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Dates for the diary

March 2 - 8, 2016
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Gulf Weekly Dates for the diary

The Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival will be coming to Bahrain on March 15-19 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will join Donald and Goofy, along with 25 of the world’s favourite characters, in what promises to be a fun-filled live theatre experience.

Tickets can be bought from https://tickets.virginmegastore.me/?event_id=3595 and various options are available. Bronze tickets are BD10, silver are BD20, gold are BD40 and VIP are BD85.

St Christopher’s Cathedral is hosting a ‘Melodies and Harmonies from East to West’ concert as part of a series of events celebrating 200 years of friendship between Bahrain and the United Kingdom.

It will take place on March 10 at 6pm and features Bahraini flautist Ahmed Al Ghanem, Nadia Lopchynska on piano and Iryna Ulrikh on cello. The British element of the programme will include two pieces by G.F. Handel – Sonato No 2 and Largo – and the trio will play two pieces composed by Ahmed Al Ghanem: Samaee Ghanem, which was performed as a world premiere in St Christopher’s Cathedral in 2014, and Intedhar, performed in November last year in Tromso Cathedral, Norway to great acclaim. Other pieces will be by composers as diverse as Dvorak, Faure, Massente, Gluck, Marhoon and Yamada.

Tickets are BD5 and accompanied children are welcome free.

Al Areen Palace & Spa is launching a new Keizo Brunch every Friday, starting from March 11. Enjoy the ambience of a grandiose and exquisitely-designed man-made island, as you savour a lavish brunch including Arabian, Western, Indian and Far East delicacies.

The cost is BD25++ with selected in-house beverages and BD19++ with soft beverages from 12.30pm-4pm. There is also complimentary access to the pool and kids club. For more information, call 17845000.

St Christopher’s Cathedral is hosting the first of its Living Room Dialogues on March 13 at 7.30pm.

Speaking will be Tim Woodward, the network manager of Bahrain Public Transport, on the theme of ‘Transforming Bahrain’s Public Transport System’.

Parents of children at St Christopher’s School are hosting a charity car show in the campus car park on March 18 from 3pm-6pm in order to raise money for a local children’s charity association.

Celebrity speaker and best-selling author Deepak Chopra will host a workshop based on ‘The Future of Well Being’ at the Bahrain Conference Centre, Crowne Plaza on April 11. For more information, call 36048699 or visit www.bihr.com.bs

The next edition of Trib Fest will take place at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club in Janabiya on April 15. The event is an open air family friendly music festival and will involve various tribute acts from the UK performing classic hits by artists such as Queen, Stereophonics, David Bowie, Rihanna and Bryan Adams.

The event will run from 10am-10pm and tickets are available from https://www.tribfestbh.com/ or from the club reception. They are BD15 for adults and BD7 for children aged 12 and under.







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