Event News

The Municipality of Naxos and Small Cyclades will hold the 7th annual Naxathlon Triathlon in Chora, Naxos, on 30 August.

Twenty-five masterpieces from Greece and Italy will be displayed at an art exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens as of late August.

Greece will take part once again in the Transpoesie project, a poetic celebration of European language and culture that will launch in Brussels on 25 September and run for one month.

The Athens Flying Week air show is returning for the third year and once again will offer unforgettable moments and spectacular performances to Greeks and international visitors in Athens.

The 15th of August is one of the biggest religious celebrations in Greece after Easter and Christmas, a national holiday that is observed by the public and private sector.

Athens becomes a bit deserted in August, especially during the week of the 15th, which is a public holiday period. This may just be the best time for residents and visitors to go out and really explore Athens center and Attica.

The August full moon will be celebrated this year with over 110 free events and late-night openings of archaeological sites and museums across Greece on Sunday 10 August.

Piano works, chamber music, opera nights, a Dimitra Galani concert, Greek traditional music and songs, a concert dedicated to Manos Hadjidakis and a concert of the Athens State Orchestra are just some of the events that will take place at a special summer festival on Aegina Island in Greece.

A three-day festival will take place on the island of Lemnos from 6 to 8 August in various and beautiful locations on the Greek island. Events will include a big concert, underwater photo exhibition, children’s theatrical performances and tourism discussions.

Over 1,300 Greek and European athletes participated in the recent mountain running competitions of the North Face Zagori Mountain Running 2014 event and ran through picturesque and challenging landscapes of the region of Zagori in Greece.