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Thank You Pensacola
Thank
you to the Pensacola community for supporting our 53rd annual
festival.
Photos
are available on this website.
Mark your calendar for the 54th festival to be held Oct 11-13
2013.
Like a visit to
Greece, the Pensacola Greek Festival offers a rich,
multi-sensory experience of Greek hospitality and culture.
Savory cuisine, soulful music, lively dancing, and educational
tours transform the church grounds at 1720 West Garden Street
into a three day “glendi” (celebration).
The
Pensacola Greek Festival has become one of the area’s signature
fall festivals. The 3 day cultural event provides an opportunity
for the Pensacola Greeks to share their heritage, culture and
faith with the local community. The event is held on the church
grounds at 1720 West Garden Street under large tents and
includes live bouzouki music, folk dance performances, a variety
of delicious foods, shopping in the Greek Market and tours of
the church. Hours are Friday from 11am- 10pm, Saturday from
11am- 10pm, and Sunday from 12 noon - 6pm. Admission to the
festival is free of charge.
Food, music and dancing are not the only attractions offered at this
festival. Visitors can attend twenty minute church tours to see the
architectural beauty of the inside of an Orthodox Christian church and
learn a little about the Orthodox faith and its culture. Byzantine hymns
will be sung by choir members at the end of each tour.
The Festival is truly a labor of love by our parishioners. Months of
preparation goes into the planning and presentation of this event. Stop
by the Hellenic Center on any weekend in the fall and you will see many
cheerful faces and busy hands as church members prepare food so they can
share their food, their faith and their ethnic pride for one weekend
each year to their Gulf Coast neighbors.
Volunteers are welcome to
assist in pre-festival food preparation. The best way for
non-parishioners to stay up to date on work dates is to follow
us on Facebook where we will post those dates as events.
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wall to post your comments and feedback. Tell us what you like about
Greek Fest and where we can improve.
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updates.
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Our 2012 Sponsors
Please support our sponsors!
Aegean Breeze
AHEPA 296
Angelo’s Brand Used Auto Parts
Angus Restaurant
Apple Market
Argeris Painting & Drywall
Beachwaves Vacation Rental Home
Bodacious Olive
CED Technical Services
Chrisoula’s Cheesecake Shoppe
Copy Products
Cypress Bay Enterprises
Daughters of Penelope #34
Dr. Jennifer Georgiades, DMD
Dr. Gregory Staviski MD
Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance
Fountain Schultz & Associates
Gene Valentino, Escambia County Commissioner
Hip Pocket Deli
Nephrology Associates of GC
Paradise Bar & Grill
PNC Bank
Rose Lawn Funeral Home
S & D Coffee
Sacred Heart Health Systems
Scapin Electric Company
Shoreline Foods
Sole Inn & Suites
Ward & Barnes, PA
Woodlands Medical Specialists
Zarahn Insurance
Download our 2012 Program
2012 Festival News Coverage
Downtown
Crowd
Independent News
PNJ Festival Guide - Oct 12
PNJ Food & Wine - Oct 9
About the Artist for Poster
Archives from Prior Festivals
About Our Youth Folk Dance Program
History of Greek Folk Dances
Festival Video & Commercials on YouTube
INWeekly Article on 10/14/10 A&E
Opa! Food and Fun Article
Blog of Church Tour by Barrier Island Girl
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