Shaikha Mai also launched Nakhool City in which visitors enjoyed an action packed programme of fun activities. The festival’s mascot Nakhool once again welcomed children and adults alike to participate in free cultural, educational and fun activities such as electronic games; technical colouring; painting workshops; a professional photography camp and a puppet camp. Nakhool City will be open throughout the duration of the festival from 2pm to 7pm on a daily basis.
Following the opening ceremony, the Bahrain Summer Festival held a performance at the BIECC featuring Slava’s SNOWSHOW; a visual masterpiece blending traditional and contemporary theatrical clowning arts within a beautifully crafted visual spectacle.
Organized by the Ministry of Culture under the slogan “Manama, City of Joy” the festival also offers a wide variety of exciting, artistic and cultural shows by international artists.
Offering a wide variety of exciting shows and fun family activities by international artists for both young and old, the Bahrain Summer Festival attracts large crowds from Bahrain and abroad each year. This year the line-up of spectacular shows includes a plethora of educational and artistic events such as Slava’s SNOWSHOW created and staged by Slava Polunin; the Wooden Circus by Karramoto; renowned Turkish musician, Omar Faruk Tekbilek; Saudi rapper Qusai aka Don Legend the Kamelionin collaboration with DJ Outlaw and Flipperachi; a concert by the young local talent, Hala Alturk, and performances of the West End family favourite, The Sound of Music.
Tickets for the Bahrain Summer Festival are exclusively available at Virgin Megastore at Bahrain City Center or electronically through Virgin Megastore’s website virginmegastore.me. Tickets will also be sold at the venues where the events will take place if seats are still available. Ticket prices for the shows range from BD2 to BD10 with events at Nakhool City being free of charge.
The Ministry of Culture has also obtained special rates and promotional offers with a number of leading Bahrain hotels for visitors and tourists during the month-long festival. The Ministry is grateful for the support of all the festival’s sponsors, namely, the Sheraton Hotel, Intercontinental Regency Hotel, Crowne Plaza, Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Gulf Hotel, Ritz Carlton Bahrain, Gulf Air, Seef Mall, Bahrain City Centre, Al Ayam newspaper, Al Watan newspaper and Saudi newspaper, Okaz.
Held under the slogan “Manama, City of Joy”, the Bahrain Summer Festival 2012 is the fourth edition of this annual event which aims to bring multi-cultural entertainment to residents and tourists alike. The month-long festival caters to family tastes with musical performances and educational, cultural and artistic events. Shows include Slava’s SNOWSHOW, Aeternum by Los Vivancos, the Wooden Circus and Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Ensemble to name a few. The festival is represented by its mascot “Nakhool”, a character symbolizing Bahrain’s ancient history in addition to the importance of the environment in local tradition. “Nakhool” will be hosting a city that features a variety of cultural, entertainment, and educational activities every day for the duration of the festival.
Organized by the Ministry of Culture this year the festival’s programme falls in line with the diverse and innovative year-long programme of Manama the Capital of Arab Culture 2012. Undertaken by the Arab League under the auspices of the UNESCO Cultural Capitals Programme, every year a different Arab capital is awarded the opportunity to engage in a cultural dialogue with local and regional audiences. Manama was elected as the Capital of Arab Culture in a meeting of Arab ministers of culture in 2004. The Bahrain Ministry of Culture has developed an innovative agenda for the year, which seeks to invite Arabs to discover the cultures, heritages and identities of different parts of the Arab world. The year-long programme for Manama, the Capital of Arab Culture 2012 is broken up into 12 different cultural themes according to the months of the year and is designed to foster an environment of multi-disciplinary learning with an appeal to all sectors of society.