What's New at Babas & Borshch 2016?

Zabava 2016

Bring your appetite for good food, great music, and talented performers to Zabava 2016, Saturday August 20th! “A Taste for Life” Ukrainian Кafé & Бistro by St. John’s Institute of Edmonton is the 2016 caterer and one of our weekend food vendors. This year Edmonton’s Verkhovyna Ensemble featuring the Dunai Dancers and the Verkhovyna Choir will provide the incredible sound and colour audiences have come to expect during floor-level performances at the Zabava. Guests need to stay long enough to witness (or take part in!) the traditional kolomyika. To round out the evening Edmonton’s Trembita offers a wide variety of dance music, from traditional Ukrainian songs to a mix of pop, country, and rock.

Tickets on Sale Now!The early bird gets the worm….buy your Zabava tickets early for best seat selection!

Green dot Tickets bought before July 1 will enter first Yellow dot Tickets bought before August 1 will enter second Red dot Tickets bought after August 1 will enter last

Advance Tickets are still $50 each regardless of age. Any available at the door are $60 each. Order them online now or pick them up at the Andrew Village Office.

BABAS & BORSHCH 2016 will see the return of all the favourites: Baba Magda Meet & Greet FREE 3 oz sample of borshch for everyone who attends the festival. Details at the Information Table in the Main

Hall Baba Magda Fan Club 2-day Outdoor Music Jam with new acts and returning favourites 2-day Baba’s Bazaar (with FREE WiFi for easier sales & communications; instant social media) Shuttle tours of the Orthodox Church, Grain Elevator & Station Museum Borshch Cook Off Beer Garden Kids’ Activities, Bouncy Boyz Inflatables Divine Liturgy Sunday morning Baba’s Brunch (Sunday at the Lions’ Den featuring to-die-for potato pancakes)

ALL NEW in 2016! Babas & Borshch just keeps growing…. let’s count the ways.

Renew your Babas & Borshch Passports featuring authentic pioneer names, villages, documentation

THREE Ukrainian food vendors to serve you better Get your hands dirty by helping Build a Pich (outdoor oven). Starts at 10:30 AM Learn to Ukrainian Dance! Join the experts from MY Ukrainian Dance Academy to

learn the basics. For all ages. Pam Clark (nee Kuryluk), author of Kalyna will do a talk Saturday at 1:30 PM, Main

Hall. Buy your autographed copy. All Ukrainian, All the Time Kids’ Activities Join in the “Kurka Kapers,” traditional

Ukrainian games, and a ball game using a 10’ ball! Lego display & Kid Zone area Check out the village display. Try your hand at the Find Me! Contest.

Create a leatherwork souvenir at the Sky Hoffos booth, Baba’s Bazaar. Supply fees apply. Let’s Talk Moonshine! Rob DeGroot, owner of Red Cup Distillery, Canada’s first legal moonshine still talks

moonshine in the Beer Garden at 1:00 and 3 :00 PM Saturday Zemlia Vocal Trio will perform Saturday at the Museum 1 PM, Church 2 PM, Grain Elevator 3 PM “Going Home” Ukraine travelogue by those who’ve been and those who arrange it, Sunday 11:30 AM Cheer on the adult dancers Chudovyi Ukrainian Dancers of Innisfree at 12:15 Sunday Check out the Journey to Canada exhibit on loan from the Kule Folklore Centre, Baba’s Bazaar Visit exhibits by 2 Edmonton Ukrainian Museums (Ukrainian Museum of Canada-Edmonton and the Ukrainian

Catholic Women’s League Museum)

(Program subject to change without notice)

Save the date AUGUST 20-21, ANDREW, AB For more info visit or call 780-365-2434