Navratri Events in Dubai 2026: All Garba & Dandiya Night Dates, Venues, Tickets

Navratri Events in Dubai 2026

Dubai's garba season will last longer than Navratri itself. The first event will be on Friday 2 October, nine days before Navratri begins, and the last one will be on Saturday 24 October, five days after it ends. That happens because organisers here book venues around Friday and Saturday nights rather than around the tithis.

We scourged the internet for all the Navratri events due to take place in Dubai in 2026.

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Also read: Navratri in Dubai in 2026 | Navratri Colours

Garba and Dandiya Nights in Dubai for Navratri 2026

These five are the real thing: open-air grounds, live singers, hundreds of people in chaniya cholis and kediyus, and everyone welcome from toddlers to grandparents. All five are alcohol-free family events, all five finish before midnight. These events make Navratri in Dubai truly memorable.

Dyine Dandiya Night 2026, Creek Park, 9 to 11 October

Dubai's garba season opens here. Dyine Dandiya Night will run for three nights in a row at Creek Park, on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, and it is the only event this year you can attend three evenings running on a single pass.

Each night the dancing goes from 7pm to 11pm on open ground under the park lights. Pooja Parmar, Nandlal Chhanga and Parthi Vyas will sing live, so you will be doing raas to a band rather than to a playlist. Traditional dress is compulsory at this one, so it is the night to bring out the chaniya choli, and you will need to carry your own dandiya sticks because the organisers ask everybody to. Enter through gate 4 or gate 5 of the park, and eat at the stalls inside, because no outside food or water is allowed in.

If you are going with a big group, the group tickets are a genuine saving. Twenty adults cost AED 720, which works out at AED 36 each instead of AED 40, and the three-night pass at AED 100 is cheaper than buying two separate adult nights.

Dandiya Raas 2026, Al Mamzar Beach Park, 10 October

This one has the biggest live line-up of any community night this year. Preety and Pinky will headline alongside Chetan Fefar and Durgesh Vaghela, backed by a twelve-piece band, with DJ Chandan taking over between sets and RJ Urmin hosting the evening. It is a proper stage show with a garba ground in front of it.

Gates at Al Mamzar Beach Park open at 6pm on Saturday 10 October and the garba starts at 7pm. Al Mamzar is a beach park, so you get sea air instead of city heat, which in mid-October makes a real difference by the third hour of dancing. Tickets start at AED 50 and are sold on District.

Dandiya Night 2026, Woodlem Park School, 10 October

The cheapest Navratri event in Dubai this year, and the easiest one to take small children to. It will be held on the grounds of Woodlem Park School Dubai on Saturday 10 October, starting at 6:30pm, with garba and dandiya music, and parking is free on site.

Tickets start at AED 35. Children under 5 go free and everyone from 5 upwards needs a ticket. Traditional dress is required, there is no smoking anywhere on the site, and pets are not allowed. If you want a straightforward, inexpensive family evening without a park gate fee or a long drive, this is the one.

Garba Dandiya Night 2026, Zabeel Park, 11 October

This is the one that lands on Navratri's actual first night, Sunday 11 October, the evening of Ghatasthapana. Doors at the Zabeel Park Amphitheatre open at 6:30pm and the programme starts at 7pm, with live music from the stage and the amphitheatre floor given over to dancing.

Zabeel Park is the easiest big venue in the city to reach, a short walk from Max metro station, which is why these amphitheatre nights fill up. There will be food stalls inside and, helpfully, dandiya stalls too, so if you forget your sticks you can buy a pair at the gate. Outside food and drink are not allowed. Adult general admission is AED 36, children aged 4 to 10 are AED 20, under-3s go free, and VIP at AED 100 puts you nearer the stage.

Navratri Utsav Dandiya Nights 2026, Zabeel Park, 16 and 17 October

If Dubai has a default garba night, this is it. Navratri Utsav will run for two nights at the Zabeel Park Amphitheatre, on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October, which is the mid-festival weekend and therefore the busiest two nights of the season. Doors open at 7pm and the programme starts at 7:30pm on both evenings.

Expect live singing, a packed amphitheatre floor, food stalls along the side and dandiya stalls inside if you arrive without sticks. Outside food and drink are not permitted. Both nights are priced the same: AED 36 for an adult, AED 20 for a child aged 4 to 10, AED 100 for adult VIP and AED 50 for child VIP, with under-3s free.

One thing to watch. The AED 20 you see on the listing is the child ticket, not the adult one. Two adults and one child will come to AED 92 before park entry. Both general admission tiers were already marked as selling fast in the third week of September, so if you want the mid-festival weekend, book it rather than planning it.

Navratri Concerts in Dubai 2026

Three shows this season are concerts rather than community garba. You will still dance at two of them, but you are buying a seat at a performance, and the prices reflect that.

Falguni Pathak Live in Dubai, Zabeel Park, 24 October

The night the Gujarati community in Dubai waits for all year. Falguni Pathak, the singer most people simply call the Queen of Dandiya, will play the Zabeel Park Amphitheatre on Saturday 24 October, four days after Dussehra, closing the season in the loudest possible way. Doors open at 6pm, the show starts at 7:30pm and it runs to about 11pm.

