BELWEDER
North Shore Polish Association established 2002
North Shore Polish Association established 2002
OUR EVENTS
Young talents contest
Young Talents contest
Don’t miss out on the chance to join the contest! Please register as soon as possible and no later than April 25th
register by email: belweder.org@hotmail.com
each participant:
receive a certificate of appreciation
monetary prizes for the winners
chance to perform at the polish festival vancouver
We look forward to seeing your amazing work.
join talents show presentation - help us crown our most talented youth!
Young Talents contest sponsors:
M. Kopernik Foundation
Canadian-Polish Congress BC
Bialy Orzeł polish assocation
elzbieta kozar
MBK medical skin care ltd.
dr. andrzej major
Dr. Ewa Lesinska Kostamo
Dr. marianna klimek
Elzbieta Dziewanska
izabela wasiela
iwona sroka
krystyna polubinska
patron honorowy:
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver
Classical Guitar Concert
Classical guitarists Michael Kolk and Anna Pietrzak
an exciting new duo
Anna Pietrzak is One of Poland’s best guitarists now calling Vancouver home, she is a world class guitarist, teacher, recording artist, and founder of the Vancouver Guitar Orchestra.
Michael Kolk is one of Canada's most accomplished classical guitarists hailed as ‘brilliant and expressive’. He has starred as a soloist and as the hugely popular HK Guitar Duo with Drew Henderson.
The story of Poland under partition
OUR past EVENTS
Polish Festival Vancouver
September 3, 2023
Thank you everyone for the great Polish Festival
We had rain, we had sunshine and above all we had great performers, devoted volunteers, and fantastic food.
We are exceptionally grateful to this year’s festival sponsors! without whom none of this would be a reality.
And a big thank you to our special guest performer from poland "krol Nocy"
Thank you all for making it an enormous success!
We are incredibly grateful for all your support!
See you all next year! Polish Festival Vancouver
Politicians from different parties attended 9th Polish Festival Vancouver and presented Belweder North Shore Polish Association with Canada Province of British Columbia Proclamation declaring September 2023 as "Polish Heritage Month"
letter from the Hon. Pierre Poilievre, P.C., M.
letter from Jonathan Wilkinson, MP North Vancouver,
letter from the Vice Consul of the Republic of Poland Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz,
letter from the President of the Canadian Polish Congress Janusz Tomczak.
"We came from Vernon to the Festival and it was fantastic, cultural, delicious and fun! Thank you to everyone!"
Sheila Procter
"Dziękujemy serdecznie organizatorom Polskiego Festiwalu w Vancouver za zaproszenie i za wspaniałą polonijną i nie tylko publiczność"
Polonez Polish Folk Dance Group Vancouver
Global BC
Radio 96.1 FM
Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
North Vancouver Recreation and Culture
District of North Vancouver
City of North Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrow
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
Alpha & Omega Painting
Polish Heritage Foundation
Holiday Inn & Suites
Canadian Polish Millenium Fund
The Charitable Foundation of the Polish Combat Association
Vancouver's Best Places
WG Architecture Inc.
Dr. Krzysztof Klimek
Dr. Marianna Klimek
Joanna Kostanski Law Corporation
VanCity
Pipe Shop Venue
Wanda Halpert Concord Business Plans
D & A Dabrowski and Associates
Dr. Malgorzata Cieslak and Dr. Zenon Cieslak
Dr. Martyna Chrzastowska
Dr. Alicja Tesiorowska
Dr. Ewa Lesinska Kostamo
Dr. Elzbieta Lisiecka
Starbucks (Lonsdale Quey Market)
Terra Foods
Polish Canadian Congress
Safeway Lynn Valley
Lovelarte
Save of Foods
Real Canadian Superstore
Polish Festival Vancouver is supported by the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver through the Arts & Culture Grants Program of the North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Commission​
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We acknowledge the financial assistance of the province of British Columbia
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Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
Polish Festival Vancouver is supported by the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver through the Arts & Culture Grants Program of the North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Commission
We acknowledge the financial assistance of the province of British Columbia
