June 18 – July 31, 2022
This summer, the Municipality of Athens brings culture to all, in every neighbourhood
43 days, 70+ events, 17 neighbourhoods in all City Districts
Free admission to all
This summer, Athens will be transformed into one big stage to host art and culture, with free concerts, tributes, theatre and Music Performances for all, in squares, open spaces, parks and theatres of the city.
The Municipality of Athens invited artists to submit their proposals for “All Athens is a Stage*” project curated by the City of Athens Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization (OPANDA). From June 18 to July 31, the project aspires to bring together audiences and artists in 17 neighbourhoods of Athens in all City Districts with more than seventy (70) events.
The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, inaugurating the project, said: “Now, we need Culture more than ever. We need to go out, be entertained, and have fun in the parks, theatres and squares of our neighbourhoods with our family, friends and neighbours. And this is exactly what we are trying to do with our new project, “All Athens is a Stage”, supporting, as we did during the pandemic, artists and cultural workers because we deserve to enjoy wonderful Athenian cultural summers!”
The Open Theatres of Kolonos and Grava, the Pangrati and Probonas Parks, Lambrakis Hill, Avdi, Koumoundourou, Victoria, AgiosEleftheriosAcharnon, Plyta and Agia Marina squares, the Gardens of the Arts Centre at ParkoEleftherias and the Municipal Library of Athens in Larissa Station, the Koninstra and Ellinoroson Sports Facilities and the FokionosNegri pedestrian street will host “All Athens is a Stage”. With this project, the City of Athens turns every Municipal District into a cultural venue and every neighbourhood into an art lab, offering residents of each area daily access to selected cultural events.
The Musical Ensembles of the Municipality of Athens are part of
this cultural journey, collaborating with excellent artists, promising exceptional evenings full of melodies.
And now, for the first time, the Municipality of Athens brings culture to your mobile phones with one click! All the current and future events of the City of Athens, cultural news, museums, and venues are quickly and efficiently reached through the City of Athens official portal https://cultureisathens.gr/ and an app that informs us about what’s going on in the city and our neighbourhood! “Culture Is Athens” is now free on IOS or Android, making our “cultural lives“ easy and fun!
*The project “All Athens is a Stage” is part of Culture is Athens, the three-year umbrella project announced by the Municipality and its institutions, which aims at upgrading, promoting and integrating the cultural fabric of Athens and practically supporting artists and cultural workers.
Click here for the complete press kit and more information about each group/artist.
Event start time: 21:00
Children’s performances start time: 20:30
Information: www.opanda.gr, https://cultureisathens.gr/
Saturday, June 18, 2022
21.00| Victoria Square
PeraPlasmata alive
The Pera Plasmas in 80’s avant-garde atmospheric rock musical soundscapes with polyphonic choruses
20.30| Konistra Sports Facilities, Petralona
“The key of the musical state”
Children’s musical by the theatre group TA MILLARAKIA directed by AndrianiBartsota.
Children are introduced to music and learn its terminology. Then, the musical notes come to life and enchant with their melodies in the most entertaining way, theatre and music.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
21.00| Konistra Sports Facilities, Petralona
“We are a friendly bunch.”
Music Performance with Yannis Nikolaou, DespinaAdamis, TasosZafeiriou and ChrysaKotaki.
Monday, June 20, 2022
21.00| Konistra Sports Facilities, Petralona
NektariosSfyrakislive@Athens 2022
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
21.00| Konistra Sports Facilities, Petralona
Concert by the City of Athens Greek Music Workshop
21.00| Koumoundourou Square
Papadiamantis: Narratives by George Karamichos
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
21.00| Garden of the Athens Municipality Arts Centre
PetrosKlampanis Trio
Music Performance with bassist, composer, arranger, and world musician PetrosKlampanis.
PetrosKlampanis and his band, multi-instrumentalist and producer Thomas Konstantinou and pianist and composer Spyros Manesis present their music and compositions. Musical blends, where world music meets jazz and the traditional sounds of the eastern Mediterranean.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
21.00| Koumoundourou Square
Concert by the Greek Music Workshop
21.00| Garden of the Athens Municipality Arts Centre
Concert by Irene Skylakaki
One year after her last live performance, Irene Skylakaki will tell us stories through lyrics, soft melodies and indie and folk-rock rhythms.
