Clean Monday – Kathara Deftera, Let’s go fly a kite!
Title: Clean Monday – Kathara Deftera, Let’s go fly a kit! Location: Filopappou Hill Description: Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera), February 15 FILOPAPPOU HILL, 10:00 Traditional music and Greek dances featuring Lakis Halkias, Stella Konitopoulou and the Zisis Foundation Dance Troupe. AKADMIA PLATONOS, 11:00 Traditional music by the group Aggelika Plasmeni and Greek dances by the [...]
14 voices, 1 piano, for love … free music in Athens
The love that Technopolis and Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis feel for the new generation of music transforms into a night of celebration on the occasion of a special event organized by the 3rd City District of the City of Athens on February 14, 2010, the day of love and last day of Carnival season. Singer [...]
Don’t miss the Party! Athens Apokreas – Carnival 2010
Once more the city of Athens will be celebrating Carnival this February. Carnival Season starts on Thursday, February 4, 2010 with Smoke Thursday dinners across the city. Carnival is one of the most festive times to visit Athens, as the city has planned a full schedule of events designed to please young and old alike. [...]
Apokries 2009 – Carnival 2009 – Mardi Gras in Athens
Apokries 2009 – Carnival 2009 – Mardi Gras in Athens February 19, 2009 11 AM Tsikno pempti celebration Traditional celebration starting at 11 AM, with the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra, opening the program with holiday music. The festivities will continue with songs from the various Greek musical groups, playing rembetika, laiko (popular) and [...]
Easter 2009 in Athens
Greek Orthodox Easter is a wonderful time to visit Athens. Spring will have sprung and the Good Friday processional and Easter eve (midnight Saturday) service will always leave me with a tingle down my spine for their beauty. Regardless of your faith, Orthodox Easter is a beautiful time to visit Greece and the rewards of [...]
