Extreme Weekends shows will be performed from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on the four designated days until February 25
Extreme Weekends, which features gravity-defying performances by professional motorcyclists and car drifters, has returned to the annual Sheikh Zayed Festival. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
The show, featuring prominent international stars and performers, will be performed four days a week, from Wednesday to Saturday
A dedicated area has been built within the Sheikh Zayed Festival grounds for Extreme Weekends
Extreme Weekends will be on for a month, until February 25
The annual Sheikh Zayed Festival opened in November and will run for more than four months
Named in honour of UAE Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the festival celebrates the country’s history and cultural heritage and showcases the rich diversity of its traditions
The event seeks to educate visitors about the legacy of the nation’s founder and the UAE’s arts, crafts, customs and food
A performer on the opening night of Extreme Weekends
Al Wathba, where the Sheikh Zayed Festival is being held, is a 50-minute drive from the Corniche in Abu Dhabi
Organisers said the festival is bigger than anything staged here before, with new and different features for visitors to enjoy
Extreme Weekends, however, has been a regular feature of the Sheikh Zayed Festival
The festival features numerous family-friendly events, as well as various cultural and entertainment activities
Spread over 130,000 square metres, this year's event includes a haunted mansion, a flower glow garden with more than 400,000 flowers imported from Holland
There are more than 25 country pavilions, among them Iran, India, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Oman, as well as some African nations
Extreme Weekends shows will be performed from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on the four designated days until February 25
Extreme Weekends, which features gravity-defying performances by professional motorcyclists and car drifters, has returned to the annual Sheikh Zayed Festival. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
The show, featuring prominent international stars and performers, will be performed four days a week, from Wednesday to Saturday
A dedicated area has been built within the Sheikh Zayed Festival grounds for Extreme Weekends
Extreme Weekends will be on for a month, until February 25
The annual Sheikh Zayed Festival opened in November and will run for more than four months
Named in honour of UAE Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the festival celebrates the country’s history and cultural heritage and showcases the rich diversity of its traditions
The event seeks to educate visitors about the legacy of the nation’s founder and the UAE’s arts, crafts, customs and food
A performer on the opening night of Extreme Weekends
Al Wathba, where the Sheikh Zayed Festival is being held, is a 50-minute drive from the Corniche in Abu Dhabi
Organisers said the festival is bigger than anything staged here before, with new and different features for visitors to enjoy
Extreme Weekends, however, has been a regular feature of the Sheikh Zayed Festival
The festival features numerous family-friendly events, as well as various cultural and entertainment activities
Spread over 130,000 square metres, this year's event includes a haunted mansion, a flower glow garden with more than 400,000 flowers imported from Holland
There are more than 25 country pavilions, among them Iran, India, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Oman, as well as some African nations
Extreme Weekends shows will be performed from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on the four designated days until February 25
