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Indian food events in Sydney and Australia
Melas, Diwali street festivals and food fairs, with the date, the hours and who is running them. We publish a date only when the organiser or the venue published it, and we say on every row where ours came from. Right now that is 10 events — this page is new and deliberately short.
Checked Sat 31 Oct 2026. An event drops off this page the day after it finishes, on Sydney’s date.
Sydney and NSW
What is on around Sydney
Street festivals, melas and food fairs where the eating is the point, or a large part of it. Free entry unless the row says otherwise.
Deepawali Mela
On nowFri 30 – Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Friday 6 pm to 11 pm; Saturday 11 am to 11.30 pm
Where: Shree Ram Krishna Mandir, 275 Fifteenth Avenue, Austral
Entry: Free · Shree Ram Krishna Mandir, Austral
A two-day Deepawali mela at the temple. Food and variety stalls are the first attraction named on the poster, alongside cultural programmes, kids entertainment, a Diwali photobooth, fireworks and a bookable 1008-diya lighting. The Saturday adds a Tamil Nadagam performance from 7 pm.
Date from the organisation's own two 2026 posters, read 29 October 2026, which give Friday 30 October 6 pm to 11 pm and Saturday 31 October 11 am to 11.30 pm at 275 Fifteenth Avenue, Austral, free entry, and name food and variety stalls. The organisation's own Facebook post of 29 October 2026, read 31 October 2026, gives the same two days and the same Friday hours, but ends Saturday at midnight rather than 11.30 pm. The temple's own website carries its weekly programmes only and does not list the mela. Organiser
Diwali Street Festival, Wentworthville
On nowSat 31 Oct 2026 – Sun 1 Nov 2026 · Sat 5 pm to 9 pm, Sun 1 pm to 8 pm
Where: Station Street, Wentworthville
Entry: Free · Cumberland City Council
Cumberland City Council closes Station Street for a two-day Diwali street festival. Food is billed as part of it: an Eat and Drink programme of local food businesses and pop-up vendors, alongside a Diwali Bazaar and a Festival of Lights stage.
Date from Cumberland City Council's own Diwali Street Festival page, which gives Saturday 31 October 2026 from 5 pm to 9 pm and Sunday 1 November 2026 from 1 pm to 8 pm at Station Street, Wentworthville, and states that entry is free with no registration or tickets. Its own Eat and Drink page names local food businesses and pop-up vendors. Both read 31 October 2026. Organiser
Diwali Mela Parramatta
This weekSun 1 Nov 2026 · 12 noon to 8.30 pm
Where: Prince Alfred Square, Church Street, Parramatta
Entry: Free entry, registration invited · Opera Entertainment Australia
A free community Diwali mela in Prince Alfred Square - a full precinct of food, sweet and merchandise stalls, with a Ramayan performance, live music and cultural activities.
Date from the organiser’s own event page, which gives Sunday 1 November 2026, 12 noon to 8.30 pm, Prince Alfred Square, read 31 October 2026. City of Parramatta’s own Diwali events page gives the same date, venue and organiser. Organiser
Parramatta Farmers Markets with Diwali Flair
This weekWed 4 Nov 2026 · 7.30 am to 2.30 pm
Where: Centenary Square, Parramatta
Entry: Free entry · City of Parramatta
The first of two market days run with a Diwali programme: the flavours of India among the stalls, with cultural performances and activities. The market itself is the regular Wednesday farmers market, so its produce and food stalls are the ordinary weekly offering with the Diwali programme on top.
Date from City of Parramatta's own Diwali page, which gives Parramatta Farmers Markets With Diwali Flair on Wednesday 4 and Wednesday 11 November 2026 at Centenary Square, with cultural performances, activities and the flavours of India; and the council's own farmers market page, which gives the market's standing hours as every Wednesday 7.30 am to 2.30 pm at Centenary Square and lists no closure in November. No hours are published for the two Diwali market days themselves, so the times here are the market's own weekly hours. Both read 31 October 2026. Organiser
Dhanteras and Diwali Mela, Chatswood
This weekFri 6 Nov 2026 · 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm
Where: Dougherty Community Centre, 7 Victor Street, Chatswood
Entry: Ticketed · Indian Ocean Society of Australia
The first Dhanteras and Diwali mela on the North Shore, billed by its organiser as an evening of culture, food and festive discoveries, with Indian and street-food stalls, dance performances and Dhanteras and Diwali shopping. Food vendor spaces are listed as sold out, which is the stalls and not the event; guest tickets are a separate booking through the ticketing partner, and no price is published.
