DUBAI, 30 October 2021 – The Expo Players, the in-house ensemble of the Ireland Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, brought the audience to their feet at the Jubilee Stage on Friday evening with a mixed repertoire of traditional Irish music as part of their ‘Halloween Samhain’ celebrations.
Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the start of winter. The Expo Players took the audience on a celebration of Irish music, from its most pure and intimate to its most raucous and modern. Another performance is scheduled for Sunday at the same venue at 1900.
Expo 2020 Dubai has lined up a raft of Halloween events over the next few days. These include a Halloween doughnut demo at Bread Ahead Bakery and School in the Mobility Zone, taking place on Saturday 30 October at 1100, where visitors can enjoy a delicious doughnut or pizza while watching a free demonstration. The same venue will host ‘A Creepy Halloween Workshop’ on Sunday at 1100, with the master-bakers teaching visitors to make the tastiest dough eyeballs and mouth-watering pumpkin-spiced muffins.
Sunday also sees Mudra Halloween, an all-day Halloween Party with different local DJs and stunning rooftop views, kicking off at the Sustainability Pavilion at 1000, while the Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre will host Halloween @ Expo – ‘A Musical Halloween’ – a 60-minute all-singing, all-dancing rock opera spectacular, featuring the most famous fright night soundtracks at 1900 and 2100.
For a slightly more serene experience, head to the Global Fitness Stage at the Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub on Sunday at 2010 for Halloween Yoga by Maya Blu.