100% FREEA Weekend of Water — art, ecology, stories and live performance
Explore water through two complementary public symposia at Jameel Arts Centre. Saturday brings artists, scientists and researchers together around rivers and water justice. Sunday turns to mythology, memory and storytelling with Jumana Emil Abboud and invited artists, finishing with a live performance by Sherko Abbas.
Jameel Arts Centre exterior, photographed in 2023 by uy rogelio. This shows the venue, not the November symposium.
Al Jaddaf, Dubai · Lobby, Jameel Arts Centre, Jaddaf Waterfront, Dubai
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
7 November 2026, 12:00–18:00: Water as a Common Ground. 8 November, 14:00–18:30: Waterlands, Elemental Dreams. Select Saturday, Sunday or both in the free RSVP form.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Open to all; confirm child suitability · Free public programme · RSVP · confirm child suitability
The organiser’s current Instagram announcement explicitly states free and open to all. No numerical age limit or dedicated children’s programme is published.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free public symposia; RSVP for Saturday, Sunday or both and await confirmation. Places are subject to availability.
- The organiser says open to all. No numerical age restriction or dedicated children’s programme is published; confirm suitability before bringing children.
- Saturday’s preceding closed working Majlis is excluded; the advertised 12:00–18:00 public programme is included.
- Sunday begins at 14:00; the garden discussion starts at 16:00 and the closing performance at 16:45, within the overall advertised 14:00–18:30 window.
- No compulsory purchase or newsletter signup; the existing exhibitions and garden are not counted as extra new free things.
- Follow the organiser’s map and on-site directions to the lobby.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
29 October 2026: inspected the original event page for dates, hours, venue and substantive programme. Viewed the organiser’s current Instagram post through the authorised Chrome session: explicitly free and open to all. Matching public RSVP form is open (isFormClosed=false), offers Saturday/Sunday/both and contains no payment fields; newsletter optional. No form submitted. The official visitor page links the Google Maps venue pin. The organiser jointly markets the two differently titled symposia as one weekend; both dates and all included talks/performances are counted together as one new experience.
Jameel Arts Centre — original symposium programmeSunday’s original Waterlands programme
Organiser’s original post: free and open to all
Sunday’s original announcement: free and open to all
Original weekend announcement: dates, hours and free entry
Open organiser RSVP: select Saturday, Sunday or both
Official visitor page and linked venue map
Photo: uy rogelio / Unsplash · Unsplash License · Resized and compressed to WebP; original proportions preserved.