Full Moon and free admission at the Acropolis

More specifically, over 70 archaeological sites are to be open until 01:00 while a large number of events is programmed to be realized under the general title Under the Moonlight. Admission to all events, which range from classical recitals to Greek ballads and from theater to performance art, is free of charge. It has to be mentioned that on Acropolis and in Cape Sounion no concerts will be held this year while the archaeological complehox of Keramikos will not be open to public. The Olympian Zeus Temple (Stiles) hosts a concert by G. Kassetas and Funk Wizards.

The archaelogical sites and museums that will receive visitors on the night of the Fullmoon (per region) are:
• Thrace
Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Zoni and Avdera

• Macedonia
Amphipolis, Kali Vrissi (Drama), Thessaloniki Ancient Agora, Thessaloniki Museum of Byzantine Culture, Ouranoupolis Tower (Halkidiki), Edessa, Anastassi Christou Church Yard (Veria), Vergina, Dion, Hellenistic City of Florina, Panagia Koumbelidiki Church (Kastoria)

• Epirus-Ionian Islands
Dodoni, Ioannina Its Kale, Arta Medieval Castle, Stadium and Basilica of Ancient Nikopolis, Preveza Nekromanteion (Oracle), Corfu Old Fortress, Agia Mavra (Lefkas)

• Thessaly
Trikala Byzantine Castle, Meteora, Trikala Pili Stone Bridge, Volos and Almiros Archaeologiacal Museums, Skopelos Castle, Moschato Apollo Temple (Karditsa)

• Sterea Ellas-Evia
Athens Acropolis, Sounion, Olympian Zeus Temple, Athens National Archaeological Museum, Athens Numismatic Museum, Schimatarion Museum, Lamia Castle, Proerna Acropolis, Ipati Byzantine Museum, Nafpaktos and Antirrion Fortresses, Eretria and Karistos Archaeological Museums

• Peloponnese
Ancient Corinth, Ancient Nemea, Ancient Sikion, Palamidi Castle (Nafplion), Mikines, Tripoli Archaeological Museum, Mistras, Orthia Artemidos Archaeological site, Olympia Archaeological Museum (Atrium), Kalamata Benakio Museum, Pilos Niokastro, Kithira Castle

• North Aegean Sea
Messa Lesvos, Emborio Chios, Polichni Lemnos, Mithimna Castle,

• South Aegean Sea
Iria Naxos, Kionia Tinos, Delos, Iraion Samos, Thira Prehistoric Museum, Symi and Astipalea Museums, Rhodes Acropolis, Kamiros

• Crete
Lato Archaeological site, Malia, Aptera

A five-minute stroll from the Acropolis metro station, the imposing Temple of Olympian Zeus is a site Athenians see every day, yet rarely manage to visit. On August 16, it will be opening its gates to promising young jazz musicians Yiannis Kassetas and the Funk Wizards. With an album out this last February, titled “Works of Greek Composers I,” the Hellenic Trio’s concert at the National archaeological Museum in central Athens will make for a night of unusual classical and contemporary musical combinations.

At the Numismatic Museum, Iraklis Paschalidis’s compositions for piano will be presented in a concert titled “A Piano on the Moon.” On the Acropolis, stay until moonset and watch the stunning sunrise.