This was my first Greek culture festival, and I had a great time. There were rooms and rooms of Greek apparel and kitchen items. This includes authentic ingredients. Also there was other stuff "just because", you know; just because it's a festival, such as a variety of oil paintings. We got a tour of a tiny museum of the history of the Greek community in Phoenix, and the tour was given by a lady whose parents were in the old photos on the walls. Pretty amazing.
I thank the festival folks for the free parking and shuttle. It made it very nice. If I had to suggest an improvement, it would be for customer service, because my buddy tried to buy ouzo but the guy behind the booze counter looked right past her and helped the men behind her instead. All of the other counter people were great; very helpful, but that one... left an impression.
The gyro was tasty. We got a plate of doughnut-type pastries that were either filled with or drenched in some kind of sweet syrup. It was like biting into a lava doughnut, with cinnamon. We got the larger size, and that one plate was more than we both could eat. The chocolate-syrup-drizzled baklava was in a MUCH smaller portion, but also an experience to repeat.
To me, the Greek dancing looked like European folk dancing. They had live music, and exhibition dances from various age groups. It ended with an open dance floor in the evening. That was very popular, and when the colored lights came on and the bright white lights went out, there was a roar of appreciation from the crowd. The whole festival, people seemed happy.