Surat LitFest 2027: Dates, Venue & Guide

Surat LitFest 2027 is listed for Friday 8 to Sunday 10 January 2027 at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University on the Udhna–Magdalla Road, with free entry on registration. It is organised by the Surat Literary Foundation and is closer to an ideas festival than a book fair. The published outline promises more than 40 speakers and over 100 participants from across India, among them subject experts, policymakers, politicians, religious leaders and analysts, in sessions on 11 themes that include religion, education, politics, the economy, governance, media, film and policymaking. A 'Bharat@2047' forum looks ahead to the centenary of independence, and the programme also covers life in Surat itself. Books are released during the festival, and each evening from 6 pm the stage turns to folk music and dance from across Gujarat. No speaker names or session timings had been published when this was written, so treat the schedule as provisional and check the organisers' announcements in December. The dates sit in the week before Uttarayan, when the weather is at its best. The campus is large, so note the hall named on your registration and allow time for traffic on the Udhna–Magdalla Road. This page lists LitFest sessions and other literary events in Surat.