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Want to help create something that thousands of people experience?
Cleveland Kurentovanje doesn’t happen because a professional event company comes in and puts on a festival. It is imagined, planned, built, and brought to life by volunteers from our community. And as we prepare for our 15th annual festival in 2027, we’re looking for new people, new ideas, and new talents to join our 20+ person organizing team.
Volunteering on the organizing team is an opportunity to help shape a major Cleveland cultural event—from performances, arts and cultural programming, and the parade to marketing, sponsorships, logistics, community partnerships, children’s activities, and everything happening behind the scenes.
Why come to Volunteer Info Night?
Meet new people. CK brings together people of different ages, backgrounds, professions, and connections to Slovenian culture. Some people come because of their heritage; others simply want to get involved in a fun, interesting and inclusive major Cleveland cultural event.
Put your skills to work in a meaningful way. Whether you’re good at organizing, project management, marketing, writing, design, fundraising, logistics, relationship-building, technology -- or something we haven’t thought of yet -- there is probably a way to use that talent here.
Try something completely new. Volunteering gives you opportunities you may never encounter in your everyday life: help produce a cultural program, work with performers, organize a parade, build a community partnership, help run a large-scale event, or take an idea from a conversation all the way to something thousands of people experience.
Grow your own skills. Cleveland Kurentovanje is a real-world place to develop leadership, planning, communication, creative problem-solving, and teamwork skills while working alongside people with very different experiences and expertise.
Create meaningful cultural experiences. Your work helps keep arts and cultural traditions alive, introduces them to new audiences, supports arts and cultural programming, and brings people into the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood.
Be part of something bigger than yourself. There is a very different feeling that comes from standing at the festival and realizing, we made this happen. An idea that started months earlier around a table has become a parade, a performance, a children's activity, an exhibit, or an experience thousands will collectively remember.
You do not need to know anything about organizing a festival before you join us You don’t need to have Slovenian heritage, and you don’t need to know exactly how you want to help. Bring your interests, your skills, curiosity, and ideas. We can figure out where you fit from there.
Come to our 2027 Volunteer Info Night, meet the people behind Cleveland Kurentovanje, learn how the festival comes together, and find out how you could be part of creating year 15.
You might come looking for a way to volunteer. You may leave with new friends, new skills, some great stories, and a festival that feels a little bit like yours.
Other Info:
Location: Hopkins Club Room, 6417 St. Clair Ave. (located under the Mansion)
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Dress: Come as you are!
Parking: Free behind Slovenian National Home