Festivals in South Aegean
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Hippocratia FestivalFestivals · Kos, South AegeanMunicipal June–November festival honouring Hippocrates with concerts, theatre and the Oath at the Asklepieion.Kalymnos Sponge WeekFestivals · Pothia, South AegeanWeek after Easter celebrating the sponge-diving tradition with dance, food and fireworks.Milos FestivalFestivals · Adamas, South AegeanThree-day municipal cultural programme, first weekend of July.Naxos Potato FestivalFestivals · Agia Anna, South AegeanThe largest rural festival in the Cyclades each September, frying ~600 kg of potatoes.Olympos Easter Tuesday ProcessionFestivals · Olympos, South AegeanIcons decorated with local scarves are carried to every church for a basil-water blessing.Panagia Chrysopigi FeastFestivals · Sifnos, South AegeanSifnos's biggest feast on Ascension Day with icon procession and free chickpea stew.Panagia Hozoviotissa FeastFestivals · Amorgos, South Aegean21 November patronal feast of the cliffside monastery on Amorgos.Panagia Portaitissa FeastFestivals · Astypalaia, South AegeanAstypalaia's main Dormition feast, 14–15 August.Panagia Spiliani FeastFestivals · Mandraki, South AegeanThe largest Dodecanese pilgrimage, 14–15 August on Nisyros, with an all-night panigiri.Patmos Sacred Music FestivalFestivals · Patmos, South AegeanLate-summer sacred music festival with Greek and international choirs.Tinos Food PathsFestivals · Tinos, South AegeanWeek-long May gastronomy festival with local producers and village feasts.
Ai-Giannis Klidonas (24 June)Festivals · Naxos, South AegeanAi-Giannis Klidonas — annual, evening of June 23 into June 24 (feast of St John the Baptist). Nationwide midsummer custom: villagers light bonfires, bFeast of Agios Panteleimon (27 July)Festivals · Tilos, South AegeanFeast of Agios Panteleimon (St Pantaleon the Healer) — annual, July 27. One of summer's great Dodecanese panigiria centres on the Monastery of Agios PFeast of Profitis Ilias (20 July)Festivals · Santorini, South AegeanFeast of Profitis Ilias (Prophet Elijah) — annual, July 20. Celebrated at hilltop chapels and monasteries dedicated to the prophet, traditionally builIfestia FestivalFestivals · Santorini, South AegeanVolcano festival held the last weekend of August commemorating the ancient Thira eruption with fireworks over the caldera.Medieval Rose Festival of RhodesFestivals · Rhodes, South AegeanMedieval Rose Festival — annual since 2006, summer, in the UNESCO-listed Medieval Old Town of Rhodes. One of Europe's liveliest medieval festivals: arNaxos Dance FestivalFestivals · Naxos, South AegeanNaxos Dance Festival — annual, early June (2026 peak approx June 6) at the seaside central square of Naxos Town. Open-air dance festival with professiNaxos Festival (Bazeos Tower)Festivals · Naxos, South AegeanNaxos Festival — annual since 2001, approx June–September at the 17th-century Bazeos Tower near Sangri, Naxos. Cycladic cultural festival of concerts,Panagia Ekatontapyliani Festival (15 August)Festivals · Parikia, Paros, South AegeanPanagia Ekatontapyliani — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin) in Parikia, Paros. One of the Cyclades' grandest panigiria at the 1,500-year-oldPanagia tis Olymbou Festival (15 August)Festivals · Olympos, Karpathos, South AegeanPanagia tis Olymbou — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin) in the mountain village of Olympos, Karpathos. One of Greece's most authentic panigi
Panagia tis Tinou — Dormition Pilgrimage (15 August)Festivals · Tinos, South AegeanPanagia tis Tinou — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin), Greece's largest religious pilgrimage. Tens of thousands of pilgrims travel to the ChFeast of Panagia Evangelistria TinosFestivals · Tinos, South AegeanThe largest Marian pilgrimage in Greece on 15 August, with icon procession.
