The beloved film-loving summer date, the Athens Open Air Film Festival, in collaboration with the City of Athens Cultural, Sport and Youth Organization, returns in its 8th edition with magical screenings from June to August. Special city corners, archaeological monuments, parks, squares, beaches and some of the most beautiful museums and sites in Athens transform into an open-air cinema with free entrance to the audience.

This article outlines all of the screenings for July so keep scrolling for full program info...

Wednesday, July 4th / French School at Athens

​​Trash can travel throughout the world's rivers and oceans, accumulating on beaches and in the sea.

This debris harms physical habitats, transports chemical pollutants, threatens aquatic life, and interferes with human uses of river, marine and coastal environments.

On July 7th , the National Hellenic Student Assocation (NHSA) are on a mission to make Greece a country better than was it was before. Join them in this Beach clean up in Saronida at 11:30, along with locals and Greeks of the diaspora! 

Free transporation & food.
Bus leaves at 10:30am from Elliniko Station.

3 Reasons to Join a Beach Clean-up:

1. You’ll become more aware of your own lifestyle as well as saving marine animals.
"After picking up all the plastics it’s hard to ever go back to using them or to not speaking up against them.” – Kahi Pacarro – Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii. Thousands of marine species become extinct and endangered every year due to man-made pollutants.

2. You’ll get to know the people in your community better and help them from spreading diseases
Many chemicals are found in polluted oceans and can contaminate water supplies and food chains, which eventually end up in the water we drink and the food we put on our plates. What’s better than spending a couple hours with family, friends, and neighbors making your home a healthier environment?

3. You'll help the ocean breathe and revive the beaches of Greece!
During periods of high tide, the ocean may also sweep some of the trash or debris that has been left on the beach back into the sea. This in turn puts marine wildlife in danger. Beach clean-ups help reduce this risk towards the survival of marine wildlife, and helps the overall marine system be safer and healthier for all. By helping maintain the highest standards and by keeping our beaches clean, we can ensure that tourists continue to visit local beaches.

In an intriguing event both at St. Paul's Anglican Church, as well as Syntagma Square, Reverend Billy wishes to spread an enlightening message after realizing a long time ago that the world needs saving from consumerism and to that end he founded the Church of Stop Shopping in New York.

Together with the members of the Stop Shopping Choir he preaches and sings against the alienation of our capitalist societies, joining local activist groups, preaching on the streets, as well as inviting the audience to gospel shows on stages and museums around the world.

Bill Talen is not only a renowned performer and activist – he has protested against neoliberalism, consumerism, Trump’s pipeline plans and climate change – but was also the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of New York.

The Church of Stop Shopping will come on a pilgrimage from New York to Athens to listen to and connect with the current social and political situation in Greece. The choir will perform together with local artists both in public spaces and on stage, seeking an analogy between Athens and New York – both pre- and post-crisis.

Time Schedule:

- St. Paul's Anglican Church from July 9th to July 11th at 19:00

- Syntagma Square from July 12th to July 13th at 19:00
 

The Friends of Canada network is delighted to invite you to its annual Informal Canada Day Celebration!

Lets get together for an evening full of surprises and enjoy some delicious food, such as risotto, rocket and parmesan salad, grilled pork chops, sausage with roasted potatoes, cake and wine! The cost is 14 euros each person for a set menu.

Dress code is casual and of course all nations are welcomed.

Should you wish to attend, please email the statement ''Friends of Canada has my consent to process my data'', along with your name, mobile phone number and full names of your guests, all by Friday July 6th.

Please allow 24 hours for confirmation.

If possible, kindly bring adult personal hygiene products, like shampoo, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, serviettes, razor and shaving gel.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens opens its "home" to the general public and invites you to get to know the Propylaea, one of the most iconic places of remembrance of the Greek capital. Part of Athenian Trilogy, the most well-known and important Neoclassical buildings’ cluster in the city centre,the building of Propylaea founded in 1839, in drawings of the Danish architect Hans Christian Hansen.

Its halls constituted spaces for education, association, and protest. In its premises you can find the Greek Parliament, the National Library, numerous museums and workshops. In the interior and its precinct you can visit a series of ceremonial events (statues and column erections, anniversaries celebrations, etc.), while in the city geography, it constituted the eminent place of action, demonstrations and mergers.

The building decoration, with more characteristic mural in the interior façade of Propylaea, is one of the most important iconographic programs of the Greek 19th century. The architecture and painting served a narrative framework that closely connected the historical periods of Greek national history, while the sculpture program focused on recent history: Statues of important persons of Modern Greek history and columns of fallen in wars, works of Greek sculptures.

