Upcoming events
and holidays.
Interfaith Atlanta's 4th Annual Interfaith Festival
Join us for interfaith entertainment, food, friendship and service in partnership with The Sandwich Project. This event is open to all!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Thank you to all of our generous sponsors who help make this event possible. If you are interested in joining our growing list of festival sponsors, please visit our Interfaith Festival page.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah. It is the first of the High Holy Days, as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25, that occur in the late summer/early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.
Navaratri
Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess. It spans over nine nights, first in the month of Chaitra, and again in the month of Ashvin.
Yom Kippur
Sacred day of Fasting, on which Jewish people atone for sins against humanity and God with solemn communal prayer in synagogue.
Sukkot
Feast of Booths, commemorating the harvest in Israel as well as the temporary huts in which Israelites lived in ancient times as they traveresed the desert for 40 years of wandering prior to entering the Holy Land.
Shemini Atzeret
End of the Festival of Booths, a pause before celebrating the next holy day, Simchat Torah.
Simchat Torah
The cycle of Torah is celebrated, as Jewish communities gather to hear the final verses of Deuteronomy, immediately followed by the first verses in Genesis. The holiday is celebrated with festive dancing with the Torah.
Mawlid al-Nali
Mawlid is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. A day central to the Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam, the Mawlid is also celebrated by Shia Muslims.