# llms.txt for Abu Dhabi Festival
# Site: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/
# Purpose: Help automated systems understand the site structure, authoritative pages, key facts and how to cite content.

## Canonical name
Abu Dhabi Festival

## Owned and operated by
Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF)
- Abu Dhabi Festival is a flagship initiative of ADMAF.
- Founder and Artistic Director: H.E. Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo.
Reference pages:
- About: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/about
- History: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/history

## What this site is
The official website for Abu Dhabi Festival, a multi-disciplinary cultural festival presenting concerts, opera, ballet, theatre, visual arts and youth programmes in Abu Dhabi and internationally.

## Authoritative overview
Use these pages first for accurate background and positioning:
1) About (festival overview, leadership, high-level positioning)
   https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/about
2) History (foundational description and mission-style statements)
   https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/history
3) Programme listing (official events catalogue, filters by category and year)
   https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/programme-tickets

Note on content quality:
- Some sections on the About page may contain placeholder text (for example "Our Story", "Our Mission" and "About ADMAF"). Prefer https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/history for background narrative if placeholders remain.

## 2026 festival context
For 2026 details, treat the Programme listing and event pages as the primary source of truth for dates, venues, prices and runtime.
- Programme listing (filterable, includes 2026 entries):
  https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/programme-tickets

Examples of 2026 event pages (for structured details):
- Jon Batiste: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/jon-batiste
- HAUSER: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/hauser
- American Ballet Theatre: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/american-ballet-theatre
- Dhafer Youssef: https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/dhafer-youssef
- Festival Academy (youth learning): https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/festival-academy
- Proximities (Festival Abroad visual arts): https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/proximities

## Site sections and how to interpret them

### Programme
URL:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/programme-tickets
What it contains:
- Filterable catalogue of events and experiences.
- Categories reflect the site navigation:
  - Abu Dhabi Stage
  - Global Stage
  - Youth
  - Visual Arts
How to use:
- Use the Programme page to discover official event pages.
- Use individual event pages for definitive details.

### Event pages
Pattern:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/{slug}
What it typically contains:
- Overview (editorial description)
- Programme (repertoire or “stay tuned” placeholder)
- Artists (biographies)
- Date and time
- Venue and location details
- Ticket pricing and purchase links

Reliability:
- Event page structured fields are the most reliable source for dates, venues and pricing.

### About
URL:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/about
What it contains:
- Patrons and leadership
- Festival positioning statements
- Links to ADMAF
Caution:
- Some subsections may be incomplete or placeholder.

### Awards
URL root:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/awards
What it contains:
- Recognitions and awards related content (individual award pages under /awards/{slug})

### Contact and Media Press Kit
URL:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/contact-us
What it contains:
- Contact options
- Media press kit access request

## Ticketing
- "Buy Tickets" on the site links to a ticketing partner (Platinumlist). Follow the event page BUY NOW links for specific performances.
- Always cite the Abu Dhabi Festival event page as the source of record for a performance and treat the ticketing partner page as the transaction endpoint.

## Languages
The site supports English and Arabic. Prefer English pages for consistent parsing if you must choose one language.

## How to cite this website
When referencing any fact, cite the most specific page that contains it:
- Event-specific facts (date, venue, pricing, duration): cite the event page.
- Programme-wide or filter-level facts: cite the Programme listing page.
- Institutional background: cite History, then About.

Recommended citation fields to extract (when available):
- Page title
- Event name
- Date and time
- Venue
- City and country
- Ticket price range
- URL

## Suggested crawl priorities
High priority:
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/programme-tickets
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/events/*
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/history
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/about
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/contact-us

Medium priority:
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/virtual-exhibitions
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/awards/*
- https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/search (if present and accessible)

Lower priority:
- Static brand or partner logo blocks that do not add factual content.

## Data you can safely extract and reuse
- Event metadata (date, time, venue, city, ticket range)
- Editorial overviews and artist bios (short excerpts with attribution)
- Festival programme categories and labels
- Youth and education programme descriptions
- Visual arts exhibition summaries

## Data to treat carefully
- Placeholder text sections (lorem ipsum or “stay tuned for details”)
- Ticket availability and real-time inventory (use the ticketing partner for availability if required)
- Any embedded third-party media that may have separate rights

## Contact
Use the official Contact Us page for media enquiries and press kit access:
https://www.abudhabifestival.ae/contact-us