Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival this weekend!

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Posted by legendary_waz on Aug-24-2006 12:27:

Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival this weekend!

Festival Map

Event Thread

Whos in for some great food, music and of course Ukrainian beer?

Posted by Gypsy on Aug-24-2006 17:00:

can we go on sunday after blank and jones to get perogies?

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-24-2006 17:24:

I'm so there Friday night.

Posted by legendary_waz on Aug-24-2006 17:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Gypsy
can we go on sunday after blank and jones to get perogies?

well the festival starts up @ 11am on sunday, so there may be a bit of a wait for those

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
I'm so there Friday night.

same

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-24-2006 18:17:

quote:
Originally posted by legendary_waz
well the festival starts up @ 11am on sunday, so there may be a bit of a wait for those

same

I'm seeing the 25th, which is Friday.

Posted by legendary_waz on Aug-24-2006 18:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie

I'm seeing the 25th, which is Friday.

sorry should have made that bit more clearer. I meant to say that on the Sunday of the festival everything begins @ 11am.

But ya the festival opens late friday afternoon.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-24-2006 19:08:

Till what time on Friday?

Posted by me@t k@tie on Aug-24-2006 19:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Gypsy
can we go on sunday after blank and jones to get perogies?

mmmm pierozki!! *drools*

I wanna go!

Posted by me@t k@tie on Aug-24-2006 19:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Till what time on Friday?

like 12ish am

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-24-2006 19:43:

I think I'll pop by late Friday evening.

Posted by nadezhda on Aug-24-2006 19:50:

i totally want to go to this! but i don't think i will be able to.

Posted by dallastar on Aug-24-2006 21:13:

quote:
Originally posted by nadezhda
i totally want to go to this! but i don't think i will be able to.

PM me - let me know what you are up too!!!

Posted by Mykh on Aug-24-2006 21:35:

Think I'll show up to this Friday, haven't been on Bloor-Ukie area in a looong time now.

Posted by mushyflowa on Aug-24-2006 22:07:

my neighbourhood :P

Posted by Gypsy on Aug-24-2006 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by me@t k@tie
mmmm pierozki!! *drools*

I wanna go!

sweet. the tripped out TA Ukies invade sunday @11am holla at B&J.

wish i could go on fri night. i haven't done anything distincively Ukrainian since, well, easter.

Posted by Speedy2k on Aug-25-2006 00:12:

Ill be there either friday and/or sat night!

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-25-2006 19:59:

It's raining a lot less now. I'll be on Bloor at about 7ish.

Posted by Engine9 on Aug-25-2006 20:05:

i wana go, hopefully it doesnt rain

Posted by legendary_waz on Aug-25-2006 23:11:

alright, well looks like since the rain has stopped im gonna head down for around 8. might see some of u there. gonna stay for a bit. for those going enjoy and dont drink too much vodka or beer :P

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-26-2006 04:56:

Ok, I just got back. Tasty Ukranian foods everywhere. I enjoyed the food, as some of it is similarly made like Czech food, the music, and I understood half of what people were saying around me.

Lots of tables set up selling Uki-fare like clothes, flags, stickers, t-shirts, anything Uki.

Traditions I found were somewhat similar. I had the pleasure for us Czechs to share the same tradition of beating girls and women with braided pussy-willows on lent. However, there is one Ukrainian object that perturbed me, kinda looked like a mace. Picture is below. Can any of my Slavic cousins explain me the story behind this Ukrainian traditional object? I believe it has to do with the Kozaks.

So in ending, I had a great time, I ate Perogies with sour cream, susage with hot spice/herbed 'salsa' with boiled cabbage, sourcraut, mashed potatoes and gravy. Best deal I found was at (I forget the name) that food deli/prepared foods market on the south side of bloor near the Chapters, which sold a European Combo above for $6. MMMMMmmmmmmm good!

So if you like speaking with round-faced Slavic ppl like me, who drink real bottles of REAL beer (500ml, not puny Canadian bottles), speak either Polish, Slovak, Macedonian, etc, you'll appreciate this event, and feel a little at home. No need to say, if you're Ukrainian, you're right at home here.

Oh, btw, I heard soome POLKA music, which was cool, cuz as per popular misconception, Polka music is NOT POLISH, it's Czech!

Enjoy,
AJ

(Phone-camera pix)

Posted by Yohan on Aug-26-2006 05:51:

Damn. All my years of living in Toronto and never went to these cultural festivals.

You are dumb, Yohan. Very dumb!

Posted by legendary_waz on Aug-26-2006 07:33:

Just got back from another wikkid Friday night @ the Ukrainian fest.
Gotta say 500ml bottles of beer get you very intoxicated, but im all sobered up now.

Had some pergoies as well, but they arent the same as homemade

Posted by TrickDaddE on Aug-26-2006 17:53:

Screw the food...the women are beautiful!!!

Posted by jpistone on Aug-26-2006 18:10:

Beauty Contest

Is their gonna be one of those Miss TOronto Ukrain Competitions?

Posted by Mykh on Aug-26-2006 22:36:

Re: Beauty Contest

quote:
Originally posted by jpistone
Is their gonna be one of those Miss TOronto Ukrain Competitions?

One can only pray and hope.

Going to this tonight with family for 8pm and maybe tomorrow during the day with some friends.

Edit: Just came home, the group performing at the youth stage was pretty good, had some fun songs going and like previously mentioned/asked... the women: gorgeous. No one does it like Ukraine.