Four 1,100 Drone Light Shows Opened Khobar Season 2025

How to turn a cultural event into a nationwide sensation? Highlight it with a drone light show — or, with four in a row.

The audience watches a night light show of drones over the Ithra Cultural Center. In the sky, drones line up in the form of an open book and an Arabic inscription illuminated by blue light.

A crowd of spectators watches a night drone show at the Ithra Cultural Center. In the sky, drones form the inscriptions

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture opened Ithra Winter, and Khobar Season 2025, with a breathtaking drone show. For 4 consecutive days, 1,100 drones and pyro drones created stunning formations in Dhahran’s sky. In sync with projection mapping, they made the iconic Ithra building a living monument to creativity.

This drone show in Saudi Arabia drew thousands of tourists and hit the headlines, turning the season opening into a lasting memory.

A crowd of spectators watches a night drone show at the Ithra Cultural Center. Hundreds of drones form intersecting rings of light in the sky, illuminated by purple spotlights.

Drone night show at the Ithra Cultural Center. Hundreds of drones form a bright green palm tree in the sky, and colored images of palm trees are projected onto the building. The audience is filming the show on their phones.

Drone night show at the Ithra Cultural Center. In the sky, hundreds of drones create an artist's brush shape with a drop of paint at the end, illuminated by blue spotlights. Bright multicolored patterns are projected on the building.

Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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