She will play the hits, the amphitheatre will sing every word back, and the floor becomes one enormous garba circle. Bring your dandiya sticks and dress up. No alcohol will be served or permitted and outside food and drink are not allowed.

Read the ticket rules carefully on this one, because they are unusual. Adults from 12 upwards are AED 105 and children aged 5 to 11 are AED 60, but each adult may bring only one child. A couple ticket at AED 200 is valid for one man and one woman, or for two women, and not for two men. The family package for four at AED 295 is the best value and was already down to a few tickets in the third week of September, with every other tier marked as selling fast.

Rangilo Re with Parthiv Gohil, Dubai Studio City, 3 October

The indoor, air-conditioned option, and the best answer if the thought of dancing outdoors in early October does not appeal. Playback singer Parthiv Gohil will perform at Sound Stages in Dubai Studio City on Saturday 3 October with a full band and orchestra behind him, in Hindi and Gujarati, for about four and a half hours.

It is a standing event, so wear shoes you can last in. There is vegetarian food on site, parking is free, and children under 2 come in free with an adult. Adults are AED 99 and children aged 5 to 11 are AED 49, and both tiers were selling fast in late September.

Baithak with Osman Mir and Aamir Mir, Le Meridien Garhoud, 3 October

This one is not a garba night, and it is worth saying so plainly before anybody books it expecting one. Osman Mir and his son Aamir Mir will perform a baithak, which is a seated mehfil of ghazals, folk and old favourites, at Le Meridien Dubai in Garhoud on Saturday 3 October. Doors at 7pm, music from 9pm.

Seating is a mix of traditional floor seating and chairs, and it is first come first served, so arrive early if you want the floor. Tickets start at AED 157.50, which makes it the most expensive Navratri-season event in the city, and food and drink are sold on site. If you love Gujarati folk singing and want to listen rather than dance, this is your evening.

Pre-Navratri Club Nights in Dubai 2026

Two nights at Troy, in the Ramee Dream Hotel in Business Bay, will open the season before Navratri properly begins. Both are over-21 only with ID checks at the door, both serve alcohol, and neither admits children. They are Navratri-themed club nights, not family garba, so book them only if that is what you are after.

The OG Garba at Troy, 2 October

Doors at 8pm on Friday 2 October, garba from 10pm, and the night runs to 4am. The dress code is party wear or business casual rather than traditional, and a house drink is included in the standard ticket with two in the VIP. Ladies entry is AED 75, gents AED 100, VIP AED 125 and a couple ticket AED 150. Tables can be reserved on 055 200 9111 or 055 600 5551.

Disco Dandiya 2026 at Troy, 3 October

The following night, same venue, from 6pm on Saturday 3 October right through to 4am on Sunday. The billing is traditional dress with a modern twist, so a kurta with trainers or a choli with something contemporary is the idea. Tickets start at AED 100, you will need photo ID at the door, parking is paid and smoking is allowed at the venue.

Free Navratri Events in Dubai 2026: Temple Celebrations

Not every Navratri event in Dubai needs a ticket. The temples run the full nine nights of aarti and darshan, entry is free, and this is where most of Dubai's Navratri actually happens in the mornings, long before the garba begins.

Hindu Temple Dubai in Jebel Ali publishes a poster of the coming week's special poojas and events on its own channels every week, so the Navratri programme should appear in the first week of October. Aarti times get extended or moved during festivals at all of these temples, so check or phone ahead in the week you plan to go rather than relying on a timing printed a month earlier.

Durga Puja and Dussehra Events in Dubai in 2026

Durga Puja will run from Shashthi on Friday 16 October to Vijayadashami on Tuesday 20 October 2026, with Mahalaya opening the season on Saturday 10 October. In Dubai it happens inside booked halls and school auditoriums rather than in street pandals, organised by the city's Bengali cultural associations, and the full five days of anjali, bhog, dhunuchi naach and Sindoor Khela are run properly.

As of 23 September 2026 no Dubai Durga Puja is listed on Platinumlist or District, and that is completely normal. Associations confirm a hall and release a pass link only one to two weeks ahead. Start looking in the first week of October on association Facebook and Instagram pages and in community WhatsApp groups, and you will find them.

Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, falls on Tuesday 20 October 2026. It is an ordinary working Tuesday in the UAE and there is no public Ravan dahan, because religious celebration here takes place inside licensed venues and temples rather than on the street. Nothing is ticketed for that night. Most families mark it at the temple in the morning and break their fast at home.

Park Entry and Parking at Dubai's Navratri Events in 2026

Five of this year's ten events are at a Dubai public park, and the park charges its own entry on top of your event ticket. It is only AED 5 a head, but it is a separate purchase, it is not mentioned on the ticket you print, and it is what holds families up at the gate.

Everything else about booking is straightforward. Platinumlist and District both take about two minutes, and every event above links straight to its own page. Two things worth knowing: Platinumlist lets you split payment into three interest-free instalments and will exchange a ticket if your plans change, and on the multi-night events you have to pick your date before you see the ticket tiers.