Port Coquitlam’s Polish Festival in 2025

The BC Polish Festival is an annual one-day event in Port Coquitlam that celebrates Polish culture. The event is free to attend and features live entertainment, an outdoor dance party, Polish cuisine and more.

The festival is organized by the Polonez Tri-City Polish Association, which has been around since 1989. The association is made up of volunteers who strive to continue Polish traditions and share the wonderful culture with local communities in the province.

For the event’s official website, visit www.poloneztri-city.org.

Dancers at BC Polish Festival

Where and When

In 2025 the 18th annual BC Polish Festival takes place on Sunday, May 25th. The festival begins at 1:00 pm and runs until late at night. There is usually an outdoor dance party starting at 7:30 pm although exact details for 2025 are to be confirmed.

Years ago the festivities used to happen at 2253 Leigh Square in dowtown Port Coquitlam. The last couple of years the festivities have been at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre instead. In 2025, however, the festival once again takes place at Leigh Square which has been recently renovated.

What to Expect at the BC Polish Festival

The festival features several traditional dance and musical performances. You can expect to see energetic entertainment and lots of beautiful costumes each year.

Although live entertainment happens throughout most of the event, the free outdoor dance party typically starts at 7:30 pm. Everyone is encouraged to get up and move to live music.

The BC Polish Festival also has lots of food and beverages available for purchase. Items on offer are traditional dishes and drinks from Poland. The festival is a great opportunity to get a taste of what typical cuisine is like in the country. You can expect to eat perogies, sausages, ham hocks, and desserts, and drink Polish beer and more!

Another big component of the festival is the marketplace. There are all sorts of vendors selling beautiful art, crafts and other products. There is also usually a face painting station for kids as well as art-themed workshops to participate in.

Click British Columbia Polish Festival for the event’s official website.

Polish Sausages

2024 Event Schedule

The schedule and entertainment lineup for the 2024 BC Polish Festival is below. The schedule in 2025 will be comparable. (Note: Exact details were subject to change.)

1:00 pm – Opening Ceremony
1:30 pm – Wisla Dance & Song Ensemble (Polonez)
1:45 pm – Introduction of the finalists of Miss Polonia Pageant
1:55 pm – Marek Obajtek (2 Songs)
2:05 pm – Oskar Maka (on Violin)
2:15 pm – Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” (Dance from Nowy Sacz Region)
2:25 pm – Lila Urbaniak & Barbara Kwaśniewska
2:35 pm – Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” (Suita Slaska)
2:45 pm – Alicja Moniatowicz (2 Songs)
2:55 pm – Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” (Suita Rzeszowska)
3:05 pm – Raffle Draw
3:30 pm – White Eagle Band
4:30 pm – Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” (Moldavian Dance Zok)
4:40 pm – Maya Wilk (1 Song)
4:45 pm – Barbara Kwasniewska, Grazyna Kapuscinska & Lila Urbaniak
5:05 pm – Polonez Dance Group “Polonez” (Krakowiak)
5:15 pm – Wisla Dance & Song Ensemble (Dance from Przeworsk)
5:25 pm – Grazyna Kapuscinska (2 songs)
5:35 pm – Pola Maria Debski & Barbara Henriques (Song & Dance)
5:45 pm – Alicja Moniatowicz (1 Song)
5:50 pm – Marek Obajtek (1 Song)
5:55 pm – Wisla Dance & Song Ensemble (Waltz)
6:05 pm – Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” (Suita Goralska)
6:15 pm – Contest for the Audience
6:30 pm – Raffle Draw
7:20 pm – Slovak Dance Group “Slavik”
7:30 pm – Slovak Sound
7:50 pm – Hey Ziuta
8:35 pm – Slovak Sound

BC Polish Festival Videos

The following video shows scenes of the festival from 2023 when it took place at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (which is where it happened again in 2024). The band you’ll see at the end is Slovak Sound.