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Festival announcements, heartfelt community stories, and the people behind UAFest — UAFest 2026 took place on September 13, and the story keeps going all year.
Festival RecapUAFest 2026 filled Riverside Park in Carleton Place on September 13 with Ukrainian food, music, dance, makers, the Rushnyk of Unity — Rushnyk of Victory and the Unity Ride. See the first photos and what UAFest is building next.
In the PressThree seasons, three newsrooms. Lanark-Leeds Today, 107.7 WOW FM and Hometown News have followed the festival from its first big crowd at Riverside Park to the North American premiere of a record-setting rushnyk.
The RushnykA Ukrainian parish in Scotland gathered around the Rushnyk of Unity — Rushnyk of Victory and added a panel carrying one word: ГЛАЗГО. The cloth that came to Carleton Place on September 13, 2026 grew along the road.
Festival NewsAfter welcoming more than 4,000 guests in 2025, UAFest returns to Riverside Park for its fourth year — a full day of Ukrainian food, music, dance and craft.
Community StoriesIn spring 2023, one garage sale in Carleton Place to help newly arrived Ukrainian families became the first Ukrainian Fest Lanark County. Here's how it grew from there.
Impact ReportsA portion of every UAFest goes to a charity partner supporting Ukrainian children and families affected by the war. Here's why that's been true from the beginning.
Borscht, varenyky, holubtsi and what to expect the first time you walk onto a festival field — recipes and plain answers from the people who cook them.