On May 17, an entertainment event will take place at Larisa central square, aiming to help those in need. Poverty has many faces and more and more people are facing problems. Those people are next to us and need our help. We do not need to do much; by giving something that we do not [...]
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Tribute For Tokas, Mitropanos On Cyprus
An event honoring renowned Cypriot music composer Marios Tokas, who passed away five years ago, took place in Limassol on May 13 in front of the house where he grew up, with the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades. The artists Gerasimos Andreatos, Kostas Hadjichristodoulou and Maria Alexiou were on the agenda. The choir Modern Times [...]
The 2nd Cuba Festival in Athens
Cuban tradition will take the stage at this year’s Second Cuban Festival which will take place on June 8 at Votanikos Live Stage in Gazi, Athens. The rhythmic beats of Cuban music, with its explosive hip-hop, latin, and salsa rythmes will prevail and show why it’s so popular around the world. This year’s festival welcomes [...]
Harpsichordist Ventoura Premiere’s Greek Composers
The soloist Julie Ventoura will give a concert at the Hellenic American Union (HAU) Theater on May 23, performing works for harpsichord written by four Greek composers ranked among the greatest of the 20th Century. The works are: Mermaid’s reply by Pavlos Ventouras, the Prelude and Cantilena by Babis Kanas, Dance in the Sand by [...]
Pan-Hellenic Gathering in Xanthi, Thrace
The city of Xanthi, in northern Greece, will welcome people from different parts of Greece in an event to discover the culture of the region. Dance troupes from Greece and Diaspora will be there to participate in the 1st Pan-Hellenic Cultural Gathering of Thrace, which will take place from July 5-7. The event will be [...]
Pafos Solidarity Concert Collects Food
The Mayor of Pafos, Savvas Vergas announced that foodstuffs worth 25,000 euros, were collected on Aril 14 at the solidarity concert, Support Pafos and expressed his gratitude to the artists and the volunteers who worked for its success. Thirty local groups and artists from Cyprus and Greece participated in the concert, which was attended by more than 10,000 [...]
Big Solidarity Concert in Cyprus
A solidarity concert under the title Cyprus Aid is scheduled for April 1 at Tafros Costanza in Nicosia with 50 artists from Greece and Cyprus participating in an eight-hour even that will begin at 4 p.m. and end at midnight. Instead of a ticket the organizers will collect food products and other basic needs items [...]
Greek Singers Take Acts to Skopje
Music has no borders nor language. With Greece struggling with a huge economic crisis, Greek nightclub singers are also trying to cope with those difficult times by giving performances wherever they can find them, and that includes Skopje in neighboring FYROM. According to Parapolitika newspaper, within the past few months Peggy Zina, Angela Dimitriou, Giorgos [...]
Jazzy Krall To Perform at Herodion
On July 1, renowned Canadian singer and jazz pianist, Diana Krall will make an appearance at Herodion Theatre. With the consent of the Central Archaeological Council, after the request of the Canadian Embassy in Greece, members of the CAC unanimously gave the green light for granting the monument’s use. Krall, wife of the famous British [...]
Komotini Concert Links Greece and Turkey
Christos Hatzopoulos and Evrim Kaşikçi from Andrianoupoli, are going to give a concert in Sappes, Komotini on Dec. 8, at Epavli Sappes, sending a message of unity between Greeks and Turks through music and peaceful coexistence. What the musicians have in common is their love for Thracian traditional music and their Minor Asia origin. Musician [...]
Can’t Get Enough? Depeche Mode Coming to Greece
The most successful electronic music band in history – the English band Depeche Mode – is coming to Greece for the first time, with a concert set for May 20, 2013 on the stage of Terravibe Park. The group was going to appear in Greece in 2009 but they had to cancel due to the [...]
WOMEX in Thessaloniki, Music and More
The 18th edition of WOMEX, the world music expo finished five days of music and networking on Oct. 21 with a program that brought together industry leaders and the top sound makers. Taking place in Southeastern Europe for the first time, there were 2200 delegates from 90 countries, WOMEX has established itself as the number [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
- Greek-By-Choice Pedro Olalla Honored May 20, 2013
- AHEPA Day Celebration Hosted In Athens May 20, 2013
- Greek Gastronomy Days At Benaki Museum May 20, 2013
