Experienced animator Myles Cummings is holding a course for aspiring animators and cartoonists every Saturday over five weeks (the course started on Saturday May 5)

French DJ and producer Alexkid guests at this top alternative electronic night, plus resident Shadi Megallaa

The musical mastermind behind A Tribe Called Quest’s revolutionary approach to hip-hop makes his Dubai debut

Producer and DJ Adriano K launches his debut LP A L.A.S., a brave double album mixing traditional South American tango and modern house

Underground party with Delano Smith

Underground party with Guillaume and Couto Dumont

Underground party with Nick Hopnner from Panorama bar

This new weekly house night, hosted in the alternative Barsha club, is picking up quite a buzz with some decent international guests

Perlon’s Cabanne and Brouquade’s Andrea Fiorito guest at this underground electronic night

A local showcase with Costas Papa and Nasrawi spinning at this emerging underground night, hosted in a gritty basement venue

Tonight is a Sleep is Commercial label party, with guests Daniele Papini and Salar Ansari

Detriot’s Delano Smith guests at this emerging underground night, hosted in a gritty underground basement

Deeply Routed Music founder DJ Deep guests for this underground electronic night, plus sets from residents Siamak Amidi and Mehdi

Get a dose of some bad medicine with Leeds DJ Marky B on the ones and twos playing bassline, jacking house, and garage for the old-school ravers

The Bassworx team relaunches for the new season with a special guest from New York

Plastician was one of the originators of dubstep, a Tempa artist who hung with Benga, Skream and co at Croydon’s Big Apple Records where the genre is widely considered to have been born

Live acoustic trio

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event serves up old-school hip-hop, funk, Afrobeat, world grooves and more

A one-off reggae and dub fest from the Deep Crates Cartel

Expect to hear only finest, rarest and deepest cuts of reggae at this night, hosted by New York’s DJ Moma with a little help from MC Hamokane

The UAE’s longest-running classical ensemble celebrates its tenth year with a programme including Shostakovich

Promising heavy beats and dirty basslines, minimal and tech night Glitch returns to celebrate a second birthday, with tunes from resident Kris Lee

A purist’s night of tech-house and minimal techno