Muscat Festival 2008 - Qurum Park

Muscat Festival 2008 - Nancy Ajram

The famous Lebanese singer, Nancy Ajram performed in A'Seeb Beach, one of the festival's venues, yesterday.
She was scheduled to arrive at 3:00pm but arrived at 4:00pm. The performance lasted for about an hour and it was broadcast live on Oman TV.

For that reason, I thought I would focus more on the crowed and traffic that the event caused.

Here is the video I shot from attending the event:

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Part 2:

Muscat Festival 2008 - A'Seeb Beach

I always thought that this beach venue was the best of all others. There is always much to do and the fact that it's on the beach, makes it even better.

The A'Seeb Beach venue is known for hosting great arab music artists every Friday or/and Thursday.

Entry is free and there are many activities for children and the whole family. It's the shows that make it as great as it is.

I made this video of the place to give an over view of what it's all about. Hopefully if you havn't gone yet, you will go next week because of the video.



So? Am I right or what?

Muscat Festival 2008 - Festival Plaza

I paid a visit yesterday, to one of the venues of the festival. The festival plaza in Al Athaiba is a place to see.

There is a lot to do and it feels so alive. If you are a single person going there just to check it out, I don't really think that you should. I mean, unless you are going to play the games that they have, it's not much fun if you are not with somebody or a group of people.

This venue is definitely the best for women who want to shop. With international markets all over, you can feel the verity where ever you go.

This is a video that I've made of the festival. It's a quick 7 minute video of what goes on at that venue before dusk and before all the shows start. And even though that's the case, there was still much to do.



This is only part 1 of the visit there. Part 2 is about what happens after dusk. It's coming soon...

Muscat Festival 2008

Muscat Festival, which begins on the 21st of January to the 15th of February, is a fun and exiting time for the people of Oman. It provides them with games, activities, international shows and international shopping. There is always something for someone.
The Festival has also been proven to be a boost on the tourism sector in the past years. With over 2million visitors in 2006 alone. Ever since its inception in February 1998, more and more visitors come to witness the true colors of Oman.
The Muscat Municipality added:

This year, Muscat Festival is expected to attract over three million visitors

Visit the official Muscat Festival web site for more information.


So what does this mean for BeInOman.com?

Well, I have good news and I have bad news. I will start with the good news first.
My colleagues and I are going to cover the festival for you (I will come back to this point). The bad news is, we will start covering the events on the 28th of January - a week after the festival starts- due to some difficulties.
Back to the first point, we will be covering the events held in the festival extensively however we can. Whether its audio, pictures or even video. Actually, we will be using video more often. We will make sure you wont miss anything and always know what's going on during the festival.

There are many venues for this festival but we will be more concentrated on three of them, the festival plaza in Al Athaiba, the new venue at Al Sahwa park and A'Seeb Beach. These are the most exciting in my opinion (I don't know about Al Sahwa yet).

I will be making posts under the title "Muscat Festival 2008" along with the name of the venue to make it easier for you to find it in the archive in the future.