17 places
Two or three live jazz sets a night, five nights a week, in a hotel lounge on the creek.
Live jazz seven nights a week in a small DIFC lounge, so any night is a jazz night.
A warehouse concert space running since 2009 where many UAE-based musicians played their first serious shows, from orchestras and choirs to bands.
A grassroots Sunday open mic where musicians, singers, poets and comedians take turns, more like a living room than a stage.
Musicians call it the nearest thing Dubai has to a proper gig room: rock, metal, punk and alternative bands, with original acts as well as covers.
A sit-down listening room with jazz, soul, funk and tribute acts almost nightly, plus one of the city's longest-running jam nights.
The capital's big indoor concert hall, with Tarkan, Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey all booked between late November and mid-December 2026.
An arena that books the big Arabic headliners, with Angham on 29 November and Elissa on 19 December 2026.
Its renovated 900-seat theatre is the city's main room for recitals, with pianist Minsoo Sohn on 11 December.
Friday-night Latin jazz on the 36th floor, with a view over the Corniche.
Saturday night is Portuguese fado, something no other Abu Dhabi bar puts on, with Spanish and Latin singers on Thursdays.
The outdoor stage behind the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after-race concerts, with Kings of Leon, Imagine Dragons and Jennifer Lopez from 3 to 6 December 2026.
A six-piece jazz band with soul vocals and guest singers, a long-running fixture of Abu Dhabi nights.