Festivals in Mumbai

Indian festivals are celebrated by varied cultures and through their special rituals add to the colours of Indian Heritage. Some festivals welcome the seasons of the year, the harvest, the rains, or the full moon. Others celebrate religious occasions, the birthdays of divine beings, saints, and gurus (revered teachers), or the advent of the New Year.
A number of these festivals are common to most parts of India. However, they may be called by different names in various parts of the country or may be celebrated in a different fashion.

Every celebration is centered around the rituals of prayer, seeking blessings, exchanging goodwill, decorating houses, wearing new clothes, music, dance and feasting.

As Mumbai is a cosmopolitan city all festivals are celebrated with equal vigour. So in Mumbai there are festivities happening every month which is celebrated by every Mumbaikar. Mumbai celebrates every states festivals as its own. Now thats the spiirt of Mumbai.
Holi in Mumbai

Below is a list of some festivals that are celebrated in Mumbai( mostly in order of occurance in the year):

    Lohri
    Makarsankranti
    Pongal
    Vasant Panchami/ Saraswati Puja
    Mahashivratri
    Holi
    Ram Navami
    Chaitra Navaratri
    Mahavir Jayanti
    Ugadi
    Good Friday
    Easter
    Gudi Padwa
    Baisakhi
    Tamil New Year
    Bengali New Year
    Buddha Poornima
    Akshaya Tritiya
    Nag Panchami
    Teej Festival
    Guru Poornima
    Rakshabandhan
    Janmashtami
    Narali Poornima
    Ramzan
    Parsi New Year( Jamshed Navroz)
    Paryushan
    Onam
    Id-ul-fitr
    Ganesh Chaturthi / Anant Chaturthi
    Durga Puja
    Navratri
    Dusshera
    Karvachauth
    Dhanteras
    Diwali
    Laxmi Puja
    Sharad Poornima
    Bhai Dooj / Bhau beej
    Kali Puja
    Tulsi Vivaah
    Dev Deepavali
    Ekadashi
    Guru Nanak Jayanti
    Muharram
    Christmas

There are a few Festivals which are celebrated exclusively in Mumbai. The list is as follows:

    Mumbai Festival
    Banganga Festival
    Elephanta Festival
    Indian Derby Weekend
    Kala Ghoda Festival
    Bandra Mount Mary Festival
    Ellora Festival
    Bandra Festival