East Coast Ukrainian Festival 2023 Highlights

A CELEBRATION OF UKRAINIAN FOOD, DANCE, AND MUSIC

The first East Coast Ukrainian Festival on October 1st 2023, at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, was a success! Over 2500 people joined us to celebrate Ukrainian culture and support our fundraising efforts. It was organized by the members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Nova Scotia Branch and a group of dedicated volunteers.

This video coverage was produced and donated by Dmytro Nykonov

Festival summary, with gratitude

This traditional korovai was baked for the festival by Marianna Luhova

We are grateful to each Guest, each Volunteer, each Performer, and each Sponsor, whose contribution made it possible to organize this wonderful festival, celebrate Ukrainian culture, and raise money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

After all expenses, $13,500CAD remained, which will be transferred to:
Come Back Alive – $9000
Volunteer organization Soldatskyi Pryval – $4000
Walk-O-Thon fundraiser Oleks Kyya – $500

Also, our friends from the Ukrainian Club of Moncton raised $3807 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We hope the community will continue to support our events and participate in them.

Here are some highlights from 2023 and we hope to see you next year!

This video coverage was produced and donated by Brian Sea (Wild Lupin Media & NSLive.tv)

Festival photos are provided by our photographers, Serhii and Dmytro.

Recognition of the UCC and the Festival at the NS House of Assembly

Left to right: Sergiy Zhyznomirskyy (UCC Treasurer), Hon. Jill Balser (Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration), Dr. Lyubov Zhyznomirska (UCC Vice-President), Hon. Tim Houston (Premier of Nova Scotia), Olha Khaperska (UCC Vice-President and the Festival co-organizer), Stanislav Serebriakov (UCC Member of the Board of Directors and the Festival co-organizer), Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy (UCC President).

On October 24th, 2023 the Executive Committee and the members of the Board of Directors of UCC NS were invited to the Speaker’s Gallery of the House of Assembly to be recognized for the their work. We thank the Hon. Jill Balser, the Minister of Labour, Skills, and Immigration, for highlighting the East Coast Ukrainian Festival and her support for the Ukrainian community of NS. Hon. Kelly Regan, MLA for Bedford Basin, also recognized the East Coast Ukrainian Festival fundraising efforts. We appreciate the recognition and support; and the coordinators’ team is gearing up for the next Festival in 2024!