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Food and culture
Diwalicious
Canada's largest Diwali culinary celebration. Celebrate Diwali through every flavour.
About
Every Indian celebration begins around food. Recipes preserve heritage, festivals create memories, and meals bring communities together. Diwalicious takes that idea seriously and builds a festival around it.
Running alongside Canada Diwali at Mississauga Celebration Square, it turns the food court into five distinct districts, each with its own character, from street‑food energy to regional home cooking to a chai adda built for conversation.
Alongside the eating there is chef programming: demonstrations, food talks, tastings and workshops, plus cultural performance through the evening.
Five destinations, one journey.
5
Festival districts
100,000+
Weekend attendees
9 to 11 Oct
2026
Great Indian Street
The energy of India's street‑food capitals, rebuilt in a Canadian civic square.
Regional Kitchens
Cuisines from across every Indian region, cooked by the communities they belong to.
Sweet Street
Mithai, desserts and festive indulgence, the part of Diwali nobody skips.
Chai Adda
Conversation, chai and community. The slowest and often the best corner of the festival.
Flavours Beyond Borders
South Asian cuisine as it is cooked across the wider diaspora.
Chef programming
Demonstrations, food talks, tastings and workshops running through the weekend.
Full programme
Dates, line‑up and tickets live on the festival site.
This page is the council's overview. For the current edition, the full programme and tickets, visit the festival directly.