Dubai Welcomes 2026 with DSF’s Citywide New Year’s Eve Spectacle

Dubai, UAE – 5 January 2026

Dubai rang in 2026 with a breathtaking, citywide New Year’s Eve celebration as Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) delivered one of its most spectacular midnight moments to date. At the stroke of midnight, fireworks lit up the sky simultaneously across some of Dubai’s most iconic destinations — uniting waterfronts, heritage districts and mountain landscapes in a shared countdown to the new year.

Midnight fireworks illuminated the night at Bluewaters and The Beach JBR, where crowds gathered along the shoreline for one of the city’s most vibrant open-air celebrations. Across the creek, Dubai Festival City Mall delivered a powerful waterfront display, blending fireworks with music, light and the festival’s signature atmosphere, while Souk Al Seef offered a historic backdrop for the midnight moment along its lantern-lit promenade.

Beyond the city, the celebrations reached new heights in the Hajar Mountains, where Hatta welcomed the new year with a dramatic mountainside fireworks display — creating one of DSF’s most distinctive and memorable New Year’s Eve settings.

Adding to the spectacle, DSF’s nightly pyro-enhanced drone shows continued over Bluewaters and The Beach JBR, filling the sky with choreographed aerial storytelling and celebratory visuals — reinforcing DSF’s position as home to the region’s largest and most ambitious drone performances.

From sea to skyline to mountains, DSF’s New Year’s Eve celebrations captured everything the festival stands for: shared moments, world-class spectacle and a city that comes together to celebrate in unforgettable style.

Dubai Shopping Festival runs until 11 January 2026
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Strategic Partners

DSF 2025-2026 is supported by Key Sponsor Commercial Bank of Dubai, and Strategic Partners including: Al-Futtaim Malls (Dubai Festival City Mall and Festival Plaza), Al Zarooni Group (Mercato Shopping Mall), AW Rostamani Group, DHAM (Souq Al Seef, Bluewaters, Ibn Battuta Mall, Nad Al Sheba Mall, Palm Jumeirah Mall and The Outlet Village), Emirates airline, ENOC, e&, Majid Al Futtaim (Mall of the Emirates, City Centre Mirdif, City Centre Deira), Merex Investment (City Walk and The Beach JBR), talabat, plus more to be revealed.

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