20.30| Grava Theatre
“Servant of Two Masters”
Children’s theatre performance by Carlo Goldoni, adapted and directed by ToulaZacharioudakis.
An entertaining, enjoyable, instructive play, showing that the insignificant and humble can triumph if they are clever and bold.
Friday, June 24 2022
21.00| Grava Theatre
“1922-2022. 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Songs of Memory, Protest and Social Identity”.
Musical theatre performance dedicated to Asia Minor music, which has been loved and developed in a thousand ways. A mishmash of sounds from theatre songs, serenades with Balkan influences, rhythmic rebetika and amanets. Singers: Tina Trakou and Nikos Kritikos.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
21.00| Garden of the Athens Municipality Arts Centre
“Together”: Rita Antonopoulou – ManolisAndroulidakis
Musical theatre performance, a fusion of speech and music on the power of “togetherness” with songs that celebrate soul awakening, love and optimism.
21.00| Grava Theatre
“From Smyrna, I come to find some comfort”: Tribute to the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe.
The Folklore Workshop “TO CHOROSTASI“ presents a special tribute to Asia Minor and its Hellenism with dances, songs and performances by a 50-member group of dancers and musicians, young and old, as well as dramatized excerpts from works by Asia Minor writers, images projection Asia Minor delicacies.
Sunday, June 26, 2022
21.00| Garden of the Athens Municipality Arts Centre
Athens Big Band featuring Alex Affolter: An evening of swing!
Concert with the Municipality of Athens Big Band and Alex Willem Affolter.
21.00| Koumoundourou Square
Concert with LefterisGrigoriou and Taki’s Percussion
Multi-ethnic feast where African and Greek percussion meets the Ngoni African Harp, bagpipes and tsabunas (Greek Folk Instrument).
Monday, June 27, 2022
21.00| Garden of the Municipal Library of Athens
“Woe to those who have not loved”
A musical journey with KostisChristou, Eleni Rhoda, Lizeta Nikolaou and YannisThomopoulos from the 1970s, the era of the Plaka nightclubs, until today, presented by the author Kostas Papaspilios.
21.00| Probonas Park
Concert by IouliaKarapataki
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
21.00| Grava Theatre
“The party goes on.”
Concert by Paschalis. Special guest, Bessy Argyraki
A party with the greatest hits of the two artists. On stage with them, STELIOS MAC with his guitar and songs.
21.00| Probonas Park
Concert by ManolisKontaros
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
20.30| Garden of the Municipal Library of Athens
“Gods and Myths of Olympus”
Theatrical performance for the whole family, with cartoon characters and a cheerful mood. Based on the book by the same name, it presents the seven myths of the Gods of Olympus. Staged according to the principles of theatrical play, it brings children into contact with myths and questions about nature, human behaviour and the world.
21.00| Probonas Park
“1922 – 2022: 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe”
Music Performance by Stella Konitopoulou, with songs from Asia Minor and its rich musical and poetic tradition, referring to the struggles and passions of Asia Minor Hellenism.
Members of the dance group “Choroahlistos” and theatre actor TheodorisKatsikaloudis will participate, making short comments on the songs and dances. The program includes also selected historical and literary texts, authentic personal shocking testimonies of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and screenings of photo and film documents.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
20.30| Probonas Park
“Prometheus and Epimetheus”
An original children’s theatre performance based on the ancient Greek myth directed by Thanasis Alfonso. Participating actors: Thanasis Alfonso, Julius Caesar Athanasiou, Spyros Stelianensis, Vicky Theofanaki, Marina Lysandrou. Narration by Spyros Bibilas.
21.00| Garden of the Municipal Library of Athens
“Who are your parents?”
Theatrical performance by the Vice Versa group directed by AngelikiGirginoudi
1922 – 2022. Refugees back then and now. Testimonies, texts and music are intertwined in an anti-war performance that focuses on displaced people and old and new homelands. Participating actors: Angelos Angelou, KirillosGobrial, EleniAbiaNzanga, Grace Nuoke, MantoPaparrigopoulou and SakisPolyzos.
