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Gallery

Photos from Souk Sessions, record fairs and Mini Festival, event by event.

Recap films

Short films from Souk Sessions and Mini Festival.

(Souk Sessions - 31 Aug 2024)

Vol. 16

(Abu Dhabi - 13 Jan 2024)

Vinyl Souk x MiZa at The Alley

(Souk Sessions - 16 Dec 2023)

Vol. 9

(Souk Sessions - 25 Nov 2023)

Vol. 8

(Souk Sessions - 29 Jul 2023)

Vol. 4

(Souk Sessions - 24 Jun 2023)

Vol. 3

(Souk Sessions - 20 May 2023)

Vol. 2

(Souk Sessions - 29 Apr 2023)

Vol. 1

(Mini Festival - 13 Apr 2025)

Mini Festival, 2nd edition

Shot and edited by Jana.

(Mini Festival - 24 Nov 2024)

Mini Festival, 1st edition

Shot and edited by Sensei Productions.

(Souk Sessions - 28 Sep 2024)

Vol. 17

(Souk Sessions - 24 Feb 2024)

Vol. 11 after-party with Feed a Soul

(Souk Sessions - 27 Jan 2024)

Vol. 10: Film Society special

(Mini Festival - 1 Feb 2026)

Mini Festival, 3rd edition

25hours Hotel One Central

A crowd gathered around the decks under a Jameson Connects neon sign in the courtyard.
A red Vinyl Souk neon sign glowing above the bar.
Two DJs side by side at the decks, one hand on the mixer.
A DJ in a yellow and purple patterned shirt and a hat reaching across the decks.
A guitarist playing on stage in front of a green curtain.
A singer at a keyboard on stage, under a green neon sign.
The decks on the terrace at night, with Dubai’s towers lit up behind.
People sitting on rattan chairs in the courtyard under strings of lights.
A stall table of printed bags and zines with a card reader.
Printed T-shirts pegged on a line above a stall of prints and records.
A decorated stall with a Sonido Tropical sign, flowers and bright fabric.
Someone dancing with their arms raised as the room moves around them.
The decks set up in front of the Museum of the Future, its calligraphy lit at dusk.
A DJ at the decks on the terrace, Dubai’s towers out of focus behind.
People flicking through blue crates of records at the fair.
Someone holding a record up to the light beside the turntables.
Stalls under the arcade: records, clothes and prints on blue-draped tables.
A stall wall covered in posters, sleeves and prints.
People at the front desk under strings of lights, one leaning back laughing.
Hands drawing at the craft table, paints and pens spread out.
Children and adults making things together at the craft tables.
A guitarist singing into a microphone under red and green stage light.

(Mini Festival - 13 Apr 2025)

Mini Festival, 2nd edition

25hours Hotel One Central

A young DJ in a white T-shirt concentrating at the decks under a striped awning.
A breakdancer in a red and grey outfit mid-move on a wooden stage.
The festival seen from above: a Kiss the Chef sign, stalls and crowds on the terrace.
A dancer in a grey vest and red T-shirt posing with arms out.
A DJ smiling at the decks among palm leaves.
A crowd gathered in a courtyard around a performance.
Two musicians on stage, one playing tabla and one a stringed instrument.
People relaxing on bean bags in a shaded courtyard with hanging artworks.
A group of dancers posing together for a photo.
A DJ with long hair mixing at night, with city lights behind.

(Mini Festival - 24 Nov 2024)

Mini Festival, 1st edition

25hours Hotel One Central

A DJ in a red cap and glasses mixing at the decks.
The festival seen from above, with a Kiss the Chef sign and stalls below.
People dancing with their arms raised.
A DJ in a patterned hat cueing a record, with a second DJ behind.
A drummer playing an orange drum kit on stage.
A cinema marquee reading Cinema Akil in 25hours: Vinyl Souk Mini Festival presents From Tracks to Tribes and God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines.
Two women dancing in patterned trousers.
The courtyard seen from above, with stalls, tables and red balloons.
A small white dog on a lead with its tongue out.
People seated in front of the Mini Festival programme projected on a red-lit wall.

(Souk Sessions - 22 Jun 2024)

Vol. 14: Film Society season finale

A DJ in a cap playing under a Vinyl Souk neon sign against a red curtain.
Hands placing a record on a turntable in red light.
A DJ playing to a crowd in a red-lit room, under a Vinyl Souk neon sign.
A man taking a photo with a film camera in red light.
A projected slide reading Film Society, season finale.
Two women browsing crates of records by a window.
A seated audience filling a room.
A DJ under a Vinyl Souk neon sign.
A packed room with people gathered in front of red curtains.
People dancing behind the turntables in coloured light.

(Souk Sessions - 25 May 2024)

Vol. 13

A DJ in a green top playing records in front of Trust Your Senses and Analog Treasure Trunk signs.
People browsing a record shelf, one holding up a yellow record sleeve.
A person arranging boxes of camera film and cameras on a stall.
A seated crowd listening in a room with a wall of lights.
A vintage boombox and speakers on a table, with a bucket hat and a flag.
A DJ in headphones at a table of mixers and synthesisers.
Framed Arabic calligraphy and a drawing machine on a table.
A DJ in a green top taking a record from its sleeve at the turntables.
People seated watching a talk, with slides on a screen.
A crowd in a large room with a draped ceiling.

