The Dubai Fountain - World’s Largest Dancing Fountain
Set on the 30-acre Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the
Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, the Dubai fountain can shoot 83,000
liters of water at any moment and water jets as high as 240 feet into
the air. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 25 colored projectors, the 900
feet long fountain can be seen from over 20 miles away.
The
Dubai Fountain performs daily accompanied by a range of classical to
contemporary Arabic and world music. The performance repertoire
including Sama Dubai; Baba Yetu, an award-winning song in Swahili; the
Arab world’s top-selling dance number Shik Shak Shok; and the signature
piece of world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Con te partiro
(Time to Say Goodbye).
When the fountain was inaugurated in
2009, it had two types of shooters - super shooters, which shoot water
under more pressure up to 240 feet in the air, and extreme shooters,
which can shoot water under the most pressure to 420 feet in the air.
Because it takes a lot of time to build up enough pressure and energy to
shoot water that high in the air, the super shooters are used the least
during each show. The extreme shooters were used only once during the
opening ceremony, after which they were disabled and no longer used in
the shows.
1:00pm First afternoon show
1:30pm Second afternoon show
1:30pm Second afternoon show
Evening Shows
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM Sun – Wed
6:00 PM to 11:30 PM Thu – Sat
6:00 PM to 11:30 PM Thu – Sat