ANTIKA FEST 2018 proudly presents to you four day Bulgarian May celebration:
05.18, Friday: FESTIVAL OPENING EVENING
Day 2, Saturday: 18th Annual Sts. KIRIL & METHODY FESTIVAL OF BULGARIAN ARTS & CULTURE
Day 4, Monday: Festival CLOSING Day
Featuring:
The all-star orchestra lead by Yuri Yunakov:
YURI YUNAKOV, saxophone, Newark
RADOSTINA KANEVA, vocals, Las Vegas
VLADIMIR MOLLOV, accordion, Pitsburg
RUMEN SHOPOV, tupan and tambura, San Francisco
PETAR DIMITROV, guitar, tambura, Boston
ANTIKA SLAVIC STRINGS, Berkeley
NESTINARI Folk Orchestra, Walnut Creek
MERAKLII FOLK BAND, Berkeley
BALKANTON 340 Folk Group
ANTIKA BULGARIA’S GOT TALENT SHOW
Bay Area FOLK-DANCE and SINGING GROUPS
WORKSHOPS and more
Day 1 (Friday):
FESTIVAL OPENING EVENING
Friday (May 18), 7:30 pm
Festival opening evening with Live music, Bulgarian Food, Ceremony, Concert, Dance Party at Bulgarian Church “Saints Kiril and Metody”.
Address: Bulgarian Church “Sts Kiril and Methody”, 1551 Shell Ave, Martinez, CA
Day 2 (Saturday):
18th Annual Sts. KIRIL & METHODY FESTIVAL OF BULGARIAN ARTS & CULTURE
Saturday (May 19), 2:30 pm – 11:30 pm
2:30 pm –Open door
3:00 pm – WORKSHOPS for children and adults
5:00 pm – ANTIKA BULGARIA’S GOT TALENT SHOW, ANTIKA DAR BAZAAR
7:00 pm – 11:30 pm FESTIVAL’S GALA CONCERT and CELEBRATION
Address: Croatiаn American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Ave, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: online (at the Antika Store)
The main event of the ANTIKA FEST FOUR-DAY CELEBRATION has been happening for now 18 years.
Enjoy workshops for children and adults and the “Antika Bulgaria’s Got Talent” in the early afternoon, then dinner and the GRAND OPENING with the golden Sts Kiril and Methody Icon ritual, followed by an EVENING CONCERT featuring:
An all-star orchestra lead by YURY YUNAKOV:
YURY YUNAKOV, saxophone, Newark
RADOSTINA KANEVA, vocal, Las Vegas
VLADIMIR MOLLOV, accordion, Pitsburg
RUMEN SHOPOV, tupan, tambura, San Francisco
ANTIKA SLAVIC STRINGS, Berkeley
MERAKLII FOLK BAND, Berkeley
BALKANTON 340 Folk Group and more.
Day 3:
The 4th BULGARIAN DANCE FESTIVAL on WHEELS,
The BIG BULGARIAN HORO,
and The MAGIC OF RHODOPE MOUNTAIN Evening
Sunday (May 20)
2:00 pm – 3:00pm – THE BIG BULGARIAN HORO
FREE for everybody at Justin Herman Plazza, near San Francisco’s Ferry Building
3:00pm – 7:00pm – “FESTIVAL ON WHEELS” FOLK DANCE JOURNEY on a tour bus with live music and dancing
Buses tour begins near Justin Herman Plazza (near San Francisco’s Ferry Building) and end address is TBA
7:30 pm – THE MAGIC OF RHODOPE MOUNTAIN EVENING
Address TBA
Tickets: online (at the Antika Store)
Day 4:
Festival CLOSING Day
May 21, Monday
11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Festival CLOSING Day and the return of our Sts Kiril and Methody Golden Icon ritual, with live music, short concert, potluck lunch and GOOD BYE at the beautiful Holy Cross Monastery
Address: Holy Cross Monastery, 34700 Palomares, Castro Valley, CA