Date from the organiser's own website for the mela, northshorediwali.org, read 31 October 2026, which gives Friday 6 November 2026, 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm at the Dougherty Community Centre, 7 Victor Street, Chatswood, and names the Indian Ocean Society of Australia, a not-for-profit association, as the organiser. A public Facebook event for the same mela, hosted by one of its stallholders, gives the same date and hours. Organiser
Diwali on Wigram Street, Little India, Harris Park
UnconfirmedThe date is not settled. Two sources give two different dates, all with the same 1 pm to 9 pm hours and the same street:
- Sat 14 Nov 2026 — the organiser’s own Facebook event page, which Facebook’s event history shows was moved from 7 to 14 November on 10 October 2026, then briefly back to 7 November and again to 14 November on 23 October 2026, and the event’s own TryBooking stallholder page
- Sat 7 Nov 2026 — City of Parramatta’s own Diwali page and the organiser’s press release of 29 September 2026, both published before that change
Two of these come from the organiser and still disagree with each other, so we are not picking one. Ring or message the organiser before you go. This row stays up until the last of these dates has passed.
Where: Wigram Street, Harris Park
Entry: Free · AMA Event Management
The Little India precinct closes to traffic for Diwali - food vendors, market stalls, family activities and community organisations along Wigram Street. Harris Park is the densest run of Indian restaurants and sweet shops in Sydney, and the street festival is the one night a year the whole of it is outdoors.
Date from the organiser’s own Facebook event page and its TryBooking page, which give Saturday 14 November 2026, and City of Parramatta’s own Diwali page, which gives Saturday 7 November. All read 31 October 2026. Organiser
Parramatta Farmers Markets with Diwali Flair
UpcomingWed 11 Nov 2026 · 7.30 am to 2.30 pm
Where: Centenary Square, Parramatta
Entry: Free entry · City of Parramatta
The second of two market days run with a Diwali programme: the flavours of India among the stalls, with cultural performances and activities. The market itself is the regular Wednesday farmers market, so its produce and food stalls are the ordinary weekly offering with the Diwali programme on top.
Date from City of Parramatta's own Diwali page, which gives Parramatta Farmers Markets With Diwali Flair on Wednesday 4 and Wednesday 11 November 2026 at Centenary Square, with cultural performances, activities and the flavours of India; and the council's own farmers market page, which gives the market's standing hours as every Wednesday 7.30 am to 2.30 pm at Centenary Square and lists no closure in November. No hours are published for the two Diwali market days themselves, so the times here are the market's own weekly hours. Both read 31 October 2026. Organiser
UTSAV Australia 2026
UpcomingSat 21 Nov 2026 · 12 noon to 10 pm, the mela itself 12 noon to 9 pm
Where: Castle Hill Showground, Showground Road, Castle Hill
Entry: Free entry, registration invited · Indo Australia Sanatan Society
A multicultural mela at the showground billing more than seventy food and merchandise stalls and world cuisines, with cultural performances from several communities, rides and activities for children, and a devotional evening programme.
Date from the Indo Australia Sanatan Society’s own registration page, which gives Saturday 21 November 2026, 12 noon to 10 pm, at Castle Hill Showground, and the event’s own Facebook event page, published by the supporting Bhakti Sangam Group, which gives the same date and venue and puts the mela itself at 12 noon to 9 pm. Both read 31 October 2026. Organiser
Elsewhere in Australia
Other cities
We check Sydney first and properly, and add other cities as we can confirm them from a venue or an organiser rather than a listing site.
Victorian Festival of Diwali
On nowSat 31 Oct 2026 · 11.30 am to 10 pm
Where: Fed Square, Melbourne
Entry: Not published · Federation Square
Fed Square’s own Diwali festival, in its twenty-first year, with Indian street food along the Birrarung Marr walk.
Date from Fed Square's own event page, which gives Saturday 31 October 2026, 11.30 am to 10 pm, and Celebrate India Inc.'s own website and its own Facebook post of 30 October 2026, which give the same date but 12.30 pm to 10 pm. All read 31 October 2026. Organiser
Adelaide's Biggest Deepavali Mela
This weekSat 7 Nov 2026 · 12.30 pm to 10.30 pm
Where: Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville SA
Entry: Ticketed · Hindu Council of Australia (SA)
A one-day Deepavali mela at the showground, with a bazaar of ethnic food stalls serving regional street food, a Ram Leela, Ravan Dahan and fireworks, and a full programme of music and dance. Over 10,000 came last year.
Date from the Hindu Council’s own event post and its own 2026 poster, with the hours from its own Eventbrite booking page. Organiser
Sources
Where we look
A fixed list of organisers and venues, checked on a schedule. We follow aggregator listings as leads, but we do not publish a date on their say-so.
- Hindu Council of Australia — its Deepavali festival and its posters
- Little India Australia — the Harris Park precinct and its street events
- Fed Square, Melbourne — the Victorian Festival of Diwali
- Sydney Mango Mela — the July mango fair at Fairfield Showground
Missing an event, or know which Saturday Harris Park actually is? Tell us below — a date from somebody who knows beats anything we can find.
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