{"id":9008,"date":"2026-05-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=9008"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:13:47","slug":"the-st-louis-county-greek-festival-returns-for-memorial-day-weekend-may-22-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/the-st-louis-county-greek-festival-returns-for-memorial-day-weekend-may-22-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The St. Louis County Greek Festival Returns for Memorial Day Weekend May 22-25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1042\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-1042x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-1042x1200.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-556x640.jpg 556w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-1024x1180.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1-600x691.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St. Louis &#8212; May 11, 2026 &#8212;<\/strong>&nbsp;Opa! The St. Louis County&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;Festival&nbsp;returns to Town &amp; Country with live music, traditional folk dancing, church tours, a vendor market and delicious, authentic&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;cuisine at Assumption&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;Orthodox Church located at 1755 Des Peres Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufeffAdmission is free along with free shuttles to and from the event. Handicap-accessible parking is available in the church parking lot. This is a cashless venue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_-640x408.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5221-_1_-600x382.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual&nbsp;festival&nbsp;takes place over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-25. Hours are Friday, Saturday &amp; Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Monday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The event is held rain or shine with both outdoor tents and indoor seating available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests can choose from a wide variety of menu options such as lamb shank, dolmades, gyro plates, patistio, souvlaki\u00a0sandwiches, baklava, spanokopita, and frappes. Complete menu can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlgreekfest.com\/menu-1\">Menu \u2014 St. Louis County\u00a0Greek\u00a0Fest\u00a0(stlgreekfest.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1.png 309w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festival-Logo-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s event is once again credit\/debit card ONLY. Cash will not be accepted. Service animals are permitted in all areas of the\u00a0festival\u00a0that are open to the public. Pets are permitted and must be leashed.\u00a0For a complete schedule\u00a0or\u00a0to download the ultimate\u00a0Greek\u00a0Fest\u00a0playlist on Spotify, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlgreekfest.com\">www.stlgreekfest.com<\/a>.\u00a0Follow on social media\u00a0@stlouiscountygreekfest\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis &#8212; May 11, 2026 &#8212;&nbsp;Opa! The St. Louis County&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;Festival&nbsp;returns to Town &amp; Country with live music, traditional folk dancing, church tours, a vendor market and delicious, authentic&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;cuisine at Assumption&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;Orthodox Church located at 1755 Des Peres Road. \ufeffAdmission is free along with free shuttles to and from the event. Handicap-accessible parking is available in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,1,1152,276,6],"tags":[17,12,58,147,508,70,1183,998,1334,16,146],"class_list":["post-9008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-town","category-blog","category-events","category-family","category-outside","tag-around-town-2","tag-blog-2","tag-events","tag-family","tag-festival","tag-food","tag-greek","tag-greekfest","tag-gyros","tag-lets-go-outside","tag-st-louis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5181-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-2li","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9012,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008\/revisions\/9012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}