Dubai Sound City will be held in November and organisers say it is the first music festival and conference of its kind ever to be held in the emirate.
It follows the success of Liverpool Sound City, held for the second time this year. The event has attracted hundreds of bands to the city and also features a music industry conference.
The Sound City team has teamed up with Dubai-based New Dawn to for the Middle Eastern event. Acts already confirmed for the music festival include Echo and the Bunnymen and the Human League.

Now festival director Dave Pichilingi, left, has unveiled an international line-up of conference speakers, in line with Dubai's bid to position itself as a bridge between Europe and Asia.
Speakers will include Bobby Talwar, director of events company Only Much Louder that recently put on Indian's first international festival, The Big Chill in Goa.
Other delegates include Shun Mori from Japanese publishers Fujipacific, Brian Neilsen from Danish agents Skandinavian Bookings and Crispin Hearn from Primary Talent, who represents acts including Oasis, Babyshambles, The Bluetones, Ladytron and The Wombats.
Conference debates will include "Dubai and India: The Titans of the Middle East and Asia", which will discuss whether India's growing young population will be the key music market of the future.
Delegates will also debate whether selling music to advertisers and video game developers is the best way for bands to make money - and whether major labels should accept that music should now be given away for free.
The event will be held at five-star business hotel the Jumeirah Emirates Tower.
Mr Pichilingi said: "The whole Sound City project is about the business of music. We always wanted a conference as part of the Dubai festival.
"The conference side will start off smaller than the Liverpool event but we hope it will grow year on year. The idea is that Dubai, like Liverpool Sound City, will become an annual event."
"Year one is a real statement of intent. We've got some of the top execs from all levels of the music business."