100% FREEFestival of Learning — a family day of stories, play and creative discovery
Explore creative stations, games, storytelling and hands-on discovery together at the Festival of Learning. Designed especially for children around 0–10 and their grown-ups, this free community day brings playful learning into Times Square Center.
Representative creative-learning photograph from a 2010 school activity in the Philippines; not the Dubai festival, its participants or food provided there.
Al Quoz, Dubai · Times Square Center, Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Quoz, Dubai
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
15 November 2026, from 10:00 (Dubai time). The organiser advertises 15:00 finish but booking slot ends 14:00; confirm finish when booking.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Especially for children around 0–10, with their grown-ups · Free · booking required
Organiser targets ages 0–10; parent directly inspected live Calendly description stating approximately 10 and under is guidance, not an exclusion. Adults, children, parents, carers and nannies explicitly welcome free.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free family entry; reserve through the organiser’s registration link.
- Booking shares names and email addresses with the mall for security and footfall tracking.
- Participation accepts photography/filming of children for mall promotion; organiser prefers back views or blurred images. Check these terms before booking.
- Children’s vendor stalls and catwalk participation use separate applications. Shopping and prize draws are not part of this free-activity recommendation.
- Free coffee for festival visitors; no quantity, serving time or redemption limit is published.
Free drink
Original Festival of Learning page explicitly advertises free coffee alongside free family entry.
- For festival visitors; no quantity, serving time or redemption limit published. No meal or unlimited drinks promised.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 20 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
20 October original family festival page freshly inspected: free entry/activities/coffee, 15 November from 10am, Times Square Center, children and grown-ups. Parent /root inspected live Calendly available 15 Nov10:00 slot and Next details form without entering information or booking; no payment field. Slot10–14 conflicts description10–15; do not promise a finish. startsAt is corroborated; endsAt only day expiry, not finish. Booking photo-consent and mall contact-sharing disclosed. Separate vendor/sales/prize components excluded. Distinct from existing haunted/arts/pop-culture events at venue. Unique CC BY2.0 photograph inspected; truthful representative caption. Map pin from fresh venue HTML data-lat/data-lng.
Happy Families / Principal Lisa — official Festival of LearningOfficial free family registration
Venue address and map coordinates
Photo: SuSanA Secretariat / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved; licensed derivatives retain the source licence.