Category: Events

Still perplexed and delighted by her immense popularity in Greece, Imany visits the capital for what promises to be a ripping show at the Athens Concert Hall. If you need a reason to hit this one, we have eight for you. That’s how many cellos will join this French performer of Comorian descent on the Megaron stage Read more…

How often do you listen to the radio? Athenians tend to do so a lot, and we often follow our favourite radio producers as they DJ around the city. In our first Athens City Festival edition, we thought we’d get them all in one place. Well, actually, four places on four different occasions, but who’s counting Read more…

Iannis Xenakis, internationally known master of avant-garde music, lived an extraordinary life. He fought alongside the Greek National Liberation Front, a communist resistance group against the Nazi occupation of Greece during WWII. He suffered a horrendous injury after a shrapnel cost him the loss of sight in one eye. He was declared a traitor for Read more…

Movies and cocktails with a view of the Parthenon. Sounds dreamy, right? Art space and performance centre Bios happens to have the key ingredient to Athenian summer: a rooftop bar which turns into an open-air cinema. During May, and for every Thursday, film society KINO Athens teams up with Bios for their weekly independent American Read more…

The life and work of one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century is being celebrated in a month long tribute this May, as part of the This is Athens City Festival. Manos Loizos’s whole catalogue of work – yep, his whole body of work, not just some of his best Read more…

22/7/22 TERRA VIBE PARK / ATHENS Rockwave 2022 The Rockwave Festival takes place on July 22nd 2022 at the pine tree-decked stage of Terra Vibe Park at Malakasa. The festival has announced its lineup, presenting Social Distortion. True punks in sound and spirit, the Californians are the kind of badass buddies that stick with you Read more…