2025 Events Snapshots
Bhojbaaji - The Foodie Fiesta
The celebration of Bengali's shared passion for good food returned for its second year - more vendors, more grandeur.
Cha Ta Cinema Adda
A special screening of the unreleased film Matripakhya, graced by lead actress Swastika Mukherjee. Attendees participated in a candid Q&A session with her, followed by a photo session.
Puja Bazaar 2025
Puja Bazaar 2025 marked our third year of hosting this event—made even more special with the debut of RockBaaji, where local bands competed for the coveted opportunity to open for Fossils.
Fossils: First time in Canada
History was created in the Bengali music scene in Canada. Fossils performing live in Toronto - their first ever performance in Canada.
Cactuss: Durga Pujo Tour exclusively in Canada
The powerhouse of Bengali rock, Cactuss, on their first ever tour of Canada. This year, an even bigger tour with six stops across Canada - Edmonton, Pickering (GTA), Vancouver, Calgary, London and Regina
2024 Events Snapshots
Bhojbaaji - The Foodie Fiesta
Puja Bazaar 2024
Iman Chakraborty: Durga Pujo Tour exclusively in Canada
Bhojbaaji - The Foodie Fiesta was a celebration of Bengali's shared passion for good food, where various food vendors catered to the diverse tastes of food lovers, creating a Foodie Fiesta in its truest sense where various cuisines delighted the attendees.
Puja Bazaar 2024 was a grander and more exciting second year of this event.
Continuing our legacy, the iconic, chart-topping Queen of Bengali Music Industry, National Award-Winner singer Iman Chakraborty, and her band Team Togetherness toured across 5 cities - Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, London and Montreal.
2023 Events Snapshots
Puja Bazaar 2023
Puja Bazaar in 2023 has emerged as a prominent and noteworthy occasion among the Bengali diaspora in Greater Toronto Area, Canada, where we not only highlighted the small scale local businesses but also, accentuate the significance of women enterpreneurs, with the majority of our vendors' businesses being women-led. The event has been graced by the physical presence of Rechie Valdez, the Minister of Small-Scale Businesses of Canada and has been hugely supported by the Mayor of Mississauga - Bonnie Crombie and also, the federal minister of small scale businesses of Canada Rechie Valdez
Somlata and The Aces: Durga Puja Tour exclusively in Canada
For the very first time in Canada, during Durga Puja Festival, a renowned bangla band Somlata and The Aces toured across 5 cities of Edmonton, Toronto, London, Halifax and Calgary performing LIVE for the Bengali diaspora. The tour has been exclusively organized and managed by Probaashe Bangali Adda. The tour was hugely successful and the band's performance left an indelible mark in the hearts of the Bengali expatriates in Canada. The tour was covered by the leading media houses of Zee Canada, Zee5, and IBNS (India Blooms)
Rabindra Jayanti
The local young talents have celebrated "Rabindra Jayanti", birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet, musician, philosopher and the Nobel Laureate.
Chandrabindoo
The Bengali community celebrated the Durga Pujo of 2021 with Chandrabindoo, the prodigous band in Bengali music. As October is marked as Down Syndrome Awareness Month hence, the fund raised for the concert was donated towards Canadian Down Syndrome Society and Soulful Steps of India, the organizations that work for improving the lives of people with Down syndrome and their families
2020 Event Snapshots
Rupankar Bagchi
Somlata and The Aces
During the Durga Pujo of 2020, when the world was going through pandemic, we arranged for the digital concert of Rupankar Bagchi, the national award winning Bengali singer and Somlata and The Aces, the eminent band in Bengali music scene, for the Bengali community. The Bengalis across Canada enjoyed the concert during the festive season from their comfort of home, maintaining the safety protocol and following the pandemic restrictions. This fund raising event was supported by Bengalis across the world. The funds raised was donated towards the live music industry crew members whose livelihood was impacted during the pandemic.
Message from the Mayor of Mississauga
We are truly grateful to the Mayor of Mississauga, Bonnie Crombie, for supporting our Fundraising digital concert for the live music industry in the year of 2020