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Celebrate Vaisakhi, the birth of the Khalsa and the harvest festival.

Join or watch the annual Southall Vaisakhi procession (nagar kirtan) from from the Guru Nanak Road (Havelock Road) Gurdwara to the the Park Avenue Gurdwara.

Tens of thousands of people will attend the parade through the streets of Southall.

Free food stalls all along the procession route.

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There will be road closures and parking suspensions along the main route. King Street, The Green and South Road will be be closed for most of the day. No traffic will be allowed from the side roads. When the procession turn into High street around 4pm, traffic from Southall Broadway, Lady Margaret road and Uxbridge road will also be blocked for at least an hour.

The Police advise against driving into Southall due to road closures and heavy congestion.

The actual Vaisakhi day will be celebrated on Sunday 14th April 2023.

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Ealing Police said that "20,000-50,000 members of the Sikh community are expected to attend to celebrate."

"Road closures will take place from 9am in Old Southall and roads will continue to close as the procession moves along the route. Roads may close sooner due to food stalls setting up along the route and increase in pedestrians moving into the road."

The procession route is shown below.