The Ukrainian American Civic Center (UACC) presents an exclusive Buffalo engagement with Ukrainian performers plus Americans and Canadians of Polish or Ukrainian descent. This benefit concert titled, Perseverance: A Visual & Musical Journey, will illustrate Ukraine’s fight for freedom, dignity and true independence through the use of sight and sound. A musical expression of traditional Ukrainian and modern English tunes will be enhanced by a visual journey from the past to the present situation in Ukraine. 

Making a special guest appearance from Ukraine will be Serhiy ‘Foma’ Fomenko, a versatile solo performer and lead singer of the band Mandry. Other featured performers will include Julian Kytasty, Yana Bilyk, Victor Mishalow, Karoline Podolak, Yarko Antonevych, and locally known Myron Deputat from the band Those Idiots - with additional appearances by Claudia Podolak, Olivia Podolak, Mira Olma, Antonina Bandrivska and, of special interest, Jurij Fedynskyj, an American expat from Raleigh, North Carolina now living in Ukraine