Abu Dhabi nightlife highlights this week

Visit www.thecapitallist.ae for full event listings.

Check out all our nightlife photos here.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday 29th August

It's August and the summer temperatures are still hanging around. If you're looking for something to cool off to, then Rosé is the beverage of choice this summer. Let your senses take aflight at tonight's Blush Vine Mixer at Lemon & Lime bar at The Westin hotel. What's more, vote on your favourites and get a chance to win wonderful prizes. Daily entertainer Reynold Senn will be playing a wide mix of music from piano bar classics to popular ballads.

Friday 30th August

This Friday, the BPM Party returns with another great beach and pool party at Al Maya Island. Enjoy 9 hours of non stop partying in the amazing surroundings of the island, while DJs Chris Delaney, Alex Lees and Chris CJ Jackson play the coolest house music, commercial house and club anthems.


Saturday 31st August

One of the Capital's favourite ladies and cabin crew nights, The Crew Lounge, returns to RUSH in the Yas Viceroy Hotel. All ladies and Etihad Crew (including the gents) receive free drinks till 1am, and 2 for 1 promotions are on offer for everyone else till 12am. DJs Ka Boo and Cliff Townley will be playing the best in Old School, Hip Hop and RnB.

Every Saturday, hotel and airline crew can now benefit from great drink offers all night at Saturday Service at Jazz 'n' Fizz in the Sofitel hotel. Smoothe and funky sounds provided by resident DJ Ragy.


Sunday 1st September

Porters Pub in the Grand Millennium Al Wahda hotel is celebrating its 1st Birthday tonight, with plenty of beverages, flavoursome pub fare, live music and raffle draws with lots of giveaway prizes, all set to the sounds of their resident band Playback and DJ Darryl Rees.

From September onwards, the band News is performing live on stage daily at the Opus Bar at Le Meridien hotel. Have a drink and be accompanied by Jazz, Rhythm and Blues vibes.

Monday 2nd September

Every Monday, from 9pm till midnight, Le Meridien hotel is inviting all the ladies to its NRG Sports Cafe to be treated with complimentary drinks.

Tuesday 3rd September

From the 1st to the 13th September, enjoy an evening listening to the entertainers Rain Duo, who are back by popular demand at The Tavern Pub at Sheraton hotel, while serving up old English favourites, a pie and a pint for a special price.

Abu Dhabi nightlife highlights this week

Visit www.thecapitallist.ae for full event listings.

Check out all our nightlife photos here.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday 22nd August

The Fairmont Bab Al Bahr is running a special Brewfest Festival from the 22nd till the 24th August, with over 50 different brews on offer, with live sports on giant screens, shisha, games, a DJ and hearty pub grub, all in the comfort of an air conditioned tent.

Feel the real vibe of Beirut at Sax Club tonight, with a live performance from the Lebanese superstar Naji Al Osta. Supporting tunes provided by DJ Rani.

 

Friday 23rd August

Take in the chic ambience at Ornina's Luscious Fridays while you listen to resident DJ Tony Tone spinning the best deep house, progressive and commercial music. Etihad Crew will receive 50% off beverages from 9pm.

This week, the BPM Party is hosting another great beach and pool party at Al Maya Island. Enjoy the amazing beachfront, cool down in the mega sized swimming pool, and party all day to the tunes of DJs Darryl Rees, Chris Delaney and Deejay Drinky.

Saturday 24th August

One of the Capital's favourite ladies and cabin crew nights, The Crew Lounge, returns to RUSH in the Yas Viceroy Hotel. All ladies and Etihad Crew (including the gents) receive free drinks till 1am, and 2 for 1 promotions are on offer for everyone else till 12am. DJs Ka Boo and Cliff Townley will be playing the best in Old School, Hip Hop and RnB.


Tuesday 27th August

Sax Club is launching a new Tuesday night event tonight, Flashback, with DJ Gem spinning 80s, 90s and 00s along with the latest RnB and Hip Hop hits. The promotion for the night is buy one get one free on selected drinks and bottles.

Wednesday 28th August

Every Wednesday evening, let your hair down at P.J.'s new Ladies Night. Ladies will receive three complimentary drinks from 8pm till midnight and resident band Sweet Chilli Jam will be performing anything from 60s crowd-pleasers to RnB and rock to unplugged acoustic.

Classical music fans will be pleased to know they can now listen to their favorite opera right in the lobby of one of Abu Dhabi's newest and glitziest hotels, The Ritz Carlton. From 7pm on four nights of the week, Bulgaria-born soprano Nellie Petrova performs classical opera arias alongside Jonathan Milla, the pianist. Her repertoir ranges from Puccini’s Madam Butterfly to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.

Spotlight on The Capital List in Tempo magazine

You can view the original article here.
 

Melanie Carpenter is General Manager of The Capital List, a website dedicated to covering Abu Dhabi’s nightlife scene. The 38-year-old Australian moved to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and lives here with her husband and two children.   She told Tempo how she got involved with thecapitallist.ae and what makes it special.
 
“It was a case of being in the right place at the right time! The idea for The Capital List came from the owner, Darrell Jacques, who had been working nightlife events in Abu Dhabi for about three years; he saw a gap in the market for a website dedicated to Abu Dhabi nightlife, as many of the promoters and DJs were doing good things but he felt it just needed to be brought together into one place.The other publications at the time weren’t focused solely on nightlife, and the information they provided was often out of date.
 
