Event listing

Pakistani singer Amanat Ali will perform at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre on Friday. Tickets priced from BD5 to BD25 are available at the Yateem Centre, Manama.

For details, contact Paresh or Asma on 39884966 or 33226402.

Links Friday Carvery Brunch runs from noon to 4pm, costs BD18 net for adults, including unlimited selected soft drinks, and BD27 net for adults, with unlimited selected house beverages. It’s BD9.500 net for children under-12 and children aged four and under can eat for free.

For details, call 17751262.

There will be a Women’s Professional Network (WPN) Career Planning Business Talk in Capital Club Bahrain, Bahrain Financial Harbour, on September 14. The event will run from 6.30pm until 8.30pm and will involve discussions on youth innovations, personal empowerment, children’s education and self-esteem programmes.

Contact info@wpnbahrain.org or call 17514881.

The Palm Association is hosting a Great Gatsby Charity Ball at the Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa on September 25. It promises to be a night of glamour as guests are transported back to the 1920s, complete with music and cuisine fitting the style. Tickets cost BD50.

For more details or to make a reservation, contact palmballcoordinator@thepalmassociation.com

Footballing legends Graeme Souness and Gordon Banks will be coming to Bahrain on September 25 at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Residence & Spa. TV pundit and former Scotland international Souness played with Liverpool, Rangers and Sampdoria, winning three European Cups, nine league titles and a plethora of British domestic trophies. Goalkeeper Banks was an instrumental part of England’s 1966 World Cup winning side. The duo will share soccer stories from 8pm.

Tickets cost BD30.

For details, call 34516445, email tickets@sportsspeakermena.com or sportsspeaker@outlook.com

The Chuckle Club is back featuring comedians Michael Legge, Stephen Carlin and Bruce Devlin. The show on September 18 will be held at the British Club at 8.30pm and tickets are BD15. The comedians will perform on September 19 at The Regency Hotel’s BBQ brunch starting from 12.30pm followed by a show from 5pm to 7pm. For ‘brunch and a show’ tickets are priced at BD30++ and BD15 for just the show. Also on September 19, the acts will appear at the Royal Golf Club at 8.30pm priced, again with tickets at BD15 with inclusive meal options available.

For details, email mark@punchlineme.com

While others in Bahrain took a summer break, the Indian Ladies Association was hard at work, putting the details in place for yet another rocking Dandiya session to celebrate the Indian festive season.
The event is set for September 25 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Bahrain featuring a DJ and plenty of surprises, say the organisers.
The Dandiya dance, a folk dance from Gujarat, is an inter-active affair performed by matching simple steps with the clap of decorated wooden sticks, all set to fast music.

“The ILA Dandiya is a great celebration of family values and fun. Any profits we make are used to support deserving charitable causes,” said ILA honorary president Nivedita Dutta. “It also gives the differently-abled children of the free Sneha Centre that the ILA runs an opportunity to use their creative skills in making painted clay lamps or diyas for the Diwali season that follows.”

The event will be spiced up with competitions for best dancer, best dancing couple and best costumes as guests come dressed in ethnic costumes. And to make everyone feel at home there will be stalls of various traditional foods from different parts of India.

This year the ILA is organising the event with Mega Mart as a main partner, co-sponsored by BEMCO and sponsored by Jac Motors, Kala Niketan, Everest Global Mumbai and Al Hashmi Pearls, alongside media partner Your FM.

Other sponsorship help would be welcomed. Companies interested in working with the ILA on charitable causes can contact ilabahrain@gmail.com or call 39850372, 39227567 or 38872702.