Tucson Greek Fest dishes up food, dance, music and fun

Go for the gyro.

Bite into the baklava.

And then dance it all off at this year’s four-day Greek Festival beginning Thursday, Sept. 27.

This is the 43rd year for the celebration of all that’s Greek, a fundraiser for St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church.

And if you’ve never been, you are missing a mighty good time:

• Church members make most of the food and you can’t get much better than homemade from skilled cooks.
• Traditional Greek dances are joyful to watch — and dance. The urge to jump up and join in will be great — and encouraged.
• And the music, coaxed out of traditional Greek instruments such as the lyra and the bouzouki, is sublime.

That’s just too much fun for the $3 admission. And get this: it’s free for children under 12, military, first responders, seniors over 55 and students with IDs. Can we hear an opa?

It’s 5-10 p.m. Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday; 4-11 p.m. Saturday; and noon-5 p.m. Sunday at St. Demetrios, 1145 E. Fort Lowell Road.

More information: 888-0505 or tucsongreekfestival.com.