ALN Diwali Festival 2025
ALN 2025 Diwali Festival Details
Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a major holiday celebrated throughout India and South Asia. The Asian Leaders Network (ALN) & Waco Downtown Farmers Market (WDFM) have come together again to organize and host our second Diwali 2025 Festival in Waco, Texas on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at Bridge Street Plaza (200 E Bridge St Waco, TX 76704) from 9am-1pm.
We are celebrating through live South Asian cultural dance and music performances, an arts & crafts booth, interactive scavenger hunt activity that starts at 9am, raffle giveaways, festival market small business & local artist vendors alongside regular WDFM vendors, food trucks, and so much more! Free & open to the public.
We will have local handmade vendors, artist, food pop-ups, and food trucks for the event alongside regular WDFM vendors. Our vendor spots are now closed and we look forward to announce our line-up soon through our social media channels!
Diwali Festival Event Schedule 2025 & Volunteer Needs
The Asian Leaders Network nonprofit in Waco, TX organized Waco’s first-ever Diwali Festival for the community last fall 2024. From Bollywood Fusion Dance teams and more, find a variety of local and Texas-based performers on October 18, 2025! Stay tuned as we get closer to the fall for our full performer line-up.
Our festival this fall 2025 begins at 9am with an interactive scavenger hunt activity alongside raffle prize opportunities, vendors, food trucks, performers, regular WDFM vendors, and more fun and ends at 1pm at Bridge Street Plaza in Waco.
Bring your lawn chairs and outdoor blankets to enjoy a vibrant event! Our full performance line-up is to come as we get closer to the event. We will have exciting performances throughout 9am-1pm on the Bridge Street Plaza stage. Our event is free and open to the public - no tickets required!
If you would like to volunteer with Asian Leaders Network, we need day of festival volunteers for set-up, tear down, greeters, info booth, raffle giveaways, and more!