Due to extreme weather conditions, the 3rd Athens Coffee Festival Shall be postponed from this Saturday to Sunday, September 30th. The Festival is extended until Tuesday, October 2nd.

The Athens Coffee Festival is a large celebration of coffee and its surrounding culture, addressed equally to industry professionals, home baristas and the general public!

From its very first iteration, in May 2016, the Athens Coffee Festival managed to become one of the world’s finest coffee festivals! The potential of its dynamic is also confirmed by the impressive number of visitors, the statements of satisfaction by participating companies, as well as the positive comments by sector professionals from Greece and abroad.

At a time when the coffee market is at the height of its growth, going through its most mature phase, the Athens Coffee Festival is now a reference point for professionals, but also for the general public, interested in learning about all the innovations and market developments, from flagship espresso houses and distinguished Greek and international specialty coffee roasters.

In order to meet the needs of coffee businesses more effectively, the Athens Coffee Festival takes place every year at the end of September, in view of the winter season.

This year, Technopolis-Athens, in Gazi, will host the 3rd Athens Coffee Festival between September 30 and October 2. The aim is to attract as many sector professionals as possible, from every corner of Greece, along with a selection of major international visitors. At the same time, the festival will continue to appeal to the dynamic audience of consumers who are coffee aficionados and are interested in the latest trends and developments in the field of coffee.

The Kypseli Municipal Market is the first social entrepreneurship market in Greece. The official re-opening will take place on Thursday, October 4th with the mayor of Athens attending the ceremony. 

A 3 day festival will follow with events for both children and adults, organised by the stores that will be operating on the market.

Stay tuned!

Petit Paris is back for another year and will be running from October 4th to October 14th neighborhoods  of central Athens likeOmonoia square, Larissa Station and Peloponnisos Station, Metaxourgeio, St Paul square and Victoria square.

These are the neighborhoods where many streets are named in French and have served as cultural meeting points between the cosmopolitan and folk culture of Athens with foreign traditions of refugees, travelers and visitors.

Music, art and photo exibitions, street art, theater and varietè, street events and street art, lectures, “tables rondes” and “rendez-vous sociaux”, walking tours, educational programmes and games.

A ten-day parade of art and culture in the city center of Athens, with more than 500 artists, creators and thinkers participating, coming from in and out of Greece. Events are being performed in places that combine Athens urban culture and Greek folk tradition, with foreign influence, coming to us by immigrants, travelers and visitors, such as streets, squares, parks, conservatoires, galleries, music bistro, schools, historic buildings, hotels and other alternative places inside the area surrounded by the Omonoia square, Larissa station, Peloponisos station, Metaksourgio, Agios Pavlos church and Viktoria square, in which many streets have French names.

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Click HERE to view the festival's full schedule! 

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This festival is helping one of the most underrated areas of Athens get filled with culture and art, and is helping young artists to shine. It is co-hosted by Athens Art Network, the Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the City of Athens and the Region of Athens. It is under the aid of the Ministry of the Culture and Sports and has the support of the Ambassade de France en Grèce and the Institut Français d'Athènes.

In 2013 the first festival was dedicated to the 100 years since the birth of Albert Camus. In 2014 Petit Paris d'Athènes was dedicated to Βelle Époque as well as the declaration of World War 1. In 2015 the festival's theme was Bistrot and Cafe culture featuring rive gauche and post-war Paris. In 2016 the festival's theme was Team Spirit and Art. In 2017 Petit Paris d'Athènes was dedicated to The Woman in Europe. As for this year,2018, the theme is going to be “May of 68. Fifty years after.”

How the mass revolution of the French May in 1968, without any racial, cultural, ageism or social discriminations affected and is still affecting society and art worldwide?

Art, engaged or not, marked the revolution of May 1968 and still is a movement of timeless value.

This year’s theme is inspired from this historic revolution and the values, the central and side actions of the social battles through the ages.

Following the huge success of last year's Vegan Life Festival in Athens last July, which welcomed more than 12,500 visitors in one day, Vegan Life Festival returns to Technopolis City of Athens on October 7th for the biggest vegan event ever held in Greece!

The vegan way of life is transforming to a movement that is constantly gaining ground worldwide! The festival will feature talks, workshops, informational material, a kids activities zone, and the largest exhibition of cruelty free and vegan products! Last but not least, we have teamed up with the very best vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants to bring you delicious vegan food!

