The Vancouver Greek Summer Festival is an annual celebration of food, entertainment, and family fun to the dozens of live singers and dancers on the Performance Stage.
Date/Time: Jul 9 2016, 12:00 am to 11:00 pm
Vancouver, The Greek Community of East Vancouver
Vancouver Greek Summerfest is back for its 30th consecutive year! The Vancouver Greek Summer Festival ( Now simply known as Greek Summerfest ) is an annual celebration of food, entertainment, and family fun — from the famous “BBQ Lamb” and “Loukoumades” (a specialty Greek dessert) to the dozens of live singers and dancers on the Performance Stage.
Since 1987, the Vancouver Greek Summer Festival has been a clebration of food, entertainment and family fun. Originally only a two day event we've grown to ten days and two weekends and our event now welcomes over 40,000 people every year.
Greek Summerfest is a coming together of cultures and traditions. We celebrate and showcase our unique community while providing a free-admission, family friendly, good time.
This year we will be showcasing our first annual "Greek Cook-Off" competition featuring the finest traditional restaurants from around the lower mainland going head-to-head all in the name of excellent food!Join us and Live a day the Greek way!
Greek Summerfest 2016 Schedule
Thursday, July 7th
Noon: Festival Opens, Music by Alpha Video
7pm: Eastside Hips and Y Bellydance
8pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
10pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Friday, July 8th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
6pm: TapCo Youth & Heart and Sole Adult Vancouver Tap Dance Society
6:30pm: Brisas del Palmar (Cuban)
7:15pm: Burnaby Intl Folk Dancers
8:00pm: Brisas del Palmar (Cuban)
8:45pm: Sts. Nicholas & Demetrios Greek School
9:15pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
11pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Saturday, July 9th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
3pm: Kauhane School of Polynesian Dance
3:30pm: Kostaman and the Good Vibrations
4:15pm: Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
5pm: Socrates Greek School Dancers
6:00pm: Grup Folclore de Madeira (Portuguese)
6:30pm: Sts. Nicholas & Demetrios Greek School
7pm: Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
7:45pm: Kostaman and the Good Vibrations
8:30pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
9:15pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
11pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Sunday, July 10th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
1pm: Slovenian Folklore Dance Troupe
1:30pm: Little Mountain Step 'n Clog (Slovenia)
2pm: Slovenian Choir
2:30pm: Grup Truva (Turkey)
3pm: Rancho Folclorico Cruz De Cristo Performers (Portuguese)
4pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
4:45pm: Agrimaki & Minotavri Cretans
5:30 pm: OPENING CEREMONIES
6pm: Hellenic Community of Vancouver / St. George's ENOSIS Dance Groups
6:30pm: "Yamas" Greek Dance Group
7pm: Group Folclorico de Ilha Verde (Portuguese)
7:30pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
8pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
8:45pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
11pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Monday, July 11th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
10pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Tuesday, July 12th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
7pm: Kilplased Estonian Folk Dancers
7:30pm: Forrás Hungarian Folkdance Ensemble
8pm: Vancouver Morris Men
8:30pm: Roma Gry Show (Russian)
9:00pm: Music by Alpha Video
10pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Wednesday, July 13th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
5:30pm: Socrates Greek School Dancers
6:30pm: Maquilishuat Folklor (El Salvador)
8:00pm: Alpen Plattlers Shuhplattlers (Germany)
8:30pm: Music by Alpha Video
10pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Thursday, July 14th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
6pm: Zougla Greek Music
7pm: Turkish Folk Dances and Arts Group
7:30pm: Zougla Greek Music
8:30pm: Sts. Nicholas & Demetrios Greek Schoo
9pm: Music by Alpha Video
10pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Friday, July 15th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
6pm: Famee Friulani Dancers
6:30pm: Urban Myth
7:30pm: Sts. Nicholas & Demetrios Greek School
8pm: Urban Myth
9pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
11pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Saturday, July 16th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
3:15pm: Alexia & Alex Dance (Jazz)
3:45pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
4:30pm: Gradina Dance Group
5pm: Kostaman and the Good Vibrations
5:30pm: Vuk Kardzik Veterans (Serbian)
6pm: Hellenic Community of Vancouver / St. George's ENOSIS Dance Groups
6:30pm: Kostaman and the Good Vibrations
7:15pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
8pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
8:30pm: Sts. Nicholas & Demetrios Greek School
9pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
11pm: Festival Closes – see you tomorrow!
Sunday, July 17th
Noon: Festival Opens – Music by Alpha Video
12:45pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
1:30pm: Alexia & Alex Dance (Jazz)
2pm: Lorita Leung Dance Academy (China)
2:45pm: Kalakatu Capoeira & Samba (Brazil)
3:45pm: Musiki Parea
4:30pm: Diamond Country Dancers
5pm: Alexander the Great Dance Group
5:30pm: Socrates Greek School Dancers
6pm: Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group
6:45pm: Spirit of the South Seas
7:50pm: Minotavri Cretans
8:15pm: Live Bouzouki with Yanni Sahamis
9:30pm: Raffle Draw
11pm: Festival Closes – see you next year!
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