Even though we’re already in Octoberr, Riyadh is just heating up with an exciting lineup of events for the final months of 2025. From concerts to sports, creative festivals, and immersive shows, here’s your quick guide to the city’s must-attend happenings. Consider this as your “save the date” list.
PLUMA CIRCUS (22 September – 18 October)
Cirque du Liban’s Pluma makes its Saudi debut under a grand tent at Al Nakheel Mall. Follow the story of a young girl who dreams of flying as she embarks on a magical journey, featuring acrobatics, aerial stunts, clown acts, and immersive visuals for all ages.
Tickets: https://riyadh.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/101029/pluma-circus
RIYADH SEASON 2025 (October 2025-March 2026)
Saudi Arabia’s largest entertainment and cultural festival returns with sports, concerts, culinary delights, and thrilling attractions. Don’t miss Boulevard City and Boulevard World for rides, shows, and endless activities.
More info and tickets: webook.com (available soon)
SIX KINGS SLAM (15-18 October)
The 6 Kings Slam is a special tennis exhibition set for October 15–18, 2025 in Riyadh as part of Riyadh Season. Featuring six of the sport’s biggest stars— Italy’s Jannik Sinner, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, America’s Taylor Fritz, and of course Novak Djokovic, who holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles with 24—the event celebrates their legendary rivalries and contributions to modern tennis. Netflix is the official global broadcaster of 6 Kings Slam this year.
More info and tickets: webook.com (available soon)
ATHAR 2025 (21-22 October)
Saudi Arabia’s premier creative festival at JAX District, Diriyah, gathering over 4,000 professionals for workshops, speaker sessions, and the Athar Awards honoring excellence in marketing, design, tech, and storytelling.
More info: https://www.atharfestival.com/
WTA FINALS (1-8 November)
The crown jewel of women’s tennis will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! The 2025 WTA Finals will take place in Riyadh from November 1–8, 2025 at the King Saud University Indoor Arena, bringing together the world’s top eight women’s singles players and doubles teams for the prestigious season-ending championship. Confirmed players as of now are Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Świątek. For doubles, some of the teams qualified include Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend, Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini, and Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe.
More info and tickets: https://webook.com/en/events/wta-2025
THE ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY GAMES (7-21 November)
The Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) is a multi-sport event organized by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), bringing together athletes from the 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. About 3,500 athletes will compete across 23 sports (including 21 core sports plus two para-sports) such as athletics, swimming, 3×3 basketball, judo, karate, weightlifting, wushu, camel racing, e-sports, and more.
More info and tickets: https://webook.com/en/events/islamic-solidarity-games-2025
MISK GLOBAL FORUM 2025
The Misk Global Forum (MGF) is the biggest youth forum in the region, an annual flagship event hosted by Misk Foundation, dedicated to empowering and connecting young leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs globally. MGF serves as a dynamic platform for fostering vibrant discussions, exchanging ideas, and creating networking opportunities to nurture youth potential, encourage collaboration, and catalyze positive global change.
More info: https://miskglobalforum.com/
NOOR RIYADH 2025
The festival of light will run from November 20 to December 6, 2025, featuring artworks themed “In the Blink of an Eye” across six locations: Al-Hukm Palace district, King Abdulaziz Historical Center, stc Metro Station, King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Station, Public Investment Fund Tower, and JAX District. Artistic curators for Noor Riyadh 2025 include Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo Mami Kataoka, curator and founder of the Beijing Art Lab Li Zhenhua, and Saudi curator Sara Almutlaq, recognized for her work at international events.
More info: https://riyadhart.sa/en/noor-riyadh
MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM
SOUNDSTORM is the region’s boldest 3-day music festival, held every December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Set in Banban, it turns Riyadh into the City of Sound, with hundreds of thousands of fans dancing to the beats of global, regional and local artists. For this year, announced artists include Post Malone, Benson Boone, Tyla, The Kid Laroi, Halsey and Calvin Harris.
Tickets: https://nofomo.com/events/soundstorm-25/cart
RING V: NIGHT OF THE SAMURAI
Premier boxing event at Mohammed Abdo Arena headlined by undefeated champion Naoya Inoue defending his WBC title against Mexico’s undefeated challenger Alan David Picasso, with top Japanese and international fighters in the card.
More info soon.
WICKED THE MUSICAL IN RIYADH
Wicked, the legendary Broadway production with make its Middle East debut at the King Fahd Cultural Center. Presented by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, the musical will feature over 100 performers, crew members and an elaborate stage and costumes. Wicked tells the backstory of the witches of the Wizard of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda. Musically, it features the iconic songs Defying Gravity, Popular and For Good.
More info: https://riyadh.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/101915/wicked-the-musical-in-riyadh
