United Arab Emirates » Entertainment in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is becoming more and more well-liked venue for top name international entertainers on tour, including singers, dance groups, opera companies and stage troupes. It is worth looking at concerts taking place during the visit. Most four and five star hotels have bars, pubs and nightclubs. Drinks can be quite expensive. Bars and clubs usually stay open until late, some closing at about 1 p.m. There are western-style clubs playing up-to-the-minute music, or for a more customary experience there are, Arabic venues featuring Middle Eastern bands and the ever-popular belly dancers. Sports fans are catered for with many of the pubs showing major sporting events such as, Premier League matches.

The Tavern at the Sheraton Resort & Towers & Harvesters Pub at Sands Hotel is the best flag-fliers. The Gauloises Club at Le Meridien is the most recent stylish nightspot. US bars like, Heroes (Crowne Plaza) & Island Exchange (Abu Dhabi Grand) are very popular, while the Hilton has two exceptional live music venues, Hemingway's & the Jazz Bar. The adjacent Tequilana is also worth a look.

You can watch comparatively recent blockbuster movies or a variety of Arabic, Indian and Pakistani films at cinemas throughout the Emirates many of them are multi-screen venues. Other than the classical musicians who frequently amuse guests in the lobbies of the larger hotels, classical music is not willingly available in the UAE. Casinos and gambling are quite common in the Middle East. The rich sheikhs and the tourists make the main customers in the various parts and casinos in the countries that make up the Middle East.