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Surrey Greek Food Festival in 2025

Surrey Greek Food Festival

The Surrey Greek Food Festival is a free annual event that features Greek food, dancing, music and other entertainment in a giant outdoor tent facility.

Dates for the 2025 event are from June 6th to 15th.

 


This article contains the following information about the Surrey Greek Food Festival:

Where and When | What to Expect | Greek Food Festival Menu | Entertainment | Suggestions | Other Information


 

Greek Food Festival in Surrey 2025

The festival takes place outside the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Surrey. It usually attracts several thousand people.

 

Where and When

The Surrey Greek Food Festival takes place under giant canopied tents outside Surrey’s Greek Orthodox Church at 13181 96th Avenue. It’s about a 5-minute drive from Central City.

In 2025 the festival runs from June 6th to 15th. Hours on weekdays are from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Meanwhile, weekend hours are from noon until 10:00 pm.

 

Alexander the Great Greek Dancers
Alexander the Great Greek Dance Group

 

What to Expect

The Surrey Greek Food Festival is just that – a food festival, so expect it to be all about Greek food. It’s a fundraiser for the church and community.

At the event everyone from the local Greek community comes out to volunteer in the kitchen and serve the meals and provide the entertainment. Hundreds of folks from the greater community, meanwhile, come out to join them for the food, music and festive dancing.

The festival is like a large outdoor restaurant – like something you might find at a beach resort in Greece perhaps. There are rows of tables, lots of people at prime times like on the weekends, plus music and the dancing. If you like Greek food, it’s a great venue, a fun place at busy times and all for a good cause.

There is no admission cost to the Surrey Greek Food Festival – you just pay for your food.

 

Greek Food Festival Ordering Station

 

The menu at the festival usually includes Greek favourites such as chicken and pork souvlaki, lamb dinners, calamari, spanakopita, Greek salad, Greek coffee, and desserts like baklava and doughnut-like loukoumades.

For the most part, the food ranges from about $9 to $25 (or at least that’s been the case in recent years). Desserts are tasty and cost between about $7 and $8. Drinks range from $2 to $5.

 

Greek Food Fest Dancing

 

Greek Festival Entertainment

At the Surrey Greek Food Festival there is typically a large stage with live entertainment and, between performances, lots of loud and festive Greek music.

On weekdays there are a couple of performances scheduled most evenings. On the weekends there are additional performances. Between scheduled entertainment there are sometimes children or adult volunteers from the kitchen doing informal dances.

The 2025 schedule of live entertainment is here. Below is the lineup from this year’s festival. Exact details were subject to change.

 

Saturday, June 7th, 2025

  • 6:30 pmDiadpora Hellenic Dance Group
  • 7:00 pmYiannis Sahamis
  • 7:30 pmRoma Gry Group

 

Sunday, June 8th, 2025

  • 4:30 pmDiadpora Hellenic Dance Group
  • 5:00 pmHellenic Community of Vancouver
  • 5:30 pmThe Cretan Association of BC
  • 6:00 pmDromeno

 

Saturday, June 14th, 2025

  • 2:00 pmRancho Folclorico Cruz De Cristo
  • 4:30 pmBulgarian Folk Dance Group
  • 5:30 pmHellenic Community of Vancouver
  • 6:30 pmDiadpora Hellenic Dance Group
  • 6:30 pmYiannis Sahamis

 

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

  • 2:30 pmMexico Vivo Folklore
  • 3:30 pmNisiotes Greek Dancers
  • 4:00 pmAnemos Greek Dance Food
  • 4:30 pmRoma Gry Group
  • 6:00 pmThe Cretan Association of BC

 

Festival Suggestions

Here are some tips on how to make the most of your Surrey Greek Food Festival experience.

TIP #1: Plan to go when there’s live entertainment scheduled – it adds to the experience.

TIP #2: Go with a group of friends and try the Greek beer. The more the merrier! Be responsible, however, and don’t drink and drive! Also, take a healthy appetite. The food is great; that’s why people go.

TIP #3: The festival takes place outdoors in the parking lot of the church. Because there isn’t a lot of street parking close by, be prepared to park on a side street and walk a little ways to the venue, especially if going at a busy time.

 

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Other Information

The Surrey Greek Food Festival is one of a few different Greek festivals in the Lower Mainland. Fairly similar to the Surrey event is Vancouver’s Greek Summerfest in mid-July which takes place outside the St. Nicholas and Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church at 4641 Boundary Road.

In late June there is Greek Day on Broadway which is a giant street party that takes place on a Sunday in Kitsilano. If you like Greek food and entertainment, check them all out!

For more information about the event, check out the Surrey Greek Food Festival website.

For other types of festivals and major events at other times of the year, check out Vancouver’s Festivals and Events Calendar.