Gujarati Samaj of North Atlanta Diwali 2026 at Hotel Avalon

Gujarati Samaj of North Atlanta is listing its third annual Diwali celebration for Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. at The Hotel at Avalon, 9000 Avalon Boulevard in Alpharetta. Cocktail hour runs 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. The samaj frames food, music, dancing, raffles, and community. Volunteer, raffle donation, and sponsor sign-ups are open on gsona.org. Ticket purchase links and final prices firm on the organizer page, so confirm there before you treat the night as walk-up. Recent samaj posts have treated inventory as tight, which is another reason to buy ahead rather than gambling on the door.

Avalon is North Fulton's mixed-use boulevard and a hotel ballroom setting. The third annual card is a samaj fundraiser-and-party hybrid: raffles and sponsors sit beside the show, which is why volunteer sign-ups are loud on the page. Dress for a seated dinner-and-show evening. Five hours is the full posted window. Arrive for cocktail hour if networking and raffles matter. Arrive nearer 8:00 if the stage is why you bought the ticket. Hotel and Avalon garage parking fill on Saturday nights; give yourself extra time off GA 400, and do not assume street parking on Avalon Boulevard will be empty after 7:00. Set a meet point in the hotel lobby if your group arrives in waves.

The same Saturday, CMA Raas Rang Utsav runs at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee with garba and dandiya energy. Johns Creek Diwali was already November 7 at the Boardwalk. Sanatan Mandir covered temple Chopda Pujan the previous weekend in Smyrna. Chai Pani Decatur was Diwali Sunday on Ponce. GSONA is the North Fulton Gujarati ballroom if you want Avalon's hotel night instead of a high-school gym floor or a civic park. Crossing from Suwanee mid-show is a bad plan; pick one North Fulton Saturday.

Who this is for: Alpharetta, Johns Creek, and North Fulton Gujarati families, plus guests invited into the samaj's third annual Diwali. It works best if someone in the group will actually buy the ticket and watch the showtime clock. Skip it if you needed a free outdoor market. Johns Creek and Norcross already covered that mood. Skip it if you needed garba only. Suwanee's Raas Rang Utsav is the clearer dance-floor card the same night.

Confirm tickets and any dress code note on gsona.org before November 14. Bring the confirmation to the hotel door. If raffle donations or volunteer shifts are how your household usually joins samaj nights, those forms are already open on the same page and close as the room fills.

When: November 14, 2026 (6:00–11:00 p.m.; cocktail hour 6:00–7:30; showtime 8:00)
Where: The Hotel at Avalon, 9000 Avalon Blvd, Alpharetta, GA 30009

Details at gsona.org.