Nine nights of dance
Navratri & Garba 2027: 30 September – 8 October 2027
Dates and venues checked against the organisers’ own pages on .
Navratri & Garba 2027 in the UK is on 30 September – 8 October 2027. The biggest public celebrations are United Raas 2.0 at The Willows in Ilford on 9 October, Sheri Garba with Helaro at JFS School in Harrow, 9 and 15 October, the Manchester Navratri Mahotsav at the National Cycling Centre, nightly to 19 October, 4 Seasons Navratri at the Platinum Suite in Leicester on 10 October, the Shree Sorathia Prajapati Community’s Navratri at Cranford Community College on 11 October, GAA Garba’s nine nights at Kenton Hall in Harrow, 11–19 October and Britain Ka Garba Dandiya at Slough & Langley College on 16 October.
The UK’s garba season is the largest in Europe: nine nights in school halls and sports centres across Harrow, Wembley, Kenton, Hounslow, Croydon and Ilford, in Leicester’s Gujarati community centres, and in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, with Bollywood-garba fusion nights in central London. The Bengali associations set up Durga Puja pandals in London and across the Midlands.
| Date | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 9 October | United Raas 2.0 | The Willows, Forest Road, Ilford |
| 9–18 October | Sheri Garba with Helaro | JFS School, The Mall, Harrow |
| 9–19 October | Manchester Navratri Mahotsav | National Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester |
| Saturday, 10 October | 4 Seasons Navratri | The Platinum Suite, Cobden Street, Leicester |
| Sunday, 11 October | SSPC (UK) Hounslow - Navratri | Cranford Community College, High Street, Cranford |
| 11–19 October | GAA Garba | Kenton Hall, Woodcock Hill, Harrow |
| Friday, 16 October | Britain Ka Garba Dandiya | Slough & Langley College, Station Road, Langley |
| 30 September – 8 October | Navratri & Garba itself | Homes, temples and community dinners across the country |
The north’s biggest garba, on the velodrome’s infield: live singers every night, thousands on the floor at the weekends, and food stalls round the track.
Harrow’s traditional nine-night garba — live, the old way, with the aarti each night and the whole of Kenton on the floor.
Street-style sheri garba in the school’s grounds, with the Helaro band live; the kids’ session on the Sunday is the one for families.
Leicester’s big Saturday garba, in the city’s largest banqueting hall; the Jungle Club on Checketts Road runs its own the same night.
The Thames Valley’s garba night, with the Slough Gujarati associations’ own the same weekend in Chalvey.
East London’s opening-night garba, followed by RaasRang in Barking and the Praba Banqueting disco dandiya on Ilford High Road.
West London’s community garba — the samaj’s own night, with Hounslow’s Lampton School and Kingsley Academy nights the following weekend.
Harrow is the centre: GAA Garba’s nine nights at Kenton Hall, Sheri Garba with Helaro at JFS School, Northwood–Harrow Navratri at St Helen’s and SDS Navratri at Harrow High School; then Wembley and Kingsbury (LPSoL at Purushottam Mahal), Ilford and Barking (United Raas, RaasRang, Praba Banqueting), Hounslow and Cranford, Croydon’s Grand Sapphire, Stratford and Hackney, and the Bollywood-garba nights in Islington and Southwark.
4 Seasons Navratri at the Platinum Suite and Navratri 2026 at the Jungle Club on 10 October, and the family garba at Leicester Forest East on the Sunday; the Gujarati community centres of Belgrave keep the nine nights.
The Manchester Navratri Mahotsav at the National Cycling Centre runs every night from 9 to 19 October, with a Bollywood dandiya night on the opening Friday.
Britain Ka Garba Dandiya at Slough & Langley College (16 October) and the SLP Samaj’s Slough Navratri in Chalvey the same weekend.
Dhol Baje’s Garba and Dandiya Night at Reading School on 17 October.
Two free garba and dandiya nights at the Ramgarhia Leeds Sport & Leisure Centre on Chapeltown Road, the second on 18 October.
Navratri Festival 2026 at the Carrington House Hotel (16 October) and the Parkstone Trades & Labour Club’s Navratri in Poole on 11 October.
Sunderland Navratri Utsav at the Pennywell Community Centre on 11 and 18 October.
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Nine nights for the goddess and, abroad, the best-attended dance events of the year: Garba and Dandiya Raas nights in school halls and sports centres.
Sharad Navratri honours Durga over nine nights, ending in Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on the tenth day. Gujarati communities dance Garba and Dandiya Raas every night; Bengalis keep the last four days as Durga Puja; South Indian homes set up golu displays of dolls; in the north the Ramlila is performed and Ravana’s effigy burnt on Dussehra.
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