Calgary

Celebration of Polish Canadian Heritage Day in Alberta

JUNE 8, 2025

11:00 – 18:30

Open house at Polish Canadian Cultural Centre!
3015 – 15 Street NE, Calgary

Free admission. All welcome!

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POLISH CANADIAN HERITAGE DAY IN ALBERTA 2025 – SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 11:00 am-6:30 pm
OPEN HOUSE at the POLISH CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE (3015 -15 Street NE)

Over 65,000 Calgarians (and 170,000 Albertans) of Polish heritage call Alberta home. In 2021, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta declared the second Sunday in June each year as Polish Canadian Heritage Day in Alberta to acknowledge “the impact and contributions that the Polish community has had on Alberta”.
The Calgary marking of this day begins with an annual Polish Flag raising ceremony held outdoors at the Province of Alberta McDougall Centre (455 6th Street) on the morning of Sunday June 8, 20025 at 10:30 am. To continue the celebrations, from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm, Calgary’s Polish Canadian community is organizing a full day Open House at the Polish Canadian Cultural Centre (the “Centre). All Calgarians are welcome as we present Calgary’s Polish Canadian community as an active, energetic, creative and thriving part of the city.

There will be too much happening to describe in detail, but a short summary of activities includes:
The Centre’s Main Hall (with the largest hardwood dance floor in Calgary) will be full of the fragrances of delicious
Polish cuisine. We recommend that you not limit yourself to only smelling these Polish culinary delicacies but tasting them as well. The Main Hall will also host song and dance performances, highlighted by Calgary’s Polish folk-dance groups whose members range in age from 5 to 85. We will also have a Folk Fashion Show where our young people will show off some of the finest Polish folk costumes ever sewn. Events in the Main Hall end on a musical “rock blues” note with a performance by The Andrzej Ryszka Band, a big hit from last year’s event.
For one day, the Centre’s Varsovia Room will be converted into the “Fusion Gallery” with an exhibition titled Art Music Memory Wine presenting the diverse talents of some of Alberta’s finest artists and musicians. Be prepared for piano, violin, and song recitals as well as works encompassing such art forms as silkscreen, ceramic, crochet, embroidery, painting and photography (nature and night). Author Paul Wojak will talk about memory and preserving Polish identity presenting “Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory – An Odyssey Across Two Oceans & Nine Countries to Arrive Home”, a labour of emotional and intellectual love uncovering the 20th century story of his father’s life.
The Combatants’ Room, named in honour of our Polish Veterans, will host a series of exhibitions including “Polish Treasures in our Calgary Homes” showcasing a collection of fascinating objects originally from Poland that, like their owners, have now found a home in Calgary. We will also have a poster exhibit of “Memorable Polish Albertans”, a display of colorful Polish photo albums well as what may be the largest map of Poland ever seen in Calgary.
Polish Canadian Heritage Day will be an immersion in Polish culture and an excellent way to learn about your Polish neighbours. If you have a family connection to Poland, it will be a way to learn more about your Polish roots.
Come celebrate Polish Canadian Heritage Day in Alberta with us. ZAPRASZAMY! (We invite you!)

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Events before & after official celebration

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Great fun

lots of art and music

We offer many attractions: for art lovers – the Polish Canadian Cultural Centre’s 2^nd floor (Varsovia room) will be devoted to an exhibition of artwork and classical music, for blues rock music lovers– the Andrzej Ryszka Band will entertain us with its sounds (Main Hall), Polish folk dance groups will present traditional Polish dances (Main Hall). We will also serve a delicious array of culinary specialties from the Polish kitchen (Main Hall), and more…

10:30 Polish Flag Raising Ceremony
McDougall Centre
455 – 6^th Street SW

11:00 – 18:30 Join us at the Polish Canadian Cultural Centre

VARSOVIA ROOM (2^nd Floor)

11:00-18:30 Fusion Gallery – Art Music Memory Wine
Trailer
Music:
14:00 Agata Skulimowska – Piano recital
14:45 Maya Budzinski – Violin recital
15:30 Julia Jabłońska – Songs recital

16:15 Paul Wojdak – Book presentation by author

MAIN HALL

13:00 – 16:00 Folk Dance
Trailer
13:00–13:30, 14:05–15:00 Mazovia, Polanie, Krakusy, Gaiczek, Młodzi Duchem
15:15–16:00 Folk Fashion Show – Colors of Poland (costume review)

13:40 Polish Scouts

16:45 The Andrzej Ryszka Band

and more in the COMBATANTS’ HALL

Fusion Gallery

Music Art Memory Wine

Folk-dance

A series of local Polish Calgarian folk dance groups

The Andrzej Ryszka Band

The strains of blues rock music

Polish food

we will serve a delicious array of culinary specialties from the Polish kitchen

I’m from here

Calgary’s largest map of Poland (dating from 1948) with pins that will allow people to mark the part of Poland where they were born, or their family come from. With these pins, we will create a topographical survey showing our guests’ geographical connect to Poland.