There’s no doubt about it. Dubai is out to impress – and it’s succeeding. As its hoteliers reach ever greater heights of hospitality, its restaurateurs are mastering old-world cuisines and creating new ones of their own. Other forward thinkers have built a cutting-edge art scene, just as go-ahead retailers are finding ways to meet an evolving appetite for luxury and outstanding design. As evening falls, a different Dubai emerges, and you might find some of these desert pioneers gathering around a rooftop pool for one of their shimmering city’s DJ-fuelled parties. Here's how and where you can join them…