He said: "It's a great opportunity to have a fun family day out with a firework finale."
Geeta Sharma, an executive committee member of the Hindu Cultural Society of Cleveland, said it was important to show unity as a community.
She said: "It's a way of us to be able to be proud of the fact that we are here and this is part of our culture.
"We are all one community, we are going through the same things.
"It is a way of getting over the scaremongers who are trying to divide us, when actually there is a lot more in common than there is differences between us all."
