The festival aims to showcase the best of Jeddah. The event starts right before the holy month of Ramadan and is considered to be the main culture and business event of the year. Fireworks are to open the course on the 24 days of the festival to succeed by water polo, rowing, iron man contest, beach soccer, entertainment village for children and a model car racing contest. Some years, a team of Saudi cooks make the largest kabsa (dish of rice and lamb or chicken) and try to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.