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The Annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival, a celebration of the community’s ethnic heritage, will be held Saturday, August 20 (2PM to 10PM) and Sunday, August 21 (noon to 10:00 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, 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. VFW Post 4906 is serving Shishkabob, pigs-in-the-blankets, sausage dogs, and szalona sutes.
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.