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The Annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival, a celebration of the community’s ethnic heritage, will be held Saturday, August 18 (12PM to 10PM) and Sunday, August 19 (12PM to 8:00 PM) on Consaul Street in East Toledo’s Birmingham neighborhood. This family event features Hungarian and ethnic foods, arts and crafts exhibits, cultural displays, and a wide varity of music, dance and continuous entertainment.
Among the offerings: St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, the Hungarian Club of Toledo, VFW Post 4906 and Calvin United Church of Christ will feature their famous chicken paprikas and kolbasz dinners, as well as Hungarian pastries, paprikas noodles & gravy, kolbasz sandwiches, stuffed cabbages, and szalona sutes. Ethnic dance groups will entertain and vendors will be set up all along the street. The Annual Waiters Race will take place on Saturday at 1PM, with a recognition ceremony on the steps of St. Stephen’s Church on Sunday at noon.
Has the Festival always been called The Birmingham Ethnic Festival? Has it ever changed names?
Beth, it has always been known as the Birmingham Ethnic Festival. Never changed names.
My name is Alex Udvary, I am a cimbalom player. I have a Hungarian Gypsy ensemble. We play every year for the William Penn picnic in Pittsburg and in Cleveland for their picnic in September. If you would like a band that is equal to any in Budapest, please contact me, I can provide you with more info. You can google my name and get some information from that. Thank you.
Alex, can you email me at rbunch@theartscommission.org? I would perhaps like to book you guys this summer for a separate festival.
Is there a fee for the entrance to this festival?
There is no fee for this Festival, it is free and open to the public.