Done Events Acquires Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival

Enrique Iglesias
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Performs at the final night of Dubai Jazz Festival at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre Feb. 22, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Done Events today announced the acquisition of the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival presented by Mastercard from previous owner Chillout Productions.
As part of the acquisition, Done Events will organize, operate and manage the popular festival, which celebrates its 17th edition next year, Feb. 20-22, at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
Snow Patrol have been announced as the first headliners, and Done Events is expected to unveil the other two over the coming days.
Dubai Jazz Festival was established in 2003 and has since sold over 500,000 tickets. According to Done Events, it is the regions most recognized festival, having received awards from local, regional and internationally acclaimed industry organizations.
Artists that played the festival in the past, include Jamie Cullum, One Republic, John Legend, Sting, David Gray and Juelz Santana.
Mohammed Sharaf, chief executive officer of Arab Media Group (AMG), owners of Done Events, commented: “The Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival further enhances Done Events presence as the region’s largest event organizer, and grows our portfolio joining our other home-grown properties such as RedFestDXB, Blended and TagFest music festivals as well as the regions largest comedy series, DXBLaughs.”
Done Events managing director Girish Bhat added: “We are extremely excited for the next edition of the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival, and we will be soon announcing the artists that will perform there within the next few days!”
Antony Younes, CEO of the festival’s previous owner Chillout Production, said: “The collaboration between Done Events and Chillout Productions commenced a few years ago as both our events, RedFestDXB, organized by Done Events and the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival, organized by Chillout Productions, ran back to back.
“Done Events have a track record of delivering on major shows such as the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival, we strongly believe they will maintain the high standards that our loyal audience and sponsors are accustomed to.  We are confident that under the Done Events’ stewardship, the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival will continue to grow and flourish.”
Younes added, that most of the festival’s sponsors have been supporting the festival since its inception 16 years ago. “We cannot thank them enough for their loyalty. This is why we wanted to make sure we leave them in good hands. We hope to see the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival continue to grow and we wish Done Events best of luck.”
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Snow Patrol have been announced as first headliners for the 2019 edition
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