Greek Festivals in California for May 2015

by Mary Papoulias-Platis

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Let’s get those dancing shoes on and head over to any of these Greek Festivals in California in the upcoming weeks of May 2015, for some mouth-watering BBQ and heart-pounding Greek line dancing! If you have never attended a festival this is your chance.

You will witness what the Greek family is all about – Yiayias (grandmothers) in the Greek food stands proudly selling their traditional Greek pastries, Papous (grandfathers) BBQ-ing with the young, teaching the next generation how it is done, and live Greek music for dancing and sing-a-longs.

Don’t miss out because it’s all about the food and love.

Athens, GREECE:  TO GO WITH AFP STORY GREECE-ARCHAEOLOGY-HISTORY-FOOD An ancient Greek symposium scene, depicted on a 390 BC vessel on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, is shown in this photo provided by the Greek culture ministry. This weekend, visitors to dozens of Greek museums will be able to sample a taste of antiquity in a series of exhibitions on dietary habits from 3,000 years ago to the modern age. AFP PHOTO / HO / CULTURE MINISTRY  (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension in Oakland
May 15-17  website: http://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/

St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Anaheim, CA
May 15-17  Website: http://ocgreekfest.com/

Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church, Santa Cruz, Ca.
May 15-17 Website: http://www.livelikeagreek.com/events/food-faire

St. Nicholas Valley Greek Orthodox Church of Northridge
May 23-25  http://www.st-nicholas.info/events/festival.php

Nativity of Christ of Greek Orthodox Church of Novato
May 22-24  http://nativityofchrist.org/festival/

St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, in Roseville
May 22-24 http://festival.saintanna.org/

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose
Starts May 29-31 http://www.saintnicholas.org/

St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Mission, San Luis Obispo,Ca.
May 30-31 June 1 http://standrewslo.org/greek-festival

Ancient Greek Festival

 

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