100% FREEVinyl Souk Mini Festival — independent music, live visuals and film
Listen to local selectors at Souk Sessions and catch live audiovisual performances inside Cinema Akil’s Souk Lab at 25hours Hotel. Saturday pairs DJs including X Alvarez and DJ Venus with Evolve and PHO on the cinema programme. Sunday brings the documentary East Indians of Mobai and an audiovisual set by Anthra.
Representative turntable photograph by Peter Burdon, published in 2025. The photograph does not show the festival or its performers.
One Central, Dubai · Nomad Day Bar and Cinema Akil at 25hours Hotel One Central, Trade Centre Street, off Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
14 and 15 November 2026. Festival doors open at 16:00. The festival hours are 16:00–22:00. Choose the day and programme in the organiser’s RSVP and confirm the individual set or screening time before travelling.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Children welcome at Souk Sessions · check individual film or performance guidance · Free designated rooms · RSVP per programme · space limited
The official ticketing partner identifies Nomad as family-friendly and Cinema Akil as open to all ages, subject to individual session age guidance. The separate ticketed Plaza is strictly 21+. No single numerical age range is applied to all programmes.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- RSVP through Vinyl Souk for the specific free Souk Sessions day or Cinema Akil programme. Give your name at the door and arrive early. An RSVP is subject to room capacity.
- The organiser lists 70 seats for each Cinema Akil programme. This is room capacity, not remaining availability. Confirm any session-specific age guidance with the organiser.
- Children are welcome at Nomad. Cinema Akil admits all ages subject to the screening or performance guidance. The separate 21+ Plaza mainstage requires a paid ticket and is excluded.
- No purchase is needed for the two free rooms. Food and paid parking are optional. The venue does not allow outside food or drinks. Valid photo ID may be requested.
- The hotel pin marks 25hours Hotel One Central. Follow signs to Nomad or Cinema Akil and check your selected session’s start time.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 4 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
4 November 2026: inspected the fourth-edition organiser page and its active public RSVP selector, which offers two Souk Sessions days and named individual Cinema Akil performances. Both rooms are explicitly free. The official ticketing terms separate the paid Plaza from these rooms and confirm admission and capacity conditions. The organiser links the reporting used for overall festival hours. Individual set times were not advertised and have not been invented. Accor publishes the hotel’s geographic coordinates. Both dates and rooms count once.
Vinyl Souk — fourth-edition programme and free RSVPOfficial ticketing partner: free rooms, age and entry conditions
Hotel operator: Dubai address and venue coordinates
Organiser-linked coverage with festival hours
Photo: Peter Burdon / Unsplash · Unsplash License · Resized and compressed to WebP with original proportions preserved.