This week is packed. But when is it not? It is Dubai, after all.

From a solo show by Spanish fashion and streetstyle photographer Eva Losada (you have definitely seen her shots more than once during Sole DXB), to New Balance Grey Days, a full-on 10-day activation taking over Alserkal Avenue across multiple spaces, plus Stick No Bills, and of course, the Secta Regional Showcase. See you!

Where? Foundry Downtown

We are excited about Eva’s work and very happy to announce her upcoming solo exhibition.

A solo show by Spanish artist Eva Losada, built around a single mark that began as an accident. The red dot appeared early in her photographic practice—unplanned—and instead of disappearing, it remained, becoming the central conceptual and structural element of everything that followed.

In the work, it operates on two registers at once: as a trace of the camera’s apparatus—the act of capture, the conditions of surveillance—and as a borrowed signal from the art world, where a red dot indicates that a work has been sold and is now in circulation.

Drawing on psychological and neurological frameworks, the exhibition asks how patterns of selfhood are formed and mediated through visual systems—how images do not simply reflect reality, but actively shape it.

Where? Alserkal Avenue

New Balance Grey Days are taking over Alserkal Avenue.

Part of a month-long tribute to the brand’s signature colour, the UAE edition unfolds as a 10-day neighbourhood takeover — running until May 10.

Set up as a neighbourhood hop across Alserkal, it connects a series of homegrown spaces; each one adding its own layer to the story.

GOODER turns into a full hangout zone: skate, coffee, games, food, just sitting around. UrArtU Gallery invites everyone to floral workshops where participants explore creativity through an unexpected intersection of movement, design and nature. The Workshop DXB opens up for hands-on sessions — design, print, take something with you. Nightjar Coffee Roasters holds the slower rhythm—coffee, small moments, while CRANK brings movement with high-energy cycling sessions across the program.

Don't miss it.

Where? Cinema Akil

An evening that moves between the screen and the kitchen.

The night opens at 8 pm with All That’s Left of You by Cherien Dabis — a deeply personal film about memory, identity, and the emotional weight of a family history shaped by displacement.

From there, it gently shifts into a conversation with Salam Dakkak, the heart behind Bait Maryam and Sufret Maryam. If you know her work, you know — it is never just food. It carries her heritage, her soul, her heart — everything.

She will be sharing her journey and her cookbook, available for signing during the evening.

Where? Maraya Art Centre

A major solo exhibition by Salmah Almansoori, curated by Cima Azzam and presented by Firetti Contemporary. The exhibition feels very personal: it grows out of her connection to place, memory, and all the quiet things that shape who we are. Salmah works with fragments, traces, and everyday materials that might otherwise go unnoticed, reworking them into something new.

At the centre of the project is Salmah's hometown, Ghayathi. Through archival images, found objects, and collected memories, she reflects on how places stay with us—how they slowly become part of our identity and continue to shape us over time.

There is a strong sense of transformation running through the work: documents turn into images, materials carry memory, and personal stories open up into something more shared and fluid.

Where? Tandoor Tina

Three years in one space, and this is the last night in it. Stick No Bills is closing this chapter with exactly what built it: music, the people who showed up, and the room that held all of it.

They are calling it a throwback.

Limited tickets, and once they are gone, that is it. If you have been part of this, you know what to do.

Where? Room 3 Extended, 25h Hotel

They are back at it again. Secta is throwing a party you are basically required to be at.

This time, taking over Room 3 and spilling out onto a breezy terrace, moving between indoor and outdoor all night.

Across two stages: Zmaiili, Sudz, Dea B2B Baby B on the Groove Stage, and Tarik Omar, Kirill Zhan, and Community Service on the Ground Stage / Terrace.

Around it, all the extras that make it feel like more than just a party—an Art Hub with Karim El Atrache, hang spots to settle into, a vinyl corner, tooth gems, and special merch. Food and drinks throughout.

Expect the usual attention to detail in production and set design—but also space to slow down, sit, talk, and just be.

Starting early at 6 PM and running until 3 AM, with lower-priced tickets at the start, promos, and a more open communal setup to bring more people in. There will also be a dedicated awareness team zone for anyone who needs extra support.

9 hours of being together — on and off the dancefloor. Grab the tickets here.

Where? Subko Coffee

Have you seen how much is happening on Saturday? Exactly.

Sunday calls for something else entirely. For example, eating properly. For example, the chapli kebab at Subko Coffee. Flat, pressed by hand, heavy on spice and conviction. The chapli patty — centuries of getting it right — now sitting inside their signature sourdough baguette.