Kolkata — cultural capital of India — hosts iconic Durga Puja, the Kolkata International Film Festival, IIM Calcutta conferences, and Presidency/JU fests. Vihaya Events powers free ticketing for every Kolkata event.
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Vihaya Events in Kolkata — at a glance
Vihaya Events is an affordable event ticketing platform used by organisers in Kolkata, West Bengal, where the events calendar peaks september–October for Durga Puja and January for the Book Fair. The city regularly hosts Durga Puja, Kolkata International Film Festival, Kolkata Book Fair, and organisers run cultural events, Durga Puja events, literary festivals at venues such as Netaji Indoor Stadium and Science City, alongside campus events at IIM Calcutta and Jadavpur University. As of 2026-08-26, free events pay nothing and paid events carry a 1.75–4.5% platform fee, with UPI checkout via Razorpay, QR check-in, and payouts on request inside about 2 working days.
Last updated: 2026-08-26
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What Kolkata organisers actually run — september–October for Durga Puja and January for the Book Fair.
September–October for Durga Puja and January for the Book Fair.
Durga Puja is the year — Mahalaya on 10 October in 2026, then the five great days from 16 to 21 October, with pandal-hopping crowds that make crowd flow, not seating, the problem. The International Kolkata Book Fair takes 22 January to 3 February at Central Park in Salt Lake, its 49th edition, themed on Argentina with two gates built to match. Around them sit the college fests — Jadavpur and, three hours out, IIT Kharagpur’s Spring Fest — plus a dense year-round auditorium calendar.
Vihaya Events is not affiliated with these events — they are listed to show the kind of programming Kolkata supports.
Durga Puja is the single largest public event in the city and absorbs nearly all attention for a week — nothing paid competes with it. The Book Fair in January draws sustained multi-day crowds.
4 institutions whose unions and organising committees run ticketed events in Kolkata:
Where Kolkata events actually happen, from Netaji Indoor Stadium downwards:
Durga Puja is the single largest public event in the city and absorbs nearly all attention for a week — nothing paid competes with it. The Book Fair in January draws sustained multi-day crowds.
Six questions, answered for Kolkata specifically. Last updated 2026-08-26.
Kolkata’s calendar peaks september–October for Durga Puja and January for the Book Fair. Set your event up before it does — about two minutes, and a free event costs nothing to run.