1. Burj Khalifa
The extravagant celebration at the iconic building snagged a world record for the largest LED-illuminated façade in the world as part of the New Year’s Eve celebrations on Dec 31, 2014.
This year, Burj Khalifa will feature fireworks with a futuristic vision underlining Dubai's aims and achievements in 2020. The spectacular fireworks show will be followed by an unprecedented audio-visual display with LED lights and light beams.
Read more about how you can view the Burj Khalifa fireworks here.
2. Atlantis, The Palm
The iconic hotel has already snagged a lot of awards and accolades, recently becoming the most ‘instagrammed’ hotel in the world. The fireworks at the Atlantis in 2014 also played a role at getting Dubai the Guinness World Record for the largest fireworks in the world.
Designed by 'Fireworks by Grucci', the fireworks show at Atlantis is slotted to be one of a kind. The Grucci team even created an app so people who are not near enough to hear the music from the venue can listen to the music score on their smartphones as the fireworks start.
Read more about New Year's fireworks at Atlantis, The Palm here
3. The Beach
Party for free at the NYE dry, family-friendly beach bash at The Beach. The event starts by 5pm and goes on to the first dawn of 2016. The Dubai domino style fireworks will draw to a spectacular close in clear view of the Beach.
Zumba classes followed by music by DJ Pierre Ravan will take over your last hours of 2015 and you can start 2016 with yoga classes at dawn.
4. Global Village
As part of the NYE celebrations Malayalam film celebrity, Mammootty and various other artists will perform on stage. According to the Global Village team, this is going to be their best New Year celebration to date which also includes a jet ski show and a New Year's Eve parade.
The large Ferris Wheel in Fantasy Island will display the 10 second countdown and as the bell strikes midnight, fireworks will be launched from various sites.
5. Madinat Jumeirah
The fireworks show synchronized to music at Madinat Jumeirah will start by 12.09am for a duration of 6 minutes followed by a 90-second pause after which the show continues for another 6 minutes.
All guests staying at the resort will have private beach access to watch the fireworks while others can book a reservation at the various restaurants or lounges on New Year's Eve to enjoy the show.
