Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

17–23 Nov 2026 (7 days)

Location

Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sound

Bachata · Dance

Tickets

€125 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Dubai International Airport

Nearest station

Mall of the Emirates Metro

Line-up announced

7 artists so far

The story

The Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai 2026 takes place from November 17 to 23, 2026, at the Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park. This festival's fourth edition features a week-long schedule dedicated entirely to Bachata programming, including workshops, performances, competitions, concerts, socials, and themed parties.

Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai is a 7-day bachata, dance festival at Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The November 2026 edition runs 17–23 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Azael and Sofia, Chris Paradise, Cornel and Rithika, Dario and Sara, Dimple Cupido, Marco and Sara and Shama. Expect stages split between Bachata and Dance. The line-up is spread across the 7 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park, in Dubai. Dubai is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday and closing on a Monday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Dubai are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Workshops featuring masterclasses with notable instructors
• The Notion Cup including Pro and Amateur divisions
• Evening shows and concerts including performances by Shama
• Themed parties until 3:00 AM
• Onsite room and meal packages available

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai works out at roughly €1,446 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 9% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 10h 48m each way, at €677 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 8 nights rather than 7: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Dubai International Airport, check the transfer time to Dubai before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Latin Notion Bachata Festival Dubai on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Tuesday 17 November

  Azael and Sofia

• Day 2 — Wednesday 18 November

  Chris Paradise

• Day 3 — Thursday 19 November

  Cornel and Rithika

• Day 4 — Friday 20 November

  Dario and Sara

• Day 5 — Saturday 21 November

  Dimple Cupido

• Day 6 — Sunday 22 November

  Marco and Sara

• Day 7 — Monday 23 November

  Shama

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  17–23 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Azael and Sofia, Chris Paradise, Cornel and Rithika

• 2024

  17–23 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Chris Paradise, Cornel and Rithika, Dario and Sara

• 2023

  17–23 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Cornel and Rithika, Dario and Sara, Dimple Cupido

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Dubai International Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Mall of the Emirates Metro; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park, in Dubai.
• Book a bed in Dubai early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air10h 48m · €677