Category: Events

You are in Athens, it’s late May, so naturally your next instagram post goes “summer in Athens be like…” But what’s the right photo? Yep, you got it. A cocktail. Athens City Festival shakes, stirs and serves you Athens Cocktail Week. Bar-hop through ten of the city’s best bars for a taste of limited edition cocktails Read more…

Classical music buffs, Athens City Festival got you covered, with the introduction of the Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra’s new talents. On the 21st, virtuoso violinist Christoforos Petridis performs the Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto. Hungarian Dance no. 1 by Johannes Brahms and Symphony no. 7 by Antonín Dvořák complete the evening. And, on the 28th, the spotlight is Read more…

Athens City Festival embraces social re-integration street paper Shedia Magazine’s Invisible Routes, a tour guided by (formerly or not) homeless people, that shines a light to a different aspect of the city, less festive but equally important. Listen to first-hand experiences of homeless life in the Greek capital and join in to boost Shedia’s effort. Read more…

Imagine the Acropolis’ white marbles glowing up against a dense black background. That’s exactly what happens in Vera Lutter’s new camera-obscura photographs. Gagosian Gallery Athens hosts the latest exhibition of the acclaimed New York-based German photographer, Fragments of Time Past. Commissioned by The New York Times, the project features a photo series of reversed negatives Read more…

The City of Athens is in constant communication with the Ministry of Health and the National Health Organisation to ensure the safety of all residents and visitors to Athens. Because of global developments with regards to the coronavirus COVID-19, many scheduled public events and performances in Athens are being postponed or cancelled. You may find Read more…

There’s only ever going to be one rock’n’roll King, we know – and we’ actually can’t wait to catch Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis in cinemas later this year. There will, also, always be artists that sound as if they were born in different times. Nick Waterhouse, for example, would have managed to steal away a bit Read more…