Festival Sponsorships Now Available!

You’re invited to participate in one of the largest celebrations of our Valley’s proud ethnic culture!

By enhancing the community’s knowledge of these lively peoples through a joyful, family-friendly experience, we hope to honor the shared past of our beloved ancestors by educating and enriching the lives of a future generation. But to keep it a success, we need your help.

Festival Event Schedule

This summer's Simply Slavic Festival is looking to be bigger and even more exciting; expanding to two city blocks with music, food, beer, and entertainment until midnight! Below is the schedule for this year's festival on June 15, 2013 from Noon to Midnight in Downtown Youngstown, Ohio on Federal Plaza East. Admission is only $3, children 12 and under are FREE. Festival schedule is subject to change.

Looking for this year's Simply Slavic festival event schedule? This year non-stop live entertainment is planned until midnight. Find out more below.

12:00 Opening Ceremonies
Ecumenical Blessing
Parade of Flags
12:40 Tamburaški Orkestar Noćne Sove
(Night Owls Tamburitzans)
1:30 Youngstown Ukrainian Dancers
2:15 Del Sinchak Orchestra
3:00 Happy Hearts Junior Tamburitzans
Baking Contest Begins
3:45 Del Sinchak Orchestra
4:30 Living Traditions Folk Ensemble
(Polish Set)
5:15 Del Sinchak Orchestra
6:00 St. Nicholas Russian Dancers
6:45 Tamburaški Orkestar Noćne Sove
(Night Owls Tamburitzans)
7:30 Living Traditions Folk Ensemble
(Slovak-Rusyn Set)
8:30 Harmonia
Midnight Conclusion

Posters Now Available

Simply Slavic 2013 Poster

Simply Slavic posters are now available for this year's festival. Looking to help spread the word? You can download and print the Simply Slavic 2013 event poster!

Free T-shirts for Volunteers

Simply Slavic volunteers

Help! There are still many opportunities to volunteer this summer at the Simply Slavic festival in Downtown Youngstown on June 16. Volunteers had a great time helping at last year's festival by being a major part of the festivities, assisting guests and vendors, and having plenty of fun. This year every volunteer gets free admission, cold water, and the first 50 volunteers will receive free Simply Slavic T-shirts.

Slavic Disco

After 8pm, we will present what we are calling a “Slavic Disco” which will showcase the modern dance music of the Slavic countries in Europe via DJ Richard Elmsworth (Ultimate Donnie from Gil Mantera’s Party Dream). This should appeal to the generation which does not follow the live folk and polka style music and others who may also enjoy modern eastern and central European Slavic-language dance music.

Festival Map

The Simply Slavic Festival map has been posted! Free parking at the Covelli Center!

Festival Schedule Posted

The Simply Slavic Heritage Festival has been posted. Follow the link to view the tentative 2011 festival schedule.

You're Invited!

We are inviting you to celebrate Slavic culture at the first ever Simply Slavic open-air festival to be held in Downtown Youngstown on Saturday, June 18th 2011.These modern-day nations in Europe represent the origins of our Slavic ancestors: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine. 

We plan to open the festival with an ecumenical service representing the major religions of our Slavic ancestors: Byzantine Catholic, Orthodox Christian and Roman Catholic. This will truly be a wonderful event in itself and will symbolize the brotherhood which all Slavs share.