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Wednesday (Dec 10) The Bahrain Fencing Association (BFA) will hold the first Bahrain National Day Open Fencing Championship from today for three days. The first round of matches will take place at Al Raffa Hall in Sakhir while the finals will be held at the Isa Town club premises. For details contact 17754090 or email bahrainfencing@gmail.com - see Sport: Pgs 44-45

The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa will host an Eid Al Adha Brunch from 12.30pm to 4pm at the La Mediterranee offering a feast of Middle Eastern favourites and local specialties. Live cooking stations and a huge selection of fresh mezze and salads will be laid out rounded off by a dessert buffet. The price is BD21++ per person. Half price for the under 12s and children under four go free. For details contact 17586499.

Thursday (Dec 11)

Lebanese singer Najwa Karam is set to mark Eid and National Day celebrations with a performance at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. Her songs include 'Naghmet Hob', 'Law Habaytek', 'Nedmaneh', 'Aaskah', 'Hayda Haki', 'W Kberna', 'Wadi el Safi' and 'Rah Yeb2a El Watan' and she won a 'best artist' award from the Lebanese Broadcasting Company. The event, organised by Euphoria, will start at 9pm with a warm-up by local DJ Laila until 10.30pm. Tickets are priced at BD22 for regular, BD40 for VIP and BD100 for VVIP and are available at Euphoria in Seef. For details contact 36373803 or visit www.boxofficeme.com.

Saudi Arabian DJ Baloo is set to continue his †ber GrŸv monthly residency at Level at the Mishal Hotel in Hoora. He has performed in Amsterdam, Washington DC, Beirut, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and was featured at the 2006 Winter Music Conference in Miami, alongside Harley & Muscle and Gene Hunt.

Doors open at 10pm with a warm-up set by resident Mr. K and Baloo goes on at midnight. Tickets are BD7 at the door and BD5 for ladies and nightlife members. For details contact Paul on 39777470.

Friday (Dec 12)

The Bahrain Road Runners, under the umbrella of the Bahrain Athletics Association, will host the Cross Island Run for approximately 16.5km at the Bahrain Sailing Club. Registration will be held on the day of the race from 11am to 12.15pm. The race is open to all participants over 16. On January 23 the Azrek Half Marathon will be staged. For details contact Adnan on 39685547, Khalifa on 36992288 or email bahrainroadrunner@gmail.com.

UK-based DJ Miss Divine will perform at Club Seven, Mishal Hotel, Hoora. She has held residencies in Naples, Poland, Ibiza, India, Russia and Miami. For details contact 39649590.

Batelco Melodic Meet 2008 will be held at The Indian School's Jashanmal Auditorium, Isa Town. The event, organised by the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation (BDSF) in association with the Kerala Arts and Cultural Association (KACA), will start at 7.30pm.

It will feature performances by well- known Indian stars. Performers include south Indian playback singers Anwar Sadath, Mohammed Haneef and Sangeetha Prabhu.

Also performing at the event will be Baiju Jose and Babu Jose, popularly known as the Comedy Cousins.

Tickets are at BD1. There will be a raffle draw with the first prize of a 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer. For details contact T P Abdulla on 39639319.

Saturday (Dec 13)

The Dilmun Club in Saar is presenting the latest Laughter Club event featuring stand-up comedians from London's renowned Comedy Store - Matt Welcome, Sean Kent and Stewart Francis.

Internationally-acclaimed comedian, actor and writer, Stewart has performed worldwide featuring at comedy festivals including Montreal's Just for Laughs, Aspen Comedy Arts Festival, Edinburgh's Fringe Festival, Kilkenny Comedy Festival, Belfast Comedy Festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival and the Smirnoff Comedy Festival in South Africa.

Stewart has also made numerous television appearances and has also written for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Sean has been performing live across the US for over 12 years. The Texas native's incisive socio-political comedy can also be seen on E! Entertainment, Comedy Central, Fox Sports Net, CBS, NBC and VH1 channels.

A cancer survivor, Sean also works to raise awareness by speaking and performing at a variety of annual charity events, including the Cancer for College Fundraiser with Will Farrell and the City of Hope Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion.

Matt is an established headline act on the UK comedy circuit with TV credits to his name that include 'Live at Jongleurs'. He took a sell-out show called 'What you can do' to the Edinburgh Festival in 1996 and became a favourite headline act at Jongleurs comedy clubs around the country in the late 1990s.

The show, open to all above 21, will begin at 9pm. Tickets are priced at BD12 for members and BD16 for non-members. For details contact 17690926.

Monday (Dec 15)

Bollywood singer Babul Supriyo will perform at the Gulf Convention Centre in Gulf Hotel, Adliya. 'Amidst Sargam', organised by the Indian Ladies Association, will raise money for the Sneha Recreation Centre, a free facility for children of all nationalities with special needs. For details contact 39850372.

New York native and Miami-based DJ and producer George Morel will perform at Club Seven at the Mishal Hotel, Hoora. Morel has participated in several DJ tours and Parades worldwide including Carmel Air Rave which featured a chartered plane from Germany to Greece, making Morel one of the only DJs that has ever played on a plane, Reebok DJ Tour, Puskin Vodka DJ Tour, Ministry of Sound in Germany Tour, MTV DJ Tour, Coca Cola DJ-Culture Tour, Ritmo De Bacardi, eight consecutive years at the infamous Love Parade in Berlin, Rock In Rio, Street Parade in Switzerland and City Parade in Belgium.

For details contact Nina on 39649590.