the du world music festival has been organized annually by "du live!" and their partners since 2011. the first du world music festival took place at the burj khalifa steps in downtown dubai and the walk in jbr between 26 february to 25 march 2011, with performances by top-class artists from around the world such as tamer hosny, mona amarcha, janet kapuya, mashrou’ leila, amit chatterjee alliance, sponge cola, wust el balad.