Qatar’s biggest shopping festival, Shop Qatar, made its return this month which started on February 23 and will run until March 18 . Ten of the country’s most popular shopping malls, including Doha Festival City, Place Vendôme, and Lagoona Mall, will be participating in this month-long celebration of Qatar’s retail and leisure industry. 

There will be exciting events throughout the month; Sephora will host “Sephora Saturdays” with masterclasses at Place Vendôme that are open to all and “Sephora Ladies Night” on Wednesdays, which will see private masterclasses, complete with luscious giveaways. Men need not feel excluded and can look forward to a Men’s only event that will take place on Saturday, March 4. 

Another highly anticipated event during this edition of Shop Qatar is the grand fashion show that will be taking place at Harvey Nichols in Doha Festival City, on March 14 featuring the best of local designers.

Spectacular roaming performances will also be on offer for shoppers, which will rotate between participating malls during the month-long shopping festival. 

Acts range from dazzling winter circus and heliosphere aerial performances to a captivating trip to the enchanted fairy forest for the little ones.  

Shoppers can also participate in a range of competitions and promotions, such as the ‘Shop and Sweep’ event at Virgin Megastore branches across the country. For every QR200 spent, shoppers are eligible to enter a draw for mega prizes worth over QR2mn. This year’s grand prize – the biggest in Shop Qatar’s long-running history – is the chance to win a brand-new studio apartment in The Pearl Qatar. 

As part of Shop Qatar is the Paw Patrol Festival taking place at Place Vendôme from March 2 to 18. This fully immersive festival will combine all the best that the globally loved Paw Patrol franchise has to offer, including live performances, meet-and-greets with the show’s most famous characters and much more.  

Shop Qatar sees the valued support of platinum sponsors: Doha Festival City, Place Vendôme, and Lagoona Mall; and gold sponsors: Landmark Mall, Al Khor Mall, City Center Mall, Hyatt Plaza, Mall of Qatar, Gulf Mall and Al Hazm.

Qatar Live meanwhile will run until March 18. Following recent successes including Disney Princess – The Concert and John Legend, Qatar Live brings more renowned artists and exciting performances, with upcoming acts that include: Angham which happened yesterday, the ‘voice of Egypt’ Angham enthralled local crowds with a live and enchanting set; Assala Nasri will perform on March 2, one of the Arab world’s most popular acts, the Syrian superstar will perform to crowds at Al Shaqab; and Kuwaiti national treasure, Nawal Al Kuwaitia, will perform a medley of her hits live also at Al Shaqab on March 3.

In addition to the packed schedule of performances, and as part of the Qatar Live programme, the world-renowned Circus 1903 will make a triumphant debut to Doha from March 10 to 18.  

Assembled by the same award-winning team behind the stage production of War Horse, this unique celebration of the golden age of circus will be available for local audiences at the Abdul Aziz Nasser Theatre, who will have the chance to see astoundingly lifelike puppet elephants brought to life in the ring.