25 February – 30 April, 2018
Various Locations
The Spring of Culture is an annual festival organized by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, the Economic Development Board and Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research, and in collaboration with AlBareh Art Gallery, Al Riwaq Art Space, and La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art.
Now in its 13th year, the festival’s kickoff date coincides with Arab Tourism Day, which was adopted when Manama was the Capital of Arab Tourism in 2013 and commemorates the anniversary of the birth of the famous Arab traveller Ibn Battuta. Bahrain’s unique culturally and historically sites form the perfect backdrop to vibrant various exciting cultural events and activities featuring local, regional and international talents from song, music, theatre, to art and much more. These diverse events include lectures, workshops, exhibitions, concerts and other types of events. More details on the line-up of cultural events are available on the festival’s official website www.springofculture.org