Modhesh Fun City, the largest indoor entertainment venue in the region, will add to the existing endless exciting activities by organizing the 'Big Fun Day', a weekend gala where numerous family entertainment events are being held throughout the day. The Big Fun Day will be held on Thursday, August 16th, at various halls in the 30,000 square-metre venue.
Yousif Mubarak, DSS Events, Operations, and Services Director said, "The Big Fun Day is being organized to add to the festivities in Modhesh Fun City and to provide children and families yet another opportunity for a celebration before the beginning of the new school year."
Watermelon festival (4pm to 10pm)
Held at the Central Hall from 4pm to 10pm, activities include a watermelon workshop, watermelon carnival, watermelon balloon decoration, and a watermelon fun competitions in addition to display of watermelon various juices. The event will highlight the benefits of watermelon, known for its numerous medicinal properties.
Traditional Band (4pm to 10pm)
The East, West, and Central Halls will host traditional UAE bands that will welcome visitors with their vibrant music characterized by rhythmic drum beats. The band will roam the East, West, and the Central Halls so that the majority of visitors can watch the group perform.
Biggest Carnival (7:20pm to 8:30pm)
Beginning from the East Hall, the biggest carnival features numerous musical parades, clowns, cartoon and fruit characters, and a whole lot of entertainers for children. Plenty of photo opportunities will be available as children can pose with their favourite cartoon characters, including the DSS mascot, Modhesh.
Pet Show (5pm to 7pm)
The Cat and Dog Show promises to be an exciting event with a Wonderful Animal Dress contest, a Fancy Dress Show, and a skill event for animals titled 'Animal Skill'. The show has been specially organized for pet lovers and will feature dogs of many breeds and cats of colourful fur coats.
Arabic Poets Session (7:30pm to 10pm)
Four renowned Emirati poets will gather on the Main Stage at Modhesh Fun City to present their best works over a span of two days. Saeed bin Galeetha, Muhammad Salim Al Yafie, Sa'ad Al Kharaji, and Hisham bin Ibrahim will take to the stage to recite eloquent Arabic poems on August 16th and 17th. The recital is slated to attract a huge crowd due to the overwhelming popularity of poems amongst people.
Launched in 1998, Dubai Summer Surprises was conceived as the foremost family entertainment event during the summer season for the whole of GCC. Targeted at visitors from outside the UAE and within the country, DSS has been a major entertainment and shopping attraction since its inception and witnessed 1,875,000 visitors in the year 2006 compared to 600,000 in 1998. The event has succeeded in positioning Dubai as the leading summer destination in the region.
The ten-week event is a celebration of different surprises that offer visitors and shoppers the perfect family entertainment opportunity and the ideal combination of shopping and adventure. Over the years DSS has hosted numerous surprises such as Food, Water, Global, Ice, Flower, Sports, Heritage, Arts, Techno, Cartoons, Colour, Sweets, Knowledge, and Back-2-School. The summer event lays special emphasis on children, who are provided all the opportunities to hone their skills while enjoying a fun-packed ten weeks of activities. DSS also has its own mascot, Modhesh, the ever smiling brand ambassador who embodies everything that the event stands for – fun, excitement, brightness and unlimited joy for children.
Dubai Summer Surprises as a venture has contributed significantly to the economy of Dubai and continues to do so by enhancing different economic sectors during a lean period of economic activity in summer. An increase in visitor expenditure from AED 850 million in 1998 to AED 2.57 billion in 2006 is a clear indication of the event's ability to drive economic growth during summer. Into its tenth year, Dubai Summer Surprises has come a long way by building on the successes of the previous editions and aims to create a benchmark for future years to provide the three most important characteristics of the event – shopping, winning, and entertainment.
