About the Festival
Dubai Duty Free presents the second edition of India by the Creek in Dubai, an incredible three-day celebration of the arts, featuring music, verse, literary ideas, and conversations that embody the enduring ties between India and the UAE.
Produced by Teamwork Arts in partnership with Dubai Economy & Tourism, and Al Seef, the festival is set to return to Dubai from 14th to 16th February 2025 at Al Seef Creek, Dubai.
Bringing in the glamour of Bollywood, a caravan of artists, mystical music, evocative stories, and more, India by the Creek 2025 continues the success of the first edition, weaving together the cultural richness of India and Dubai.
The Emirates stand tall as a testament to a unique, multifaceted culture, blending the traditional and the cosmopolitan. India by the Creek, deeply rooted in shared history and yet universally resonant, finds a natural home here.
About the Festival
Dubai Duty Free presents the second edition of India by the Creek in Dubai, an incredible three-day celebration of the arts, featuring music, verse, literary ideas, and conversations that embody the enduring ties between India and the UAE.
Produced by Teamwork Arts in partnership with Dubai Economy & Tourism, and Al Seef, the festival is set to return to Dubai from 14th to 16th February 2025 at Al Seef Creek, Dubai.
Bringing in the glamour of Bollywood, a caravan of artists, mystical music, evocative stories, and more, India by the Creek 2025 continues the success of the first edition, weaving together the cultural richness of India and Dubai.
The Emirates stand tall as a testament to a unique, multifaceted culture, blending the traditional and the cosmopolitan. India by the Creek, deeply rooted in shared history and yet universally resonant, finds a natural home here.

About Teamwork Arts
Teamwork Arts is a highly versatile production company with roots in the performing arts, social action and the corporate world. For over 30 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting the finest of Indian performers, writers, change makers and visual artistes in the knowledge and arts space in India and abroad. Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 72 cities and 26 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts and literature. We produce the world's largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Maldives, and Europe.
Even amidst the upheaval and unsettling times of 2020 and through 2021, Teamwork Arts successfully launched the digital series, JLF Brave New World and Words Are Bridges, which were viewed by over 4.8 million people in their first season. Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 27 million viewers in January 2021. Art Matters empowers artistes across India to collaborate by commissioning them to create new works. The digital series Be Inspired was launched in 2021 – a series that crystal gazes into the future with conversations on science, technology, innovation, environment and more. Two on-ground editions of ‘Be Inspired - Festival of Ideas’ were held in 2023 and the first edition of Sikkim Arts & Literature Festival was launched in May 2023.
