Diwali 2022: Your ultimate guide for events in Australia

October will see the celebration of Diwali, Deepavali, Bandi Chhor Divas and Tihar. These multi-day festivals of light are observed throughout the Indian subcontinent and around the world by the South Asian community. Here is your guide to various major events around Australia.

Diwali, Deepavali, Tihar and Bandi Chhor Divas are festivals of light celebrated mainly on the Indian subcontinent. Credit: Wikimedia

NEW SOUTH WALES

Blacktown Diwali Mela

October 2, 11 AM to 7:30 PM

Blacktown Showground, Richmond Rd, Blacktown, NSW 2148

Diwali Festival

October 16, 12 PM to 8:30 PM

Cnr Elara Blvd & Watkins Cres, Marsden Park, NSW 2765

Diwali at Elara

October 26, 4 PM to 6 PM

Elara Blvd, Marsden Park, NSW 2765

Diwali Festival 2022

October 29, 5 PM to 9 PM

Station Street, Wentworthville, NSW 2145

Deepavali (Diwali) with Family Fun

October 25, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Chinmaya Mission Australia, 38 Carrington Road, Castle Hill, NSW 2154

Sydney Deepavali Festival 2022

October 15 & 16

Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta, NSW 2150

Hello Hornsby Diwali Festival

November 5, 4:30 PM - 8 PM

31 Shepherds Drive, Cherrybrook, NSW 2126

Diwali Fair - In the City Ryde

October 30, 12:30 PM - 7:30 PM

North Ryde Common, Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113

Diwali and New year's Festivities

October 24-26, 12 PM onwards

The Grand Pavilion, Rosehill Racecourse

James Ruse Drive, Rosehill, NSW 2142

VICTORIA

Dussehra

9 Oct, 11 AM - 8 PM

Sri Durga Temple, 705-715 Neale Rd, Deanside VIC 3336

Hume Diwali Mela

October 22, 12 PM - 10 PM

ANZAC Park, Craigieburn, VIC 3064

Victorian Festival of Diwali

October 29, 5 PM - late

Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC 3000

Northern Diwali 2022

October 16, 12 PM - 10 PM

25 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang, VIC 3752

Festival of Lights - Melbourne Diwali Fireworks

October 15, 4 PM - 9:30 PM

Footscray Park, 40 Maribyrnong Blvd, Footscray, VIC 3011

Monash Diwali 2022

October 22, 12 PM - 10 PM

Jells Park, Jells Rd, Wheelers Hill, VIC 3150

Knox Diwali Mela

October 29, 6 PM - 9 PM

69 Wadhurst Drive, Boronia, VIC 3155

Diwali Rangoli

October 18, 4 PM - 5 PM

Brunswick Library, 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC 3056

Tihar 2022

October 26, 5 PM onwards

Armstrong Creek Community Hub, 6 Central Bvd, Armstrong Creek VIC 3217

Dashain-Tihar Multicultural Festival 2022

October 22, 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM

10 Dimboola Rd, Broadmeadows, VIC 3047

Happy Deepavali Day

October 22, 12 PM onwards

Presidents Park, 370 McGrath Road, Wyndham Vale, VIC 3024

QUEENSLAND

Diwali: Indian Festival of Lights

October 28, 11 AM - 11 PM

King George Square, 87C Roma Street, Brisbane City, QLD 4000

Deepavali: Festival of Lights

October 22, 5 PM - 8:30 PM

Indooroopilly State High School,

111 Ward Street, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Diwali Festival

October 22, 6 PM - 8 PM

Goodwood Primary School

140 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, SA 5034

Adelaide's Biggest Deepavali Festival

October 15, 12 PM - 10 PM

Adelaide Show Ground, Goodwood Rd, Wayville, SA 5034

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Diwali Mela 2022

October 22 & 23, 3 PM - 9:30 PM

Claremont Showgrounds, Claremont, WA 6010

Brabham Diwali Festival 2022

October 22, 2:30 PM - 9 PM

Brabham Oval, Lakefield Drive, Brabham, WA 6055

TASMANIA

Diwali 2022

October 28, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Franklin Square, Hobart, TAS 7000

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Diwali 2022

October 29, 5:30 PM onwards

44 Patterson Street, Malak, NT 0812