Finding yourself in Athens during February and March? This is great, since the city is not as crowded as it is during summer and there is also a variety of ‘’things to do’’, especially during the Carnival, or Apokries as it is called in Greek.
The Municipality of Athens has organized many activities for kids and adults, involving music, dancing, educational interactive programs and many more.
Enjoy!
Friday 21.02
12.00 → SAINT EIRINI SQUARE
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
19.00 → CREATIVE LEARNING
CENTER ON NORDAU
STREET
The carnival maypole
Following the maypole, we begin for an interactive journey around Greece to learn the carnival customs such as “Beis”, “Kalogeros” and the “Skopelos’s trawl” – performed by the theatrical team La strada.
Saturday 22.02
10.30 → ARTS CENTER
OF THE CITY OF ATHENS
Carnival festivities through the eyes of Pablo Picasso
Educational program for children between 6 and 12 years old.
*Applications for participation:
210 7248150 & 210 7232604
(Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 13.00)
10:30 → “Melina” Cultural
Center of the City
of Athens
Carnival accessories made of felt
Museum educational program for families with children between 6 and 12 years old.
*Applications for participation:
210 3452150 (Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 18.00)
11.00 → Creative Learning
Center of Grava OF THE
City of Athens
Musical mischiefs in carnival mood
Mischiefs and carnival music and movement games for children between 6 and 10 years old.
*Applications for participation:
210 5284868 (Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 14.00)
11.00 → Saint Paul’s Square
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
11.30 → Children’s library
at Larissa Station of
the City of Athens
The great celebration
An interactive musical theatre based on Aesop’s myth “The lion, the crow and the fox” for children up to 8 years old by Morfes Ekfrasis.
11.30 → Saint Paul’s
Square
Carnival festivities for our little friends
*In collaboration with Saint Paul’s
Beautification Association
12.00 → “Melina” Cultural
Center of the City of
Athens
Karagiozis’s maypole
Shadow play by S. Charidimos
14.00 → Klafthmonos Square
Traditional Dances
& the “Two grooms, one bride” carnival happening
*By the Zakynthians Association in
Athens “Saint Dionysios”
14.30 → Voukourestiou
Pedestrian Street
Latin concert by Athens Big Band & Martha Moreleon
Percussions by Kiki Bu
16.00 → Municipal Gallery of Athens
Masks inspired by Pablo Picasso
Crafting a carnival mask out of recyclable materials. A visual arts workshop for children between 5 and 12 years old.
*Applications for participation:
210 5202420 (Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 14.00)
16.00 → Olympiou Pedestrian Street (Koukaki)
Messing around on Tsikno-Saturday
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
17.00 → Olympiou Pedestrian Street (Koukaki)
Carnival celebrations
With comedians, stilt walkers, lots of music & many surprises!
*In collaboration with the store owners of the area
Sunday 23.02
10.30 → Arts center of the City of Athens
Carnival festivities through the eyes of Pablo Picasso
Educational program for children between 6 and 12 years old.
*Applications for
participation:
210 7248150 &
210 7232604
(Monday to Friday, 10.00 – 13.00)
11.00 → Zappeion
Carnival celebrations for children
We celebrate the Carnival enjoying melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra along with jugglers, magicians, dancers, stilt walkers, circus artists, games, balloon crafts and face painting while wearing the most original costumes.
11:00 → “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens
Carnival accessories made of felt
Museum educational program for families with children between 6 and 12 years old.
*Applications for participation: 210 3452150 (Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 18.00)
11.30 → Children’s library
at Larissa Station of
the City of Athens
Chasing the green hat
Educational program for families with children 5+ years old.
*Applications for participation:
210 8810884 (Monday to Friday,
11.00 – 15.00)
12.00 → Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
10th Treasure Hunt in the framework of the International Tourist Guide Day celebration
We learn our city’s history through the monuments of Athens.
*In collaboration with the Association of Licensed Tourist Guides
Registrations: 10.00 – 12.00,
Address: 1-3 Diogenous str., Plaka
12.00 → Saint Paul’s and
Herakleidon Pedestrian Street
Pre-Lenten Season is on!
