WorldFestivalAssociation

INVITATION

FESTIVAL DETAILS

● Dates: November 18 – November 24, 2025
● Location: Dubai, UAE
● Director: S.Z & WOFA
● Application Deadline: 18 August, 2025.

✅ PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

● Open to folk ensembles, choirs, orchestras, majorette teams, vocal groups, art schools, and other performing groups
● Up to 50 members per group (including dancers, managers, musicians, family)
● Program: 12–15 min (live or USB); choral groups: 12 min free program
● Submit: short CV (5–6 sentences in English), 5 photos, video link
● Bring your country’s flag
● Own transport for arrival/departure

PARTICIPATION FEE

● €189 pp (4 nights/5 days B&B)
● €238 pp (5 nights/6 days B&B)
● Double-room supplement: €15 pp/day
● Single-room supplement: €49 pp/day
● Optional dinner buffet: €20 pp/day
● 1 free place per 38 paying dancers

✅ INCLUDED

● 4-star hotel in triple/quad rooms
● Breakfast daily
● Festival participation, certificates & gifts
● Drinks during performances
● Festival publicity

❌ NOT INCLUDED

● Transport to/from Dubai
● Optional excursions
● Tourist tax (€2.50 pp/day)
● Insurance

ACCOMMODATION
MD Hotel Al Barsha or Grand Excelsior Al Barsha

● Triple rooms or quad apartments
● Supplements as above

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Day 1 (Nov 18): Arrival, check-in, free time, welcome meeting
Day 2 (Nov 19): Breakfast, beach or city tour, dinner/free time
Day 3 (Nov 20): Breakfast, desert safari (optional) or beach
Day 4 (Nov 21): Breakfast, Burj Khalifa (opt.) or beach, festival gala
Day 5 (Nov 22): Breakfast, Palm View & Dubai Frame (opt.), Miracle Garden/Global Village
Day 6 (Nov 23): Breakfast, Abu Dhabi tour (opt.) or beach, Marina cruise (opt.)
Day 7 (Nov 24): Breakfast, check-out & departure

EXCURSIONS

• Airport transfers (Dubai/Abu Dhabi)
  
  
• Dubai city tour
  
  
• Burj Khalifa Level 124/125
  
  
• Desert safari w/ BBQ
  
  
• Full-day Abu Dhabi tour
  
  
• Dubai Marina dinner cruise
  
  
• Miracle Garden & Dubai Frame
  
  
• Butterfly Garden & Global Village