Assembly Park Diwali Mela 2026 in Plano

Assembly Park is listing a Diwali Mela for Sunday, October 11, 2026, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 6200 K Avenue, Plano. Admission is free with RSVP. The flyer pins the lawn as Central Green Space inside the mixed-use campus, not a temple lot and not a downtown square.

The park card promises live sets, garba, Indian food, artisan vendors, and hands-on lawn activities. That is the whole posted program. No ticket tiers, no drone line, no named headliner. The flyer calls it a joyful evening of culture and community on the green. Email is info@assemblyparkplano.com if you need a clearer RSVP path than the Save a Spot button.

K Avenue is east Plano's temple and retail corridor. Sri Ganesha Temple sits on that same street pattern, and Sharada Navaratri seasons usually fill those blocks in October. This mela is the park lawn. Treat the temple calendar as a neighbor, not as one ticket. You can do both if you leave time between a homam grid and a 3:00 p.m. green.

Assembly Park is a Triten-managed campus with creative office, dining, and the Annabel live room nearby. That matters for parking and dinner more than for the stage plot. The Diwali card is a lawn activation on a mixed-use green, closer to a neighborhood festival than to a ticketed fairgrounds mela. Street parking around K Avenue fills on event Sundays. RSVP so they can size the lawn. Bring a layer; a 3-to-7 window in mid-October can cool after dusk even when the afternoon feels warm.

Frisco Diwali Mela is November 1, 3:30 to 10:00 p.m., at Kaleidoscope Park with registration and a night finale. Assembly Park is the earlier, shorter Sunday. Southlake DiwaliFest is October 24. Plano is the soft open for families who want lights without a late drive north. If your October is already full of Navaratri nights, this is the afternoon that does not ask you for a late school-night return.

Who this is for: East Plano and Richardson families who want a free afternoon on the green. Skip it if you needed a night drone show or a named concert. That is Frisco in November. Skip it if you wanted a full civic square until 10. That is Southlake.

Our take: 3:00 p.m. if you have kids. Leave by 6 if you still want dinner off the park. Do not skip the RSVP. The lawn is the point; the flyer is thin on stage times, so plan the full afternoon, not a single set.

When: October 11, 2026 (3–7 p.m.; free with RSVP)
Where: Assembly Park Central Green Space, 6200 K Ave, Plano, TX 75074

Details at assemblyparkplano.com.