THE Muharraq Nights Festival that boasts an array of cultural activities is set to begin today.
The event that celebrates art, design, fashion crafts, music and food will take place across historic neighbourhoods of the city – from the Pearling Path Visitors Centre to the Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research and its cultural houses.
The centre is organising the festival in collaboration with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.
The inaugural events will be held today at the Pearling Path visitors centre at 5.30pm.
At 6pm, visitors can look forward to the exhibition, ‘I wish I was a Dove on a Spar’, held in partnership with Al Riwaq space.
At 6.45pm, the UN-Habitat and the Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture Ministry will hold an exhibition on ‘Greener and Sustainable Cities in Bahrain’.
A number of craft workshops in carpentry, swords, gypsum decorations and more will take place on a daily basis.
There are also a number of tours and special activities planned to help residents, citizens and visitors discover the Pearling Path.
There will be a treasure hunt on December 18 starting at Qal’at Bu Mahir from 3pm to 6pm.
The Dar Al Muharraq band will be conducting traditional Fjiri music workshops on Monday and December 23 from 7pm to 7.45pm.
Dar Bin Harban Band will showcase their skills on Monday, at 8pm.
The Rashid Al Khalifa Foundation’s The Art Station will be hosting Cinema Nights from today until Saturday, and from December 21 to 23 at the Muharraq Suq from 5pm to 10pm.
Fawaz Al Shaikh will be performing on Sunday at the Archaeologies of Green building, with the Relocators taking the stage on Tuesday.
There will also be a number of violin, oud and qanun performances at Block 209 throughout the festival.
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