Friday, July 1, 2022
21.00| Probonas Park
“Old songs, new songs.”
Concert by George NikiforosZervakis
GiorgosNikiforouZervakis, one of the most expressive performers and restless creators, promises to mesmerize us by mixing different genres of music, creating the feeling of a rock concert and summer party full of energy and joy in a program with his older songs and new ones from his upcoming album. An artist who stands firmly in tradition, colouring it with today’s sounds and ideas, avoiding the mere repetition of the past.
21.00| Garden of the Municipal Library of Athens
“The Great Inquisitor”
Monologue directed and performed by DimitrisVerykios.
The play, from the homonymous chapter of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov, is a masterpiece of timeless value, profound meanings and truths about individuality and collective consciousness, the concept of free will, freedom and love.
Cello: Stavros Parginos.
Saturday, July 2, 2022
21.00| Koumoundourou Square
Medea by Euripides, directed by AlikiDanezi from the Theater Group “We and We”
A group of young girls aged 10-13 years old, like a rock/punk band, presents Euripides’ masterpiece and raises concerns, highlighting the different aspects of female nature, its strength and sensitivity.
21.00| Pangrati Park
Concert by the Greek indie band Usurum
With a renewed sound and a new line-up, Usurum will perform at the most urban theatre in the city in the middle of summer! The live performance will present older, more recent and unreleased songs.
21.00| Probonas Park
Concert by the City of Athens Greek Music Workshop
Sunday, July 3, 2022
21.00| Pangrati Park
“Pangrati Park, a city stage.”
Concert by the J Sinoband and Sailing Driftwood bands
Monday, July 4, 2022
20.30| Pangrati Park
“Gods and Myths of Olympus”
Theatrical performance for the whole family, with cartoon characters and a cheerful mood. Based on the book by the same name, it presents the seven myths of the Gods of Olympus. Staged according to the principles of theatrical play, it brings children into contact with myths and questions about nature, human behaviour and the world.
21.00|Avdi Square, Metaxourgeio
Swinging with the Athens Big Band!
Concert by the City of Athens Big Band
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
21.00|Grava Theatre
“It was a dream, but we don’t forget it.”
Concert – a tribute to the 100 years of the Asia Minor Catastrophe with the Athens Mixed Municipal Choir “DionysiosLavragas” and the Athens Municipal Choir (Estudiantina “Ta Politakia“).
Participating Artists: BabisTsertos, Anna Matsouka, Thelma Karagianni and Natasha Christofilaki.
21.00| Pangrati Park
“A walk in the neighbourhoods of Athens”
Music Performance by OneNoteStand, who, through a contemporary perspective and jazzy swing style, old and new favourite melodies, Greek songs that describe the beauties and landscapes of Athens, take us for a walk under the summer sky in the neighbourhoods of Athens.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
21.00|Pangrati Park
Monsieur Minimal Easteria Full Band Live Project
A liberating Easteria Full band Live show by Monsieur Minimal. Big hits and some subversive remixes, accompanied by the vintage sound of his last two albums.
21.00|Grava Theatre
“Thou circle of love”
Music Performance with dramatic poetry by AngelosMoschonas. Performer: Nadia Karagianni.
21.00| Lambrakis Hill
“HOMOPOËTICUS -Conversations”
Music Performance by the composer Martha Menachem with compositions from her discography, as well as songs from the works of great Greek composers, poets and lyricists.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
21.00| Grava Theatre
“The four legs of the table” by IakovosCampanelli
Theatre performance by the Prova Theatre, directed by Pantelis Papadopoulos. The timeless, comic and social satire by IakovosCampanellis, starring Mary Razi and Sotiris Tsongas.
21.00|Agios Eleftherios Square, Acharnon
“My heart beats for the Mediterranean”.
Music travelogue with traditional songs of the Mediterranean, from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Israel, Greece and Cyprus.
20.30| Lambrakis Hill
“Aesop’s Fables“
Interactive performance by the theatre group MIKROS NOTOS
Friday, July 8, 2022
21.00| FokionosNegri Pedestrian Street (Kypseli Municipal Market)
Concert by NefeliFassouli
One year after the release of her first personal album, “O Kosmossou”, NefeliFasouli will welcome her friends with a concert full of emotion and twists and turns with all the songs she loved and many more that she performs in her unique way.
