Ukrainian cultural festivities in Dauphin expanded
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The Ukrainian Musicians Association has added another element to its cultural festivities in Dauphin this weekend.
The Saturday event was expanded to include a Friday night dance after organizers consulted with community members and found they wanted more activities because Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival was cancelled, association president Pamela Nowosad-Federowich said.
The 2026 edition of the festival was scrubbed earlier this month due to a lack of nearby health-care options in Dauphin. The cancellation came after flooding displaced staff at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre.
“Once the state of the emergency took place in Dauphin and events started getting cancelled, we took a step back and wondered if we were even going to go forward,” Nowosad-Federowich said.
“The more we talked and the more we asked questions, it became more clear that the community was very eager for some type of celebration to bring people together. So from that point forward, that’s where the growth started happening,” she said.
“We came to a point where we thought, geez, you know, the response has been so incredibly overwhelming that we wanted to add another another event to the weekend.”
The Friday night dance with live music was added to the regular programming of a Saturday awards ceremony and dance. Four local dance groups are volunteering to put on performances, and a market was added to shine light on local businesses. The Dauphin Agricultural Heritage Club will take part by bringing tractors and farm trucks to the event.
The musical association’s event is also moving to the Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium in Dauphin this year. The aim is to bring more of the community into the event, Nowosad-Federowich said. The event is normally held at the historic Selo Ukraina site just south of Dauphin.
The Friday zabava dance will start at 8 p.m. and runs until midnight. Doors open at 7 p.m. Brandon Hachkowski & Ukranian Tradition will be playing live music for the event.
On Saturday, the annual awards and induction ceremony will be held in the auditorium for the Ukrainian Musicians Hall of Fame. Doors open at noon and the event will start at 2 p.m. The indoor artisan market will be in the afternoon, and another performance of live music and a zabava will run from 7 p.m. until midnight.
Dave Federowich, a member of the association, said the expansion of the festivities is a positive message during difficult times.
“The amazing thing about this is how members of the community and Ukrainian dancing groups have come rogether with us to make a larger event and celebrate our culture and heritage together despite the challenges in the community, and the festival being cancelled,” he said in an email on Monday.
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