FABULOUS FOOD, FUN & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINE 56TH ANNUAL PASADENA GREEK FEST

 

OUTDOOR FESTIVAL RETURNS TO SANTA ANITA PARK

IN ARCADIA, CA

“Celebrate… Eat… Live… Greek”

With Something For The Entire Family

 

 

PASADENA, CA - (September, 2014) – Opa! If you’re in the mood for fabulous homemade Greek food  you’ll love the atmosphere at the 56^th Annual Pasadena Greek Fest at Santa Anita Park on September 19, 20 and 21, 2014. Enjoy award winning dance group performances and live Greek music at Southern California’s preeminent Greek Festival. Sponsors Methodist Hospital, Santa Anita Park, the Pasadena Star News, and Metaxa Remy USA, invite the public in this annual end of summer tradition.  Come celebrate…eat…live “all things Greek”.

 

Pasadena GreekFest hours are from 5 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Friday, September 19, 2014; noon to 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2014; and noon to 10 p.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Santa Anita Park located at 285 W. Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91107. 

 

The event is priced at $5 for adults and children under 12 years are free. Parking is $4 per car at the main entrance of Holly and Huntington Drive at Santa Anita Park.

 

            “Pasadena Greek Fest offers one last chance to celebrate the end of summer. Take a trip with us as we transport you to Greece for a weekend. Enjoy food, wine, spirits, music and dancing! Visit our Hellenic Theater featuring culinary and cultural presentations.  “There is so much for to see, hear, taste, smell and feel, that all your senses will be delighted” says Greek Fest Chairman Louis Kades.

            Highlights of the weekend festivities will include an incredible live performance on Saturday nightwith the well known Greek vocalists Takis Kokotas and Aphrodite Vlaserou. Throughout the weekend, there will be live music, many exciting exhibits, cooking demonstrations, wine tasting, the Olympic Taverna Sports Bar & Cigar Lounge, authentic homemade Greek cuisine and pastries, Greek folk dancing by several award winning youth groups and an expanded Kids’ Fun Zone with rock climbing, carnival games, rides and prizes.

 

            The Pasadena Greek Fest is an annual event, hosted by Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Pasadena, CA. The event brings together thousands of visitors from the Greater Los Angeles area to a weekend pageantry celebrating all things Greek. Proceeds benefit educational, spiritual and community outreach programs supported by Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church.

 

For ticket information or to obtain additional information regarding the event, call 626-600-1672 or visit the official website of the festival atwww.pasadenagreekfest.org.