(Souk Sessions - 24 Feb 2024)

Vol. 11

DJs playing at a long table on a sunny terrace with potted plants.
A wide terrace with people at tables under strings of lights.
A man taking a photo of the record decks with a camera.
A DJ in headphones at a booth lit by strings of warm lights.
A child with a finger to their lips, held by a woman.
A person at a stall in a warmly lit room, beside a Raw sign.
A DJ at a long booth on the terrace at night.

(Souk Sessions - 27 Jan 2024)

Vol. 10

A DJ smiling and pointing up at the decks on a terrace.
Two women holding up purple and yellow artwork at a stall.
A musician crouched on a rug among synthesisers and cables.
People browsing records and books at a row of stalls.
People sitting on rugs and cushions, listening on a terrace.
A woman holding up a printed T-shirt at a clothing stall.
A woman flicking through records at a stall.
An artist painting on a canvas on an easel at night.
Friends sitting around a mosaic table at night.
A DJ in a hat at the decks, with light trails.

(Abu Dhabi - 13 Jan 2024)

Vinyl Souk x MiZa at The Alley

The Alley, Abu Dhabi

Two DJs at a booth in front of a Miza Radio Abu Dhabi sign and colourful posters.
People walking under a banner reading The Alley in English and Arabic.
People gathered between shipping containers in the late afternoon sun.
Two people browsing small prints and zines on a wooden table.
Two framed photographs on a corrugated container wall beside a plant.
A man holding up two small framed photographs.
People browsing a stall beside an easel outdoors.
A shop in a converted container, with a books sign by the door.
People talking at a bar with a Zen sign at night.
People at an outdoor bar lit by candles at night.

(Souk Sessions - 16 Dec 2023)

Vol. 9

25hours Hotel One Central

A DJ giving two thumbs up at the decks.
Two men behind a table stacked high with cassette tapes.
Children drawing at a red table, with an adult on the sofa.
A man in a red T-shirt behind open red cases of records.
A crowd dancing at night, blurred with coloured light trails.
A clothing rail of colourful jackets and T-shirts, with people browsing.
A man smiling behind a wooden crate of records on a stall.
Two men posing in colourful retro sportswear beside a stall.
Two people talking at a record stall with crates of vinyl.
People dancing near the DJ booth at night, with light trails.

(Souk Sessions - 23 Sep 2023)

Vol. 6: Wknd Chillin’

25hours Hotel One Central

A DJ in a grey cap scratching a record and smiling.
A breakdancer in a white T-shirt doing a handstand freeze.
A DJ in a white cap and patterned shirt at the mixer.
A small child painting at a table with other children and adults.
A breakdancer balancing on one hand with legs in the air, watched by a crowd.
A DJ in glasses and a cap smiling at the turntables.
A person browsing a stall of cameras and accessories in a glass cabinet.
A breakdancer mid-move on the floor as people watch from the side.
A DJ in a black cap and headphones with both hands on the decks.
A DJ in a cap by a window, the city at night behind and a fist raised in the foreground.

(Souk Sessions - 29 Jul 2023)

Vol. 4

25hours Hotel One Central

A young DJ in a checked shirt playing records under Trust Your Senses and Analog Treasure Trunk signs.
A crowd dancing and laughing at night.
Two men behind a table of cassette tapes and headphones.
People lounging on cushions and low tables in a room with sheer curtains.
A DJ at the mixer, with light trails from a slow shutter.
Two people laughing on leather bean bags.
A DJ at the decks seen from above, beside an Analog Treasure Trunk sign.
A DJ in headphones mixing in a dark booth lit by a small lamp.
A crowd dancing in a dimly lit room.
People dancing beside the DJ booth at night.

(Souk Sessions - 20 May 2023)

Vol. 2

25hours Hotel One Central · Some photos shot on 35mm film by Memoryall.

A man laughing as he holds up a vinyl record on a terrace.
A packed evening crowd around a DJ booth under hanging plants and warm lights.
A DJ smiling at a turntable on a rooftop terrace, beside a rotary mixer.
People browsing records from a yellow crate at night, one taking a photo with a phone.
A DJ in a patterned shirt at a rotary mixer on an evening terrace.
A man smiling as he holds a record to his chest beside a record stall.
A hand turning the knobs of a rotary mixer.
Children and adults looking at a jewellery stall beside a yellow crate of records.
A DJ in headphones and a white shirt at the decks on a terrace at night.
People relaxing on floor cushions under strings of lights at night.

(Souk Sessions - 29 Apr 2023)

Vol. 1

25hours Hotel One Central · Shot on 35mm film.

A lounge full of people at tables and sofas during a record fair, with rugs on the floor.
A DJ in a white T-shirt playing records in front of a Record Store Now sign.
A woman holding up a record in front of bookshelves.
A table of film cameras and boxes of camera film for sale.
A DJ in headphones cueing a red vinyl record on a turntable.
Two people smiling behind a stall, one holding up a record sleeve.
Racks of CDs and records at a stall.
A DJ in headphones and a patterned shirt playing a record.
People browsing records at a stall, one holding a record up.
Two people browsing records by a window at sunset.