40th Annual Greek Festival Brings A Taste of Greece to Orange County – June 29-30 & July 1, 2018

Three-day traditional Greek festival with food, wine, music & dance returns to Irvine

This family-friendly affair offers free Greek dance lessons throughout the weekend, a variety of boutique shops, and feature a free Children’s Play Zone. Event attendees can also enter an opportunity drawing for the chance to win one of five premiere prizes. More than 12,000 guests are expected to attend the three-day festival, which will feature traditional Greek cuisine and pastries, live music, church tours, authentic Greek dancing with lessons, and boutique booths reminiscent of the Plaka, a well-known picturesque historical neighborhood of Athens.

So what can you expect? Greek cuisine and hospitality will be the focal points as the festival will feature authentic recipes for traditional Greek dishes, delicious pastries and a variety of beverages, highlighted with a wine “Taverna,” offering Greek wine and beer. The traditional Greek menu will include Chicken, Lamb Chops, Greek French Fries, Gyros, Pastichio (Greek lasagna), Loucanico (Greek sausage), Spanakopita (spinach and feta pie), Dolmathes (stuffed grape leaves), Saganaki (Greek brandy-flamed cheese), Loukoumathes (Greek doughnut holes), Greek Salad, Calamari and more.

There will also be a Greek coffeehouse set up by Portola Coffee Lab to serve Greek and American coffee drinks in a traditional Plaka setting. St. Paul’s Philoptochos, the church’s philanthropic group, will bake around the clock during the weeks leading up to the festival to prepare traditional Greek pastries, Baklava and other exquisite pastries.

Festival hours are 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 29; noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 30; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 1. Festival admission is just $3 per person, with free admission on Saturday, June 30 from noon – 5 p.m. for seniors 65 years and older. Children under the age of 10 are admitted free (with parents or an adult) throughout the three-day festival. Free festival parking will also be available, with complimentary shuttle buses transporting guests from public parking sites in Irvine. OR get FREE admission here with this flyer: http://stpaulsirvine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/A-Taste-of-Greece-2018-Free-Admission.pdf

 4949 Alton Parkway, between Culver Drive and Jeffrey Road, Irvine, CA 92604

For more information on the “A Taste of Greece” festival, please visit http://irvinegreekfest.com.