creating unexpected stories,
producing different rhythms, and curating
playful displays.
Live performances at the weekend festival
that promise to be crowd favourites include:
UAE-based Stick No Bills with their
South Asian music remixed as DJ sets along
with custom visuals; A Bharatham performance,
choreographed by millennial artist
Usha Jey as a hybrid between hip-hop and
Bharatanatyam; and, Tanzanian-born performance
artist Dipesh Pandya’s live performance
and installation transforming a car
into a sonic sculpture via spoken word specifically
written in response to the Al Quoz
neighbourhood and site where Alserkal Avenue
is located. Amina will take to the stage
with her intimate folk and pop-infused tunes,
and the poetry and electronic music duo that
form Chamæleon will perform spoken-word
that explore the intersection between the sociopolitical
and the personal.
Concrete, Alserkal Avenue’s multidisciplinary
exhibitions and events space, will
host an interactive, ambient sound experience
created by London-based Japanese
artist Yuri Suzuki to challenge our very preconceptions
of natural and artificial forms via
an eclectic arrangement of pipes and horns.
Music lovers can also look forward to
the return of the popular Quoz Encore,
which will showcase some of the country’s
most promising homegrown emerging music
acts. Musicians of all ages, genres,
and language, are invited to the platform’s
Open Call for a chance to perform during
the weekend festival. To participate, share
a 1-minute live performance video and bio
through the form here: https://form.jotform.
com/233332856589468. The deadline for
submissions is 31 December 2023 and auditions
will take place in January.
Beyond the aforementioned creative concepts
and live entertainment in Alserkal Avenue,
Quoz Arts Fest also includes a series of
collaborations, installations, and workshops
with community concepts.
Let’s not forget the mouth-watering culinary
options from some of UAE’s most popular
independent dining concepts available at
the festival all weekend for visitor appetites.
Full programme information is available
at https://alserkal.online/event/quoz-arts-fest
Festival attendees can book their full
weekend access pass for AED 63 on Platinumlist
at https://dubai.platinumlist.net/
event-tickets/quoz-arts-fest. All proceeds
from ticket sales are dedicated to the Quoz
Arts Fest programme, supporting local and
regional talent.
Quoz Art Fest’s supporting partner is MINI
AGMC, and e-commerce partner is Ounass.
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