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Summer festival season in Erie officially begins this Friday with the return of the Troika Festival, a beloved annual event celebrating Russian culture, food, and community.<\/p>\n
Now in its 16th year, the Troika Festival will take place from Friday through Sunday at the Church of the Nativity, a Russian Orthodox Church located on German Street.<\/p>\n
Festivalgoers can expect a lively weekend filled with traditional cuisine, music, and family-friendly activities spread across the church grounds. Organizers say the event offers a chance for the community to come together and experience cultural traditions that have become a summertime staple in Erie.<\/p>\n
One of the festival\u2019s most popular attractions is the \u201cIce Bar,\u201d a unique feature carved from a large block of ice. Local companies form teams to staff the bar, serving drinks while raising money for various charitable causes\u2014blending fun with philanthropy.<\/p>\n
The Troika Festival opens Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., followed by weekend hours from noon to 6 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
As the first of many cultural festivals planned this summer, Troika sets the tone for the season bringing together food, entertainment, and community spirit in the heart of Erie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer festival season in Erie officially begins this Friday with the return of the Troika Festival, a beloved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[524,136,138,137,87498,87499,87497],"class_list":["post-197082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-community","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-russian-culture","tag-summer-festival","tag-troika-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}