Where to watch

More than one place to watch

However you choose to welcome 2027, there’s a place for you. Join the festival for the RAK NYE Sky Show at midnight, start early with fireworks at Manar Mall, celebrate at a participating hotel, or watch live from home.

RAK NYE your way

The festival
The Sky Show is 11:50 PM to 12:05 AM, with the festival from 4 PM. Free. Registration required. Park at Exit 122 and take the free shuttle.

Manar Mall
9 PM. Free. No registration. First come, first served. Park at Manar Mall.

At home
11:50 PM to 12:05 AM. Free, online. Live on this site.

Exit 122 parking is not a viewing area. There are no other official public viewing areas this year.

From 4 PM · Registration required

The festival

The full RAK NYE Sky Show, with eleven hours of festival before it. Arrive from 4 PM for live music, food trucks and family activities, then look up at midnight as fireworks and drones fill an open sky.

  • The view: the Sky Show overhead, across an open horizon.
  • Facilities: food trucks, seating, toilets, accessible toilets, baby changing and prayer facilities.
  • Parking: Exit 122 parking only, with a free shuttle to the festival.
  • Leaving: the festival runs until 3 AM. Staff will guide each area to the shuttle in turn.
Registration opens 15 November
9 PM · No registration needed

Manar Mall

Start your celebrations early. At 9 PM, fireworks light up the sky over the RAK Corniche, opposite Julphar Towers. Find a spot on the Manar Mall promenade or along the waterfront and enjoy the show.

  • The view: the fireworks are over the RAK Corniche, opposite Julphar Towers. You can see them from the Manar Mall promenade and the waterfront around it.
  • Parking: Manar Mall
Get directions to Manar Mall
11:50 PM to 12:05 AM · Live online

At home

Can’t make it to the coast? Gather everyone round the screen and count down with Ras Al Khaimah. The RAK NYE Sky Show streams live, right here.

Watch live

The Sky Show, live

Wherever you are on 31 December, you can still be part of the countdown. We’ll stream the RAK NYE Sky Show live on this page at midnight. Keep this page open, turn up the sound, and welcome 2027 with Ras Al Khaimah.

Counting down
Broadcast player Goes live for the RAK NYE Sky Show, 11:50 PM to 12:05 AM

Where to watch questions

There are two public viewing areas: the festival at Jais Festival Ground for the RAK NYE Sky Show at midnight, and Manar Mall for fireworks at 9 PM.

For the festival at Jais Festival Ground, register in advance. For Manar Mall, no registration is needed. Entry is first come, first served.

You can watch from a participating hotel or restaurant with a confirmed booking. You can also watch the RAK NYE Sky Show live on raknye.com.

No. Exit 122 parking is not a viewing area, and there are no other official public viewing areas this year.

Free to attend, registration required

Register everyone in your group, including children.

Registration opens 15 November