Sugar Creek Slavic Festival

10/22/2026

Coming soon our friends at St. Luke Byzantine Church is hosting a fundraiser in Sugar Creek. November 7th at Mike Onka. See the flyer for details.

09/16/2026

A few weeks ago we asked for feedback on other Slavic experiences. Great response and plans are underway!

Now, we're looking for a few folks to help out on our marketing and promotions team, administrations team (accounting, insurance, etc.), and technology team.

Thousands of people take part in Slavic Festival each year. That's made possible by the volunteers behind the curtain. If you're interested in learning more send us a message and we'll connect!

It's a fun group, working together to celebrate and share Kansas City's rich Slavic heritage!

Please consider lending your talent to our team.

Thanks!

Send a message to learn more

07/23/2026

Greetings Slavic Festival fans! We're resting up and starting the planning process for Slavic Fest 2027! Look for updates soon.

Meanwhile we're gauging interest on other events to do this Fall. From this, tell us in the comments which ones you like by commenting the numbers below.

1. Slavic w**e tasting - intimate tasting of w**es from Slavic countries
2. Kolos and Cabbage Rolls - a get together to dance and eat!
3. Learn where your from - a genealogy exploration session to learn how to research your heritage
4. Slavic Euro Club Night - party with tunes from Slavic dance clubs featuring DJ Kolache

Do you like 1, 2, 3, 4 or some combination of these events? Let us know below. Also, feel free to drop us a line on cool things you'd like to attend related to Slavic heritage.

Thanks!

07/01/2026

We’ll be Kickin’ It Slavic Style tonight at Wh***ey & tequila in Sugar Creek for the U.S. vs Bosnia Herzegovina knockout round game.

Slavic-Americans vs Slav-Slavs. You can’t lose. Kick off at 7 pm. Come join us!

06/24/2026

Congratulations to Croatia for their win last night in the World Cup. The watch party at St John's Catholic Club in Kansas City Kansas was hopping as usual.

Next up is Czechia with an 8 pm (Central) game tonight against Mexico. We’ll be gathering at Sugar Creek’s newest pub Wh***ey & tequila at 6:30 pm to support the the Double Tailed Lions.

First up today is Bosnia Herzegovina taking on Qatar at 2 pm. Go Dragons!

06/15/2026

A huge "thank you" for a great Sugar Creek Slavic Festival 2026 this past weekend. You helped us celebrate our 40th Anniversary, Kickin' It Slavic Style, and we couldn't be more grateful.

To our board, who plan for months, and then navigate challenges during the festival - we appreciate you. You know it's a job well done when things go smoothly - even though weather, technology, and scheduling issues make it difficult behind the scenes!

To the volunteers and organizations that staff the event and handle set up and take down, a big thank you for all your help.

To all of our vendors and entertainers, thank you for sharing your talent with us. From music and dancing, to food and beverages, folk art, fashion, kids games, education and more - you add richness to our celebration of Kansas City's Slavic heritage and we enjoy all of it!

To the City of Sugar Creek, from city leadership to public safety and public works - we couldn't do this without you!

To everyone who came and celebrated with us, we hope you enjoyed your time at Slavic Fest 2026.

And last but not least, a huge thanks to the sponsors who provide funding to help us stage this event year after year.

The 40th Anniversary will be remembered for new contests born to tie into KC's World Cup festivities like the Cabbage Cup (that might just stick around), for all of the great memories, meeting new people and connecting with our heritage. And as the year we cut things short due to weather and ended up under a tornado warning.

Until we meet again.

Team Slavic Fest

06/13/2026

We're open for Day 2 of Sugar Creek Slavic Festival 2026. The afternoon weather looks good, entertainment is going, food smells delicious and the pivo is cold.

We'll update later on events happening, any changes in schedule, etc.

06/13/2026

If you missed Day 1 of Sugar Creek Slavic Festival 2026 never fear! Day 2 starts today at 12:00 pm and we're ready to share Kansas City's rich Slavic heritage with you.

For directions and parking visit slavicfest.com/directions.

We're sharing the gate flyer with the entertainment schedule and more.

And visit slavicfest.com for more information.

06/12/2026

It's Day 1 of Sugar Creek Slavic Festival 2026. Gates open at 5:00 pm and we can't wait to see all of you to celebrate Kansas City's rich Slavic heritage.

We're sharing the gate flyer with the entertainment schedule and more.

For directions and parking visit slavicfest.com/directions.

And visit slavicfest.com for more information.

06/11/2026

Tomorrow is opening day for Sugar Creek Slavic Festival 2026. Today, we're taking a step back in time for Throwback Thursday with a photo from 1989 - year five of our event.

Pictured is Mark O'Renick with his mother Beverly. Mark's family is of Slovak and Russyn descent coming to the USA in the mid-1890s. The family name, Orenic, was altered somewhere along the way. Mark and his sister Debbie, are part of the amazing board that helps plan Slavic Fest each year. We're so grateful for all of their efforts.

Slavic Festival started in 1985, building on the foundation set by the St. Cyril's Parish Folk Festival, where many of the families helping out today went to church. The church was built by Slavic immigrants who came to work in Sugar Creek and nearby communities in oil refineries, steel mills and more.

Much like life, the journey of growth and change that our festival has experienced over the last 40 years has been marked with sadness and joy. We've lost many of our loved along the way. But we've gained new friends, fans and volunteers to help keep tradition alive.

Mark will probably tell you he's grown a few pounds too over the years. Who can blame him - the food at Slavic Fest is sooooo good!

We hope to see you this Friday and Saturday to help us celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival. Visit slavicfest.com for all of the details.

We are after all.