• Enjoy live puppet shows every hour from 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM, and make your own characters at the Gympanzee Puppet Place
• Learn new dance moves and watch the B-Boys of the Mighty Jokerz Crew flip, spin, breakdance and pop around the dance floor!
• Jump Zone Come watch amazing Cirque performers flip, spin, soar through the air and perform amazing gravity defying tricks! Be amazed as fire-dancers light up the night and stilt-walkers float across the stage.
• Angélique Kidjo will be performing her dynamic and uplifting music that has established her as a Grammy ® award-winning recording artist. Named “Africa’s Premier Diva” by Time Magazine, she strives to transcend barriers and provides a voice for those in need.
• The eclectic feminine vocalist Oum, will also be gracing the festival stage, bringing her Moroccan style and soul-filled sounds that audiences are sure to enjoy.

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• Join the Ministry of Social Affairs and experience traditional Qatari arts and crafts.
• Read a good book and hear stories come to life with special guest readers in our reading lounges. Presented by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing and Maktaba, the first bilingual children’s library in the Arabian Gulf. The schedule will be as follows:
• Stories for toddlers from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• Stories for pre-school children from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Bedtime stories from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Create your own Modern Art with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Stop by their station to create a personalized postcard to share your favorite sites and memories of Qatar with your friends.
• Join the International Academy for Intercultural Development as they perform a medley of Bollywood’s greatest hits and traditional Indian Folk dances on the stages of Katara. Then stop by their arts and craft area to make your own cartoon, get a traditional henna tattoo, or have your face painted!
• Dribble, Shoot, Score! Stop by our Sports Zone to take part in our football and basketball workshops by EVOlution Sport Academy
• Play a game of Life Size Foosball with Qatar Stars League! Stop by to meet some of your favorite Football players and challenge them to a soccer shoot out.
• See beautiful kites soar along the water at Katara beach. Join Kiteman Productions and learn how to fly and build your own kite, and launch a wish lantern.
• Come see the amazing sand sculpture created by Jenny, The Sand Castle Girl on the beach of Katara. Join her on Wednesday and Thursday for sandcastle workshops and view the sculpture on Friday at Family Day.
• Play with the latest in gaming technology! Visit the SONY Experience sponsored by Fifty One East. Enter the gaming pod to test your racecar driving skills on the Gran Turismo speed way or sing like a superstar with the Sing-Star Dance game.
• Ever wonder how they create amazing action scenes in movies or create 3D effects? Visit the DFI Filmmaking area to learn and play with Green Screen technology and participate in animation workshops.
• Enjoy traditional Qatari culture, hospitality and atmosphere with Al Badya Heritage Club.

We would also like to thank the following organizations for their support: Qatar Foundation International and Doha Mums

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• Qatar International School
• Qatar Academy HS Jazz/Pop Ensemble
• Doha British School Primary School Choir
• Doha College Doha College Rock Band and Doha College Dancers
• Evolution Sports Academy Evolution Dance Company
• Compass International School Year 5 Choir and Compass Drama Club
• Al Khor International School Indonesian Youth Committee Rukit Dancers
• Sri Lanka School Heritage Dancers
• Doha English School DESSChoir
• Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Primary Independent School
• Deja Blues
• Doha Players
• Rhapsody Music School
• Doha Community Orchestra featuring the Doha Community Wind Band
• Doha Perform
• Desert Dancers
• Cronkite Satellite
• Exiles Concert Band
• Green Color Thing

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• Chapati and Karak
• Esplanade Café
• Khan Farouk Tarab Café
• Kunafa
• L’wzaar Seafood Market
• La Gelateria Fina
• Le Vesuvio
• Mamig
• Red Velvet Cupcakery
• Saffron Lounge
• Shawarma
• Sukar Pasha Shisha Lounge

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• The Childhood Cultural Center will be hosting a number of activities in the village including a Big Talent open mic show, and arts and crafts.
• The Katara Art Center will be hosting family events and activities25 October – 30 October from 10 AM – 11 PM each day. Stop by the Hara Hara Exhibit, hear a great story in the Storytelling / Reading room, or participate in arts and crafts.
• Qatar Music Academy:
  Friday October 28that 6:00PM
  Join the Takht- Ziriab Ensemble as they give a performance of Maqam (traditional music)
  Before the show, families can participate in a wide range of music workshops presented by QMA including:
• Drumming Ensemble A brief introduction to how to play a hand drumming percussion instrument
• Workshops at 4:00PM, 4:30PM, and 5:00PM
• Making Music Using Percussion Children will have the opportunity to play tuned and non-tuned percussion instruments in a group environment.
• Workshops for ages 5-7 at 4:00PM and 4:30PM
• Workshops for ages 8-10 at 5:00PM and 5:30PM
• Toddlers’ Music Children sing musical games from around the world with their parents, which incorporate percussion instruments, actions to mark the pulse, changes in tempo and dynamics, and also encourage the children to use their imagination.
• Workshops for ages 2-3 at 4:00PM and 4:30PM
• Arab Music A brief introduction to Arab musical instruments and vocal repertoire
• Workshops at 4:00PM, 4:30PM, and 5:00PM
• Little People’s Music Children aged 4-5 years and their parents sing musical games from around the world, listen to live music and play rhythmic patterns on percussion instruments.
• Workshops for ages 4-5 at 5:00PM and 5:30PM
• Stamps are beautiful and unique, stop by the Al-Ajial Courtyard October 26- October 28th to create your own stamp with the Arab Postal Stamp Museum!
• Watch DFI student shorts at the Qatar Photographic Society throughout the day!
• What do you want to be when you grow up? Teens and younger children can come to the Bedaya Center for a career assessment or fun coloring craft.
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