Ai-Giannis Klidonas (24 June)Festivals · Naxos, South AegeanAi-Giannis Klidonas — annual, evening of June 23 into June 24 (feast of St John the Baptist). Nationwide midsummer custom: villagers light bonfires, bFeast of Agios Panteleimon (27 July)Festivals · Tilos, South AegeanFeast of Agios Panteleimon (St Pantaleon the Healer) — annual, July 27. One of summer's great Dodecanese panigiria centres on the Monastery of Agios PFeast of Profitis Ilias (20 July)Festivals · Santorini, South AegeanFeast of Profitis Ilias (Prophet Elijah) — annual, July 20. Celebrated at hilltop chapels and monasteries dedicated to the prophet, traditionally builIfestia FestivalFestivals · Santorini, South AegeanVolcano festival held the last weekend of August commemorating the ancient Thira eruption with fireworks over the caldera.Medieval Rose Festival of RhodesFestivals · Rhodes, South AegeanMedieval Rose Festival — annual since 2006, summer, in the UNESCO-listed Medieval Old Town of Rhodes. One of Europe's liveliest medieval festivals: arNaxos Dance FestivalFestivals · Naxos, South AegeanNaxos Dance Festival — annual, early June (2026 peak approx June 6) at the seaside central square of Naxos Town. Open-air dance festival with professiNaxos Festival (Bazeos Tower)Festivals · Naxos, South AegeanNaxos Festival — annual since 2001, approx June–September at the 17th-century Bazeos Tower near Sangri, Naxos. Cycladic cultural festival of concerts,Panagia Ekatontapyliani Festival (15 August)Festivals · Parikia, Paros, South AegeanPanagia Ekatontapyliani — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin) in Parikia, Paros. One of the Cyclades' grandest panigiria at the 1,500-year-oldPanagia tis Olymbou Festival (15 August)Festivals · Olympos, Karpathos, South AegeanPanagia tis Olymbou — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin) in the mountain village of Olympos, Karpathos. One of Greece's most authentic panigiPanagia tis Tinou — Dormition Pilgrimage (15 August)Festivals · Tinos, South AegeanPanagia tis Tinou — annual, August 15 (Dormition of the Virgin), Greece's largest religious pilgrimage. Tens of thousands of pilgrims travel to the ChFeast of Panagia Evangelistria TinosFestivals · Tinos, South AegeanThe largest Marian pilgrimage in Greece on 15 August, with icon procession.Cities in South Aegean
Rhodes 66Santorini 32Mykonos 18Naxos 15Kos 14Naoussa 13Oia 8Patmos 6Tinos 6Ιαλυσός 6Ermoupoli 5Τήνος 5Βάρη 5Καλαβάρδα 5Folegandros 4Symi 4Imerovigli 4Αρχάγγελος 3Αφάντου 3Αγία Μαρίνα 3Λίνδος 3Ερμούπολη 3Κάλυμνος 3Ζηπάρι 2Απόλλωνα 2Κολύμπια 2Πάρος (ή Παροικιά) 2Χώρα 2Fira 2Κορησσία 2Άνω Μερά 2Καλυθιές 2Φαληράκι 2Olympos 2Adamas 1Πυλώνας 1Μαστιχάρι 1Κίμωλος 1Έμπωνας 1Στεγνά 1Mastichari 1Παραδείσι 1Astypalaia 1Pothia 1Pyrgos 1Σορωνή 1Ornos 1Κάρπαθος 1Masouri 1Μικρή Βίβλα (ή Μικρή Βίγλα) 1Καρτεράδος 1Agia Anna 1Akrotiri 1Λακκί 1Αρτεμώνας 1Πάτμος 1Καμάρι 1Μήλος (ή Πλάκα) 1Sifnos 1Parikia, Paros 1
Festivals elsewhere
Festivals in Attica 1,351Festivals in Thessaloniki 527Festivals in Central Macedonia 435Festivals in Attiki 399Festivals in Ioannina 357Festivals in Athens 357Festivals in Crete 314Festivals 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 154Festivals in Kavala 144Festivals in Kyklades 142Festivals in Drama 140Festivals in Lakonia 134