The Pokrova Ukrainian Festival is an ethnic festival in Parma, Ohio with musical entertainment, gifts and foods that include pierogi and chicken kiev.
2023 DATE: August 4-6, 2023
Location: Pokrova Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
66812 Broadview Rd
Parma, OH 44134
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This post documents my experience on August 7, 2010.
While heading back from the Twins Day Festival, we stopped in Parma for the Ukrainian Festival, hosted by the Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Parish. In many ways, it was constructed like a Greek festival with a dining area…
…cafeteria style food service…
…cultural entertainment as you ate…
…and various gift ideas to check out once you finished.
Outside, beyond a small dining area…
…there were more cultural items to purchase…
…some booths held by Ukrainian organizations or parish members with inflatables for the kids…
…and even occasional performers getting ready for the main event inside.
On that day, the food area was particularly crowded and difficult to see all the food items…
…but we ended up with Baba’s Choice (3 pyrohy, 1 pyrizhky, 1 meat blintz, stuffed cabbage, and borsch).
Afterwards, we reentered the dining hall and went into a side room, where we found some tables with many Ukrainian gifts.
There was an interesting variety of cultural items…
…for children…
…egg lovers (both decorators and epicureans)…
…the religiously devoted…
…the proud…
…and the fashionable (not including the guy in the mirror).
We headed back out to the dining hall and searched for something sweet to end our experience…
…so we grabbed some cake…
…and ate it while enjoying a children’s musical performance.