The Vegan Life Festival 2018 is open to everyone who is interested in learning about the vegan way of life, the animal rights, the protection of the environment and wishes to be informed of the benefits of the vegan diet on their health. All the informational material and presentations will be given by prominent scientists and active members of the vegan community in Greece.

After its presentation in Madrid, Paris, Krakow, Los Angeles and other major cities, Dissolving Localities project will be presented in Athens, at the Athens School of Fine Arts, on Monday 8th of October.

Dissolving Localities was created as an artistic platform to connect cities and art by taking the daily life of the cities' inhabitants and transforming them into artistic expression. The project was originally created in Jerusalem where artists from all over the world cooperated in order to collect audiovisual material of the city, which was then mixed live and presented as a performance.

The project then evolved into connecting Jerusalem with other cities around the world and it has already been presented in Madrid, Paris, Krakow, Los Angeles et al.

Emmanuel Witzthum, Thomas Köner and Arik Futterman the three basic members of project, in collaboration with Greek video-artist Eleni Zervou, will be hosted in Athens for a week. During this period they will explore the urban scene and collect audiovisual material of the city and its inhabitants. After this process, the material collected will be edited in audio-visual segments of the city, which will be mixed live on stage by the artists. By re-presenting the city to its inhabitants, the project will lead to raising new perspectives and views for audience and artists alike.

FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to present a sculpture exhibition by Leto Moustakakis.

Inspired by packing materials such as air-blister packs and plastic sheathing, the artist has created unique works in plaster that transform the everyday quality of objects into pieces that have substance and a power of their own, and narrate stories. The works manifest religious, metaphysical and futuristic references. The title translates loosely to “I saw. Shells. Full”. I saw - because the artist recognized them. Sea shells - they are white as bones and indefinite in age. Full – refers to the process of incarnation (gypsum injection).

Leto Moustakaki was born in Athens where she lives and works. She grew up in Sparta, where she worked with photography and mosaic. She studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, graduating in 2014. She has also attended Tiffany's stained glass courses, stage design courses and has been doing sculpture for four years in the art workshops of Agia Paraskevi. She has recently included sound as part of her visual arts research.

FokiaNou Art Space is an artist-run project space in theintimacy of a small apartment in an old building in the center of Athens. The apartment has been transformed into an open space that encourages collaborative creative efforts between Greek and foreign artists, thereby promoting and supporting the local art community. The space hosts exhibitions, workshops and projects under the direction of two artists, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris. 

Opening: Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 19.00
Duration: 10 - 27 October, 2018.
Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday 17.00 - 20.00.
Workshop: Wednesday 17 October, 2018, 17.00 - 20.00.

At last, after years Bolshoi legend Yuri Grigorovic returns to Odeon of Herodes Atticus! With all the actors of Grigorovich Ballet (150 people: ballet, orchestra, choir) and with top soloists of the Bolshoi Theater he presents Spartacus by Aram Chatasurian.

This is the world tour of celebrating 50 years since the first premiere in Bolshoi. Yuri Grigorowicz's wish is this tour to be hosted on the Odeon of Herodes Atticus which is the natural setting of the show.

As Grigorovich himself says in his memo:

When I first introduced Spartacus to Odeon of Herodes Atticus of Bolshoi, it was such an emotion that I promised to come back every time I was given this opportunity. I consider it the ideal backdrop for? this show. Every time I prepare the show again from the beginning based on this theater. Every time I walk through the theater and see the Acropolis above, I remember that Greece was and will be our great inspiration.

Entry for 2 days is 15 euro, while for 1 day 10 Euro. Yoga classes for children are free of charge.

The days are getting shorter, the trees are changing color, boots replace sandals, and summer vacations are long gone. The autumn urban rhythm is back and so is the Meet Market, this October 20th and 21st at Technopolis, City of Athens.

It’s time again for another monthly celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit, complete with dj sets, interactive games for kids, 100+ stands of local brands, not to mention 20 new participants for you to feast your eyes upon!

So gather your friends, pack up your kids, or just meet us there!

The Meet Market: A 2-day monthly celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit... A nomadic market place of local goods, fresh ideas and friendly folk.

An audio-visual jigsaw of handmade & independently designed clothes, accessories, art, objects, organic body products, home ware, tasty food, vintage & retro collectables, records, interactive games, free prizes, dj sets and good vibes!

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