Festivals in Crete
26 festivals in Crete. Find a community near you.
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Agios Nikolaos Nautical WeekFestivals · Agios Nikolaos, CreteLate-June municipal week of sea sports and culture ending with fireworks.Anopoli Graviera FestivalFestivals · Anopoli, CreteSince 1985: 15 August Sfakian communal table with graviera and live music.Archanes Sultana Grape FestivalFestivals · Archanes, CreteEarly-August village festival of sultana grapes and wine.Battle of Crete CommemorationsFestivals · Chania, CreteAnnual May WWII memorial week with Allied and Greek ceremonies.Chania Rock FestivalFestivals · Chania, CreteRock and metal festival in Chania.Cretan World Music FestivalFestivals · Chania, CreteJuly world-music festival founded in 2014 across three Chania stages.Crete Half MarathonFestivals · Arkalochori, CreteOctober half-marathon, 10k and 5k; 5,500 runners from 52 countries in 2025.Elos Chestnut FestivalFestivals · Elos, CreteSince the 1960s: late-October chestnut dishes, product fair, music and dancing.Heraklion Summer Arts FestivalFestivals · Heraklion, CreteJuly to September: 70+ music, dance, theatre and opera performances.Kandanos Tsikoudia FestivalFestivals · Kandanos, CreteNovember festival of raki distilling in large cauldrons with food and music.Klidonas Celebration VamosFestivals · Vamos, Crete23–24 June St John's Eve custom with bonfire-jumping, run by the Vamos Cultural Society.Kyrvia FestivalFestivals · Ierapetra, CreteMid-July to August municipal festival of folk music, dance and theatre.Lato Cultural FestivalFestivals · Agios Nikolaos, CreteJuly–August festival of open-air theatre, lyra and jazz concerts and mantinades.Run Greece HeraklionFestivals · Heraklion, CreteSpring city running event with 10k, 5k and family races.Sfakian Pie FestivalFestivals · Chora Sfakion, CreteAugust free tastings of sfakiani pita and raki with Cretan bands.Tzermiado Potato FestivalFestivals · Tzermiado, CreteLate-August three-day celebration of the Lasithi potato, ~4,000 kg cooked.Vlatos Jazz FestivalFestivals · Vlatos, CreteSummer acoustic jazz and world-music festival in a historic stone church.Vlatos KazaniFestivals · Vlatos, CreteAutumn Saturday raki-distilling days with food and music.Voukolies Tsikoudia FestivalFestivals · Voukolies, CreteEarly-November raki festival with live cauldron distilling.Zoniana Shepherd & Cheese FestivalFestivals · Zoniana, CreteShepherds' festival where a near one-ton kefalotyri is cut, with Cretan music.Kornaria Cultural FestivalFestivals · Sitia, CreteKornaria Festival — annual, July–August in Sitia, eastern Crete (Lasithi). The municipality's long-running cultural festival honouring Cretan-RenaissaPanigiri of KremastiFestivals · Kremasti, CreteFestival of the Virgin Mary held on 15 August in Kremasti village, a major Orthodox celebration.Renaissance Festival of RethymnoFestivals · Rethymno, CreteRenaissance Festival of Rethymno — annual since 1987, summer (approx July–September). Cretan-Renaissance themed cultural festival staged largely at thRethymno Renaissance FestivalFestivals · Rethymno, CreteAnnual cultural festival in Rethymno celebrating the Cretan Renaissance with theatre, music and arts.Dafnes Wine FestivalFestivals · Dafnes, CreteVillage wine festival since 1976 with free Liatiko wine, Cretan food and folk dance.Rethymno CarnivalFestivals · Rethymno, CreteCarnival of Crete with treasure hunt, night and grand parades.
Cities in Crete
Heraklion 107Chania 52Rethymno 36Άγιος Νικόλαος 8Ιεράπετρα 5Μοίρες 4Elounda 4Sitia 3Αγία Βαρβάρα 3Γάζι 3Μακρυγιαλός 2Agios Nikolaos 2Παλαίκαστρο 2Πανόραμα 2Vlatos 2Αλικιανός 2Επάνω Αρχάνες 2Kolymbari 2Νεάπολη 2Vamos 2Πάνορμος 2Κουνουπιδιανά 2Platanias 1Νωπήγεια 1Κουνάβοι 1Γεράνι 1Κουφονήσι 1Sissi 1Ierapetra 1Καλαμάκι 1Dafnes 1Νέα Αλικαρνασσός 1Βασιλική 1Θραψανό 1Kremasti 1Archanes 1Voukolies 1Πρινές 1Elos 1Κρούστας 1Alagni 1Πεζά 1Τέρτσα 1Έξω Λακκώνια (ή Παναγία) 1Matala 1Άνω Ροδάκινο 1Ανώγεια 1Λοχριά 1Μάταλα 1Σούγια 1Πλάτανος 1Πεύκοι 1Κόκκινος Πύργος 1Tzermiado 1Φραντζεσκιανά Μετόχια 1Δαράτσος 1Skalani 1Omalos 1Στόλοι 1Episkopi 1
Festivals elsewhere
Festivals in Attica 1,350Festivals in Thessaloniki 519Festivals in Central Macedonia 430Festivals in Attiki 399Festivals in Ioannina 357Festivals in Athens 347Festivals in South Aegean 323Festivals in Thessaly 214Festivals in Ileia 212Festivals in Peloponnese 202Festivals in Achaïa 194Festivals in Arkadia 172Festivals in Magnisia 170Festivals in Korinthia 162Festivals in Kilkis 161Festivals in Larisa 160Festivals in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 159Festivals in Western Greece 158Festivals in Kerkyra 155Festivals in Central Greece 153Festivals in Kavala 144Festivals in Kyklades 142Festivals in Drama 140Festivals in Lakonia 134