Midwest Yiddishfest - Kugel and Klezmer Finale Event
- Event Type
- Ceremony/Service
- Sponsor
- The Program in Jewish Culture & Society, CU Jewish Federation
- Location
- Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), Multipurpose Room 7
- Date
- Nov 16, 2025 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Contact
- Alex Lyon
- allyon2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 7
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
Celebrate the festival’s grand finale with a kugel cook-off and taste-off! Featuring a performance by our local Papashoy Klezmer Band and guest judges Gioconda Guerra Perez (UIUC Interim Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Deb Feinen (Mayor of Champaign), and Deshawn Williams (Mayor of Urbana), competitors will vie for the People's Choice and Judges' Choice awards - Click here to enter your own kugel.