We electrify the area of Thissio with maypoles, drum bass and violin tunes. The 50-member HOROSTASSI team takes us on a journey back in time to the old Athens through songs, serenades and dancing.
*Start: Ancient Agora Entrance (Thissio)
14.30 → Acropolis Metro Station
Latin concert by Athens Big Band & Martha Moreleon
Percussions by Kiki Bu
Monday 24.02
16.00 → Library for children and young adults of the city of Athens
Mrs Lent & other carnival customs
Educational activity for children between 7 and 12 years old.
Tuesday 25 .02
13.00 → Monastiraki Square
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 26.02
14.00 → Psirri Square
Folksinging tribute
by the band “Charisma”
*With the support of NGradio
17:30 → Hellenic Children’s Museum
Which mask are you talking about?
With ribbons, buttons, feathers, colours and lots of imagination we create a carnival extraordinary mask!
Educational program for families with children between 3 and 12 years old.
Friday 28.02
12.00 → Ermou Pedestrian Street
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
12.00 → Syntagma Square
CARNAVAL LA LAND
The famous musical meets all carnival people in the very center of the city. A big carnival celebration with acro-dancing, afro-brazilian percussions, tarantella, brazilian dances, street dancers, stilt walkers, mimes and vintage carnival people electrify the city and dance around the maypole.
*In collaboration with the Athens Art Network
17.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian)
A concert under the Acropolis
“Meet me at Danceteria”
by Wedding Singers
After travelling around Greece and having played in many different venues, from cubbyholes to arenas to wedding ceremonies and traditional festivals, Wedding Singers have proven that they can turn any event into a delirious party with their non-stop-covers-mix. They are coming in a carnival mood for a love “attack” full of stardust and 90’s dancing moves.
20.00 → “Anna and Maria Kalouta” multipurpose venue of the Cityof Athens
In magic islands
The composer and conductor Appolon Kouskoumvessakis presents a tribute on folk songs. A program full of beloved songs in tango, rumba, bolero and swing rhythms and dancing mood.
Performed by Irini Toubaki & Anna Matsouka
20.00 → Thissio
(Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Michalis Rakintzis
The beloved Michalis Rakintzis comes along with his super band in a vigorous live set full of memorable hits such as “Moro mou faltso”, the popular “Pouf”, “Prokaleis”, “Kane mia efhi” as well as “S’AGAPO” and many more…
Saturday 29.02
11.00 → “Melina” Cultural
Center of the City of
Athens
Karagiozis disguised
Shadow play by S. Charidimos
11.30 → Children’s
library at Larissa Station
Around and around we go!
Interactive educational program for children between 3 and 6 years old.
*Applications for participation: 210 8810884 (Monday to Friday,
11.00 – 15.00)
12.00 → Mitropoleos Square
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
12.00 → Plato Academy Digital Museum of City of Athens
Carnival Painting!
We wear our costumes and paint witches, magicians, elves and fairies!
*Applications for participation: 210 5142138 (Monday to Friday,
10.00 – 14.00)
12.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and
Herakleidon Pedestrian
Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Petroloukas Chalkias
The top clarinetist sets along with his partners an authentic festival like the ones happening in Mainland Greece. An unprecedented music festival that introduces the audience to our original folk traditions from Thrace to Crete and from Epirus to Minor Asia. A great and timeless musician that experiments in combining and improvising his music with, seemingly different, musical traditions.
He’ll be accompanied by the performers Pagona Athanassiou, Dimitris Tzoumerkiotis & Vangelitsa.
13.00 → Syntagma Square
Reviving the Greek Carnival
Carnival gaggles around maypole, folklore happenings, traditional satirical carnival dances accompanied by guitars, mandolins, ocarinas and bass drums played by “Vakhes” Greek Dancing Group.
