Festivals in Greece
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Plastiras Lake FestivalFestivals · Neochori, ThessalyFour-day July lakeside music festival with concerts and camping.Prespeia FestivalFestivals · Agios Achilleios, Western MacedoniaFree three-day festival of concerts, theatre and folk arts on the lake island, last weekend of August.Profitis Ilias PanigyriFestivals · Agios Kirykos, Agios KirykosIkaria village panigyri on 20 July, part of the island's May–November panigyri season.Prophet Elias Religious Fair KalambakaFestivals · Kalambaka, ThessalyFive-day panigyri for the Feast of Prophet Elijah from 20 July.Pulsar FestivalFestivals · Samothrace, SamothraceElectronic music festival on Samothrace in early August.RagoutsariaFestivals · Kastoria, KastoriaTraditional carnival of masquerades and brass bands, early January.
Ragoutsaria (Carnival of Kastoria)Festivals · Kastoria, Western MacedoniaCenturies-old three-day masquerade with costumed groups and brass bands, 6–8 January.Rapsani Wine FestivalFestivals · Rapsani, RapsaniFree two-day festival every August with wine, traditional music and dance.Re-enactment of the Liberation of KalamataFestivals · Kalamata, PeloponneseAnnual 23 March re-enactment of the city's 1821 liberation.Road of Giofyra Half MarathonFestivals · Arta, EpirusEnd-of-March half marathon finishing at the landmark stone Bridge of Arta.Rouketopolemos (Rocket War)Festivals · Vrontados, North AegeanEaster Saturday midnight: two rival parishes fire tens of thousands of homemade rockets at each other's belfries.Run Greece HeraklionFestivals · Heraklion, CreteSpring city running event with 10k, 5k and family races.Samos Young Artists FestivalFestivals · Samos, SamosYoung artists festival run by the Schwarz FoundationSani Gourmet FestivalFestivals · Sani, SaniTen-day summer gastronomy festival in Halkidiki.Santorini Jazz FestivalFestivals · Santorini, SantoriniIsland jazz festival, July at Cine KamariSfakian Pie FestivalFestivals · Chora Sfakion, CreteAugust free tastings of sfakiani pita and raki with Cretan bands.Sitia Sultana FestivalFestivals · Sitia, SitiaLate-August festival celebrating the PDO Sitia sultana raisin with tastings, folk music and dance.Skala Kallonis Sardine FestivalFestivals · Skala Kallonis, Skala KallonisLesvos village sardine celebration every 6–7 August.Skopelos Rebetiko FestivalFestivals · Skopelos, ThessalyEarly-July rebetiko festival with concerts and workshops, held since 2018.Skyros Carnival (Geros and Korela)Festivals · Skyros, Central GreeceCarnival weekends with goat-masked "geros" wearing up to 50 kg of goat bells.Syros Jazz FestivalFestivals · Ermoupoli, ErmoupoliJazz festival at the Apollo Theatre; SeptemberThassos FestivalFestivals · Thassos, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceMid-July to August festival of ancient Greek drama, theatre and music on Thassos.Thessaloniki International Book FairFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaAnnual international book fair at TIF-HELEXPO each May; 22nd edition 2026.Thessaloniki OXI Day Military ParadeFestivals · Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki28 October parade closing the city's three-day Saint Demetrius, liberation and OXI Day celebrations.Thessaloniki Wine ShowFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaHELEXPO wine show with 120+ exhibitors and 1,500 labels; expected late March 2027.Tinos Food PathsFestivals · Tinos, South AegeanWeek-long May gastronomy festival with local producers and village feasts.Traditional Pelion Wedding RevivalFestivals · Portaria, ThessalyLate-August re-enactment of a traditional Pelion wedding with music, songs and dances.Trial of the AghaFestivals · Mesta, North AegeanClean Monday satirical mock trial with symbolic fines, followed by a village feast.Tsipouro Festival of KatohoriFestivals · Katohori, ThessalyEarly-June Pelion festival re-enacting tsipouro distilling with free tastings.Tsipouro Festival of Nea PeramosFestivals · Nea Peramos, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceSince 2003: live tsipouro distilling with seafood meze, last weekend of October.Tyrnavos CarnivalFestivals · Tyrnavos, LarissaCarnival known for the Bourani festival on Clean Monday.Tzermiado Potato FestivalFestivals · Tzermiado, CreteLate-August three-day celebration of the Lasithi potato, ~4,000 kg cooked.Ursa TrailFestivals · Metsovo, EpirusTrail race "In the Footsteps of the Bear" organised by the Metsovo Athletic Club since 2013.Venetian Wedding ZakynthosFestivals · Zakynthos, ZakynthosCarnival re-enactment of a 16th-century Venetian wedding.