NavratriEvents in Los Angeles 2026
Los Angeles does Navratri across a very wide map, so the first decision is how far you are willing to drive. The biggest pass-based garba nights with orchestras from India happen in the Artesia, Norwalk and Anaheim halls, the San Fernando Valley and Calabasas temple communities run their own nights, and the Westside and downtown get smaller club and ballroom dandiya events. Tamil temples add Golu displays and kolu evenings alongside. Weekend nights sell out online, and mid-week nights are cheaper and less crowded if you just want to dance. Pioneer Boulevard in Artesia is the place for chaniya choli, kediyu, bangles and sticks, plus dinner before or after. Parking at the big halls fills before 9pm and the 5, 91 and 405 are slow at closing, so carpool. October evenings in Los Angeles cool off fast after warm days. Browse the listings below by area and date.
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Garba Events in Los Angeles
Warm up for garba
Get the beat in your feet before the first night in Los Angeles: Spotify’s Garba Nights, from dhol-heavy folk classics to the songs every circle dances to.
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Before you dance
The story of Navratri
Nine nights, a goddess, two demons and one very big bonfire.
01The boon
A demon no god could kill
Mahishasura, the buffalo demon, won a boon: no man and no god could kill him. Fearless, he stormed the heavens and drove the gods from their thrones.
02The goddess
Durga rises from their light
So the gods poured their powers into one blaze, and from it rose Durga. Each gave her a weapon — Shiva his trident, Vishnu his discus — and the mountains gave her a lion.
03Nine nights
Nine nights, then victory
For nine nights she fought him as he changed shape — buffalo, lion, elephant, man — and each night of Navratri honours one of her nine forms. On the tenth, Vijayadashami, she struck him down: good over evil.
04The Ramayana
Rama prays to the goddess
Ravana carried Sita away to Lanka. In one telling, Rama worshipped Durga for her blessing before the war — then crossed the sea to bring Sita home.
05Dussehra
The ten-headed king falls
Rama's arrow brought down Ravana on the same tenth day. That is why the festival's last day is Dussehra too: one victory, told twice.
06Today
Ravana goes up in fireworks
Across north India, towering paper Ravanas are packed with crackers and lit at dusk on Dussehra — and the crowd cheers as evil burns.
And that is why we dance
Garba circles the garbo — a clay lamp, the goddess’s light at the centre of life — and the circle never stops, like time. The dandiya sticks are said to be her swords, clashing in the battle all over again.
Upcoming Navratri garba events in Los Angeles
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| LA Garba Raas Night 2026 | Optimist Studios, Los Angeles | |
| RRB Garba Night | The All-White Affair | RRB Studios, Cerritos | |
| Durga Puja at Cerritos Center | Cerritos Center |