The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will organise a spectacular entertainment programme on Yas Island for this year’s Eid al-Adha celebrations.

Regional superstars Assala Nasri, Hussein Al Jasmi, Tamer Hosny and Myriam Fares will perform at Etihad Arena on July 22 and 23. There will be three days of dazzling firework displays over Yas Bay, from the first day of Eid al-Adha. The firework shows will also be broadcast every night at 21:00 on the Yas Island Instagram channel.

In Sharjah, Expo Al Dhaid, the sister concern of Expo Centre Sharjah, is set to host the first Eld Al Adha Exhibition from July 7 to 10 at Al Dhaid, the capital of the emirate’s Central Region. It will offer a tranquil shopping experience away from the city’s hustle for residents.

The exhibition will feature a wide range of perfumes, abayas, fashion accessories, cosmetics, gift items, consumer goods and traditional cuisine by scores of retailers. It will run from 4 pm to 10 pm, and is open for all.

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Yas Island will transform into an ‘F1 biosphere’, creating one of the largest ‘safe zones’ in the region with access restricted to essential F1 staff, drivers and teams. The precautionary health measures in place during the F1 weekend on Yas Island will prioritize the wellbeing of the F1 community while maintaining the competitive integrity of the final race of the season.

This year’s race weekend will run until December 13, and the sport’s biggest stars such as Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas are expected to take part. Lewis Hamilton will be aiming for a third consecutive Abu Dhabi triumph, and sixth in total, having surged to victory at the two most recent races.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020 will conclude a season that began in Austria in July, in which Bottas finished first. In the events that followed, Hamilton emerged triumphant in Styria, Hungary, Britain and, most recently, Spain.

Saif Al Noaimi, Acting CEO, Abu Dhabi Motorsport Management (ADMM), thanked the commitment of F1 management, the teams and the Abu Dhabi partners. He specially thanked the “committed sponsors ADNOC and Etihad Airways, who continue to support this important sporting spectacle on Yas Island.”

Last month, UFC held its two-week Fight Island on Yas Island, adding to Abu Dhabi’s reputation as a respected and safe destination for elite sporting events.

The ‘safe zone’ on Yas Island is made possible through close collaboration between public and private stakeholders in Abu Dhabi. Organisations across a wide range of sectors from health to travel will come together to deliver a world-class event and enable fans around the world to savour the spectacular finale of the 2020 F1 season.

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Road closure will take place on Yas Drive till July 30 informed Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport. They urged the Road users to drive cautiously and abide by all traffic rules.

The ‘Safe Zone’ which includes Yas Links, Yas Beach, W Abu Dhabi and Yas Plaza will now be open only to the UFC team members and local staff needed for operations of the facilities. However, Yas Mall, Yas Marina will remain open for the general public.

Police checkpoints have also been set up. Dry run preparations held at the airport to receive the UFC team and other logistics are in place to ensure the health and safety of everyone on the Fight Island.

The biggest fight festival will start with the pay-per-view UFC 251 on July 12 and will continue in the weeks following with three fight nights on July 16, 19 and 26.

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