Saudi AlUla Date Festival to be held next month

Saudi AlUla Date Festival to be held next month

ALULA — AlUla Dates Festival, which is scheduled to be held from Oct. 2 to 17, will bring together date farmers, buyers, and investors amid the ancient heritage and palm groves of AlUla, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday quoting a statement from the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU).Every weekend for three weeks, the festival will feature an early morning farmers' market where commercial buyers can purchase at auction more than 200 tons of the different date varieties offered by some of AlUla's 2,000 local date farmers. This will be followed by an afternoon and evening community souq where visitors can buy local arts and crafts or enjoy date-inspired food and delicacies from local families and chefs.Farmers can register to sell their wares at the market through a simple