Greece – Dates & Venues

Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:22:37 +0000

Once a year, from late May to the mid August (various dates), several culture events take place. Culture events as theatre plays, music, dance and other productions according to Greece’s ancient tradition. Athens Epidaurus Festival is known as one of the leading classic culture event in the world. It is held mainly in the ancient theatre […]

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Spartathlon – Ultramarathon Race (Athens to Sparta) 2025

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:23:57 +0000

Every year, on the last Friday of September, the Spartathlon race starts from the Acropolises foot square in Athens (fFrom Athens to Sparta). This is an Ultra marathon with the participation of more than 200 runners from all over the world. The race perpetuates the heroic story of Pheidippides the messenger of the Greek army. According […]

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Oxi (No) Day in Greece 2025

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:22:44 +0000

October 28th is, according to modern Greece history, the day when Greece demonstrated its national coherence and fighting as an independent nation for the freedom and liberty of it citizens. On October 28th 1940, Greece Prime Minister, Ioannis Metaxas, refused to accept the ultimatum of Benito Mussolini, the ruler of Italy, which demanded that the […]

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Athens Marathon 2025

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:23:56 +0000

Athens Marathon In contrary to the Marathon races in various cities worldwide, the participants of the Marathon race in Athens take part in perpetuation the heroic story about Pheidippides, the messenger of the Greek army who was sent from Marathon to Athens in order to inform the victory of the Greek army upon the Persian […]

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Gynaikokratia Festival 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:33:39 +0000

Gynaikokratia Festival – (Gynaikokratia literally means “women rule” or “a government of women”) is celebrated, every year, on January 8th. This is a feminist event that breaks the tradition for one day and the roles between men and women are switched. On this day the women filled the coffee houses, the taverns and the villages’ […]

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Patras Carnival 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:22:12 +0000

Patras’ carnival is one of the most famous in Greece. The carnival festivities take place each year between mid January to mid February (various dates). It ends with the burning at the stake of the King of Carnival and a big parade of floats and costumed groups. Thousands locals and tourists attend the carnival. Due […]

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Flour Throwing Festival in Galaxidi 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:24:11 +0000

The Flour Throwing Festival The little harbor town, Galaxidi (Γαλαξίδι), is located on the south central part of Greece, north to the Peloponess. The city is covered, every year, with more than 1.5 ton of colored flour which is thrown on the locales and the mass of tourists who attend the most insane battle. The […]

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Rocket War in Chios Island 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:24:50 +0000

Once a year, on the night between Saturday and Sunday of Easter (Holy Saturday), a traditional fireworks battle between the people of Saint Mark church and the people of Virgin Mary Erethianis church, is held. The churches that are situated one against the other, function as targets to a mutual fire. On Saturday evening, around […]

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The Fire Walking Ritual of Greek Macedonia 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:22:23 +0000

The Anastenaria is a northern Greece traditional ritual of fire walking which dates back to pagan times. There are variations in the ritual from place to place, and though the ”Anastenaria” is a ceremony that derives from times before Christ, it is dedicated and attached to the christian faith. This ceremony takes place on Saint-Konstantinos […]

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Ireon Music Festival Samos 2026

Eyal — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:33:13 +0000

Ireon music festival is held, every year, in Samos / Σάμος island which is located in the Aegean sea near Turkey inshore. This is a rhythmic festival that promises three days of quality rock. The festival’s program, lineup information and the admission fee cost are present in the festival’s website.

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