The Salt Lake City Greek Festival, celebrating its 46th year and running Friday through Sunday, will feature delicious foods both savory and sweet, Greek dancing and choir performances.
The Dionysios Greek Dancers — seen here at this year's Living Traditions festival — are one of the scheduled performers at the 2022 Salt Lake City Greek Festival, running Sept. 9-11, 2022, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Salt Lake City.— the music, the culture, the baklava.“I don’t know if you can find that anywhere,” Karahalios said of the stifatho — a tomato-based stew made with beef, pearl onions, cloves and allspice. “Nobody makes it, because it’s such a hard and long process.
The event has regularly attracted about 50,000 people over the course of a weekend to Holy Trinity Cathedral, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City. Last year, Karahalios said, was the first time the event was held in person since the COVID-19 pandemic — and the Friday night’s crowds were so large, he said, they ran out of food.
Greek dancing is another big part of the festival, Karahalios said. One of the highlights is the Dionysus Dancers, the college-age dance group, which performs at different festivals around the country.A new feature this year, Karahalios said, is a series of lectures, presented by Utah Valley University, “The Architecture of Democracy.”