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.
After not happening for a few years, the event was going to return in 2023, but then got cancelled for that year. The event was back in 2024 and ran from June 7th to 16th. Dates for the event’s return in 2025 are to be confirmed.
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
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.
In 2024 the festival ran from June 7th to 16th. Hours on weekdays were from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Meanwhile, weekend hours were from noon until 10:00 pm.
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 and it’s a fairly simple event, but lots of fun.
At the event everyone from the local Greek community comes out to volunteer in the kitchen, serve the meals and provide the entertainment, and hundreds of folks from the greater community come out to join them for the food, music and festive dancing.
The festival is really just 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. Opa!
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, mains range from about $6 to $23. For big parties, you can even get a full BBQ lamb for $400. Desserts are tasty and cost between about $7 and $8.
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, and between scheduled entertainment there are sometimes children or adult volunteers from the kitchen doing informal dances.
For the schedule of performances in 2024, visit the Surrey Greek Food Festival website.
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.
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.
