Resonance — play a musical Ghaf tree

Make your own rhythms beneath a tree-shaped musical canopy. Colourful xylophone-inspired leaves and hanging mallets turn Kart Group’s Ghaf-inspired installation into a shared instrument that visitors can touch and play.

Representative photograph of an outdoor musical instrument in India; not the Resonance artwork or Dubai Design District.

Dubai Design District, Dubai · Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai

Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.

When to go

3–8 November 2026, 10:00–22:00 daily (UAE time).

Who can go

All ages · Free interactive installation · all ages · no booking advertised

Organiser says the free festival is open to visitors of all ages.

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What’s free & what to know

Free public installation within Dubai Design Week; participating adults and children can enter the festival free. No installation-specific charge or booking is advertised.
The individual programme lists 10:00–22:00, while the official main visitor timetable shows 10:00–20:00. Plan within the shared 10:00–20:00 window; confirm later access.
Paid Downtown Design tickets, shopping, transport and parking are not included.
The approximate pin marks Dubai Design District, not the exact installation entrance.
Children should participate with adult supervision.

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Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

29October2026: inspected current original resonance1 programme and free festival admission policy. Visually inspected current Visit-page timetable confirming10:00–22:00 daily3–8November2026; this replaces earlier10:00–20:00 restriction. Item remains an eligible public free experience; separately ticketed activities and purchases excluded.

Dubai Design Week — Kart Group

Official free festival admission and all-ages visitor policy

Official public installations programme

Official visitor opening timetable

Photo: Aliva Sahoo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved; licensed derivatives retain the source licence.