Friday & Saturday 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 noon - Midnight

Our 60^th Annual Festival will take place on the grounds of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 21, 22, 23. Help us celebrate the 81^st Year of our beloved St. Demetrios. Help us continue the traditions and build the cherished memories through the years.

• We continue to carry on the Festival idea brought to us by our mothers, fathers, and grand-parents from their villages in every corner of Greece where every summer a Festival took place. We still gather from every suburb and every part of the City of Chicago to eat, drink, dance and enjoy the fellowship of our families, friends, relatives and guests.

• Come join us this year and enjoy the home made marinated souvlakia and chickens on the outside grills, our home-made Pastitsio, Greek salads, enjoy a plate of gyros freshly cut, and then follow with our home-made traditional Greek pastries Baklava, Galatobouriko, Melomakarona, and of course our made from scratch, fresh Loukoumades (deep-fried honey puffs). Visit our Kafenio (Coffee Shop) and enjoy a cup of Greek coffee, or American coffee or have an unforgettable Frappe! Then visit our Agora (Marketplace), like in Greece, and enjoy the handwork of our vendors, jewelry, toys, designer bags, scarves, Greek imports, and our Myrovlitis Book & Icon store with a beautiful selection of religious icons and books in Greek and English, and other religious items for your home.

• The children and parents are invited to visit our Kiddie Classroom on Sunday where the children have fun each year. There will be plenty of activities for children and adults to enjoy. There will be dancing under the stars to Greek and American music and entertainment by our own accomplished dance troupe on Saturday and Sunday. You can also tour our beautiful St. Demetrios and take in the beauty and richness of Byzantine iconography. Our tour guide is always happy and ready to answer your questions about our beloved St. Demetrios Church and our faith!

• There will be a cash grand raffle on Sunday night. Come join us for the beautiful smells of our Greek cuisine and enjoy the music, laughter, and fun of being together like one big family that we are! Add to our memories!

• Because rain or shine, whatever comes our way, our love for St. Demetrios runs strong over here on the north part of our beautiful City of Chicago and we plan to please you and add to the many memories we have gathered over the years! Our clergy Father Apostolos N. Georgiafentis, Father Peter Sarolas, and our Parish President Mr. James Pappas, and three hard-working chairmen Dr. John Laftsidis, Mr. Zach Bazianos and Mr. Chris Tsiones and their dedicated committee invite you to join us and enjoy the weekend of family fun.

• As we strolled through the years down memory lane............the hard work, the endless preparation, the joy of the day, sometimes fighting the floods, and the endless clean-up...a magnificent adventure and lots of memories of the St. Demetrios Festivals through the year!                                         

• Friday Night: Featuring the Northside Band Chicago - a 5 member Rock n Roll group playing music from the 1970's to the present time.  The 4 members who play the instruments grew up at St. Demetrios in the City of Chicago

• Their website: www.northsidebandchicago.net