This year’s spectacular Qatar National Day shows and events were held in Katara’s Amphitheatre on the 17th and 19th of December to celebrate our love for Qatar with all its Citizens and Residents. 

Traditional performance by young girls

Halima Al Saidia Primary school girls  showcased a traditional performance. To the song “Ya Qatar Inti Al Haya”. 

Fahad Al Kubaisi and Anwar entertain the crowd

The duet performed “Lel Watan Mina Tahia”.

Russian Performance

The Russian group performed a number of enchanting acts, one of them being the “Petal Dance” while dancing along to “Aini Qatar”. A temporary dance was performed with the song “Allah Ya Omri Qatar”, a ballet danced to “Ragsi ya Ayoni” and the performance “The story of a Fairy” to “Toob Toob Ya Baher”.

Arda Perfomance

 “Rayat Al Eiz” Arda was performed by Al Khor school for boys and Qatar school for boys.

Asian Performance

The traditional Asian fan dance, was performed by more than 30 dancers to the song “Ya Jarati”. 

Drone and fireworks show sparkle Katara’s skies

Katara’s skies were lighted up in celebration of the National Day, with a unique drone and fireworks show. 

International Acts with a Middle Eastern Qatari twist

This year’s show was a combination and fusion of the Qatari culture and the European and Asian culture. Nasser Suhaim, a well-known composer who is behind this unique fusion, was able to create master pieces that gave the show a spectacular finish. 

Aspire Zone Foundation brought back the successful Lake Festival for a second year in a row and added a little extra spark. Itís a poetic and dazzling show orchestrated by the experts and talented artists who conducted The Geneva Lake Festival, Chateau de Versaille and Pont Du Gard shows. 

Directed by the highly acclaimed Christophe Berthonneau along with 40 performers, who dazzled Aspireís audience with a premier show experience at Aspire lake. Aspire Zone was lit up and sparkling for two nights on the 23rd and 24th of March 2018. Over 10,000 ticketed guests attended the show over the 2 days. 

The Magical Journey was manifested through a multitude of pyrotechnic ballets performances supported by amazing and creative lighting, multimedia, fireworks, and sound effects.

Aspire Park hosted 30 local F&B businesses with a variety of options, and the festival was sponsored by Ooredoo, Qatar Airways, Katara Cultural Village and Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy.

After the immense success of Aspire’s 1st International Kite Festival, we have invited our favorite international kite flyers to return to Aspire Park for yet another prosperous Kite Festival.

The event was held for 4 days, starting on March 6th to conclude on Friday, March 9th 2018.

Qatar residence watched in awe as professional kite flyers decorated the sky with their skillful choreography and enchanted designs. There was even more action on the ground with kite workshops, roaming entertainers and food kiosks.

This year, the much awaited Qatari team was launched to join the 22 countries to fill Aspire’s sky with colorful shapes and characters. The team was formed by the Organizing Committee in inviting a group of inspired young Qatar residents to join hand in hand and build the country’s very own kite.

The workshops were made for anyone interested to know the basics of building a kite. The public had the option to build their own kite or to decorate one to take out and fly. Its purpose is to educate the public in the art, history, technology, and practice of building and flying kites and advance the joys and values of kiting in all nations.

Moreover, the event featured three types of Competitions, Photography, Children’s Poster and Schools’ Competitions. The winners were announced on social media and awarded after the event.

Along with the International Kite Festival, AZF, in collaboration with the Qatar Photographic Society, launched a photography competition where Qatar residents were invited to enter by taking a photo and uploading it on Instagram. We wanted them to capture the dynamic beauty and show us the perfect moment through their camera lens. First place winner this year won a 20,000 QAR cash prize. Second place winner will be flying business class to a destination of their choice while the third place winner received two economy class plane tickets. Fourth and fifth place winners each received a professional camera to encourage them to take on their hobby to the next level. The competition was open to everyone and no registration was required.

Children were also given the chance to win in a competition designed to encourage them to reveal their creativity and imagination. All youngsters below the age of 13 years were invited to create and colour posters related to the event. Children drew their best illustration of a kite in the skies above Aspire Park to win valuable giveaways from Virgin Megastores. A panel composed of two Artists chose 6 winners.

The Festival organizer has designed a dedicated schools program to introduce children to the sport of kite flying through a friendly inter-school competition which was open to all Qatari schools, with teams representing 10 local schools vying for a range of cash prizes ñ 50,000 QAR for first place, 30,000 QAR for second place and 20,000 QAR for third place.

The Event was sponsored by Qatar Airways, Ooredoo, Katara, Salam Stores, Virgin Megastore and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy.

It was an honor to have led the first Lake Festival held in Qatar. Lake Festivals are very popular in the United States, China, Japan and Africa with more countries joining the list each year. In order to put Qatar on the Map of the Worldís elegant Lake Festival we initiated the first Aspire Lake Festival.

The depth of the sea has always been a source of mystery that mankind held an attraction to and it influenced many of their novels. The Italian Artist, Roberto Corona was inspired by the beauty of the sea and its mysterious creatures to create this extraordinary show, that took place at the Aspire Lake on the 9th,10th and 11th of November 2017.

Aspire Lake was immersed into a creative display of water and music celebrating beauty of the sea with breath taking performances, Dj and live singing. Approximately 75,000 people attended the show over the 3 days

 Aspire Park also hosted Qatarís favorite food trucks with a vast selection of sweet and savory options. It was indeed a celebration of life & color through the grace and majesty of the underwater world!

The ‘Tamim Al Majd’ mural was unveiled at Aspire Katara Hospitality (AKH) headquarters and Katara offices. AKH CEO Kholoud Al-Hail and staff signed on the mural expressing their support and solidarity with Qatar and His Highness, the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.

It was an honor to lead the first International Kite Festival in Qatar, hosting 13 different countries with the assistance of the Singaporean International Kite Association from 25 to 29 April 2017 in Aspire Park. 

The event was buzzed with workshops daily, showing students from different schools how to build and decorate kites, draw, paint and educational presentations about the history of kites.

Moreover, the event featured three types of Competitions, Photography, Children’s Poster and Schools’ Competitions. The winners were announced and awarded during the culminating evening on the last day of the event.

The Photography Competition was open for the public, participants captured action shots of the kites flying, or of guests interacting in the festival. Images were posted on Instagram with the hashtag #AspireKitePhoto and judged by a panel of Qatari Photographers.

The Prizes for the lucky winners were 2 Business class tickets from Qatar Airways for the 1st place, 2 Economy class tickets from Qatar Airways for the 2nd place and A D3300 camera and a training course from Nikon for the 3rd place.

Children’s Poster Competition was open to all kids of the age of 13 and under. The 10 winners received gifts from Kiddy Zone.

The Schools Competition was open to all public and private Qatari schools, 7 schools participated, the first prize was  30,000 QR went to Muaz Bin Jabal School, the 2nd Prize was 20,000 QR went to Gheras International School and the 3rd prize was 10,000 QR  went to Birla School.

The Event was sponsored by Qatar Airways, Ooredoo, Nikon and Kiddy Zone.