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.White Night AlexandroupolisFestivals · Alexandroupoli, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceAll-night August street festival run by the Traders' Association since 2014.Xanthi Old Town FestivalFestivals · Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceSince 1991: early-September concerts, theatre and dance across three Old Town stages.Xanthiotiko CarnivalFestivals · Xanthi, XanthiThracian folk art carnival festivities with concerts and a Big Parade on the last carnival Sunday.Zagori Mountain RunningFestivals · Tsepelovo, EpirusGreece's largest mountain-running event each July, 10 km to 60 km plus a two-day 93 km challenge.Zakynthos CarnivalFestivals · Zakynthos, Ionian IslandsVenetian-rooted pre-Lent carnival with the Cheese Sunday parade.Zakynthos Carnival Venetian WeddingFestivals · Zakynthos, ZakynthosCarnival street re-enactment of a 16th-century Venetian wedding.Zoniana Shepherd & Cheese FestivalFestivals · Zoniana, CreteShepherds' festival where a near one-ton kefalotyri is cut, with Cretan music.Zorba FestivalFestivals · Heraklion, HeraklionNikos Kazantzakis Museum festival in Heraklion and Myrtia marking 80 years of 'Zorba the Greek' (Jul 29 – Aug 2, 2026).Aegina Fistiki FestFestivals · Aegina, AeginaPistachio harvest festival on Aegina with concerts and exhibitions.Aegina Fistiki Fest (Pistachio Festival)Festivals · Aegina, AtticaAegina Fistiki Fest — annual, September on the Aegina waterfront. Lively festival celebrating the island's PDO pistachios with tastings and market staAgios Gerasimos Feast (16 August)Festivals · Omala, Kefalonia, Ionian IslandsAgios Gerasimos feast — annual, August 16 (and October 20) at the Monastery of Agios Gerasimos in the Omala valley, Kefalonia. The island's patron sai
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, bAnastenaria Firewalking Ritual (21 May)Festivals · Langadas, Central MacedoniaAnastenaria — annual, May 21 (feast of Saints Constantine and Helen), lasting about 3 days. Ancient ecstatic firewalking ritual where 'anastenarides'Animasyros International Animation FestivalFestivals · Ermoupoli, ErmoupoliInternational animation festival held on the island of Syros.Armata Festival of SpetsesFestivals · Spetses, AtticaArmata of Spetses — annual, second weekend of September. Spectacular re-enactment of the island's 1822 naval victory over the Ottoman fleet, staged inCorfu FestivalFestivals · Corfu, Ionian IslandsCorfu Festival — annual, approx 10 days in July with 100+ events. Music, arts and cultural festival staged across Corfu Town's landmark venues — the ODimitria FestivalFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaDimitria Festival — annual cultural festival of the City of Thessaloniki, traditionally held in autumn around the feast of patron Saint Demetrius (OctFeast 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 builFestival of the Snakes — Panagia Fidiotissa (6–15 August)Festivals · Markopoulo, Kefalonia, Ionian IslandsFestival of the Snakes (Panagia Fidiotissa) — annual, approx August 6–15 in Markopoulo, Kefalonia. Famous panigiri where small harmless 'snakes of theGreat Days of NemeaFestivals · Nemea, NemeaWine festival in Nemea celebrating the Agiorgitiko grape.Ifestia FestivalFestivals · Santorini, South AegeanVolcano festival held the last weekend of August commemorating the ancient Thira eruption with fireworks over the caldera.Kalamata International Choir Competition and FestivalFestivals · Kalamata, PeloponneseInternational choir competition and festival organized by INTERKULTUR held in Kalamata.
