SUMMER _ JUNE _ AUGUST A crowd favourite and for good reason. This festivals transforms Athens into one big (and free) outdoor cinema all summer long. Timeless classics are screened under the starry Athenian sky against a backdrop of iconic landmarks: museums, squares, gardens, and archaeological parks. Read more…

AUTUMN_OCTOBER _ DECEMBER Athens’ longest running film festival is a must-attend event for anyone with an appetite for European arthouse movies and world cinema. Read more…

AUTUMN _ SEPTEMBER Are you the kind of person who likes to tick off the most buzzed-about movies of the season, well ahead of the pack? Or casually name-drop at dinner parties that hot indie flick you’ve just seen? If so, and you’re in Athens in late September, well done. You’ve hit the jackpot. The madly popular Athens International Film Read more…

SUMMER _ JUNE Release Athens was launched in 2016. Since then, it has become one of the most important summer music events in Greece. Using as its main venue Nero Square, a wonderful place located by the sea and at the same time a few minutes away from the city center, and with a basic motto of extroversion and optimism, Read more…

SPRING _ MAY Here’s something to get jazzed about. A week-long celebration of jazz beats at one of the city’s most happening venues, Technopolis. Local and international musicians perform under the Athenian skies well into the warm summer night. Did we mention that it’s free? Read more…

SUMMER – JUNE – JULY An oasis in the centre of Athens that transforms into the liveliest music scene in the city every summer. Read more…