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Fabulous fireworks Polish Fest brings
fireworks to the lakefront Saturday
at 10:30pm. The "Big Boomski" is
sponsored by Nick Ignatowski of
Planners Financial Group.
Non-stop music Participation is the
name of the game at the Non-Stop
Polka stage, with groups like The Knewz,
Box On, The Main Squeeze and the
Polka Country Musicians.
Top-notch performers at the
Miller Contemporary Stage include
Squeezebox with Ted Lange and Mollie
B, The Larry Lynne Band, Steve Meisner,
John Gora & Gorale and 76 Juliet.
Wowing crowds at the Chopin Vodka
Cultural Stage are groups like Syrena
Polish Folk Dance Ensemble, Korona
Band (from Canada), Wesoly Lud Polish
Folk Dance Company and The Silber
Orkiestra.
The Children's Stage and the Folk
Stage also feature a wide variety of
entertainment. The fun includes folk
dance and polka lessons, as well as
David Seebach's Wonders of Magic,
Wayne & Wingnut and Julie Sobanski
(Magicienne & Escape Artist).
Great food, beer & vodka tastings
Restaurants offer delicious ethnic
specialties like Polish sausage, pierogi
and potato pancakes. At cooking demos,
expert cooks prepare Polish favorites.
Polish Fest is the only ethnic festival
to directly import beer (Tyskie) for its
festival. Enjoy a cold one at the Tyskie
here's something for everyone at the largest
celebration of Polish culture in the U.S. Fest-
goers find loads of fun with food, music, dance
and more on five stages of entertainment.
Hours are noon-midnight Friday and Saturday
and noon-8pm Sunday.
New this year is the Royal White Tiger Discovery Exhibit, a
conservation and education program featuring real white
tigers. The exhibit relates to the 2017 birth of four white tiger
cubs at the zoo in Borysew, Poland.
JOIN THE FUN AT
POLISH FEST
Polish
Fest
kicks
off
the
2018
ethnic
festival
season
June
15-17
at
Maier
Festival
Park
(Summerfest
grounds)
on
Lake
Michigan.
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