EventMania Festival 2026: Three Years, Two Stages, One Industry

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DUBAI. September 9, 2026. EventMania Festival returns for its third consecutive year at the iconic SkyLight Gallery, Arjaan by Rotana Dubai Media City - and this edition marks a significant milestone. What began in 2024 with 300 participants, grew to 400 in 2025, now expands into a two-format event, welcoming the wider Dubai event community with new energy, new partnerships, and a new dedicated space: Wedding Mania.

A Festival Built by the Industry, for the Industry

EventMania is where the event market connects - not through business cards passed across a desk, but through live, high-energy interactions. Suppliers, artists, contractors, and production companies meet face-to-face with event managers, wedding planners, hotel representatives, corporate HR teams, and private clients - all in one afternoon.

The flagship format remains the Event Maze: a structured speed-networking session where up to 200 service providers rotate through 40 tables, presenting themselves in three-minute bursts to seated eventers. It is fast, efficient, and consistently rated as the most valuable hour of the day by both sides.

What's New in 2026: Wedding Mania

For the first time, EventMania launches a dedicated wedding industry stream - Wedding Mania - running alongside the core event programme in a separate hall. This expansion reflects the growing demand from Dubai's thriving wedding market and creates a focused space for wedding planners, venue specialists, decor suppliers, photographers, and bridal service providers to connect with their direct audience.

The inaugural Wedding Mania stream is presented in partnership with BrideClub.me, the leading CIS-market wedding resource in the UAE. The platform's founder, Rhiannon Downie Hurst, will take the stage as one of the keynote speakers in the TED Zone: Event Marketing 360° session - sharing her perspective on wedding marketing, audience trust, and building brand communities in a competitive luxury market.

09.09.2026 - Programme at a Glance

• 11:00–12:00 Welcome & Exhibition opens

• 12:00–14:00 Event Maze - Round of Meetings (speed-networking)

• 14:00–15:00 Show Programme

• 15:00–16:00 TED Zone: Keynote Speakers - Event Marketing 360°

• 16:00–18:00 Networking & Closing

The Venue

The festival returns to the SkyLight Gallery at Arjaan by Rotana Dubai Media City - a luminous, high-ceilinged space with an openwork crystal roof, spacious gallery wings for the welcome zone and buffet, and ample parking. Conveniently located at the entrance to Palm Jumeirah with valet parking available.

Media Partnership: EventMag.Me

EventMania Festival's general media partner is EventMag.Me - the leading industry publication covering event marketing and the events industry. The magazine covers the preparation and results of each EventMania edition, publishes features on festival participants and partners, and provides a platform for expert columns by TED Zone speakers.

The joint platform of EventMania and EventMag.Me brings together the live networking of the festival with the editorial reach of the magazine: participants gain not only direct access to the on-site audience, but also media presence within the professional community after the event. Festival partners and exhibitors are featured in the publication as part of dedicated EventMania editorial coverage.

About EventMania Festival

EventMania Festival is Dubai's annual gathering for the event industry - a marketplace of talent, services, and ideas where suppliers present directly to clients in live formats. Now in its third year, the festival has hosted 700+ industry professionals across two editions and continues to grow as the region's most direct networking event for eventers and contractors alike.