Rashed Al Majed Live 2026

Rashed Al Majed Live opens the 2026 to 2027 Dubai Shopping Festival in style, with the Gulf star on stage at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Friday 4 December 2026, the festival’s first night. Backed by a full live orchestra under maestro Walid Fayed, it is the headline Arabic concert of the festival’s opening weekend and one of the big nights of the city’s winter season.

Opening night of Dubai Shopping Festival

Dubai Shopping Festival runs for 45 days, between 4 December 2026 and 17 January 2027, and this concert is the one chosen to launch it. That gives the night an extra layer of occasion. The city will be in festival mode, with shopping promotions, light shows and entertainment starting across Dubai, and the arena show is the marquee cultural moment of day one.

If you are planning a festival weekend, it makes sense to build it around this date: catch the concert on Friday night, then use the rest of the weekend to explore what the festival has lined up across the city.

A voice of the Gulf, with orchestra

Rashed Al Majed is one of the defining voices of Gulf and Arabic music. His career spans decades and close to 40 albums, and his voice has followed several generations of listeners across the region. For many in the audience, the appeal is simple: hearing songs they have known for most of their lives, sung by the man who made them famous.

This show takes a different route from a standard band concert. Walid Fayed conducts a live orchestra that reworks Al Majed’s best-known songs with new orchestral arrangements. The melodies stay the same, so the singalong moments are intact, but strings and a full ensemble give the classics more space and drama than you would hear on the original recordings.

What the programme promises

• Classics and fan favourites from across his catalogue, rather than a showcase of new material.
• Orchestral versions of his signature songs, arranged for the scale of an arena.
• Powerful live vocals with a full ensemble behind him.

Getting to Coca-Cola Arena

Coca-Cola Arena is in the City Walk area. From Sheikh Zayed Road, the venue’s directions take you off at Exit 47 towards Al Safa Street. If you would rather not drive on a festival opening night, the Red Line Metro to Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa station puts you a few minutes’ walk from the arena, according to the venue information on the ticket listing.

One timing detail is worth noting. The ticketing page shows a start of 9.30pm in its event details, while its calendar listing says 7.30pm. Go by the time printed on your e-ticket, which arrives as an in-app QR code 48 hours before the show.

Before you book

A few rules from the ticket listing apply to everyone:

• Guests under 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over.
• Tickets are final and non-refundable unless the concert is cancelled or rescheduled.
• There is no re-entry once your ticket has been scanned.
• Smoking, drugs and weapons are prohibited, and camera and recording restrictions may apply.

Who will love this night

This is a natural pick for Khaleeji music fans and for families who want to share Al Majed’s songs across generations, since younger fans can attend with an adult. It is also a strong choice for visitors in Dubai for the start of the festival who want one big cultural night on the calendar, and for anyone curious about how Gulf songs sound in a full orchestral setting.

Plan the rest of the festival with our Dubai Shopping Festival guide, see more shows at the Coca-Cola Arena, and browse concerts in Dubai and things to do in December.