A couple of pavilions at the Saskatoon Folkfest this year are taking a break and re-energizing for next year.
The Ukrainian and Scottish pavilions say they are taking a step back due to struggles around costs.
“We did not do this because we wanted to, we did it because we had to,” said Marina Sorokan, bar manager for the Ukrainian Karpaty Pavilion.
She said it was a hard decision and added that they appreciated the notes of support from the community since news got out.
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“We were really disappointing our community and all of our volunteers and visitors who were expecting to come to our pavilion.”
A post by the Ukrainian Karpaty Pavilion said that since 2020 there has been a decrease in visitors to the pavilion and that the cost to continue participating in Folkfest keeps rising.
It said that options will be reviewed for next year’s Folkfest and that new members will be …