A wide range of family entertainment, retail and hospitality offerings across the country are among the highlights of the final week of the Qatar Summer Festival 2017, providing visitors a “colourful Eid al-Adha celebrations,” Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has announced.
The Summer Entertainment City (SEC), centrepiece of QSF and a family favourite, will host a mega concert featuring popular Filipino artistes Gloc9 and Jona Viray on September 2 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. 
SEC will also continue its “active and interactive” activities and shows to give visitors a diverse range of entertainment offerings during the concluding part of the festival. 
According to SEC, these will include a Star Wars Cosplay (Thursday to September 2), Roaming Parade (Friday to September 5), and more than 87 games across 11 categories at the venue such as extreme sports (BMX and skateboarding), virtual reality, arcade, world’s largest obstacle course, and paintball.
“The activities added to QSF for Eid al-Adha are set to double the joy for Qatar residents and visitors, and end the country’s longest running festival on a high note,” QTA’s public relations and communications director Saif al-Kuwari said in a statement.
He stressed that the summer activities form a key part of their efforts to diversify tourism products and visitor source markets, as well as “energising the retail and hospitality sectors through a varied and rich events calendar.” 
The Eid al-Adha celebrations in Qatar will also feature theatre plays, summer edition of the Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition, and the much-anticipated Doha Comedy Festival, among others.
One of the QSF highlights includes a mega raffle draw on September 5, which gives shoppers a chance to win cash prizes (QR100,000, QR50,000 or QR 20,000 each of the eight winners) and a “2017-model super luxury car.” Participating malls (Dar Al Salam, Ezdan Mall, Gate Mall, Gulf Mall, Mall of Qatar, Lagoona, and Landmark) will continue offering promos and discounts up to 50%.
Meanwhile, exhibition and fashion enthusiasts will have the chance to see some of the popular fashion names at Heya – the Summer Edition, scheduled between tomorrow and September 5.
QTA thanked the collaborative efforts of its partners in the public and private sectors in organising the annual festival. 
Since its inception in 2014, QSF has grown significantly becoming the longest-running event in Qatar’s growing calendar of annual festivals and events.