31 December 2026 · Dubai
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Dubai
Dubai sees the year out at midnight in fire and light: over Burj Khalifa, along the Palm and across the bay from Burj Al Arab. Here is every New Year’s Eve event for Thursday 31 December 2026 that we could confirm on the hotels’ and organisers’ own pages on 12 November 2026, with prices as they print them, in dirhams.
Updated October 2026
Burj Khalifa and Global Village: what is confirmed so far
Midnight over Burj Khalifa is the moment most visitors come for, but when we checked, Emaar’s own New Year’s Eve site still showed last year’s celebration and had not yet published its plans, tickets or viewing areas for 31 December 2026. Last year it sold tickets for Burj Park, opened its gates at noon and warned of road closures around Downtown from 4pm; we will add this year’s details when Emaar confirms them.
Global Village, open for its 31st season until May 2027, has not yet published its 2026 programme either. Last New Year’s Eve it held seven countdowns, each with fireworks and a drone show, marking midnight in China, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Dubai and Turkey, all included in the entry ticket.
Our advice: if you want the Burj Khalifa fireworks without the Downtown crowds, book a table with a view of them from the Palm or the beach; nearly every gala below promises one.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Donaldytong · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsEmaar: My Dubai New Year Global Village: last year’s seven countdowns
Galas on the Palm: Kempinski and Dukes
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Francesco Bini · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAt Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah, New Year on the Med fills Villamoré from 8pm to 2am, with an international buffet, a live band, a singer, a DJ and a magician; tuxedos and evening dress are encouraged. It costs AED 2,800 until 15 November, then AED 3,300, with children aged 6–11 at AED 1,500 and under-6s free.
Dukes The Palm holds its gala on the outdoor pool deck from 8pm to midnight: an international buffet with live cooking, from AED 1,400 (soft drinks) to AED 1,975 (bubbly), plus AED 200 for front-row seats and AED 825 for children aged 5–11. Bookings before 30 November save 15%, and an after-party runs until 2am, from AED 199.
Our advice: both Palm galas reward an early booking: Kempinski’s lower price runs to 15 November and Dukes takes 15% off before 30 November; book a room too, so the night ends a lift ride from bed.
Kempinski Palm Jumeirah: New Year on the Med Dukes The Palm: New Year’s Eve gala dinner
By the sea: Four Seasons Jumeirah Beach
Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach holds its Celebration by the Shore from 7pm: Champagne at Jou Jou Brasserie, a buffet, a French cabaret with live music, the midnight fireworks and the after-party on Mercury Rooftop (AED 4,500 with alcohol, AED 3,100 without). Sea Fu serves à la carte over the sea from 8pm (minimum spend AED 3,000).
Our advice: prepayment is required, and from the beach the midnight fireworks are part of the view.
Four Seasons Resort Dubai: New Year’s Eve
Rooftops and late nights: Mercury, Luna and DIFC
Mercury Rooftop at Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach parties from 8pm to 4am, with live DJs and performers and two fireworks displays at midnight. Entry with a five-course set menu and soft drinks is AED 2,600 (alcohol charged as you go); cocktail tables carry a AED 1,000 minimum spend, and it is over-21s only after midnight.
In the financial district, Four Seasons Hotel DIFC opens Luna, its rooftop, from 8pm to 3am, for over-21s: a AED 500 minimum spend per person until 11pm, then AED 800 at the bar, AED 1,500 per guest at high tables, or AED 3,000 for a low table of four. Below, Mina Brasserie serves dinner with a live band from 8pm to 1am, and the Churchill Club takes private parties.
Our advice: in DIFC you are close to Downtown but out of its closed roads; reserve, since every rooftop works on minimum spends that night.
Four Seasons Resort Dubai: Mercury Rooftop Four Seasons Hotel DIFC: New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day and what is still to come
On Friday 1 January 2027, Jou Jou Brasserie at Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach serves a New Year’s Day brunch from 1pm to 4pm, with a Mediterranean buffet, live music and a children’s corner: AED 715 with house drinks, AED 455 without, and AED 225 for children aged 3–12.
When we checked, Emaar (Burj Khalifa and Burj Park), Burj Al Arab, Armani Hotel Dubai, One&Only One Za’abeel, Address Hotels, Dubai Opera and Global Village had not yet published New Year’s Eve 2026 plans; we will add them as they are confirmed.
Our advice: early-bird prices end in November at Kempinski and Dukes; book now, and arrange your car home before you go out.
Four Seasons Resort Dubai: New Year’s Day brunch
Questions and answers
Where can I watch the Burj Khalifa fireworks on New Year’s Eve 2026?
Emaar had not yet published its 2026 plans when we checked on 12 November 2026. Last year it sold tickets for Burj Park and set aside public viewing areas in Downtown Dubai, with roads closing from 4pm. Check Emaar’s own New Year site for this year’s details.
How much is a New Year’s Eve gala dinner in Dubai in 2026?
From the hotels’ own pages: Dukes The Palm from AED 1,400, Kempinski Palm Jumeirah AED 2,800 (early bird, to 15 November) or AED 3,300, Mercury Rooftop AED 2,600 and Four Seasons Celebration by the Shore AED 4,500.
Every event from the hotel’s or organiser’s own page (atlantis.com, oneandonlyresorts.com, jumeirah.com, kempinski.com, minorhotels.com, press.fourseasons.com, mydubainewyear.emaar.com, globalvillage.ae), checked 12 November 2026. Prices are as each venue prints them, in UAE dirhams. Check before you go.