See global music collective Playing For Change bring the streets of Expo 2020 Dubai to life! Established in 2002, Playing For Change began as a mobile recording studio seeking to amplify the voices of the American population. Since then it's gone on to record Songs Around The World, building a global family of uniquely talented musicians. Part of our incredible line up of Expo Street Music events, don't miss this night of captivating global music.

Playing For Change

Enjoy a night of world music with the global musical collective Playing For Change.

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Expo Street Music: Playing For Change

Expo Street Music

Bringing the streets of Expo to life with a selection of incredible, themed concerts.

A spectacular fireworks display in celebration of Saudi Arabia's National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai.

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Join us in celebrating Saudi Arabia's National Day at Expo 2020

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Saudi Arabia National Day

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As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia opens itself to the world, its contribution to Expo 2020 mirrors the nation’s grand ambitions. Boasting a vast façade that covers the area of two football pitches, the Saudi Arabia Pavilion takes the form of an opening window that soars into the sky bearing messages of inspiration.

Your Saudi experience begins in the open plaza under the pavilion, where the giant screen above and LEDs below combine to create a dazzling light show. Next, the “Heritage Path” escalator will transport you to immersive exhibits – and you can end your journey with refreshments and shopping in the pavilion’s scenic palm garden.


Spectacular mirrored architectural design, dazzlingly lit on all sides

Immersive exhibition space highlighted by a multicoloured floating sphere

Palm garden featuring dining and retail options

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The monumental Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion is a mirrored slab that extends up diagonally from the ground, resembling a giant window opening toward the sky. The immense structure soars six storeys into the air and covers more than 13,000 square metres, or the area of two football pitches. The sides of the pavilion feature a decorative motif of grey horizontal lines like layered metal, while its vast underbelly — which shades an enormous plaza — is mirrored and smooth. 


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Saudi Arabia's National Day Fireworks Display

Turn your gaze towards the sky! This dazzling drone show runs for 15 minutes and will be sure to blow you away. 

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Turn your gaze to the sky for this dazzling drone show! Designed specially for the UAE's 50th National Day.

Join us in celebrating the UAE 50th National Day at Expo 2020

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UAE 50th National Day

Expo Partner Drone Show

Expo 2020 coincides with the United Arab Emirates' biggest national celebration yet – the UAE's UAE 50th National Day. To commemorate this historic event, Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate the UAE’s extraordinary journey over the last 50 years, while also looking towards the next 50. It will share with every visitor the joy and pride that Emiratis have for their nation and their ambitious and inclusive vision for a global future.

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Golden Jubilee

Celebrate the UAE’s extraordinary journey over the last 50 years as well as the next 50.

UAE Golden Jubilee

In this Chat Plays episode, we explore Opportunity! Adventure with our guide Amani through Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon as she gets an inside look - and even a snack! - from their wonderful greeters. We also encounter and defeat STATIC. This action-packed episode is part of the Live@Expo tours where you control where the guide goes and what you see! Earn points and top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice. Enjoy watching the show and create a Twitch account to join the chat and earn points! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

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An introduction to the Opportunity District through a lively tour of the Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon pavilions at Expo 2020. Enjoy watching the show!

Discover how to distinguish cultured from natural pearls in the Bahrain Pavilion.

Explore the natural beauty and architecture of Pakistan.

Experience the swings in the Lebanon Pavilion.

Create a Twitch account to join the chat and earn points!

Interactive, chat-driven tour co-curated by the you, the audience.

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When you live somewhere as densely populated as Bahrain, finding social harmony means learning to fit together, intertwining different cultures and faiths. This is the igniting idea behind the Bahrain Pavilion, which explores density through the imaginative lens of weaving. With a modern design punctuated by hundreds of needle-like silver columns, the pavilion showcases Bahraini weaving’s history through live demonstrations and exhibits. Explore traditional textile crafts, experiment with futuristic woven carbon fibre and sample flavours from Bahraini chefs. Participate in the fun yourself through stations featuring looms and palm weaving.


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A colossal box with thin, lightweight metal skin mysteriously covered with small slits and silver rods towers over visitors at the Bahrain Pavilion. 

The Bahrain Pavilion creates images of weaving needles and the density of a traditionally woven fabric.

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Home to four of the world’s 10 tallest mountains, Pakistan is a place where aiming for the top carries new meaning. At the alpine-looking Pakistan Pavilion, you’ll get a one-of-a-kind tour of the nation’s towering “peaks of progress” in sustainability, sport, science and much more.

Immersive exhibitions await in the pavilion’s wings - five wings, honouring Pakistan’s provinces. Whether it’s exploring the nation’s recent planting of one billion new trees, plucking textile threads to create symphonies of traditional Pakistani music or learning about the World Cup footballs (made in Pakistan since 1970), the pavilion has many unique experiences.


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The Pakistan pavilion's five gently rounded, summit-like structures of varying heights are arranged in a U-shape around a recessed courtyard. Each slope-topped peak, which represents one of Pakistan’s five provinces, is textured with a cross-hatch design of reflective metal plating with a rainbow-like sheen. 

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A metaphoric window

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The Lebanese people have long shown how their deep-rooted culture and extroverted warmth flourish under any conditions. A nation of crossroads, where East meets West, Christianity meets Islam, and tradition meets the cosmopolitan, the Lebanon Pavilion celebrates this Mediterranean nation’s heritage of perseverance, determination and resourcefulness. Visit technology-based “islands” devoted to ancient seafaring Phoenicians, modern-day entrepreneurs and scientists. Experience traditional Lebanese folk music or sample delicious Lebanese cuisine. You may even find yourself in the middle of a flash mob! 

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The Lebanon Pavilion is a low-slung, L-shaped building with a broad wall of windows on its short, curving, front face. The structure is wrapped in horizontal bands of lightly-coloured material, creating a unique striped look. 


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Celebrating deep-rooted

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Live@Expo Ep 2: Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon Pavilions

Welcome to an interactive live tour where you and a community of virtual visitors from around the world control where the guide goes and what you see! Earn points and top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice.

Live@Expo

Join a new virtual tour of the Expo! You control where the guide goes as they explore Expo 2020.

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