The Russian Festival in Baltimore is one of the city's longest-running ethnic festivals. Organized by Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, it features food, music, and crafts from Russia.
The 2009 edition is the 36th-annual Russian Festival in Baltimore.
2009 Russian Festival
Date: Oct. 16-18, 2009
Hours: Noon to 9 p.m. on the 16th, and 17th, Noon to 6 p.m. on the 18th
Location: 1723 East Fairmount Ave. The festival is held under a large tent one block east of Broadway between Fells Point and Johns Hopkins Hospital
Admission: Free on Friday the 16th, $2 on the 17th and 18th
Entertainment Schedule
Oct. 16
5:00 p.m. - Opening procession, presentation of festival icon
Oct. 17
1:00 p.m. - Lyman Ukrainian Dance Group
2 - Samovar (live music)
4 - Lyman Ukrainian Dance Group
7 - The Washington Balalaika Society
Oct. 18
1:00 p.m. - Lyman Ukrainian Dance Group
2 - Balkánto (live music)
4 - The Beltway Balalaikas Ensemble
Food
The following food will be available. It is all made by the church's parishioners. Credit cards are accepted.
Homemade Russian Breads
- Hoska (Braided Sweet Bread)
- Kulich (Easter Bread)
- Makovy Roulet (Poppy Seed Rolls)
- Babka (Sweet Cheese Bread)
- Vishnovaya Babka (Cherry Bread)
- Shokoladnaya Babka (Chocolate Bread)
- Rzhanoy (Rye Bread)
- Karavai (Large Loaf Bread)
Traditional Russian Foods
- Kolbasa (Sausage)
- Holupky (Stuffed Cabbage)
- Holushki (Fried Noodles with onion)
- Kasha (Buckwheat)
- Kuritsa Kotlety (Chicken Patties)
- Goviazhii Kotlety (Beef Patties)
- Vareniky (Pierogies)
- Shashlyk (Shish Kabob)
- Buzhenina (Pork Loin)
- Govyadina na Grille (Grilled Beef)
- Sosiski (Hot Dogs)
- Kapusta (Sauerkraut)
- Salad iz Kapusty (Cabbage Salad)
- Zelenaya Fasol (Green Beans)
- Borsch (Beet Soup)
- Blini (Crepes)
- Blinchky (Stuffed Crepes)
- Marinovanye Yaichky (Pickled Eggs)
- Kartofelnye Oladi (Potato Pancakes)
