We’ve gotten rusty about attending festivals but lucky for us Caroline was aware of Serb Fest 2019 and reminded me before we missed this one too. The Serbian community appears to be relatively small based on the number of attendees, then again it’s Sunday and the get-together started yesterday. One might be inclined to think that an event celebrating Slavic culture would draw in the Croatians and Bosniaks (and other South Slavs) too, and maybe it did. Hard to say seeing there really is no difference as long as they wear modern fashions, but the folks wearing t-shirts saying “I love Serbian Boys” or “Proud to be Serbian” were probably just that – Serbs.

The food was okay though the lamb and pork combo I was looking forward to was sold out and we had to go with the old standby ćevapčići. With a beer in hand, we sat awhile at a smaller tent and enjoyed a local folk band and then over to the larger covered area to watch some dancing which is also where we heard a song that the two of us liked. It is called “Gori More” and if you follow this link to Youtube you can take a listen.

Our big surprise and highlight that made it all worthwhile was the beautiful interior of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava. This place is beautiful. Hopefully, we’ll hear about Serb Fest 2020 in time next year to attend and the community will have grown. Btw, we just learned that Romanian Fest 2019 is coming up next weekend at the Romanian Orthodox Church in Glendale, Arizona.