“I met Darrell when I was out at one of his nights, we got talking, I sent my CV to him, and he hired me on the spot to develop and market the site.  I worked on everything from the ground up – the specs and development of the site, the branding and marketing, the social media, as well as developing relationships with all of the key hospitality, promoter and DJ contacts in Abu Dhabi.  It was the perfect role for me given my marketing and IT background, (and my love of music and going out!).  I started on the project in August 2011, and we went live on December 13, 2011.
 
“The Capital List has come a long way! The first phase of the site went live in December 2011, and we launched Phase 2 of the site in August last year, which was a complete rewrite of the site, but also introduced new functionality. Our weekly nightlife newsletter is distributed to around 28,000 contacts each week, and we now average around 3500 visitors per week. 
 
“We’re in constant contact with all nightlife venues, promoters and event organisers, and are now the most reliable and up-to-date source of information for everything going on in Abu Dhabi’s nightlife. We also recently launched The Capital List TV on YouTube, which is a great step forward for promoting Abu Dhabi nightlife. We have some massive plans for the site in the near future; at the moment they are all hush hush, but Abu Dhabi Tempo will be the first to know about it when we’re ready to tell Abu Dhabi.
 
“Abu Dhabi nightlife took a hit when a lot of people left because of the cost of accommodation, and now, as more accommodation becomes available and prices are coming down, this is starting to reverse. We’re also likely see a resurgence of people here as the economy continues to grow, especially with the latest government mandate requiring people who work for a government owned company to be based here.
 
Most nightlife venues in Abu Dhabi (and the UAE in general) tend play a mix of urban (R&B and hip hop) and commercial/pop music. I’m a big house music fan (more specifically deep and tech house, and when I go clubbing, techno), so personally, I’d love to see more nights like that here, but unfortunately (for me), there’s not really the market here for it (yet!).  Blue Marlin Ibiza UAE (which although is closer to Dubai is technically in Abu Dhabi), is constantly bringing big name artists to its shores.
 
I’ve also noticed recently that there are more independent promoters popping up and organising events too. Pool parties are always popular when the weather is good. There’s really more going on in Abu Dhabi than people realise, and we’re making sure the world knows about it!  There are new venues opening all the time, and more people moving to Abu Dhabi, so it will be interesting to see how the nightlife industry develops here over the next few years.
 
By Sanah Chauhan

Abu Dhabi nightlife highlights this week

Visit www.thecapitallist.ae for full event listings.

WELCOME BACK!!

Welcome back Abu Dhabi! We hope you had a safe and blessed Ramadan.

It's a slow start after the Holy Month, as not everywhere is open yet due to it still being too hot and humid for any alfresco action, but some of the indoor venues have re-opened and are starting to launch new events for the season.

As Abu Dhabi nightlife comes back to life, we'll be adding more events and reporting more news, so watch this space!

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Fairmont Bab Al Bahr is running a special Brewfest Festival from the 22nd till the 24th August, with over 50 different brews on offer, with live sports on giant screens, shisha, games, DJ and hearty pub grub, all in the comfort of an air conditioned tent.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday 15th August

Head to G-Club every evening at Le Meridien hotel to listen and dance all night long to the pumping tunes of their new resident DJ, LSD-J playing everything from Electro, Funky House, Hip Hop and Dubstep mixed with classic and modern hits.

RUSH VIP is back at Rush club tonight, delivering the ultimate VIP clubbing experience to the capital playing the best in Dance, Commercial House & RnB.

Friday 16th August

Abu Dhabi's coolest and wettest Liquid Rain Pool Party is back at Aloft hotel this Friday. DJ Natalie Brogan, Radio 1's Simon B and resident DJ Tamer will be on the decks till late.

Back by popular demand, the BPM Party is hosting another great beach and pool party at Al Maya Island today. Enjoy the amazing beachfront, cool down in the mega sized swimming pool, and party all day to the tunes of DJs Keith Dobbs, Chris Jackson and Moe Turk.

Saturday 17th August

One of the Capital's favourite ladies and cabin crew nights, The Crew Lounge, returns to RUSH in the Yas Viceroy Hotel. All ladies and Etihad Crew (including the gents) receive free drinks till 1am, and 2 for 1 promotions are on offer for everyone else till 12am. DJs Ka Boo and Cliff Townley will be playing the best in Old School, Hip Hop and RnB.

 

Chilled Beats is a new event at Al Maya Island every Saturday where you can enjoy their amazing beach and pool area, top up your tan, meet new people, or just relax and enjoy with friends and family. House tunes provided by DJ Alex Lees.


Sunday 18th August

Shangri-La Hotel is introducing their month-long Signature Nights at the Arabesque Tent, which will offer fabulous drinks, delectable bites and fragrant shishas, along with daily entertainment. At tonight's Sunday Ladies Night, ladies will receive complimentary house beverages and cocktails from 7pm till 11pm.

Monday 19th August

Following the warm-up at Imago's Glow ladies night, where ladies receive free signature cocktails, Sax Club invites you to their AfterGlow Urban Edition party featuring The Soul Rebel DJ Crown Prince, with free sparkling and drinks for the girls all night. Warm up tunes from resident DJ N.I.K.O.L.A.

Wednesday 21st August

Enjoy the smoothest lounge beats at Imago's new Honeyz glam ladies night, with free drinks and canapés for ladies and deep house tunes by DJ N.I.K.O.L.A.

Sax Club presents a new urban chic ladies night every Wednesday, D-Licious, and tonight they welcome guest DJs Badir (Sensation Dubai) and DJ Emir (France). Hip Hop dancer Katryn will spice up the night with her moves.