Halsey to headline 2025–2026 Dubai Shopping Festival with first UAE concert

Multi-platinum recording artist and global cultural icon Halsey will make her highly anticipated Dubai debut with a headline performance at the Coca-Cola Arena on Saturday, December 6, kicking off the 2025–2026 Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) — the world’s longest-running retail festival.

Presented as part of Dubai Calendar’s winter line-up, the one-night-only concert will celebrate the start of the city’s biggest annual event, promising fans across the UAE and beyond an unforgettable night of chart-topping hits, powerful vocals, and raw storytelling that have defined Halsey’s career.

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With tickets starting at Dh295, fans can now secure their seats at www.coca-cola-arena.com. The first 500 Fan Pit ticket buyers will also receive an Dh50 merchandise voucher to mark Halsey’s historic Dubai debut.

Diamond-certified and three-time GRAMMY Award-nominated, Halsey has become one of the most influential voices in modern pop and alternative music, amassing over 50 billion streams, 75 RIAA-certified singles, and four RIAA-certified albums. Her latest record, The Great Impersonator (2024), debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative and Top Alternative Albums charts, continuing a streak of chart-topping releases that includes If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (2021), Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017), and Badlands (2015).

The concert follows her record-breaking For My Last Trick Tour, praised by Variety as “one of the most ambitious pop tours of the year.” Ahead of her Dubai performance, Halsey has released BADLANDS: Decade Edition Anthology, celebrating 10 years of her landmark debut album.

Beyond her music, Halsey continues to redefine the role of the modern artist through her about-face beauty line, bestselling poetry collection I Would Leave Me If I Could, and a series of creative ventures that have earned her a spot on TIME’s list of 100 Most Influential People.

Tickets: Dh295–595
Available at: www.coca-cola-arena.com
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Venue: Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai

Husain Rizvi

husain@khaleejtimes.com

Husain Rizvi is a Senior Features Writer who covers entertainment and lifestyle stories and has a profound interest in tech (games) and sports. When he’s not working, you can find him at the gym, or finishing a boss fight in a video game.