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Navratri & Garba in the UK 2026

Navratri & Garba 2026: 11–19 October 2026

Dates and venues checked against the organisers’ own pages on .

Navratri & Garba 2026 in the UK is on 11–19 October 2026. 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.

Navratri & Garba 2026 in the UK at a glance

DateWhatWhere
Friday, 9 OctoberUnited Raas 2.0The Willows, Forest Road, Ilford
9–18 OctoberSheri Garba with HelaroJFS School, The Mall, Harrow
9–19 OctoberManchester Navratri MahotsavNational Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester
Saturday, 10 October4 Seasons NavratriThe Platinum Suite, Cobden Street, Leicester
Sunday, 11 OctoberSSPC (UK) Hounslow - NavratriCranford Community College, High Street, Cranford
11–19 OctoberGAA GarbaKenton Hall, Woodcock Hill, Harrow
11–19 OctoberNavratri & Garba itselfHomes, temples and community dinners across the country
Friday, 16 OctoberBritain Ka Garba DandiyaSlough & Langley College, Station Road, Langley

The biggest Navratri & Garba celebrations in the UK

Manchester Navratri Mahotsav

When
Nightly from Friday 9 to Monday 19 October 2026
Where
National Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester
Entry
Day tickets and a season pass

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.

GAA Garba

When
Nine nights, Sunday 11 to Monday 19 October 2026
Where
Kenton Hall, Woodcock Hill, Harrow
Entry
Nightly tickets and a nine-day pass

Harrow’s traditional nine-night garba — live, the old way, with the aarti each night and the whole of Kenton on the floor.

Sheri Garba with Helaro

When
Friday 9 and Thursday 15 October 2026, with a kids’ garba on Sunday 18 October
Where
JFS School, The Mall, Harrow

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.

4 Seasons Navratri

When
Saturday 10 October 2026
Where
The Platinum Suite, Cobden Street, Leicester

Leicester’s big Saturday garba, in the city’s largest banqueting hall; the Jungle Club on Checketts Road runs its own the same night.

Britain Ka Garba Dandiya

When
Friday 16 October 2026
Where
Slough & Langley College, Station Road, Langley

The Thames Valley’s garba night, with the Slough Gujarati associations’ own the same weekend in Chalvey.

United Raas 2.0

When
Friday 9 October 2026
Where
The Willows, Forest Road, Ilford

East London’s opening-night garba, followed by RaasRang in Barking and the Praba Banqueting disco dandiya on Ilford High Road.

SSPC (UK) Hounslow - Navratri

When
Sunday 11 October 2026
Where
Cranford Community College, High Street, Cranford

West London’s community garba — the samaj’s own night, with Hounslow’s Lampton School and Kingsley Academy nights the following weekend.

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Elsewhere in the United Kingdom

Where to celebrate Navratri & Garba in the UK, city by city

Navratri & Garba in London

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.

Navratri & Garba in Leicester

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.

Navratri & Garba in Manchester

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.

Navratri & Garba in Slough

Britain Ka Garba Dandiya at Slough & Langley College (16 October) and the SLP Samaj’s Slough Navratri in Chalvey the same weekend.

Navratri & Garba in Reading

Dhol Baje’s Garba and Dandiya Night at Reading School on 17 October.

Navratri & Garba in Leeds

Two free garba and dandiya nights at the Ramgarhia Leeds Sport & Leisure Centre on Chapeltown Road, the second on 18 October.

Navratri & Garba in Bournemouth

Navratri Festival 2026 at the Carrington House Hotel (16 October) and the Parkstone Trades & Labour Club’s Navratri in Poole on 11 October.

Navratri & Garba in Newcastle upon Tyne

Sunderland Navratri Utsav at the Pennywell Community Centre on 11 and 18 October.

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What Navratri & Garba is

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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If it is your first one in the UK

  • Wear something you can spin in and shoes you can dance in for three hours; sticks are usually sold at the venue.
  • Learn two basic Garba steps from a video beforehand and someone will teach you the rest on the night.
  • Durga Puja pandals welcome visitors for darshan and bhog (a free meal) — arrive before the evening aarti.

Previous Navratri & Garba events in the UK

Most of these return every year with the same organisers.

Questions people ask

When is Navratri & Garba 2026 in the UK?
Navratri & Garba 2026 falls on 11–19 October 2026. It is not a public holiday in the United Kingdom, so the community celebrates on the weekends around it — 47 events are listed on this page, each with its own date.
Where can I celebrate Navratri & Garba in the UK?
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. This year’s listings so far are in London, Slough, Leicester, Reading, Bournemouth.
Can non-Indians go to Navratri & Garba events in the UK?
Yes. Almost every community event is open to everyone and runs in English; temple and gurdwara celebrations welcome visitors too — dress modestly, and cover your head in a gurdwara.
When is Navratri 2026 in the UK?
Sunday 11 to Monday 19 October 2026, with Dussehra on 20 October. The garba nights start the weekend before — 9 and 10 October — and the biggest are on the two Saturdays, 10 and 17 October.
Where are the biggest garba nights in London?
Harrow: GAA Garba’s nine nights at Kenton Hall and Sheri Garba with Helaro at JFS School. Ilford, Wembley, Hounslow and Croydon each have a Saturday night of their own — every one posted is listed above with its date.
What do I wear to garba?
Chaniya choli for women, kedia or kurta for men, and shoes you can dance in for three hours; the Ealing Road and Belgrave shops rent and sell both the week before. Dandiya sticks are sold at the door.

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