Leisure Guide

The eighth Bahrain International Garden Show is open from 10am to 9pm at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Conference Centre. The annual event features flowers, plants and garden exhibits from around the world. Entry is free for children up to the age of 12 and 500 fils for adults. For details, visit www.bigs.com.bh or email info@bigs.com.bh

The much-anticipated second Bahrain International Airshow at Sakhir takes place until Saturday. There will be simulators, a heritage village, children’s activity zone and food court as well as aerial displays.Photographer Phil Weymouth captured this image in the skies above the airbase as exhibition teams put their planes through their paces before the event. Tickets cost BD7 for adults and BD3 for children. For details, visit bahraininternationalairshow.com

JJ’s Music Hall will host stand-up comedy night Craic Attack featuring UK comedians Sean Meo and Gordon Southern. Tickets cost BD5. For more information and table reservations call 39329083.

Partygoers are being urged to grab their glow sticks and paint themselves with neon body and face-paint for the first Tokyo8 UK party of 2012 ‘Project Chemikal’ with an international line-up featuring DJ Gemini, DJ Ryde, DJ Nizz and DJ Sam Samuel. It is being held at Club Z at the Pars International Hotel in Juffair from 9pm. Tickets cost BD5 for men, BD2 for women and BD4 for couples. For details call 39800939 or 34178433 or visit the Facebook page Tokyo8 Bahrain.

Don your high tops, leg warmers and glowing costumes and accessories for the Kings Of Neon III theme night at Club Buffalo, Hotel California. There are food and beverage promotions and live entertainment from resident band Deluxe and in-house DJ Johnny Bailo. For details, call 36131020 or 33731000.

A fund-raising dinner is taking place today and tomorrow at the Orchid Thai Restaurant in Ramada Palace Hotel to support the victims of Typhoon Sendong. The ‘Dinner for a Cause’ event aims to encourage people to be involved in collecting any form of support possible. Along with local Filipino community groups, the restaurant has pledged to send part of the sales revenue to CDO – Cagayan De Oro Bahrain Chapter and relief goods will be sent directly to support centres in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. Dinner starts at 7pm and costs BD5. For details, call 33299293/ 34044907 or The Orchid Thai Restaurant on 17296660.

A series of artworks symbolising the biblical story of Joseph’s exile in the desert is open at Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya. The exhibition, entitled Yousuf, from Iraqi artist Nazar Yahya, will run until February 14 from Saturdays to Thursdays from 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 8pm.