MASmash | 8 December
Ya’qoob and Abdulrahman Al Rifai are two Kuwaiti brothers who have taken rap and hip-hop music to a different level through their music, delivering a positive image regarding Islam and Arabs.
Performance Time: 9 PM – 10.30 PM
Area: Atrium, Main Stage
Flip & Daffy (Bahraini rapper Hussam Aseem and Kuwaiti singer Nawaf Fahed) released a collaborative album produced by DJ Outlaw in 2016, titled “9ARAT”, which shot up to the number one spot on the iTunes MENA charts immediately after its release.
Performance Time: 7.30 PM – 8.10 PM
Area: Atrium, Main Stage
Sima Performing Arts is an exciting, innovative studio and performance venue offering extensive training opportunities for all ages and abilities, in many performance styles.
Performance Time: 5.40 PM - 5.50 PM | 7.10 PM – 7.20 PM | 8.20 PM – 8.30 PM
Area: Atrium
Parkour DXB has performed around the world and has been central to some of the highest profile media projects to date, including Hollywood movies such as District 13, Babylon A.D., Breaking and Entering, and many more.
Performance Time: 5.20 PM – 5.30 PM | 7.20 PM – 7.30 PM | 8.50 PM – 9 PM
Area: Garden
Flowground is the first and only flow arts centre to bring the magic of hula-hoop and poi flow to the UAE by providing classes, workshops and communal jams.
Performance Time: 5.30 PM - 5.40 PM | 6.40 PM – 6.50 PM | 8.20 PM – 8.30 PM
Area: Connecting the areas
Slam Fam
Slam Fam is a collective of people who share the love of Hip Hop culture in the region, and aim to grow the Hip Hop scene in the region.
Performance Time: 5.30 PM - 5.50 PM | 6.50 PM – 7.10 PM | 8.30 PM – 8.50 PM
Area: Garden
Ray is the 2012 Beatbox champion of UAE and vice-champion 2011. Ray has also produced music for companies like Coca Cola, Kodak, Blackberry and many more.
Performance Time: 5.30 PM - 5.50 PM | 6.50 PM – 7.10 PM | 8.30 PM – 8.50 PM
Area: Garden
N1yah
N1yah's passion for arts and music began at a very young age. Her unique style is influenced by her curiosity to explore different aspects of art, managing to deliver both subtle and mysterious content by constantly bringing the unexpected.
Performance Time: 5.30 PM - 5.50 PM | 6.50 PM – 7.10 PM | 8.30 PM – 8.50 PM
Area: Garden
Ali Al Sayed is a comedian from Dubai, who was named “one of the most influential comedians in the world” by Toastmasters International Magazine, and was recently dubbed the “King of Laughter”.
Performance Time: 6 PM – 6.30 PM
Area:Atrium, Main Stage
DoseArt
Turkish Graffiti artist based in the UAE, who decorated the walls of the Ministry of Culture, and painted for Audi, Jaguar, Dubai Municipality, and Skydive Dubai.
Performance Time: 5 PM – 10 PM
Area: Garden
Jumairy is an Emirati experimental artist, who uses sound, film, digital technologies and performance to create an immersive world composed of sensory experiences creating traces and allusions.
Performance Time: 5.30 PM - 6 PM | 6.40 PM – 7.20 PM | 8.20 PM – 9 PM
Area: Auditorium
GoPlayTheWorld has run approximately 700 events across the region and been an integral part in nurturing the UAE’s flourishing music scene for the past 3 years; leading the way internationally in overcoming the challenges that the wider music industry finds itself in today.
Performance Time: 5.30PM - 6 PM | 6.40 PM – 7.20 PM | 8.20 PM – 9 PM
Area: Larte Terrace
MC – Mish’al Eskander
A Saudi MC, stand-up comedian and core improv troupe member with the Dubai-based group Dubomedy. He has performed in venues such as: Middle East Film & comic-con, American University in Sharjah, NYUAD, and more recently on the TV show “Comedia ‘Al Wagef” by Comedy Central.
DJ KARROUHAT
The Karrouhat project is considered as one of the architects of the alternative music scene in the region, with a goal to support various emerging musicians and art projects involved in this filed.
Performance Time: 5 PM – 5.40 PM | 6.40 – 7.10 PM | 8.30 PM – 8.50 PM
Area: Main Stage, Atrium