What's On

Events & Gatherings

From Puja celebrations to community sports — there's always something happening at Hullor.

Religious

Saraswati Puja

A celebration of knowledge, creativity, music and learning, Saraswati Puja holds a very special place in the Hullor calendar. Families and friends come together to offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati, seek blessings for wisdom and education, and share in a day filled with devotion, tradition and community spirit. Alongside the puja, the occasion becomes a joyful gathering of generations, with children, students, artists and families taking part in cultural activities, music, performances and shared meals. It is a beautiful blend of spirituality and togetherness, creating a familiar piece of Bengal here in the UK while giving younger generations an opportunity to experience and understand the traditions they inherit.

February

Cultural

Poila Boishakh

Poila Boishakh welcomes the Bengali New Year with colour, music, food and unmistakable festive energy. Hullor brings the community together to celebrate a fresh beginning while embracing the culture, language and traditions that connect Bengalis across generations and across the world. The celebration comes alive through Bengali music, dance, performances, traditional attire, delicious food and the simple joy of spending time together. It is an occasion to rediscover familiar traditions, introduce them to younger generations and create new ones of our own. More than the beginning of another year, Poila Boishakh at Hullor is a celebration of identity, friendship and the wonderfully diverse community we continue to build together.

April

Cultural

Holi

Holi is the exuberant celebration of colour, spring and togetherness, a festival that has always carried the spirit of renewal, friendship and the triumph of joy over division. Traditionally, families and communities gather to play with abir, share sweets, music and laughter, and leave everyday barriers behind for a few wonderfully colourful hours. At Hullor, Holi becomes a vibrant community celebration where that timeless spirit finds a new home in the UK. Children, parents, friends and generations come together through colour, music, dance, food and playful celebration, creating an atmosphere that is unmistakably festive and wonderfully inclusive. It is a chance to reconnect with familiar traditions, introduce younger generations to the Holi many of us grew up with, and invite friends from different backgrounds to experience its infectious warmth. At its heart, Hullor's Holi is about something wonderfully simple: celebrating life together, preferably while becoming completely unrecognisable beneath several layers of colour.

March

Lampton Park

Community

Sports Day

Sports Day celebrates the energy, teamwork and friendly competition that have always been part of community life. From childhood races and neighbourhood games to school sports days remembered decades later, sport has a remarkable ability to bring people together without needing much introduction. Hullor recreates that spirit through a day designed for children, adults and families to participate, compete, cheer and occasionally discover talents they did not know they possessed. Traditional races and games sit alongside team activities and light-hearted challenges, ensuring that participation matters just as much as winning. Beyond the medals and scoreboards, Hullor Sports Day is about strengthening friendships, encouraging children to be active and confident, and giving families an opportunity to enjoy something together away from the usual routine. By the end of the day, the real result is a community that knows one another a little better.

Summer

Sports

Hullor Premier League

Cricket occupies a special corner of Bengali and South Asian culture, where matches are rarely just matches and discussions about a dropped catch can continue considerably longer than the game itself. Hullor Premier League brings that passion into the heart of our community through an energetic cricket tournament built around competition, teamwork and camaraderie. Players come together in teams to compete for the title, while friends and families create the atmosphere from the sidelines, turning the tournament into a celebration beyond the boundary rope. The league combines the excitement of organised cricket with the informal spirit of the games many of us grew up playing in parks, school grounds and neighbourhood lanes. For Hullor, it is also an opportunity to encourage participation across generations, build new friendships and create sporting traditions of our own. There may be winners, trophies and statistics, but the lasting story of HPL is the community formed between the matches.

Summer

Community

Puja Bazar

The festive season in Bengal has always been accompanied by another beloved ritual: preparing for it. Markets become brighter, conversations become longer, new clothes appear, familiar foods return, and anticipation becomes almost as enjoyable as the celebration itself. Hullor's Puja Bazar brings a little of that festive marketplace experience to the UK, creating a lively space where community, culture and creativity meet. Visitors can discover festive clothing, jewellery, crafts, food, gifts and products from independent sellers and local businesses while enjoying the unmistakable excitement that builds around the puja season. More than a shopping event, Puja Bazar is a social gathering where people meet friends, discover community entrepreneurs and begin celebrating before the celebrations have officially begun. For Hullor, it is also a way of supporting local talent and small businesses while recreating something deeply familiar: the wonderfully chaotic pleasure of getting ready for Puja together.

Autumn

Religious

Puja Parikrama

Puja Parikrama is Hullor's journey through the colour, devotion and extraordinary artistry of Durga Puja. Inspired by the beloved Bengali tradition of visiting different puja celebrations, it brings friends and families together to experience beautifully decorated idols, imaginative themes, festive atmospheres and the unique character of each community celebration. The experience is as much about the journey as the destinations, filled with conversations, photographs, laughter, food and those spontaneous moments that make Durga Puja unforgettable. For those who grew up with the excitement of pandal hopping, it rekindles treasured memories; for younger generations and newcomers, it offers a wonderful introduction to one of Bengal's most spectacular cultural traditions. Ultimately, Puja Parikrama is a celebration of Maa Durga, Bengali creativity and the joy of experiencing the festival together.

Autumn

Cultural

Bijoya Sammilani

Bijoya Dashami traditionally marks the emotional conclusion of Durga Puja, when the festivities draw to a close and Maa Durga begins her symbolic journey home. Yet Bengali tradition transforms that farewell into another form of togetherness through Bijoya, when families, friends and neighbours visit one another, exchange greetings, share sweets and seek the blessings of elders. Hullor's Bijoya Sammilani carries that tradition forward by bringing the wider community together once more after the intensity of the Puja celebrations. Through music, performances, food, conversation and cultural programmes, it creates an evening where the community can reflect, reconnect and continue celebrating the relationships that Puja strengthens each year. For children growing up in the UK, it also gives meaning to a tradition that goes beyond the festival itself, showing that Bijoya is ultimately about people. The idols may leave the pandal, but the friendships, memories and sense of belonging remain.

Autumn

Religious

Kali Puja

Kali Puja is one of Bengal's most evocative spiritual traditions, dedicated to Goddess Kali, the powerful embodiment of divine strength, protection and the triumph of light over darkness. Traditionally observed on the night of the new moon around the time of Diwali, the celebration is marked by prayer, lamps, devotion and an atmosphere quite distinct from the grandeur of Durga Puja. There is an intimacy and intensity to Kali Puja that has made it deeply meaningful to generations of Bengali families. At Hullor, Kali Puja brings that spiritual tradition into our community while creating a welcoming space where families can observe the occasion together. Through the puja, devotional rituals, illumination, shared food and community gathering, we preserve the cultural and spiritual character of the festival while helping younger generations understand the stories and symbolism behind it. The glow of lamps against an autumn evening in Britain may be thousands of miles from Bengal, yet the emotions surrounding the celebration remain remarkably familiar. Hullor's Kali Puja is therefore both an act of remembrance and renewal, keeping a cherished tradition alive while allowing a new generation to make it part of their own story.

Autumn