Festivals in the Athens A to Z
5 entries filed under Festival in the Athens A to Z Travel Dictionary. Each name opens the full entry.
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Apokries
The pre Lenten carnival season (late winter), ending on Clean Monday with kite flying and Lenten food. Dates move with Orthodox Easter, check local listings.
Athens and Epidaurus Festival
Greece's flagship summer arts festival (roughly June to August), staging theatre, music and dance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and the ancient theatre of Epidaurus. Programme changes yearly, check the festival's site.
Athens Digital Arts Festival
An annual festival dedicated to digital and media art, screening video works and staging exhibitions and performances at venues across Athens; dates change yearly, check listings. It draws international digital artists alongside Greek creators.
Athens Marathon
The original marathon race, run each autumn over the traditional route from the town of Marathon into central Athens, finishing at the Panathenaic Stadium, commemorating the run of the messenger Pheidippides in 490 BC; dates change yearly, check listings.
Athens Open Air Film Festival
A summer festival that screens films outdoors in squares, parks and rooftops around the city; the programme changes each year, so check dates before you plan around it.