Events Listing

Head down to the Royal Golf Club to enjoy the Links Friday Carvery Feast and as it’s the first Friday of the month, four adults can eat for the price of three! The Links Friday Carvery Feast costs BD18 net per person with unlimited selected soft drinks or BD 27 net per person with unlimited selected beverages.

Book your table by calling 17751262.

The Muju Jazzy Brunch is held every Friday between midday and 5pm at the Dragon Resort & Hotel on Amwaj Islands. The Muju Jazzy Duo, Jamelo and Sariefa, will provide entertainment. There are also activities for children. The brunch offers unlimited beverages, all for BD25 per person. Children aged six to 12 pay half-price to dine. Discounts are available for advance and larger bookings.

For more information, call 16039800 or email rm@mujuamwaj.com

Elite Seef Residence & Hotel has a Family Friday Brunch Buffet and unlimited soft beverages (soft drinks, canned juice and water). It runs from noon to 4pm and costs BD10 for adults and children’s rates vary according to height. There is free access to The Kids Club (arts & crafts, games, early learning activities).

The Dogfather’s Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, under the charity license of the Cat Society of Bahrain and Pet Animals, presents the Amwaj Marina Dog Show. It takes place from 10am – 4pm at Amwaj Marina and entry costs BD2 and BD1 per class.

For details, call Liz on 39564585.

Al Areen Palace & Spa is hosting a ‘1,001 Nights Souq’ - an Aladdin-style meets Medieval-themed market complete with authentic stalls and vendors role-playing medieval characters starting March 7 and will take place every Friday and Saturday from 10am-5pm. It runs until May 31.

For more information call 17111005 or email 1001@eub2b.com

The Royal Golf Club’s new All You Can Eat Buffet will be held every Saturday lunch time in Prego! Italian Restaurant. It will include salads, pastas, pizzas and risottos as well as Italian desserts for BD12 net for adults (members’ discount applies) and BD5 net for children under the age of 12, inclusive of unlimited selected soft drinks.

Children under the age of five eat for free. The buffet is available between noon and 3pm.
For more information, call 17750777.

Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea and Spa’s Saraya Restaurant has brunch from 12.30pm to 3.30pm at BD18 net per person inclusive of soft beverages and BD22 net per person with selected beverages.

Every Tuesday there is a Moroccan night from 7pm to 10.30pm priced the same as the brunch.
For more information,call 17636363 or visit www.sofitel.com

Starting from today English calligraphy lessons are being held for adults and children aged six years and older at Bahamas Garden in Saar. Adult classes run from 12-2pm, Children’s classes take place on Saturdays from 11.30am-12.30pm.

For details, call 39457445.

Art workshops, film screenings, exhibitions, food and music are being offered to visitors of an annual art festival. Under the theme ‘foundations’, the Alwan 338 arts festival opens today at Al Riwaq Art Space in Adliya.

The festival, now in its third year, takes place at the gallery and around Adliya’s Block 338 until April 19. It offers a packed schedule of events and the opportunity to see new works of art by local, regional and international artists.

The festival will feature newly- commissioned work by resident artists Caroline Palla, Chris Lawrence, Daniel Rode, Eva Frapiccini, Ganzeer and Khalid Albaih among others.

There will also be a number of free workshops taking place, including one with Amsterdam-based collective Failed Architecture and Searching for Ancient Arabia – a research project by curator and analyst of international relations Robert Kluijver.

Daily updates about the festival will be posted on the festival’s blog
www.alwanfestival.wordpress.com

The British Embassy is hosting a special fundraising event for art and animal lovers on March 20. Tickets cost BD10 and can be purchased from AWC, Thrift shop, British and Dilmun Clubs and St Christopher’s School in Saar.

For details, call 39160343.

The next instalment of 338’s Got Talent takes place on March 15. Call 338 Garden Restaurant and book an audition or simply show up.

For details call 33304030.

The Health and Wellness Expo 2014, organised by Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA), will be held at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre from April 15-17. There will be fitness and wellness demonstrations throughout the three-day event which aims to promote well-being and holistic lifestyle practices and increase awareness on how to live a healthy life. This year’s show will see live fitness shows, relaxation methods demonstrated on a special stage and various demos from local salons. Visitors can have health checks and tests, obtain lots of information on how to maintain a healthier lifestyle and gain discounts on gym memberships and vouchers for free trials. 

