Ushuaïa opens its third Dubai season on Saturday 24 October 2026, with Black Coffee headlining. Fourteen days earlier, the same operators shut up shop in Ibiza.
What happened
The official event page announces the season 3 opening party at Ushuaïa Dubai Harbour Experience for that Saturday, with Black Coffee at the helm. The Platinumlist ticket listing sets doors at 20:00, entry for guests aged 21 and over, and a new visual production for the occasion. It is the South African's third consecutive season at the venue, after 2024 and 2025.
The venue is run jointly by The Night League, the company behind Ushuaïa Ibiza and Hï Ibiza, and Studio A by Addmind Hospitality, a Dubai hospitality group, with production by High Scream. The second date is already announced: the brand's official website confirms the return of Adriatique with their X show on Saturday 14 November, their third appearance there, with the rest of the line-up still to come.
Why it matters
This is not a line-up announcement. It is a relay calendar. Ushuaïa Ibiza and UNVRS closed their season on 10 October, after an Ibiza season that ran from 25 April to 10 October. Two weeks later, the same structure opens its doors in the Gulf. The brand no longer has a season. It has two hemispheres.
For anyone booking electronic music in Spain, the shift affects two things. The first is availability: headliners who used to be free from October to March now have a winter circuit with fixed dates and residencies that return year after year. The second is calendar competition, which is no longer limited to summer or to the island's run of closings. Winter now has a major brand competing for the same artist diaries too.