Global Village to stage ‘Happiness Street Fest – Women’s Edition’

DUBAI: Global Village, the UAE and wider region’s leading multicultural family destination for culture, shopping, and entertainment, is celebrating International Women’s Day and International Day of Happiness at the Season 27 ‘Happiness Street Fest – Women’s Edition’.

Running from March 8-20, this season’s festival will bring together 10 of the world’s most talented female street artists and performers from countries including Canada, Australia, Argentina, Spain, Germany and Switzerland.

Some of the artists coming to Global Village for the two-week festival include:

• The High-Flying Aerial Muse: Using aerial silk, Minerva from Australia will perform Theaker Von Ziarno, a show that will transcend audiences to a beautiful journey in the sky.
• The Queen of The Bicycle: Switzerland’s Jessica Arpin will host her entire show on a bicycle. Guests will get a chance to interact with the artist as she juggles while performing and riding! Make sure you don’t miss the upside-down rides as well!
• The Sharp Shooting Sensation: Sara Twister is one of the world’s most mind-blowing contortionists coming to Global Village all the way from Germany. Whilst balancing on her arms, Sara can fire a bow with her feet! ‘Ready. Aim. Fire’ is a show that has a little something for everyone, and is guaranteed to wow audiences of all ages.

This season’s Happiness Street Fest will also include unique shows and performances from magician Billy Kid from the UK, Cata Catarsis circus from Spain, the funambulist Espuma Bruma and Mona Ciro from Argentina, Julia Laflamme on the German wheel and The Farmer’s Daughter from Canada, and Kukuryku all the way from Poland.