Ragoutsaria (Carnival of Kastoria)Festivals · Kastoria, Western MacedoniaCenturies-old three-day masquerade with costumed groups and brass bands, 6–8 January.Rapsani Wine FestivalFestivals · Rapsani, RapsaniFree two-day festival every August with wine, traditional music and dance.Re-enactment of the Liberation of KalamataFestivals · Kalamata, PeloponneseAnnual 23 March re-enactment of the city's 1821 liberation.Road of Giofyra Half MarathonFestivals · Arta, EpirusEnd-of-March half marathon finishing at the landmark stone Bridge of Arta.Rouketopolemos (Rocket War)Festivals · Vrontados, North AegeanEaster Saturday midnight: two rival parishes fire tens of thousands of homemade rockets at each other's belfries.Run Greece HeraklionFestivals · Heraklion, CreteSpring city running event with 10k, 5k and family races.Samos Young Artists FestivalFestivals · Samos, SamosYoung artists festival run by the Schwarz FoundationSani Gourmet FestivalFestivals · Sani, SaniTen-day summer gastronomy festival in Halkidiki.Santorini Jazz FestivalFestivals · Santorini, SantoriniIsland jazz festival, July at Cine KamariSfakian Pie FestivalFestivals · Chora Sfakion, CreteAugust free tastings of sfakiani pita and raki with Cretan bands.Sitia Sultana FestivalFestivals · Sitia, SitiaLate-August festival celebrating the PDO Sitia sultana raisin with tastings, folk music and dance.Skala Kallonis Sardine FestivalFestivals · Skala Kallonis, Skala KallonisLesvos village sardine celebration every 6–7 August.Skopelos Rebetiko FestivalFestivals · Skopelos, ThessalyEarly-July rebetiko festival with concerts and workshops, held since 2018.Skyros Carnival (Geros and Korela)Festivals · Skyros, Central GreeceCarnival weekends with goat-masked "geros" wearing up to 50 kg of goat bells.Syros Jazz FestivalFestivals · Ermoupoli, ErmoupoliJazz festival at the Apollo Theatre; SeptemberThassos FestivalFestivals · Thassos, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceMid-July to August festival of ancient Greek drama, theatre and music on Thassos.Thessaloniki International Book FairFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaAnnual international book fair at TIF-HELEXPO each May; 22nd edition 2026.Thessaloniki OXI Day Military ParadeFestivals · Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki28 October parade closing the city's three-day Saint Demetrius, liberation and OXI Day celebrations.Thessaloniki Wine ShowFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaHELEXPO wine show with 120+ exhibitors and 1,500 labels; expected late March 2027.Tinos Food PathsFestivals · Tinos, South AegeanWeek-long May gastronomy festival with local producers and village feasts.Traditional Pelion Wedding RevivalFestivals · Portaria, ThessalyLate-August re-enactment of a traditional Pelion wedding with music, songs and dances.Trial of the AghaFestivals · Mesta, North AegeanClean Monday satirical mock trial with symbolic fines, followed by a village feast.Tsipouro Festival of KatohoriFestivals · Katohori, ThessalyEarly-June Pelion festival re-enacting tsipouro distilling with free tastings.Tsipouro Festival of Nea PeramosFestivals · Nea Peramos, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceSince 2003: live tsipouro distilling with seafood meze, last weekend of October.Tyrnavos CarnivalFestivals · Tyrnavos, LarissaCarnival known for the Bourani festival on Clean Monday.Tzermiado Potato FestivalFestivals · Tzermiado, CreteLate-August three-day celebration of the Lasithi potato, ~4,000 kg cooked.Ursa TrailFestivals · Metsovo, EpirusTrail race "In the Footsteps of the Bear" organised by the Metsovo Athletic Club since 2013.Venetian Wedding ZakynthosFestivals · Zakynthos, ZakynthosCarnival re-enactment of a 16th-century Venetian wedding.