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BBC News
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Chesterfield Polish festival is a 'celebration of our heritage'
A festival which celebrates Polish culture and traditions will return to Derbyshire after organisers said the previous event surpassed their is hosting its third year at Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Union Football Club on Saturday with an array of activities, demonstrations and Polish food. Anna Kuc, vice-chair of Polonia Chesterfield, has said the event is building year on year with more than 700 people attending in said: "The festival celebrates our heritage but it is a way to help integration with people in the town." Organisers said they hoped to surpass the number of people who attended last year and added the event helped Polish people in the area connect with each last year's event had people from Sheffield, Manchester and from Poland itself Kuc said they were hoping to build on its prior success."This was initially an idea to connect Polish people around Chesterfield - but this was also a way to show other people our culture, traditions, food and history."It has grown now we have access to the rugby club, and we've had people come from all over including Ukrainians and British people from around the area, so it's starting to become more visible, improving integration with many different people."Ms Kuc said the festival, which runs from 12:00 BST to 16:00, is free to attend with food, live music, entertainment and stalls selling Polish produce.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
30,000 attend ‘Little Poland Festival' in New Britain
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Polish music and food filled the streets of New Britain as the community gathered to celebrate the twelfth annual 'Little Poland Festival' Sunday afternoon. The all-day-event was hosted by the Polonia Business Association, a local non-profit that aims to promote New Britain's Polish neighborhood. 'Little Poland continues to grow and the strong business community is a crucial piece of that expansion,' Mayor of New Britain Erin Stewart said. 'There are over 100 businesses in Little Poland that continue to be successful in part due to the close-knit community that works tirelessly to build connections both here and abroad.' Runners take to Standish Park for Wethersfield Community Run The festival is one of the largest cultural celebrations in New England, attracting the company of over 30,000 people with 120 vendor booths, live entertainment and activities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
North East Polish Festival: Newcastle event celebrates 'culture and cuisine'
Hundreds of people have gathered to eat food, listened to music and enjoy the first Polish festival of its kind in a North East Polish Festival at the Polish Centre on Maple Street in Newcastle hosted about 200 people from across the Daria Szymonowicz said the event helped to showcase her community."It's also a chance for the wider community to come and learn about our culture which we're very proud of - especially the food," she said. She said many Polish people in the region had lived there for many years."Thanks to being welcomed, thanks to feeling good and feeling like it's home we've been able to grow and can now showcase and share our talents and what we do with the local community," she said. Ms Szymonowicz previously told BBC Radio Newcastle that the festival was started by a group of Polish women who had formed a group on social media in event was a celebration of modern Polish culture, she said. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
