{"title": "Diwali", "start": "2026-11-08T08:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Medgar Evers College", "address": "1637 Bedford Ave, 1st Floor Room S122, Brooklyn, NY 11225", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/diwali", "religion/hinduism"], "description": "Diwali is the annual festival of lights celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Newar Buddhists around the world. It is observed as a five-day festival of lights that symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and wisdom over ignorance. The religious/ethnic group behind it is Hindu. 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It is the Bhakti Center's 9th Annual Diwali Fest, and everyone is welcome to bring family and friends. The evening includes a temple cultural program with music, storytelling and dance, a special Diwali lamp offering, and a shared free dinner. Admission is free, with advance registration requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/diwali-in-manhattan-124731/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a0b646cfd700abcfac467d7b26ae8535770c7f0eea58ae5ec8c7fdcef522790-600.webp"}, {"title": "Diwali Lights Up Asia Society 2026", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "Members $20, Non-Members $25. Children over 2 yrs: $15", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/diwali"], "description": "Diwali Lights Up Asia Society 2026 is a colorful, fun-filled family afternoon celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. It is presented by Asia Society in collaboration with The Culture Tree, which promotes cultural literacy about South Asia. Guests can enjoy music and dance performances, an interactive puppet show bringing the epic Ramayana to life, storytelling, and hands-on arts and crafts such as making clay diyas, henna tattoos, and mask making. A new children's book, My Diwali Story: A Story of Two Childhoods, One Light, will also launch, and a special Diwali menu is offered at the Leo Cafe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/diwali-lights-up-asia-society-2026-51119/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/diwali-lights-asia-society-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2da43b7b1b1b7532a2dab2d1d790b0acd575931ece2f556611fe3682b6bdddbd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Queer Diwali Ball 2026", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-13T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Brooklyn Community Pride Center", "address": "Fulton Street 1360, 11216 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/diwali"], "description": "The Queer Diwali Ball 2026 is an annual gala celebrating a queer and trans South Asian Diwali, the Festival of Lights. It is in its third year since 2024 and brings together drag artists, a vibrant queer mela market with vendors, and a joyous crowd of 200 guests expected this year. More than a party, it is a benefit for Desi Rainbow, supporting their work to empower and uplift LGBTQ+ South Asians and their families. The event is hosted by the Brooklyn Community Pride Center.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/queer-diwali-ball-2026-136133/", "official_url": "https://www.lgbtbrooklyn.org/event-details/queer-diwali-ball-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63f444a49d0598def70192f90498b99715fb6b3e4f35e13a27dab364f7b717fd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "70 After Dark: Festival of Light", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-19T23:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$100 General Admission, $70 Members", "price_from": "100.00", "price_to": "100.00", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["occasion/diwali"], "description": "70 After Dark: Festival of Light is a one-of-a-kind immersive evening celebrating the close of Asia Society's 70th anniversary, inspired by Diwali and the many traditions of light celebrated across Asia. For one night, all of Asia Society comes alive with music, movement, flavor, and celebration: a live DJ, an open bar, festive food and culinary offerings, henna, fortune telling, and special after-hours access to the museum. The event is presented in partnership with The Culture Tree, with special guest Anirudh Pisharody, an Indian-American actor and producer known for roles in Netflix's Never Have I Ever and 9-1-1. It is a full-building celebration of culture, community, joy, and new beginnings, bringing together people from across New York, open to ages 21+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/70-after-dark-festival-of-light-124643/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/70-after-dark-festival-light", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a9bcf255051af080a1a97b5568a5aac6bed56e2768b2c7fdf47645d9e4825071-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Diwali Celebration at the Seaport Museum", "start": "2026-11-10T16:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "213 Water Street", "address": "213 Water Street", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/diwali"], "description": "Diwali Celebration at the Seaport Museum is a free, all-ages celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with hands-on activities on the Museum's Water Street cobblestones. It is presented by the South Street Seaport Museum together with The Culture Tree Collective Inc. and the Rubin Museum. Visitors can decorate and float a battery-operated diya-inspired candle, make rangoli designs with flower petals and sand, and get henna from a henna artist. The afternoon also includes a Diwali Puppet Storytime in the Maritime City gallery, an interactive dance workshop with mudras and Diwali songs, free access to the Maritime City exhibition, and letterpress printing at Bowne & Co., Stationers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/diwali-celebration-at-the-seaport-museum-56001/", "official_url": "https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/diwali/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c7978a8b5251ab5871dece62ac6c30326728f1c64871b0c2193f328ee72063c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bi-lingual Storytime with Culture Tree Founder Anu Sehgal", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Children's Museum of Manhattan", "address": "West 83rd Street 212, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.99", "price_to": "19.99", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "occasion/diwali"], "description": "A drop-in storytime for children ages 4 and up at a museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Anu Sehgal, founder of Culture Tree, leads a Diwali storytime with her puppet friends. It explores the significance and origins of Diwali and how it is celebrated worldwide. Children create their own vibrant marigold artworks to take home.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bi-lingual-storytime-with-culture-tree-founder-anu-sehgal-51837/", "official_url": "https://cmom.org/event/bi-lingual-storytime-with-culture-tree-founder-anu-sehgal/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/184b027b191222e8d0493a4f9f65ede6c156b0c2cf479dcf78390e843cde3c68-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Diwali Dance Performance and Workshop with Meha Sadana", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T14:30:00-05:00", "place": "Children's Museum of Manhattan", "address": "West 83rd Street 212, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.99", "price_to": "19.99", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["dance/indian-classical", "occasion/diwali"], "description": "Diwali Dance Performance and Workshop with Meha Sadana is an interactive dance workshop for all ages. Led by Meha Sadana, it teaches mudras, the hand gestures of classical Indian dance, and moves to popular Diwali songs in a lively performance. Visitors can grab a tea light and get ready to dance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/diwali-dance-performance-and-workshop-with-meha-sadana-51835/", "official_url": "https://cmom.org/event/diwali-dance-performance-and-workshop-with-meha-sadana/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd54eaacd299528220ce539d4f1e9636f19ce50d50edce0e1690a869432a647c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Magical, Musical Diwali Celebration", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-13T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum", "address": "895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY 10464", "price": "$40; Seniors/Students/Bartow-Pell Members: $35", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": "40.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["music/world/indian/indian-classical", "occasion/diwali"], "description": "Shreeyash Palshikar and Neel Murgai present an evening of magic and music celebrating Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. Shreeyash is a world magician, performing artist, educator and producer who has studied with modern and traditional Indian magicians, while Neel is a multi-instrumental performer, composer and teacher who studied with traditional Indian sitar masters and modern musicians. Together they combine Indian and Western, traditional and modern, magic and music for a fun, interactive, family-friendly experience. They have appeared together at Barzakh café in Brooklyn and Perlman Arts Center in Manhattan and have performed around the world for decades.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/a-magical-musical-diwali-celebration-51248/", "official_url": "https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/a-magical-musical-diwali-celebration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aa344eae5b1e4f0004f974669610e896e910fda3353af7e61bf3e397351a0a57-600.webp"}]}