While many are sleeping-off earlier excesses on New Year's Day, others in Greece are celebrating the Orthodox Christian Feast of Saint Basil. In churches...
The fourth largest city in Greece, Patras organises the most famous carnival in the country and one of the biggest in the Mediterranean. More than 300,000...
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Dance
, Spectacle
, Kids' Stuff
, Culture
, Entertainment
, Music
Epiphany is celebrated throughout Greece with a Blessing of the Waters and of all the vessels that sail thereon. One particular ceremony is widespread...
Athens celebrates carnival in the run up to Orthodox Lent and closes, on the first day of Lent, with the traditional Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera)....
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Entertainment
, Dance
, Religion
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival is the leading event of its kind in Greece. It features a selection of Greek and foreign productions, retrospectives,...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Art & Literature
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
Independence (or Liberation Day as it is sometimes called) falls on the day of Annunciation, one of the great feast days celebrated by the Orthodox church....
Easter (Pascha) is the biggest celebration of Orthodox Christians and also the richest in folklore. Celebrating the resurrection of Christ and the passage...
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History
, Culture
, Religion
, Food & Drink
The slayer of dragons, Saint George (Ayios Georgios) is also the patron saint of shepherds. His day is observed with great ceremony, especially in rural...
Drawing on the rich folkloric tradition of rural Greece, the highly respected Dora Stratou Theatre Company perform their repertoire of more than 200 dance...
A public holiday in Greece, Labour Day is celebrated with parades in many cities. The stongest tradition, though, coincides with the height of springtime...
Themes:
Nature & Wildlife
, Spectacle
, Culture
, History
The warm summer evenings in Athens can be pretty cool up on Lycabettus Hill. A modem open-air hilltop amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 4,000, the...
Combining a dramatic architectural setting with evocative lighting, projected images and stereophonic sound, this show is a kind of theatre without actors....
Held over four days, the Thessaloniki Book Fair presents Greek and international books to an audience of publishing professionals, the media, schools...
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Theatre & Film
, Exhibitions
, Art & Literature
, Business
Organised by Thessaloniki International Film Festival, VideoDance takes place in Athens and is repeated immediately afterwards in Thessaloniki. It is...
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Spectacle
, Art & Literature
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
The idea of walking on embers began in these parts in 1250, supposedly when holy images were miraculously rescued by local people from a burning church....
As classical venues go, it would be hard to beat the 2,000 year-old Odeon of Herod Atticus, at the foot of the Athens Acropolis. The marble theatre seating...
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Spectacle
, Culture
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Art & Literature
, Dance
, Music
On Friday and Saturday evenings throughout the summer, classical Greek drama is played out at an equally classical Greek site - the Ancient Theatre of...
The festival celebrates the achievements of the great Admiral Miaoulis, a Hydriot hero of the War of Independence. Thanks in part to his naval victory,...
The complex at Moni Lazariston accommodates five of the most important cultural organizations of Thessaloniki: the National Theatre of Northern Greece,...
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Dance
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Music
The idea of 'Fete de la Musique' was a European initiative, launched in 1982 as the only Pan-European cultural event dedicated to music. Held over the...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Pop(ular)
, Entertainment
, Music
, Culture
The premier festival of rock music in Greece takes place 40km (25 miles) from Athens, in a 15,000-capacity events venue. The event attracts some big name...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Music
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