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Grand Rapids Yassou Greek Cultural Festival 2024

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July 25, 2024

From: Grand Rapids Yassou Greek Cultural Festival

Yassou means welcome and we welcome you to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. We are thrilled to bring Grand Rapids an event celebrating the culture and traditions of the Greek Orthodox people. We look forward to sharing with you our music, dances, gifts, and of course our Food We welcome you to visit and tour our beautiful church and ask about our Orthodox Faith. Please spend some of your weekend with us and we are sure you will be glad you did. Opa.

It is our sincerest goal to deliver a total cultural experience to our guests.  For three days, an amazing crew of volunteers, parishioners, friends and families pull together to essentially open West Michigan's largest restaurant.  Our homemade food, desserts, and imported libations are only the beginning of your cultural submersion!  Live music, dancing, and other activities all help round out your visit.  See below for an outline of planned events.

Schedule:

August 16, 2024

3:00pm: Church Blessing of the grounds
4:00 - 10:00pm: Live music performed by Oniero
4:30pm: Greek Cooking Demonstration
5:00pm: Greek Dance Performance  -  High School and Middle School Group
6:00pm: Greek Dance Performance  -  Little Angels and Elementary Group
7:00pm: Church Tour
7:30pm: Greek Dance Performance  -  High School and  Middle School Group
8:30pm: Greek Dance Performance  -  Young Adults
8:45pm: Greek Dance Lessons

August 17, 2024

1:30pm: Church Tour
3:30pm: Greek Cooking Demonstration
4:00pm: Church Tour
4:00 - 10:00pm: Live music performed by oniero
5:00pm: Greek Dance Performance - High School and Middle School Group
5:30pm: Greek Cooking Demonstration
6:00pm: Greek Dance Performance - Little Angels and Elementary Group
7:00pm: Church Tour
7:30pm: Greek Dance Performance - High School and Middle School Group
8:30pm: Greek Dance Performance - Young Adults
8:45pm: Greek Dance Lessons

Date: August 16-17, 2024

Festival Hours: August 16, 2024 from 3:00pm to 10:00pm
August 17, 2024 from 11:00am to 10:00pm

Location: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church,
330 Lakeside Drive North East
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Tickets:
Admission Fee: $3 
Ages 12 and under: Free

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