It’s 11:30am in Melbourne on 9 July 2026 and the city is already humming with the weight of what’s coming tonight.
Gates at Marvel Stadium open at 3:30pm. The “Melbourne Meets Modi” event starts at 4:30pm. Thirty-five to forty thousand people are expected inside the big tin can in Docklands - the largest Indian diaspora gathering Victoria has seen in years. Flags, performances, speeches, the whole spectacle. Modi’s already in town, fresh from talks with Albanese and the CEOs. Tonight is the community crescendo.