The tours include acquaintance with the Athenian trilogy and the visit to the Propylaea building. The tour duration is about 60' and will be made by Art historians of the Department of History and Archaeology , Michalis Giochalas and Pavlos Gkoygiannos, under the scientific supervision of the Associate professor of history of art in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens Dimitris Pavlopoulos.

For the tours there is a symbolic price of €2 for adults and €1 for minors and special categories (includes special information brochure).

For reservations visit the Guided Tour Calender HERE!

 

Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir are Earth radicals from New York City. Since Trump’s election, they have sung their anthems at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, and at the front doors of the federal immigration jail. The activists who sing “all the right songs in all the wrong places” have been arrested nine times.

The Stop Shoppers sing Handel’s Messiah, chanting “Earthalujah! Earthalujah!” and making right-wing Christians angry. Reverend Billy is a satirical version of the evangelicals who support Trump. However, this ‘church’ counsels progressives that humour and music and the spirit of the Earth are as important for effective activism as policies or theory. Stop Shopping! Start Living!

Under the direction of Savitri D, this theatre company’s recent engagements include the Public Theater in New York and Toynbee Hall in London. But their greatest honour was to be the “church choir” at Occupy Wall Street. During their stay in Athens they hope to meet local activists. The roof-rattling joy of the 20-person troupe promises to energize activists for this dangerous time we are going through

Keeping with tradition, before we all head off on our vacations and much needed city breaks, we are getting together for one last Meet Market of the summer season at the Association of Greek Archaeologists. Set in an ever-so-enchanting garden in the city center, this is one of our all time favorite venues… surrounded by flowers and shade… right next to the Thisio Metro… and with a direct view to the Acropolis.

Expect to find 50 plus stalls from local creative business & independent designers, dj sets, interactive games for kids, girls in short skirts, boys with tans and plenty of refreshing drinks… and this time we are really focusing on the refreshments, featuring draft craft beer from The Midnight Circus Gypsy Brewing, delicious ice cream from Korné and our classic Meet Market cocktails.

This July, The Meet Market is also proud to present an African Dance performance from Dafne Assimakopoulou’s Dance Crew, with 6 dancers & 3 drummers busting moves and making Guinean grooves on Saturday night, at 20:00!

And if you’re worried about missing the World Cup Final, don’t be. We will have a projector there to make sure you see all the last games, while sipping on a cold brewski.

So if a tipsy urban outing with loads of creativity, African Dance, the World Cup Final and is your thing, then look no further.

The Meet Market: A 2-day 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.

One of the most talented musicians of our time, Nigle Kennedy, will give an unforgetable performance for his first time in Greece at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

The world famous violin player will unconventionally play a number of J.S. Bach works and Jazz versions of George Gershwin.

Having performed with stars like Paul McCartney and Robert Plant, but also being the violin player with the most record sales in the history of music, makes his concert at the ancient theatre a once in a lifetime oppurtunity!

On Thursday July 19th, Wyndham Grand Athens and Best Radio 92.6 invite you to a special After Office Party at the hotel's Roof Garden, the ABOVE Rooftop Bar Restaurant!

On the 9th floor of Wyndham Grand Athens and next to impressive city and acropolis panoramic views, guests are invited to join the 2nd After Office Event and enjoy refreshing drinks or signature cocktails, while listening to great music choices by Best Radio's DJs! 

Music by:

Evi Sidiropoulou

G.PAL

Maria Papidaki

Theodosis Michos

Beers: starting from 6 €

Wines by the Glass: starting from 6€

Standard Drinks: starting from 9 €

Cocktails: starting from 12 €

Standard Vodka Bottle Service: starting from 100 €

Symbolizing love and liberty, the most popular opera in the French repertoire is being brought back to the Odeon of Herodes Atticus Theater by the GNO, directed by the famous British director, Steven Langridge, currently Artistic Director of the Gothenburg Opera.

Langridge’s Carmen was first staged at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus Theater in 2016 and is a contemporary, pointed, timely version set in a Europe of closed borders and poverty. Working with Giorgos Souglidis who designed the impressive sets and costumes, Giuseppe di Iorio who created the otherworldly lighting and Thomas Bergman who devised the ethereal video projections, Langridge has created a modern but also timeless setting for Carmen’s tale; “a tale about borders and poverty, freedom and slavery. A tale about today,” as the director himself put it.

One of the most iconic operas around, Carmen continues to provoke even today, just like when it first saw the light of day 142 years ago. An unconventional storyline, expressed through the then equally unconventional, but now extremely popular, music of Georges Bizet. The heroine of the piece defends her freedom and right to choose her lovers, not for them to choose her. She is a threat to male-dominated, patrrchal societies. Her choices threaten their very foundations. The only solution: get rid of her. The love-struck, ‘betrayed’ Don José takes on the task.

In French with English and Greek surtitles.

Within the framework of the Athens Festival!