21.00| Lambrakis Hill
Tribute to GiorgiosZambetas
Singers: Eleni Rhoda, Giorgos Giannopoulos, DimitrisKanellos and GiorgosZambetas the younger.
Saturday, July 9, 2022
21.00| Lambrakis Hill
Concert with the City of Athens Greek Music Workshop
Sunday, July 10, 2022
21.00| Lambrakis Hill
“Songs resist time”. Concert by Christina Maragozis
The art song meets folk music and songs, creating a bridge between yesterday and today.
21.00| Grava Theatre
#pamegravaMusicFest
Concert by Lamda, Kadinelia and FotisSiotas
Lamda
With heterogeneous sound ideals, LAMDA do not seek to bring them ostentatiously but find a place where all these sounds will coexist, creating a unique concert experience.
Kadinelia
From the tradition of Greece to the whole world, the world acoustic duo of ThanasisZikas and EviSeitanidou gives a new status to the timeless sounds of our country through the two musicians’ charismatic guitar melodies and harmonious singing.
FotisSiotas
In the heat of the concert summer, FotisSiotas is inviting us to share music and stories under the sky of Athens. Using his new album “Two Mistakes” as a vehicle, his band orchestrates a different folk sound with references to world folk songwriting and remixes that we all love.
Monday, July 11, 2022
21.00| Grava Theatre
#pamegravaMusicFest
Concert by Theodore, Whereswilder, Sillyboy’s Ghost Relatives
Theodore
Shortly after the release of his fourth personal album, “The Voyage”, with a renewed band and mood, Theodore invites us on a musical journey in space, starting from the heart of Athens.
Whereswilder
Whereswilder is inviting us to sing and dance in an evening of soft and psychedelic rock, soul, funk and old-school sounds from their new album and beyond.
Sillyboy’s Ghost Relatives
Shortly after the release of his new album last spring, the Athenian musician and producer CharalambosKoutraras, along with the band, are bringing a fresh sound with atmospheric guitars mixed with retro-pop synths.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
21.00| Grava Theatre
#pamegravaMusicFest
Concert by Dzingovic, Sophie Lies
Dzingovic
ThanasisDzingovic is preparing a live show with a dreamy mood, sweet melodies, rich orchestrations, a travelling atmosphere, and emotional lyrics.
Sophie Lies
Our favourite songs, a beautifully arranged melodic sound, and simple remixes will meet Sophie Lies’ songs such as “Big Kids”, conversing musically and emotionally with the people around her, on the stage and beyond.
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The Portrait of Dorian Gray” by Joe Osborne
Theatre performance directed by George Livanos by the “TheatrinonTheates” theatre group.
Participating Actors: GiorgosLivanos, YannisTsiomou, Manos Hadjigeorgiou, AgapiManoura, Maria Drakopoulou, Sotiris Antoniou, GiorgosKaratzas.
Accompanied by Katie Imbrochori and StathisPanagiotidis
Thursday, July 14, 2022
20.30| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“Peace” by Aristophanes
Theatre performance for the whole family by The Young Quill group. Theatre, dance and songs combined in a unique version.
21.00| Ag. Eleftherios Square
Concert by Marina Vlachaki and GeorgiosGerolymatos
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The Angels of Smyrna”
The writer Dido Sotiriou, the photographer Nelly Soyoultzoglou and the lyricist EftichiaPapagiannopoulou meet on stage with the performer Zoe Papadopoulou and weave a Music Performance with narrations, projections and songs.
Saturday, July 16, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
Concert by the Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra
with the finalists of the 15th Panhellenic Conducting Masterclass
Participating soloists: Elias Gyftonikolos, Ioannis Nikolas, PanagiotaPolyzoidou and AntonisKordopanis.
Sunday, July 17, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“Old stories and emotions that seem like nonsense today”
Theatre performance directed by Stavros Stangos which touches upon the issue of national identity through the journey of the Hellenism of Eastern Rumelia to the Black Sea coast. Participating actors: YotaFesta, HarisMavroudis and DimitrisApostolopoulos
21.00| Panormou Metro Station
Fabulous VI – “A Blast From The Past”
An out-of-the-ordinary party, where beloved Greek hits are combined with timeless foreign songs, in a nonstop celebration with apparent rock “touches.”
