WASHINGTON UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL

Do you remember how over the past few months the Washington Ukrainian Humanitarian Center turned holidays and gatherings into lifelines?
We celebrated the New Year together. We organized community bazaars. We hosted master classes - people learning, creating, sharing skills - all with one purpose: to raise funds for defibrillators for evacuation teams and first responders in Ukraine. Because when a heart stops, there are only minutes. And minutes are everything.
And now we have big news. 400 defibrillators are ready to ship.
In a room filled with stacked boxes and the steady sound of packing tape, our tireless volunteers - Suzanne Carbone, Steven Dudzik, Raymond Novak, and Paul Van Akkeren - showed up day after day. They lifted, packed, sorted, and built pallets by hand, because somewhere in Ukraine, an evacuation crew may soon open one of those boxes and use it to save a life.
It’s hard to measure what a community can do from thousands of miles away. But sometimes it looks like this: pallets wrapped and ready to cross an ocean, carrying not just equipment, but the possibility of another heartbeat.
If you’d like to learn more about our work or support future lifesaving shipments, please visit our website www.uhcus.org

We’re already setting up the stage, lights, and screens for this unforgettable night! Watch the video below for a personal invitation from Kozak himself. He’s performing almost every day on his North American tour and we can’t wait to welcome him to our venue!

A celebration of the rich tradition of Ukrainian music - where the steppe resounds, the saber rings, and truth speaks straight from the heart.
100% of proceeds go to tactical medicine for Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛Reserve your tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/washingtonukrainianhumanitariancenter/1882256

Event Details:
• Doors open: 6:30 PM
• Show begins: 7:00 PM
• Tickets: $30 | Free for under 18 (with a registered child ticket along with a purchased adult ticket)
• Free parking available
• FOOD & DRINKS available for purchase

At this year’s Washington Ukrainian Festival, visitors didn’t just recite poems by Ukrainian poets — they also tested their knowledge of history. We asked the questions, and they came up with the answers.

Now it’s your turn! Listen to the question, pause the video, and try to guess the answer before it appears. We first tried this little quiz with friends during a cozy Independence Day gathering at home. This year, we brought it to the Festival for the very first time — and our guests rose to the challenge.

We couldn’t fit all the questions and answers into the video, but we look forward to seeing you next year — and maybe you’ll be our next winners!