Artist Leadership programmes will take place all day at Albareh Art Gallery until April 10. Entry is free.

BAB Market, an outdoor festival at Bab Al Bahrain and Manama Souq will take place until March 30 from 4pm to 10pm everyday. Entry is free.

A photography exhibition entitled Within the Shadows by Ghada Khunji will take place on Sunday until March 23 at Bin Matar House in Muharraq. Entry is free.

An art exhibition by Himat Mohammed Ali will take place from Sunday until March 26 at Al Riwaq Art Space. Entry is free.

A poetry evening will be held today by seven artists at 7pm at Al Riwaq Art Space. Entry is free.

Award-winning poet Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi will lead a poetry and dialogue night at Shaikh Ebrahim Centre for Culture and Research on Moday at 8pm.
Entry is free.

A puppetry, acting, shadow theatre and video performance by Sneezing Firas will take place until March 14 at 5pm at the Cultural Hall. Entry is free.

A Turkish photography exhibition will take place at the Bahrain National Museum at 7pm on March 17. Entry is free.

Jordanian composer and pianist Zade Dirani will perform at the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre for Culture and Research on March 18 at 8pm. Entry is free.

Bechara El Bon will lead an Arabic lecture on the experience of an Arab journalist in foreign media organisations on March 25 at 8pm in Al Zayed House. Entry is free.

A theatre performance for children aged two to six by Paperbelle will take place at the Art Centre on March 26-28 at 10am and 4pm. Entry is free.

Alwan 338 exhibition will day place daily from March 26-April 22 in Adliya Block 338. Entry is free.

A lecture about secularism in today’s world by Tunisian Raja Bin Salama will take place at 8pm on April 1 at the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre for Culture and Research. Entry is free.

Travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith will share tips on how to write a good travel book on April 4 at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art at 7pm. Tickets cost BD20 and can be purchased at the centre.

An exhibition entitled Imagine, Fictional Architecture and the Liberation of Ideas will take place from April 7-27 at the Bin Matar House from 9am-1pm and again from 4pm-7pm. Entry is free.

Poet Najib Khaddari will recite his poetry at the House of Poetry on April 8 at 8pm. Entry is free.

An art exhibition by Lebanese artist Fatima El Hajj will take place from April 9-30 at Albareh Art Gallery. Entry is free.

Jordanian musician Farah Siraj will perform on April 12 at 8pm at the Cultural Hall. Entry is free.

A lecture on the price to pay, lessons for tomorrow and clashes of ignorance in the Mediterranean by Morrocoan Andre Azoulay will take place at the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre for Culture and Research on April 15 at 8pm. Entry is free.

An exhibition by architects Thomas Modeen and Maysam Alnasser as well as calligrapher Akar will take place from April 20 - May 20 at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art. Entry is free.

A lecture focusing on media by Ghassan Hajjar will take place Al Zayed House at 8pm on April 22. Entry is free.

*For more information on tickets and events, call the Festival’s hotline on 39900630 or visit www.springofculture.org