From Boom To Sustainability: Middle East market report

IQ gets the low down on the region's flourishing entertainment business, with the initial part's focus on Saudi Arabia and Dubai

Anyma made his MDLBEAST Soundstorm debut in 2025
Anyma made his MDLBEAST Soundstorm debut in 2025

In the Middle East, everyone has a different set of reasons for putting on a show. From the lavishly funded state entertainment projects of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi to the hard-nosed entertainment…

hub of Dubai, and from the high-end venues of Bahrain and Qatar to the rebounding markets of Egypt and Lebanon, no two motivations are quite the same.

“The Middle East is not a single market,” says Cosmin Ivan, managing director of independent regional ticketing company Platinumlist,…

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