Empire Entertainments has created an event for Dubai which will become an annual, unique Irish cultural festival, which celebrates the cultural links between Ireland and Dubai and also celebrates Irish music and dance in Dubai.
In association with Tourism Ireland and Ovation MCI we see this as an opportunity to work together to showcase Ireland and its culture, to promote Ireland as a tourist destination and a place with significant business oppurtunities.
Dubai Irish Festival is an exciting and innovative brand new 7 day Irish festival which will be hosted in the glamorous city of Dubai. The inaugural event is scheduled to take place from 21st - 27th January 2008.
Visitors can enjoy the best international performers within the Irish traditional music industry today such as Seamus Begley and Jim Murray while the festival will also feature comedy with special performances by Irish comedians Barry Murphy and Bernard O Shea.
If golf or horseracing are your passions, the Dubai Irish Festival is the perfect event to experience the best golf and horseracing in the world today. For all you golfing fanatics, the Dubai Irish Festival is hosting an “ Irish Golf Day” at the Emirates Golf Club, which will be an enjoyable day of golf, on the course which will play host to Tiger Woods only one week later at the Dubai Desert Classic.
For the racing lovers, the Dubai Irish Festival are proud to announce a special event planned for you all at “Dubai Racing Carnival” in the Nad Al Sheeba Racecourse in Dubai hosted by the legendary Irish jockey Johnny Murtagh.
Festival goers can also look forward to a Gala Night at Dubai Community Theatre situated in the amazing “ Mall of the Emirates”. "Ireland in Dubai" will be a truly special night which is to be hosted by the world's finest fiddle player Frankie Gavin. Special guests Irish performers Mícheál O Súilleabháin, Anthony Kearns and Duke Special while join Frankie and his band Hibernian Rhapsody while all the stars will be accompanied by the wonderful Dubai Philarmonic Orchestra.
If it’s lying by the pool, taking in a little shopping in the Madinat Souk or simply enjoying the best Ireland and Dubai has to offer, don’t miss this wonderful once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the magical destination of Dubai.
Dubai, live the dream…
