The fourth edition of the annual Shop Qatar opens on Tuesday with a fashion show featuring creations by Qatari and French designers, Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) revealed yesterday.
Serving as a prelude to the Qatar-France 2020 Year of Culture, the by-invitation fashion show will showcase on the catwalk latest collections by Qatari designer Hind Al Rumaihi and French collective Faith Connexion.
The full details of the 25-day shopping festival was presented yesterday before the media by Jawaher Al-Khuzaei from QNTC.
The festival will be offering discounts of up to 70% and for every QR 200 spent at participating shops in any of the festival’s retail partners, shoppers will get a chance to win any of the six cars and cash prizes with a total worth of more than QR2 million during the three raffle draws spread throughout the festival period.
For every raffle draw, five lucky shoppers will win QR10,000 each, four winners will receive QR20,000 each, two will get QR50,000 each, and one winner will bag QR100,000, one lucky shopper will win a Mini Cooper Hatchback and another winner will get to take home a BMW 730 Li.
One of the highlights of the festival are fashion-forward events including fashion shows majority of which will be held at the opulent Al Hazm including an international fashion show on January 23, fashion show by international celebrity designer Nicholas Jebran on January 24, fashion show by local designers on January 25, Al Hazm collection fashion show on January 26 and 27 and Chinese fashion show on January 29. In addition, Mirqab Mall will be presenting a kids fashion show featuring Al Mana Group brands on January 24.
There will also be make-up masterclasses by famous beauty experts including Hanan Al Najada on January 14 January at Park Hyatt Hotel, Hanan Al Najada on January 13 at Doha Festival City, and Dalal Al Refai on January 18 at Lagoona Mall.
Throughout the festival, all participating malls will host free roaming shows and family-friendly entertainment as well as a colourful lights and confetti show every weekend. The shows will include Masha and The Bear from January 9to 15 (three shows a day), Shaun the Sheep from January 16-22 (3 shows a day), Justice League Parade from January 21 to 31, solo musicians from January 9 to 11, 16 to 18, 24 and 31, and lights and confetti show throughout the festival.
beIN will be holding an exciting family game show at Mirqab Mall on January 23, 24, 30 and 31 at 3pm in which four families will compete through 10 levels of mental and physical challenges.
A series of concerts are in store for music lovers including the shows by Siwar Choir on January 17 at The Pearl-Qatar 9.30pm following the first raffle draw, Disney in Concert with Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra from January 17 to 21 at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Sonu Nigam on January 23 at Asian Town Amphitheatre, New Year Concert at on January 25 at Katara Opera House, PK Music Festival at January 30 at QNCC and Video Games Live on January 31 at QNCC featuring the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra.
A new feature at this year’s festival is the Chinese New Year Celebrations comprising dragon parade at various malls from January 25 to 31, drums show at various malls from January 25 to 31, Chinse fashion shows at Al Hazm on January 29 and Chinese arts and crafts activities at various malls from January 25 to 30 which include umbrella painting, Chinese calligraphy and face painting.
In addition, the third edition of the breathtaking Aspire Lake Festival will be held on January 10 at Aspire Park under the theme “Tree of Life.” The press conference held at Al Hazm yesterday was attended by Shop Qatar 2020 partners.