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.White Night AlexandroupolisFestivals · Alexandroupoli, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceAll-night August street festival run by the Traders' Association since 2014.Xanthi Old Town FestivalFestivals · Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and ThraceSince 1991: early-September concerts, theatre and dance across three Old Town stages.Xanthiotiko CarnivalFestivals · Xanthi, XanthiThracian folk art carnival festivities with concerts and a Big Parade on the last carnival Sunday.Zagori Mountain RunningFestivals · Tsepelovo, EpirusGreece's largest mountain-running event each July, 10 km to 60 km plus a two-day 93 km challenge.Zakynthos CarnivalFestivals · Zakynthos, Ionian IslandsVenetian-rooted pre-Lent carnival with the Cheese Sunday parade.Zakynthos Carnival Venetian WeddingFestivals · Zakynthos, ZakynthosCarnival street re-enactment of a 16th-century Venetian wedding.Zoniana Shepherd & Cheese FestivalFestivals · Zoniana, CreteShepherds' festival where a near one-ton kefalotyri is cut, with Cretan music.Zorba FestivalFestivals · Heraklion, HeraklionNikos Kazantzakis Museum festival in Heraklion and Myrtia marking 80 years of 'Zorba the Greek' (Jul 29 – Aug 2, 2026).Aegina Fistiki FestFestivals · Aegina, AeginaPistachio harvest festival on Aegina with concerts and exhibitions.Aegina Fistiki Fest (Pistachio Festival)Festivals · Aegina, AtticaAegina Fistiki Fest — annual, September on the Aegina waterfront. Lively festival celebrating the island's PDO pistachios with tastings and market staAgios Gerasimos Feast (16 August)Festivals · Omala, Kefalonia, Ionian IslandsAgios Gerasimos feast — annual, August 16 (and October 20) at the Monastery of Agios Gerasimos in the Omala valley, Kefalonia. The island's patron saiAi-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, bAnastenaria Firewalking Ritual (21 May)Festivals · Langadas, Central MacedoniaAnastenaria — annual, May 21 (feast of Saints Constantine and Helen), lasting about 3 days. Ancient ecstatic firewalking ritual where 'anastenarides'Animasyros International Animation FestivalFestivals · Ermoupoli, ErmoupoliInternational animation festival held on the island of Syros.Armata Festival of SpetsesFestivals · Spetses, AtticaArmata of Spetses — annual, second weekend of September. Spectacular re-enactment of the island's 1822 naval victory over the Ottoman fleet, staged inCorfu FestivalFestivals · Corfu, Ionian IslandsCorfu Festival — annual, approx 10 days in July with 100+ events. Music, arts and cultural festival staged across Corfu Town's landmark venues — the ODimitria FestivalFestivals · Thessaloniki, Central MacedoniaDimitria Festival — annual cultural festival of the City of Thessaloniki, traditionally held in autumn around the feast of patron Saint Demetrius (OctFeast 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 builFestival of the Snakes — Panagia Fidiotissa (6–15 August)Festivals · Markopoulo, Kefalonia, Ionian IslandsFestival of the Snakes (Panagia Fidiotissa) — annual, approx August 6–15 in Markopoulo, Kefalonia. Famous panigiri where small harmless 'snakes of theGreat Days of NemeaFestivals · Nemea, NemeaWine festival in Nemea celebrating the Agiorgitiko grape.Ifestia FestivalFestivals · Santorini, South AegeanVolcano festival held the last weekend of August commemorating the ancient Thira eruption with fireworks over the caldera.Kalamata International Choir Competition and FestivalFestivals · Kalamata, PeloponneseInternational choir competition and festival organized by INTERKULTUR held in Kalamata.Regions of Greece
Attica 1,350Thessaloniki 519Central Macedonia 430Attiki 399Ioannina 357Athens 347South Aegean 323Crete 311Thessaly 214Ileia 212Peloponnese 202Achaïa 194Arkadia 172Magnisia 170Korinthia 162Kilkis 161Larisa 160Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 159Western Greece 158Kerkyra 155Central Greece 153Kavala 144Kyklades 142Drama 140Lakonia 134Evvoia 134Imathia 133Thesprotia 123Epirus 122Ionian Islands 122Irakleio 120Arta 119Samos 115Trikala 111Preveza 109Kastoria 109Serres 104Chios 96Dodekánisa 95North Aegean 88Chalkidiki 85Rodopi 77Evros 69Heraklion 68Lefkada 65Chania 65Kozani 55Lesvos 42Western Macedonia 39Kefallinia 35Corfu 30Rhodes 30Cyclades 29Florina 28Patras 25Naxos 25Volos 23Pella 20البحيرة 19Zagori 18
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