Dates for the diary

The Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay is hosting a night of jazz on March 4. Share a taste for fine food and raise a toast while six-piece jazz band The Swing Revue plays in the background. The price is BD40 inclusive of a three-course meal and beverages.

The Indian Club of Bahrain is hosting a ‘Family Fun Day in the Desert’ which will be held at AAbex’s ‘Desert Pearl Camp’ in Sakhir on March 4 from 8am through to midnight. This will include a day of activities and family hospitality, including sports, kids’ entertainment, a fashion show featuring the inaugural Desert Queen 2016 beauty pageant, a DJ, barbecue and refreshments.

For more information, tickets or entry forms for any of the activities, visit the club in Manama or call 17253157.

The Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival will be staged in Bahrain on March 15-19 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will join Donald and Goofy, along with 25 of the world’s favourite characters, in what promises to be a fun-filled live theatre experience.

Tickets can be bought from https://tickets.virginmegastore.me/?event_id=3595 and various options are available. Bronze tickets are BD10, silver are BD20, gold are BD40 and VIP are BD85.

The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is hosting the Bahrain British Business Forum’s first Speed Business Networking Event on March 7 from 4.30pm-7.30pm.

The price is BD10 for BBBF members and BD15 for non-members. To book a place, email bbbfevents@batelco.com.bh by March 3.

Al Areen Palace & Spa is launching its new Keizo Brunch every Friday, starting from March 11. Enjoy the ambience of a grandiose and exquisitely designed man-made island, as you savour a lavish brunch including Arabian, Western, Indian and Far East delicacies.

The cost is BD 25++ with selected in-house beverages and BD19++ with soft drinks from 12.30pm-4pm. There is also complimentary access to the pool and kids club.

For more information, call 17845000.

Celebrity speaker and best-selling author Deepak Chopra will host a workshop based on ‘The Future of Well Being’ at the Bahrain Conference Centre, Crowne Plaza on April 11. For more information, visit www.bihr.com.bs or call 36048699.

The next edition of Trib Fest will take place at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club in Janabiya on April 15. The event is an open air family friendly music festival and will involve various tribute acts from the UK performing classic hits by artists such as Queen, Stereophonics, David Bowie, Rihanna and Bryan Adams.

The event will run from 10am-10pm and tickets are available from https://www.tribfestbh.com/ or from the club reception. They are BD15 for adults and BD7 for children aged 12 and under.

Two charity football tournaments will be taking place in March and April at the Bahrain Rugby Football Club in Janabiya.

First up is an U12 tournament on March 4. From 1pm onwards, 10 teams (consisting of eight from Bahrain and two from Saudi Arabia) will battle it out in a group stage before gunning for glory in the finals stage.

On April 22, there will be two tournaments for the U10 and U14 age categories. There will also be various other entertainment activities, T-shirt sales, a raffle with prizes donated by chief sponsors NMDC, Movenpick Hotel Bahrain, Harmony Jewellers, and more.

Entry to all tournaments is free for guests, but donations will be gratefully accepted. All money raised will go towards Nepal charities and the event is being organised by Dutch businessman Paul Vrijhof, who has a successful track record of running similar tournaments, helped by volunteers.

The Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Disease Patients Care is hosting an event titled ‘A Journey of Hope and Support’ on March 5 at Amwaj Lagoon. The occasion will be dedicated to Sickle Cell Disease patients in Bahrain and the aim is to raise funds and promote awareness.

It will be split up into three parts. The first is ‘Awareness’, where the participants will be given a booklet and then made to pass through different booths. Each booth will represent and explain various aspects of the disease.

The second part is ‘Blood Donation’. The allocation of several mobile blood donation units to the event has been organised in junction with King Hamad University Hospital, and the blood collected will be given to patients in need for treatment locally.

The final aspect is the ‘Walkathon’, which will last for 30 minutes, and the aim is to express support for sufferers.

Avicii, pictured above, will headline the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix weekend performing on the night before the big F1 race, two years after he had to pull out of the same slot for health reasons.

Veteran Jamaican Grammy-winning singer Jimmy Cliff, pictured right, opens the festival of off-track entertainment at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir the night before on April 1.

Cliff is best known for songs such as Wonderful World, Beautiful People, Many Rivers to Cross, You Can Get It If You Really Want, The Harder They Come, Reggae Night, Hakuna Matata, and I Can See Clearly Now from the film Cool Runnings.

The music continues with world famous DJ pair Axwell ^ Ingrosso, pictured below right. The duo’s first performance was in 2014 at the June 8 Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, and since then the former members of Swedish House have enjoyed global success with a string of hits.

They are best known for tracks including number one charting single Sun is Shining and Top 10 iTunes tracks Something New, This Time and On My Way. They are listed in the Top 20 DJs in the world according to DJ Magazine and have become one of the most sought-after acts for the biggest festivals and clubs across the world.

On April 2 one of the globe’s biggest club and festival names will take to the stage. Avicii, a twice Grammy-nominated artist and producer, who has enjoyed a number of hits across the world with tracks such as Wake Me Up (which went four-times platinum and hit number one in 81 countries) and Hey Brother.