Dubai Shopping Festival 2011- The Best Time to have fun and Earn $$

Dubai Shopping Festival 2011 or DSF 2011 has started and there are plenty of fun filled entertainment activities ranging from International shows, concerts, shopping promotions, massive discounts, gold bars and raffles all worth millions of dirhams.
Some of the highlights of DSF 2011 and the picks of the festival are given below:

DSF Gold Raffle
Gold Raffle is also back in Dubai Shopping Festival 2011 with several packages. "Bag of Fortune", offers jewellery customers a chance to win 21 kilos of gold worth Dh3.5 million through raffle draws. Apart from that shoppers have a chance to win half a kilo of gold daily and on the last day of Dubai Shopping Festival a bumper prize of five kilos of gold will be given.
Another promotion is of 'Scratch n Wi' where the lucky winners can enjoy up to Dh 3 million in cash.

Nissan Mega Raffle and Lexus Mega Raffle
Lexus Mega Raffle and Nissan Mega Raffle are offering prizes worth millions of Dirhams. 79 cars will be offered to the shoppers within 32 days.

DSF Concerts:
Several Concerts will also be helf all across Dubai so the music lovers can have a blast this DSF.
Faris Karam and Shireen Abdulwahhab (January 28; 8.00 pm - 1.00 am; The Burj Steps in Downtown Dubai)
Dubai Rocks with K.K. and Sunidhi Chauhan (January 28; 8.00 pm - 1.00 am ; Madinat Arena,Madinat Jumeirah)
Pharrell Williams and his band N.E.R.D with guest Mike Posner (February 10; 8:00 pm-1:00 am; Festival City)
Amy Winehouse (February 11; 9:00 pm-1:00 am; Festival City)
Wael Kufury and Nancy Ajram (February 11; 8.00 pm – 1:00 am; The Burj Steps in Downtown Dubai)
Fadel Shaker and Haifa Wehbe (February 18; 8.00 pm – 1:00 am; The Burj Steps in Downtown Dubai)
The Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2011, featuring internationally acclaimed blues stars from around the world, will be held from Jan. 20-38.

DSF Night Souks
Shop till you drop holds true for DSF. Don’t want to do shopping in the afternoon then don’t worry and dedicate your evenings to retail therapies. Dubai Night Souks offers a wide variety of products, food, restaurants and fun filled activities.

Dubai Shopping Festival Heritage Events and Global Village:
Heritage and cultural events will be as usual conducted at Al Shindagha heritage site (located along the Dubai Creek promenade) and Hatta Heritage Village which are extremely popular among visitors of DSF.
Global Village at Dubai Land will also present a live performances, sumptuous food, range of products and rides for kids. “Where World Comes Together” is the logo of Global Village.

DSF Carpet and Arts Oasis
Just like every year traditional Carpets from various countries including Turkey, China, Iran, Pakistan and India will be also be showcased. The exhibition will be held at the Airport Expo Dubai, West Hall.

DSF Creations / Fashion Bazaar (February 10-February 20)
Fashion Industry can also have their moment at a 10 day fashion extravaganze named as “Creations. Dubai is on its way of becoming the up coming fashion hub and Creations provides a stepping stone for it.

DSF Gulf Bike Week (February 10 - February 12)
Crazy about bikes ? Then DSF is a place for you. Visit the 3 day exhibition of the latest sport bikes, cruisers and accessories will also be displayed. His Excellency Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA Vice-President for Sport and President of the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE are the sponsors of the event.

DSF Closing Ceremony(February 20):
And lastly all the festivities will come to an end but that too with a classy closing ceremony on 20th of February.

So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags and head for this year’s Dubai Shopping Festival. Take advantage of Dubai’s renowned rental portal My Dubai Stay’s is offering a remarkable deal of 50 vouchers. For details visit Dubai Furnished Apartments site and dubai self catering apartments hub.