Lohri's bonfire, Pongal's new rice and Republic Day all fall in an Australian summer in 2027. Here are the dates on India's official list and what Australian community and mission websites showed in October 2026.Read More
The number of people in Australia who affiliate with Sikhism has almost tripled since the 2011 Census, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In 2021 the count reached 210,400 people, or 0.8 per cent of the population, up from 125,900 just five years earlier. The Gurpurab marking the…Read More
Holi Festival Sydney’s Tumbalong Park weekend was featured on Weekend Sunrise, taking a Darling Harbour colour throw to a national audience. Why it matters for 2027.Read More
Footage from Holi Festival Melbourne 2026 shows Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece among the stalls at Ron Barassi Senior Park. Why that visit matters for 2027.Read More
On a Saturday night in July 2025, dancers in chaniya cholis and kediyus circled a floor the size of an aircraft hangar at Sydney Olympic Park. The venue was The Dome at Sydney Showground, a timber-framed hall that seats about 7,000 people and describes itself as the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. […]Read More
Holi Festival Sydney brings colour throws, Bollywood beats and Holi After Dark to Tumbalong Park. Free entry, family tips and what comes next.Read More
Holi Festival Melbourne fills Ron Barassi Senior Park in Docklands with two days of colour, music and food. Dates, tickets and what to expect next.Read More
Community garba nights used to run on borrowed halls and volunteer aunties. This spring, one is booked into the largest enclosed venue in the country.Read More
India turns 80 on 15 August. In Australia, the anniversary belongs to three generations who each remember a different country by the same name.Read More
One evening in mid-October 2025, a little more than a week before Diwali, the sails of the Sydney Opera House turned gold above the harbour, the white shells washed in the colour of oil lamps. A short train ride west, Harris Park was doing the same thing at street level. In the pocket of Parramatta […]Read More
