# Thrills & Events in South Bahrain

Formula 1 at Sakhir, concerts in a quarry, indoor skydiving and adventure parks. The south is where Bahrain comes to play.

- [Bahrain International Circuit](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/bahrain-international-circuit/): The kingdom's motorsport home in the Sakhir desert, with a Formula 1 circuit, drag strip, karting track and event spaces.
- [Bahrain International Karting Circuit](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/karting-at-bic/): Outdoor karting at Bahrain International Circuit with kids, adult and double-seater sessions, plus arrive-and-drive racing.
- [Beyon Al Dana Amphitheatre](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/al-dana-amphitheatre/): A 10,000-capacity outdoor concert venue carved into the desert rock beside Bahrain International Circuit.
- [Exhibition World Bahrain](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/exhibition-world-bahrain/): Bahrain's largest exhibition and convention centre, in Sakhir, hosting trade shows, consumer fairs and large events.
- [Drag and Drift Nights at BIC](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/bic-drag-and-drift-nights/): Bring your own car or motorbike to run the quarter-mile drag strip or drift in the vehicle dynamics area.
- [Bahrain International Airshow](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/bahrain-international-airshow/): A biennial aerospace show at Sakhir Air Base. The November 2026 edition was postponed to November 2028.
- [Gravity Village](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/gravity-village/): A leisure complex in Zallaq built around Bahrain's only indoor skydiving wind tunnel, with cafes and adventure activities.
- [Gravity Indoor Skydiving](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/gravity-indoor-skydiving/): Bahrain's only vertical wind tunnel, where first-timers and pros fly in a 12-metre glass chamber.
- [Bear Grylls Adventure Zone](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/bear-grylls-adventure-zone/): Survival-skills challenges designed by the Bear Grylls Survival Academy at Hawar Resort, for kids aged 6 to 12 and adults.
- [The Crag Rock Climbing](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/the-crag-rock-climbing/): An outdoor climbing wall complex at Gravity Village in Zallaq, open in the afternoons and evenings.
- [Up and Down Trampoline Park](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/up-and-down-trampoline-park/): Indoor trampoline park at Wadi Al Sail Mall in Riffa, with foam pits and a party room, for ages five to 50.
- [Cineco Wadi Al Sail](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/cineco-wadi-al-sail/): Riffa's cinema, a Cineco multiplex inside Wadi Al Sail Mall, opened in 2016.
- [Southern Celebrations Festival](https://bahrainsouth.com/thrills-and-events/southern-celebrations-festival/): A free December heritage festival by the Southern Governorate in Riffa, with folk arts, crafts and traditional coffee.