The Macedonian community of New Jersey, the newpaper Makedonski Glas, and the United Macedonian Diaspora are inviting you celebrate the Macedonian Indepence Day at this festival. The festival will be held at Twentietn Century Park in Garfield, New Jersey.

The festival will be held on Friday from 05:00 Pm till 11:00 PM, then on Saturday from 11:00 am till 11:00 pm, and on Sunday from 11:00 am till 10:00 pm. Come eat some ethnic Macedonian food, attend several cultural and hitoric displays, meet other fellow Macedonians and above all have great time.

Later on on Saturday the world renown guitarist, Vlatko Stefanovski will have a concert. Note that the concert is held at a different venue from the festival.

Vlatko Stefanovski Trio Concert
Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 8:30pm
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Sts. Kiril & Metodij
1050 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009

Tickets $35 at the door

More Info:
Nevenka Ivanovska: (201) 223-1913
           Ohrid Travel:  (973) 340-3210
        Nick Milevski:  (973) 652-5110
   Nikola Ristevski:  (973) 441-3983

Vlatko Stefanovski is a virtuoso ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player from the Republic of Macedonia. Born in Prilep, he started playing guitar at the age of 13. Stefanovski was one of the founding members of Leb i Sol with whom he recorded 13 albums between 1978 and 1991. He currently splits his time playing with his VS Trio, in an acoustic partnership with Miroslav Tadic or composing for film and theatre. He is the brother of dramatist Goran Stefanovski. Stefanovski has played a wide variety of guitars, including a Gibson SG, a Fender Stratocaster - heavily modified with Schecter and Radulovic parts, a Telecaster, a Radulovic super-strat and a Pensa-Suhr super-strat. The influence of ethnic and folk music of Southeastern Europe and more specifically of the music of the Republic of Macedonia are recognizable in his occasional use of odd meters (5/4, 7/8) and non-traditional scales (e.g. the Phrygian dominant scale).