*Walking Tour: Syntagma square, Ermou str., Monastiraki square, Plaka
13.00 → Fokionos Negri Pedestrian Street, Kypseli
Carnival concert by the Greek Music Workshop
Singers: Manolis Skoulas,
Dora Loizou
15.00 → Monastiraki Square
Concert by the band “Tzitzikes” (cicadas) A rich program of Greek Carnival’s folk and island satirical songs coming from Thrace tο Crete.
17.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Glykeria & Melina Kana
Glykeria and Melina Kana in a special musical encounter! A relationship as strong as their personal course. They share the same love for music and the same dreams. They are linked by the songs and their common musical background. The two beloved singers present a rich program that includes their hits as well as songs by great composers. They’ll be accompanied by Haris Makris and a multi-membered orchestra of exceptional musicians and soloists.
*Artistic director: Stelios Fotiadis
19.00 → “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens
A Rebetiko night by… lawyers
Authentic performances of rebetiko songs from the period of anonymous creation till 1955.
By the lawyers’ rebetiko band “ΝΟΜΟ..telia”.
20.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis “Those were the days”
The performance that thrills our young and… not so young friends, shares smiles and fulfills our hearts! Dakis, Lakis Giordanelli, Robert Williams, Yorgos Polichroniadis, Bessy Argyraki and Katerina Adamantidou, the legends that marked an era, invite us in a delirious journey with the “Magic Bus” heading to the golden decades of the 60s and the 70s. “Trelokoritso”, “To koritsi tou Mai”, “Anthrope agapa” and other memorable greek and foreign hits in a performance that we’ll surely remember for a long time!
Sunday 1.03
12.00 → Acropolis Metro
Station
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
12.00 → “Melina” Cultural Center of the City of Athens
The Dragon of the colors
Diversity: a celebration of life. A playful performance for children between 3 and 6 years old by Morfes Ekfrasis.
12.00 → “Aggeliki Chatzimihali”
Museum of Folk Art and Tradition OF THE CITY OF ATHENS
A louse on king’s beard
by “Paramythokamomata” narration group.
12.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Nikos Fakaros & Musicaroi
Each concert by Nikos Fakaros and the Musicaroi Orchestra carries us away in a special music journey through Ikariotikos dance – in all its variations such as balos, syrto, aptaliko as well as waltz and tango. Starting from Ikaria and after a few stops in Cyclades, Evia, Crete, Northeastern Aegean islands and Minor Asia, they promise us an open air summer festival at the heart of the Carnival period.
13.00 → Dionysiou Areopagitou Pedestrian Street
Aghia Fanfara
The multi-membered brass band performs traditional tunes and contemporary melodies of Greece, Balkan and east Mediterranean regions.
17.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Kostas Makedonas
One of the best – not only but mainly – folk singers of his generation, Kostas Makedonas, presents a touching show of all time great hits from his personal discography as well as famous songs by great artists.
He’ll be accompanied by the exceptional Epistimi Kampouroglou.
20.00 → Thissio (Saint Paul’s and Herakleidon Pedestrian Street)
A concert under the Acropolis
by Eleni Tsaligopoulou & Boğaz Musique
Within an authentic atmosphere and the magical vibes of a post-minor asian palco, Eleni Tsaligopoulou and Boğaz Musique adapt to contemporary challenges and set a magnificent music celebration full of our beloved tunes. Traditional songs, rebetiko and folk songs, songs by famous composers, great hits as well as new songs by Eleni and Boğaz from their new album “Ton filon ta spitia” (Friends’ houses).
An exciting and liberating musical experience.
Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday)
2.03
11.00 → Filopappou Hill
Melodies by the City of Athens Philharmonic Orchestra
12.00 → Filopappou Hill
Celebrating “Kuluma”
in a traditional festival with Gogo Tsampa.
We fly our kites and celebrate the “Koulouma”. The headliner of this festival is going to be Gogo Tsampa! The singer who managed to revive the audience’s interest for folk singing will be there and we won’t stop dancing!
11.00 → Children’s and Culture Park (KAPAPS)
Traditional celebrations with music, dancing and Lent delicacies
*In collaboration with the Cultural
Association of Ano Ampelokipi
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