Two-time Grammy-nominated DJ/producer AVICII, will be performing live at the 2014 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).

AVICII is among the top-class international artists signed up by BIC as part of the entertainment package for grand prix weekend.

The Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix takes place April 4-5-6 in Sakhir.

The concerts will be highlighting the spectacular off-track celebrations marking BIC’s 10th anniversary and landmark 10th hosting of the Formula One race, which will be held at night for the first time.

AVICII will be performing on April 5 of the Grand Prix weekend. Rock band The Scorpions, right, will also be performing on the same night. The act’s greatest hits include Rock You Like a Hurricane, Wind of Change, Still Loving You, Send Me An Angel and No One Like You. Formed in 1965 the band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

Tickets to the 2014 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix are now available. They can be purchased at the BIC stands in Bahrain City Centre or Seef Mall; online at www.bahraingp.com or on the official BIC page on Facebook; or by calling the BIC Hotline on 17450000.

Tickets to the Main Grandstand cost BD150 for the race weekend. Oasis Grandstand tickets cost BD120 apiece. A Turn One Grandstand ticket costs BD100, while tickets to the University Grandstand and Victory Grandstand are BD60 apiece.

All tickets are for all three days, giving each holder access to the three major concerts.

The Ministry of Culture and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) this week announced the programme details of the two-month-long 9th Spring of Culture Festival.

The festival will run for two months and the programme will include:
* Five Hundred Year of Islamic Calligraphy - Masterpieces from Sakıp Sabancı Museum (Turkey), will continue through to April 13 at the Bahrain National Museum.
* Souq Bab Al Bahrain will continue to offer local designers the chance to present their merchandise and products until March 29 at the gate of the old Manama souq.
* Art Market will be held at Bab Al Bahrain for two days from March 13 to 15 and April 10 to 12 and local artists will present their work.
* The programme will include music concerts for Michael Fadel from Lebanon and the Arab Idol talent, Ahmed Jamal, above.
* A concert for the Grammy award winner, Ramsey Lewis, the American jazz composer and pianist along with seven-time Grammy winning singer and song writer, Philip Bailey who will perform at Arad Fort will take place today.
* Rock star Eric Clapton’s concert will be held on Saturday at Arad Fort.
* Arabic artist Mohammed Abdo’s concert will be held at the Arad Fort.
* Performance of Eric Carle’s ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and other kids stories by Canada’s Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia will perform at the Alumni Club from March 27 to 30.
* The Turkish dancing band, The Fire of Anatolia will perform at the Arad Fort.
* The Chinese culture week which is organised in cooperation with the Chinese Embassy, will feature the Silk Road exhibition and will be held April 10 to 19.
* Liaoning Ballet of China will also perform at the festival.
* The China National Acrobatic Troup will continue to entertain families at Arad Fort from March 20 -22.
* A Japanese Maki-e exhibition will be held until April 6.
* Jose Carreras will entertain opera devotees today at Arad Fort.
* American soul and disco singer Gloria Gaynor will perform at Arad Fort on April 4.
* The 16th Bahrain International Book Fair will run from March 27-April 6.
 
The 22nd Heritage Festival will be held during the Spring of Culture and as part of its programme this year, the festival will focus on fabric manufacturing and Bahraini traditional outfits and will include an exhibition and market for the designers to offer products.

In addition, Bait Alqous’s The Diving House will be opened on April 13. One of the 16th locations in Muharraq which represents the pearl road, Bait Alqous will feature an exhibition to present the lifestyle traditional to Bahraini pearl divers. Ebrahim bin Saad Gallery will also be opened at the same day as well.

* The festival will also include the opening of a photo exhibition for six professional photographers who were in Manama last year to capture the capital as they saw it.
 
Educational workshops will be held for young talents to enhance their skills. They will be offered free of charge for people who sign up in advance and will feature international artists and bands such as the Very Hungry Caterpillar and the Chinese Aerobatic band.
 
Workshops will be offered in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Royal Charity Organisation, and Arabian Gulf University, including a week-long sand painting workshop. 
For more details, visit www.springofculture.org