Odyssey Greek Festival in Orange, CT Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3
38th Annual Labor Day Weekend Festival hosted by Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange features all things GREEK including dancing, food, live music and more!
This 4-day party features all things Greek, including mouthwatering cuisine, live music, dancing, and a bustling Hellenic agora (marketplace).
Set on the grounds of the beautiful Byzantine-style Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, ODYSSEY 2018 offers something for everyone.
ODYSSEY 2018 includes:
• Classic Greek cuisine – appetizers (meze), Greek pastries (glyka), lamb on the spit (souvla), moussaka, gyro, spanakopita (spinach pie) and pastitisio (Greek style lasagna)
• “Gourmet Meze Grille” – gourmet appetizers, including saganaki (flaming cheese), gyro platter, loukaniko sausage, grilled shrimp, avgolemono soup, dips and pitas, and more
• Live Greek cooking demonstrations – learn to prepare some classic Greek foods • Greek marketplace – Gourmet Greek grocery, t-shirts, jewelry, arts & crafts, bookstore
• Treasures ’n Junque – Odyssey’s giant tag sale
• Presentations on Greek culture and religion, along with tours of Saint Barbara Church
• Greek dance performances –Traditional Greek folk dances performed by the ODYSSEY Dancers
• Greek dance lessons – taught by the ODYSSEY Dancers (8:45 pm, Sat and Sun)
• Nightly dancing to ODYSSEY’s live Greek band, “The Hellenic Company”
• Kids’ area – Rides, games, and magic shows.
• Raffle – Have a chance at winning the grand prize of $10,000 cash, or 9 additional prizes!
• Senior Citizens Day: Fri. 8/31, 12 to 3 pm – 20% senior citizen discount on snack bar and restaurant tent purchases
Stop by Saint Barbara’s ODYSSEY for Connecticut’s greatest “Greek Party,” a rain-or-shine Labor Day tradition!
HOURS: 12 noon to 10 PM on Fri., Sat., Sun. 8/31, 9/1, 9/2; 12 noon to 7 PM on Mon. 9/3. FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING (on-site and next door at Holy Infant Church)
CONTINOUS FREE SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE BETWEEN GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH (680 Racebrook Rd) and ODYSSEY FESTIVAL (480 Racebrook Rd) - 1 MILE AWAY
INFO: www.saintbarbara.org or 203-795-1347
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