Toronto Ukrainian Festival Program!

We have the schedule for this years Toronto Ukrainian Festival. Check out the lineup below or right click HERE to download the festivals PDF.

ALL THREE DAYS

Sidewalk Sale, Craft/Artisan Market, Children’s Midway,

Cultural Pavilions, Ukraine Pavilion, Buskers,

Refreshment Garden, Food, Art Exhibits – KUMF Gallery

& Runnymede Public Library, Entertainment on Jane and Runnymede Stages

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

5:00 pm Festival Opens

7:00 pm Main Stage Show

10:30 pm Zabava (Street Dance)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

9:00 am Shop Bloor Street

11:00 am Parade (Starts at High Park) with Festival Parade

Marshal Chrystia Freeland, journalist, award-winning

author and media personality

12:20 pm Official Ceremonies & Main Stage Show

7:00 pm Evening Main Stage Show

10:30 pm Zabava (Street Dance)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

10:30 am Ecumenical Church Service at Main Stage

12:00 pm Youth Show at Main Stage

2:30 pm Main Stage Show

5:30 pm Closing Ceremonies

7:00 pm Festival Closes

Detailed festival program continues...

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Festival Opens 5:00 pm

Main Festival Stage Show begins 7:00 pm

7:00 pm   
Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company – Edmonton*

Colors Duo - Oshawa

Desna Ukrainian Dance Company

Dobriansky Brothers – New York*

DoVira Jazz Band

Nadia Kobelak & Skopa Band

Zirka Band

9:00 pm   
Vasyl Popadiuk & The Papa Duke Band

10:30 pm
Zabava (Street Dance)

Featuring: Zirka Band

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

11:00 am Parade (begins at High Park)

Official Ceremonies and Main Festival Stage Show at 12:20 pm

12:20 pm 
Brian Cherwick – St. John’s*

Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company – Edmonton*

Crazy Voda Band

Dobriansky Brothers – New York*
Dunai Band

Kalyna Dance Ensemble – Hamilton

Lira Trio – Oshawa

Boris Ostapienko (Bandurist)

Syzokryli Dance Group - New York*

Todaschuk Sisters – Winnipeg*

Vanguard Concert Marching Band

Vesnianka Dance Group

4:00 pm   
Chervoni Maky Trio

Millenia Band – Edmonton*

Syzokryli Dance Group – New York*

Todaschuk Sisters – Winnipeg*

Ukraina School of Arts

Vesnianka Dance Group

Zapovid Band

Zoloti Struny (Bandurists)

7:00 pm   
Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company – Edmonton*

Desna Ukrainian Dance Company

Dobriansky Brothers – New York*

Boris Ostapienko (Bandurist)

Syzokryli Dance Group – New York*

Zubrivka Folk Band

9:00 pm   
Kozak System & Taras Chubay – Kyiv**

10:30 pm                  
Zabava (Street Dance)

Featuring: Millenia Band – Edmonton*

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Main Festival Stage Show begins at 12:00 pm

12:00 pm 
YOUTH PROGRAM

Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Group – Hamilton

Dunai Dancers – St. Catharines

Kateryna Shelehova

Melodia Ukrainian Vocal Youth Group

Mykola and Mihailo Panczenko

Natasha Dobriansky and Yarema Hucal

Rosa “The Dew” Quartet – Montreal

Ukrainian Academy of Dance

Ukrainian School of Dance

Valentyna Butenko and Adriana Tuz

Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance

Zayvir Choir

2:30 pm   
Barvinok Ukrainian Dance School

Boyan Choir

Brian Cherwick – St. John’s

Chervoni Maky

Dobriansky Brothers – New York

DoVira Jazz Band

Millenia Band – Winnipeg

Syzokryli Dance Group – New York

Todaschuk Sisters – Winnipeg

5:30 pm   
Closing Ceremonies

6:00 pm   
Stage Show Ends

7:00 pm   
Festival Closes

MCs:  Andrij Dobriansky, Yarko Dobriansky, Julia Drozdowsky, Laryssa Wynnyckyj

Program subject to change

** Kozak System & Taras Chubay (Kyiv, Ukraine) – Sponsored by

Celebrate Ontario & Ukrainian Credit Union Limited

* with assistance from Celebrate Ontario

Runnymede Stage

Entertainment from Friday to Sunday

Ukrainian Dance Lessons with Desna

Saturday and Sunday

Ukraine Pavilion

Featuring the Hutsul Region

Artifacts from the Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch

Sponsored by The Daniels Corporation

Sports Zone

USCAK & Toronto Argonauts Football Club

located at North Beresford Ave.

“Toronto the Beautiful” Exhibition of Fine Art

KUMF Gallery, 2118A Bloor St. W.

“Fields of Promise, Cities of Dreams”

Exhibition of Fine Art

Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Branch

FILM FEST PROGRAM

Saturday

2:00 pm   Directions Home. 2012. 60 minutes. English.

A gripping tale about real life heroes whose actions

saved millions of lives during WWII

Produced & directed by James E Motluk

Produced and developed in association with OMNI

Television, a division of Rogers Communications

3:30 pm   Living in the Shadow. 2011. 52 minutes. English

A story about ordinary people committing extraordinary

acts in the aftermath of Chornobyl

Produced & directed by James E Motluk

Produced and developed with support from OMNI Television,

a division of Rogers Communications

To be followed by a Question & Answer session with

James Motluk and photographer Lu Taskey.

Sunday

1:45 pm   Directions Home.

As above

3:15 pm   Living in the Shadow.

As above

Additional films will be added to www.ukrainianfestival.com when scheduled.