What's on across El Gouna, Hurghada, and the wider coast.
The resort's programme sets out trick-or-treat stations around the Marina from 7pm, a children's film at 9pm and an adults-only after-party at the Casino from 11pm.
29 October 2026
The second edition, organised by Photopia, features an exhibition on Umm Kulthum's Paris concerts and a 70-year photographic record of Egyptian cinema from the Mohamed Bakr Studio.
29 October 2026
Soma Bay says the three-day meet brings swimmers from more than 60 countries for seven races, from 2 km and 15 km events to the Aquakids, Aquateams and Aquafins categories.
26 October 2026
The fifteenth edition of the motorcycle rally has 32 riders from six countries and eight driving stages, with Hurghada one stop on a route that started in Alexandria.
25 October 2026
The festival's industry arm drew more than 320 Arab applications this year, over 100 of them from Egypt, and has added an Egyptian Voices strand for four more local projects.
24 October 2026
Sada El-Balad reported 77 films across the ninth edition's competitions and programmes, while its English service put the number screened at about 70. Neither report names the award winners.
24 October 2026
Beit Noura, a waterfront townhouse with five bedrooms in El Gouna, has been fitted out as a temporary creative residence for the ninth El Gouna Film Festival by the Egyptian clothing brand Kotn with El Gouna Red Sea, AD Middle East reports. The design draws on Nubian architecture and mashrabiya screens. The report gives no festival dates and does not say whether the public can visit.
22 October 2026
Venture Lifestyle is launching Recap, a tech-house festival running over new year, with Seth Troxler, PAWSA, Max Styler and Desiree on the first wave of the line-up. The full programme, the venue and ticket details have not been announced.
20 October 2026
The photography festival's second edition comes back to El Gouna after a five-year break, running 3 to 12 December with workshops, live demonstrations and documentary sessions led by working professionals. Tickets are on sale.
20 October 2026
A week of screenings is left in El Gouna. The ninth edition opened on Thursday 15 October and runs to 23 October with 77 films, the festival's highest Arab count at 10 titles, a fourth Window on Palestine strand and talks including a Mona Zaki masterclass.
16 October 2026
Mona Zaki is to receive the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival's opening ceremony on 15 October, as the ninth edition runs in El Gouna until 23 October.
15 October 2026
El Gouna's film festival returns for a ninth edition running Thursday 15 October to 23 October, with British director Joanna Hogg presiding over the jury and giving a masterclass called "Life Into Film". The reporting so far gives no screening programme, venues or ticket details.
14 October 2026