About the Festival
India by the Creek is a celebration of India, its arts, music, verse, and literary ideas in Dubai, spread across three days. The Festival will return for its third edition from 27th to 29th March 2026, at Souk Al Seef, overlooking the iconic Dubai Creek.
India by the Creek, the biggest festival of its kind in Dubai, has established itself as a premier event embodying the enduring ties between India and the UAE and an ever-growing space for artists and performers from India.
Produced by Teamwork Arts in partnership with Dubai Economy and Tourism and the Consulate General of India, Dubai, the Festival will feature a wide array of offerings, including interactive conversations, film screenings, workshops, storytelling, live music, and much more.
About the Festival
India by the Creek is a celebration of India, its arts, music, verse, and literary ideas in Dubai, spread across three days. The Festival will return for its third edition from 27th to 29th March 2026, at Souk Al Seef, overlooking the iconic Dubai Creek.
India by the Creek, the biggest festival of its kind in Dubai, has established itself as a premier event embodying the enduring ties between India and the UAE and an ever-growing space for artists and performers from India.
Produced by Teamwork Arts in partnership with Dubai Economy and Tourism and the Consulate General of India, Dubai, the Festival will feature a wide array of offerings, including interactive conversations, film screenings, workshops, storytelling, live music, and much more.
Festival Performers
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About Teamwork Arts
Teamwork Arts, India’s pioneering arts company, crafting cultural experiences for over 30 years, has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting and nurturing the finest of Indian performers, writers, change makers and visual artists to the forefront. Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 45 cities and 19 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts, knowledge, and literature. We produce the world’s largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, and Europe.
Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 35 million viewers in January 2024. Some key offerings among our digital and hybrid endeavours are Art Matters, which empowers artists across India to collaborate by commissioning them to create new works, and Be Inspired: Fast-tracking the future, which changes the narrative of scientific possibility into innovation. Two new milestones were added to our festival repertoire in 2024 - the Jaigarh Heritage Festival in Jaipur, celebrating India’s regal past and rich legacy of art, culture and architecture, and Voices of Faith in London, exploring the philosophies of faith to find a way towards collective empathy and understanding, and in 2026, Avakai: Amaravati Festival of Cinema, Culture and Literature was inaugurated in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
