Dubai's biggest homeware shopping event is back for its eighth edition, and the discounts this year are substantial. Dubai Home Festival 2026 runs until November 1 under the theme Make Dubai Home, with more than 100 brands and retailers cutting prices by 25 to 75 per cent across furniture, homeware, electronics, appliances and interiors.
The deals are spread across the city's best-known home stores. Lifestyle is knocking 40 to 75 per cent off its home collections, while United Furniture is offering 30 to 70 per cent off. Chattels & More has a short, sharp window of 30 to 75 per cent off selected items from October 19 to 28, so timing matters if that's on your list. Elsewhere, The White Company is taking up to 50 per cent off selected pieces, ZINUS mattresses are up to 60 per cent off, and Zara Home, H&M Home, Crate & Barrel, Home Box and Homes R Us are all participating too.
There's a prize element as well. Spend Dhs500 or more at any participating store, scan the in-store QR code and upload your receipt, and you're in the draw for a full home makeover. Parents get an extra incentive: Mamas & Papas is giving shoppers who spend Dhs1,500 in selected stores the chance to win a dream nursery.
It's not purely a sales event. Expect workshops, demonstrations and home inspiration sessions at venues across the city, including the Build Your Home programme at Dubai Festival Plaza. If you're renovating on paper, it's a decent excuse to see materials, furniture and design ideas in person rather than online.
For visitors, this slots neatly into a Dubai autumn trip. The city is comfortably walkable-mall territory by late October, and the participating stores are concentrated in the big malls, so you can pair a day of deal-hunting with the usual Dubai itinerary. If you're furnishing a new place back home or doing a serious refresh, the arithmetic can work: with savings of up to 75 per cent on mattresses, sofas and larger furniture, even factoring in shipping or excess luggage, some items will cost notably less than at home. The catch is the calendar. Chattels & More's offer ends October 28 and the whole festival wraps on November 1, so anyone planning to fly in for it should book sooner rather than later.
Follow @dubaifestivals for updates on which retailers are running what, and keep receipts handy if you're chasing the makeover draw — Dhs500 per purchase is the entry threshold.
