St. Sophia Church at 525 Church Rd. in Elgin (rt. 31 and I-90) will present its annual summer “Greek Fest” the weekend of July 8-10.
The fest will be open Friday and Saturday from 12-11pm (kitchen closes at 10pm), and Sunday’s hours are 12:00 noon to 10:00PM (kitchen closes at 9pm.) Traditionally, the fest attracts thousands of people to it every year. It is open to the public, and admission is FREE.
In addition to wonderful authentic Greek cuisine dinner dishes such as Gyros, Grecian Chicken, Souvlaki (shish-ka-bob), Pastitsio, we will also serve Saganaki (flaming cheese, OPA!) and Greek Salad.
After dinner, please unwind at the Greek Kafenio where many traditional Greek sweets such as baklava and loukoumathes, can be found. Enjoy a cup of Greek or American coffee, or turn that baklava into an ice cream sundae! Let the kids enjoy the games, face painting ($10) and balloon animals ($10 or $15 for both!)
Please enjoy our great live music! We welcome “Starlight City” on Friday night! “Mousiki Parea” and “The Panopoulos Orchestra” will perform on Saturday night! We also welcome “Grecian Formula” on Sunday. And of course, don’t forget, St. Sophia’s Agape Dance Troupe will also be performing traditional Greek dances in full costume all weekend as well.
Special features include the “Plaka” indoors where you can shop the fabulous crafts, beautiful jewelry, books, icons, purses, and other treasures. Don’t forget to also buy your raffle ticket for the Grand Raffle, where you can win up to $10,000!
Please contact the church for any additional information at 847-888-2822 or e-mail us through the website https://stsophiagreekfest.com/.
