Nikos Kalafatis presents Primavera, an exhibition curated by Athena Schina, at Technohoros Art Gallery. It is a vibrant, optimistic, and deeply personal tribute to the natural world. For Kalafatis, nature isn't just a subject; it’s a constant source of daily observation and artistic discovery. Taking the energy of spring as his starting point, the artist
The Athens City Festival 2026 meets the World of Beer Festival for a unique three-day event dedicated to those who love great beer, food, and music. From 8 to 10 May, more than 300 beer brands from Greece and abroad will gather at Technopolis: from classic lagers and weiss to original craft beers infused with
NEZER Collective Gallery presents Always the Blue, a solo exhibition by visual artist Anna Dimitriou. Through the curatorial approach of the architectural team SOL by Elephant Design, the exhibition space is conceived as a site of living narrative and spatial experience, where the placement, scale and interplay of the works come together to form a
The Hellenic Children’s Museum is opening up its most delicious exhibit for a hands-on kitchen takeover. If you’re looking for a brilliant way to keep the kids entertained (and well-fed) this May, "Kitchen: Discovering the World of the Biscuit" is exactly where you need to be. In this "Biscuits at the Museum!" workshop, our younger
Queer Movie Nights are bringing an open, vibrant, and inclusive celebration of LGBTQI+ cinema right to the heart of Athens. Through a curated selection of queer feature films, shorts, documentaries, and homegrown Greek productions, this event creates a vital meeting point where queer stories find visibility, a voice, and an audience. This initiative has already
As the This is Athens City Festival kicks off an exciting new partnership with Onassis Stegi, we offer a look through the lens of a true visionary. In his first-ever solo photography exhibition in Greece, the internationally acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos presents 182 works that map out his unique visual language through a different medium.
Step into an urban stroll through the Makriyianni district, where ancient beauty meets the grit of modern Athenian life. Led by Dr. Iordanis Papadopoulos, an expert in Political Philosophy, this tour invites you to decode our urban identity, viewing the iconic shadow of the Acropolis not just as a backdrop, but as a living witness
A garden of fairy tales! Georgia Chaikali, Marina Dakanali and Ioanna Rigas weave a world made of words, sounds and images. A form of storytelling that is not just speech, but experience—rhythm, breath, glances. Alongside them, music becomes a living presence: voice, percussion and santouri create a vivid sonic landscape that carries the audience away.
The Goethe-Institut Athen hosts an innovative encounter between contemporary jewellery and the moving image. The project SMCK ON REEL, curated by Loukia Richards and Christoph Ziegler, presents short films, documentaries and a video installation, in which international creators from Europe, Asia and the United States, as well as from conflict zones, use jewellery as a
Nikos Oikonomidis, a true master of the violin and an authentic voice of island tradition, is coming to Klafthmonos Square for a night filled with Cycladic soul and a fresh summer breeze in downtown Athens. With a career deeply rooted in the sounds of the Aegean, Oikonomidis brings the vibrant energy of an authentic island
The annual Gyzi Street Party returns to Gyzi Square as part of the This is Athens City Festival 2026, proving that the city’s alternative culture beats loudest in the heart of its local neighbourhoods. One of the centre’s most authentic, yet "hidden gem" squares, transforms into a high-octane open-air club. Here, electronic music acts as
The This is Athens City Festival welcomes MOb to Avdi Square for a performance that throws the rulebook out the window. This powerhouse trio, Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Alexandros Delis, and Marios Valinakis, crafts a sonic universe built on synthesizers, loops, and drones. While their roots are in jazz, they have wholeheartedly moved into the experimental, creating
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