Tamil Festival Australia 2027
Free full-day Thai Pongal and Tamil heritage festival at Event Central, Caribbean Park, Scoresby
Saturday 16 January 2027
8:30 am
Event Central at Caribbean Park, Scoresby
1280 Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby VIC 3179
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Tamil Festival Australia 2027 ("One Festival. One Community. Everyone's Celebration.") is a free, full-day celebration of Thai Pongal, Tamil heritage and cultural diversity at Event Central, Caribbean Park in Scoresby on Saturday 16 January 2027, from 8:30am.
The day opens with Community Pongal, as households gather with their pots to cook pongal together. Indoor and outdoor stages run music, dance and a line-up of artists through the day, alongside food and service-organisation stalls, exhibitions and storytelling, traditional Tamil sports such as Kilithaddu, Kabadi, tug of war and Sakkoddam, plus children's rides, activities and an animal farm, running until late.
Entry is free; the organisers ask attendees to register via Eventbrite. Supported by the Victorian Government and the City of Greater Dandenong.
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Event Central at Caribbean Park, Scoresby
1280 Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby VIC 3179
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