CANCELED: Greek Fest Plus

Update from Facebook: This year’s Greekfest+ is regretfully cancelled due to permitting restrictions.We will keep you updated on future Greekfest+ plans and other Assumption Church community events.

Greek Fest has moved from its traditional late July dates this year, but all the fun and food should remain the same. Traditional music and dancing are fun, the church tour is educational, but the real draw has always been the food: expect chicken and lamb, gyros, Greek salad, Greek fries, spanakopita, loukoumades (honey puffs) and more pastries, Greek wine, Greek beer and more.

Annual church picnic, 9/24-25, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, with food, traditional music, church tours, kids' activities, market. Free. agocwi.org. 608-244-1001.

press release: Greek Fest Plus will move from its usual July spot to September in 2022: Sept. 24-25. Tentative times: Sat 11-8, Sun 12-6

menu:  Greek Chicken with rice

        Greek village salad

        Gyros

        Greek Fries

        Greek pastries

        Beer and wine

Greek band from Chicago

Greek Fest began as an annual church picnic at Hoyt Park in 1963. Over the decades, the celebration has grown into a weekend-long block party with food, dancing and music overflowing on Madison’s east side. Greek Fest changed the official name of the celebration to “Greek Fest Plus” to acknowledge an increasingly multiethnic church community. The AGOC church family includes people from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Jordan, Ethiopia and Greece. “If you look at the  Greek Fest Plus signs, you can see a little plus sign next to Greek Fest, which is supposed to represent an Orthodox cross, showing that many cultures worship [at AGOC] under one roof,” Schirmer Devitt says. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church is a multicultural Orthodox Christian community that is part of the Diocese of Chicago of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. For more information, visit agocwi.org.