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Milwaukee s Polish Fest is the latest lakefront festival to be canceled for 2021 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Add Polish Fest to the list of Milwaukee lakefront festivals canceled for 2021.
The board of directors of Polish Heritage Alliance Inc. announced Tuesday that the festival, which had been scheduled to be held at Maier Festival Park June 11-13, has been canceled as part of the community-wide effort to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning was on track for this year; however, at present, COVID-19 is currently a part of everyone’s lives, we believe the best decision is to not hold Polish Fest this year so early in the summer to allow for more vaccinations to the broader community, Steve Chybowski, president of Polish Heritage Alliance, said in a statement. “We believe this is the best decision for our attendees, volunteers, entertainers, and vendors our entire extended Polish Fest community.”
Germanfest Canceled Again Due to COVID-19
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We are officially one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we have come a long way with the vaccinations, and social distancing, but even that couldn t save one of our favorite Quincy traditions from coming back in 2021, Germanfest has been canceled again.
According to an article in the Herald-Whig (to see the full article click here!) the Germanfest organizers have canceled the event for the second straight year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event was scheduled for June of this year. In the article they say. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of Quincy’s annual Germanfest for the second straight year.the decision was made in January. Although COVID-related restrictions have loosened since then, vendors should have been booked at least two months ago to make the event happen.During its last meeting on Thursday, the committee had further discussions about the cancellation and how to promote
MOUNT PLEASANT â Amidst recent ethnic festival cancellations in Milwaukee, such as Festa Italiana and German Fest, one local ethnic festival is still slated to go on.
Italian Festâs 42nd annual event â the festival was canceled last year â is scheduled for July 23-25. New this year, itâs to be hosted at the Roma Lodge, 7130 Spring St. The festivalâs planning committee is still in the early stages for the details, but it had decided in December that the show will go on this summer.
The dates and tentative times are Friday, July 23, from 4-11 p.m., Saturday, July 24 from 2-11 p.m. and the Sunday, July 25 Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. with the raffle following at noon. Dates are set, but the times may change, said Patrick Diem, a member of Roma Lodge and chair of the festival committee.