Ringing in their thirty-third year, the annual Greek Festival returns to the Prophet Elias Greek Church in downtown Santa Cruz with authentic cuisine, a live bouzouki band, dancing and traditional spirits.
As the longest-running festival in Santa Cruz County, the Greek festival has perfected their celebrations and now offers a mouth-watering sampling of locally sourced and organic foods such as moussaka, lamb shanks, calamari and pastitsio which will have you saying “opa!” in no time. Not to mention the dessert selection, coffees, and performance by Greek dancers from all over the Bay Area.
INFO: Free, Friday 5-10 p.m., Saturday 11 am-10 p.m., Sunday 12-8 p.m. Prophet Elias Greek Church, 223 Church Street, Santa Cruz. 429-6500.
