Dozynki: Polish Harvest & Food Festival - Be Polish for a Day

September 8th 2024

Please join us this year on September 10th to celebrate the Polish Harvest & Food festival/Dozynki and traditional Polish foods and culture.

Dozynki dates back to 16th century Poland and is a celebration of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. It remains a long-standing tradition in Polish communities throughout the world, including right here, in the Kitchener-Waterloo region!

This year’s Dozynki/Harvest Festival opens at noon and goes until 6pm, followed by a dance including lively polkas and other Polish hits.

Blessing of harvest foods will take place at 1pm followed by live entertainment including polish folk dancing in traditional costumes by Radosc Joy, and recording artist Ania Piwowarczyk.

Enjoy delicious polish food including authentic favourites like pierogi, golabki (cabbage rolls), Bigos (hunters stew) and assorted Polish pastries, and of course famous Polish sausage and beer.

There will be vendors selling various Polish goods. For children there is a playground, a bouncy castle and much more.

Entry fee and sales cash only. No ATM or debit available on site.

Admission:
$5 per person includes entertainment and donation to the Local Bank

Children under 14 free of charge

For more info, please contact event manager Jan (John) 519 505-0987

Directions

From Kitchener

Take Highway 7 (Victoria Street) toward Guelph
Turn Left onto Shantz Station Road
Pass the Maryhill Golf Course, approximately 1.5km on the right

From Guelph

Take Highway 7 (Woodlawn Rooad) toward Kitchener
Turn right onto Shantz Station Road
Pass the Maryhill Golf Course, approximately 1.5km on the right

FROM Toronto and Cambridge

Take Highway 24 North
Turn left onto Kossuth Road
Turn right onto Shantz Station Road
Pass the Maryhill Golf Course, approximately 1.5km on the right