Huge crowd welcome 'Bahrain for All' festival

The sixth edition of the festival, organised by a group of associations and clubs of expatriate communities residing in the Kingdom showcased paintings, pictures, exhibitions, music performances and several children’s activities.

Bahraini and foreign bands took part in the festival in an atmosphere of happiness and joy that embodied Bahrain’s coexistence of all components of society. 

A parade was conducted by the Ministry of Interior’s protocol horses and the Public Security Band. There were also performances by Hamad ‘Mystro’ Al Fardan and DJ Westlife, all presented by local comedian Ali ‘Fingerz’ Al Esbai. 

“Such performances help strengthen ties between citizens and members of foreign communities through showcasing different cultures and traditions. The festival seeks to convey the fact that Bahrain is an open country in which everyone, with their different nationalities, races and religions, are respected. It is also meant to highlight Bahrain’s unity in diversity,” organisers said.

Market stalls were also set up at the festival site, which allowed the audience to enjoy many of Bahrain’s popular food and dishes from different countries around the world. 

Children enjoyed a lot of fun activities and had the opportunity to meet many of their favourite characters such as Umm Hassan, Papa Yassin, Mai El-Khatib.

Organisers pointed out that, over the past six years, the “Bahrain for all and all for Bahrain Festival” has been able to spread happiness and joy in the hearts of all citizens and expatriates who were keen to attend and enjoy various performances, including traditional performances from 40 expatriate communities.

They also stressed that the festival is witnessing progress annually in terms of the performances and expressed their gratitude to Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa for patronising the annual festival.