Ukrainian Festival of Minnesota

09/19/2025

Rain or shine Ukrainian Festival of Minnesota is happening!
Visit us tonight 6 pm at 301 Main St NE for beer and Ukrainian street food accompanied with DJ music.
Tomorrow festival hours are 12-8 pm!
We hope to see you all soon!🇺🇦🇺🇲

09/10/2025

09/08/2025

Ukrainian Festival of Minnesota is honored to open doors for visitors of the 24th annual gathering on the 19-20 of September!

Ukrainian Festival of MN

01/06/2025

‼️Tonight is the broadcast premiere‼️
In an extraordinary exploration of the transmission of traumatic memory within families, communities and across generations, Ukrainians in Minneapolis-St. Paul share their family stories about the Holodomor, genocide of Ukrainians in 1932-33 and the local community's efforts to come to terms with genocide, even as war once again threatens the existence of Ukrainians as a people.

01/05/2025

‼️ Mark your calendars for
🇺🇦Sunday, 01/05. 6:35 pm & 9 pm
🇺🇦Monday, 01/06. 6:40 & 8:55 pm
🇺🇦Tue., 01/07 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, & 9:25 pm
West End Cinema in St. Louis Park, MN will be showing a wonderful documentary Porcelain War.’ This must see film is an engaging, timely look at art, war, homeland pride, and the resilience of the Ukrainian people!

West End Cinema: 1625 West End Blvd | St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (952) 646-5530

More info https://www.marcustheatres.com/movies/porcelain-war?Date=01-07-2025&State=MN&Sort

12/30/2024

RIP dear Senator Kari Dziedzic 🙏💛💙
Our community will always cherish your unwavering support. Thank you for standing with Ukraine🇺🇦 and our community. Our deepest sympathies to Senator’s family and friends.

12/30/2024

Minnesota Ukrainian community is deeply saddened by the passing of the Minnesota Senator Kari Dziedzic, who represented Senate District 60. It’s a profound loss for our community, our district, and the state of Minnesota. Senator Dziedzic will be fondly remembered for her great support of our Ukrainian community and of Ukraine. For many years, she was an honored guest of the Ukrainian Heritage Festival always warmly greeting members of the community and expressing great interest in Ukrainian culture and traditions. In 2022, at the time of the full scale invasion of Ukraine, she was one of the main sponsors of the bill to divest Russian funds from the Minnesota pension funds.
Rest in Peace, dear friend. We will alway cherish your memory. 🙏 Our most sincere condolences to the Senator’s family.

12/27/2024

celebration in Kyiv, .🇺🇦 It took place right after the shelling on December 24. What’s an indomitable spirit!🙏💛💙

Photos: Nick Tymchenko

12/23/2024

Didukh is one of the most important symbols of Christmas in Ukraine.
Didukh is also called dido, didochok, snip-rai, koliada, kolidnyk. According to traditions, the didukh is the last sheaf of harvested grain. Oats, rye, wheat, and flax are its main components. This straw amulet is the spirit of our ancestors andthe preservation of traditions and family memory. It is a symbol of a good harvest, peace and harmony in the family, and prosperity in the home. The tradition of placing a didukh in the house in the pokut/corner dates back to very ancient times. In pre-Christian beliefs, the didukh was the embodiment of the god Koliada, a symbol of the memory of our ancestors.

The festive sheaf stayed in the house for a week (sometimes even until Theophany). Its presence broughta festive mood, comfort, and felicity to the family. The people used to say,

«Дідух до хати – біда із хати».

“A didukh in the house means trouble out of the house.”

Nowadays, the sheaf of grain is often replaced by a small “bouquet” of ears of grain, various dried herbs and flowers. However, it's nice that every year more and more Ukrainians are restoring the tradition of putting didukh in their homes for Christmas.

Didukh, hay, and and other Rizdvo traditions have a positive energy boost, giving us a sense of mystery and celebration. It has become a long-standing tradition to bring a 3-meter-tall didukh to Svoboda Avenue in Lviv on Christmas Day. Similarly, these straw amulets are set up in central squares in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, and other cities.
Via Luba Petrusha

12/22/2024

Bravo Oleksandr Usyk! 🇺🇦Ukrainians all over the world are proud of you! Usyk won his second fight against Tyson Fury by judges’ decision, retaining his three championship belts.
Ukraine’s world heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk celebrated tonight’s victory by displaying the saber of Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who fought for Ukrainian independence against Russia 300 years ago.

Usyk’s victory is a symbol of Ukraine’s resilience. He dedicated his victory to his mother and all the mothers of Ukraine.
Symbolically, by retaining his championship belts, Usyk showed that Ukrainians won’t give up what’s theirs. 🇺🇦Ukraine will prevail!