Greek Festival

This past weekend, I attended the Greek Festival for the very first time. I was always extremely interested in it, but never had the chance to attend before. Driving to the Hellenic Centre, I could immediately tell that this is a popular event in Sudbury as the parking lot was packed and people were parking on the street! Walking to the centre, I could already hear the music and the voices of many people as they enjoyed what the festival had to offer.

When you walk into the centre, the first thing that you see is all of the amazing food. There were many options to choose from and even before trying anything, you could tell that it would be amazing the smell, and the long lineup of people waiting. In addition to the meal, there were also desserts being sold. This is where I headed to first since I always enjoy my desserts since I have an extremely large sweet tooth. I decided to try the baklava since I had heard about it before and was eager to try it. It was amazing! I would definitely recommend to attend the festival just for the desserts alone!



It was extremely evident that everyone was having an amazing time. One of the women from the ladies group started dancing and a couple of people joined in. It was fun to watch the spontaneous dancing as it truly highlighted the enjoyment that people found from the festival.



Traditional Greek dancers called the Hellenic dancers also performed and I found this extremely interesting to watch since it allowed me to learn more about the Greek culture since I have never seen Greek dancing before. It was extremely well performed and their costumes were really interesting to see as well.



There were also tents set up outside so people could enjoy the warm weather and the amazing view as the centre is right on St. Charles Lake. Many took advantage of this to sit outside and experience Greek food, culture, dancing, and music. Overall, it was definitely interesting to be able to go and be Greek for a few hours!