Sugar Creek Slavic Festival
The Sugar Creek Slavic Festival is an annual two-day event held in Sugar Creek, Missouri. The 28th annual Festival is Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 in 2013.
The Sugar Creek Fair and Festival Board sponsors the Slavic Festival. The board consists of area civic and service organization members. In 2005, the Ambassador to the United States of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Ratislav Kačer, made an appearance at the festival to celebrate the event's 20th anniversary. Through their cooperative efforts, the Slavic Festival has continued to grow and help maintain the ethnic traditions of the people of Sugar Creek.
Ancient traditions of Slavic culture brought by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Croatia, and Poland had been present even in Sugar Creek's earliest days. Celebrations were carried out in the customary manner between the residents of the town throughout the late 19th and most of the 20th century. However, it was not until July 4, 1986 that the celebrations became a formal event. The Fair and Festival Board patterned the festival after the very successful Folk Festivals sponsored by St. Cyril's Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society in the late 1970s.
Read more about Sugar Creek Slavic Festival: Slavic Heritage, Activities, Location, Past Festivals, 2012 Festival, 2011 Festival, 2010 Festival, 2009 Festival, 2008 Festival, 2007 Festival
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