Monday, July 18, 2022
20.30| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The Loom of the East”
Theatre performance for the whole family, directed by DimitrisPietris from the “Dream Workshop” theatre group.
Through the art of the loom, we redefine our values, the importance of cooperation, and our country’s customs and traditions.
Participating Actors:
Maria Kamakari, IriniVassilopoulou, ArisMakrisDimitrisPietris, Tonia Papadaki.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“My Swallow”: 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe
Concert by the City of Athens Greek Music Workshop and Betty Harlaftis, dedicated to the songs of the great poet and lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“My Star, My Moon”
An evening of music with StefanosKorkolis and Sofia Manousaki, inspired by the work of Mikis and YannisTheodorakis.
Artistic director: MaroTheodorakis
Thursday, July 21, 2022
21.00| Ag. Eleftherios Square, Acharnon
“Two friends from the old days”
Concert by Christos Papadopoulos and George Sarris
The two artists, friends and collaborators, meet again to perform songs loved by the 1980s generations to the present day.
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“Collector of Angels”
Theatre performance by the “Theatre of the Mediterranean” with stories – direction by Alberto Eskenazi, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe.
Participating Actors: Alberto Eskenazi, Lucia Papadaki
Friday, July 22, 2022
21.00| Ag. Marina Square, Thiseio
“How sweet to be loved.”
Concert by the music group “OLOI PARONTES.”
Nostalgic Music Performance by the music group “OLOI PARONTES with Elena Giorgou and YannisArgyropoulos, full of love and beautiful summer memories.
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“News from Cervantes”
Theatre performance directed by KonstantinosKyriakou.
Four comic one-act plays by Miguel de Cervantes are presented in a single performance for the first time in Greece.
Participating Actors: KaterinaBilali, KonstantinosKyriakou, ViliSotiropoulou, Andreas Konstantinidis, GiotaTsiotska, LefterisPapakostas and StefaniaGogou.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
21.00| Melina Merkouri Cultural Centre
“Shh! Athens is asleep.. “
Site-Specific Theatre Performance by the Bip Group
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
Concert by Maria Papageorgiou
Sunday, July 24, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The frame of love”
Theatre performance directed by GiorgosFratzeskakis
A comedy that takes us back to the 70s, making us laugh, reflect and feel nostalgic.
Monday, July 25, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The flowers of destruction”
Music and theatre performance directed by RoubiniMoschochoritis, a tribute to the music, songs, sound and stories of Asia Minor.
The singer YannisDionysiou, with the actors DanaeLoukakis and SolonasTsounis, is accompanied by an orchestra of classical and traditional instruments and performs well-known songs in a new orchestration by ThodorisLebesis, with stories by Eugenia Marangos.
21.00| AgiosEleftherios Square, Acharnon
Concert by the City of Athens Greek Music Workshop
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
21.00| Ellinoroson Sports Facilities
Concert by Orpheus Peridis
Sounds, lyrics and rhythms, like a “bursting” flare, a journey from East to West, with Susana Tryfiati accompanying the singer with her beautiful voice.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
21.00| Ellinoroson Sports Facilities
Concert by DimitrisZervoudakis
The famous songwriter and performer from Thessaloniki is back, in the heart of summer, with a concert from his personal repertoire.
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The Women of Smyrna”
Musical theatre performance by the Art Theatre in text-direction by Marianna Kalbarri with authentic Smyrna and original songs.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
20:39| Ellinoroson Sports Facilities
“Around the world in 80 days”: Karagiozis meets Verne!
Jules Verne’s classic novel inspires master puppeteer and director Elias Karellas to create an original play starring Karagiozis. Behind the scene, he gives life with his voice to the play’s characters. At the same time, the two-dimensional space is accompanied by the Burger Project band, which becomes the musical companion of Karagiozis and his party, playing extraordinary music and unique arrangements from all over the world.
Friday, July 29, 2022
21.00| Ellinoroson Sports Facilities
Swinging with the Athens Big Band!
Concert by the Athens Big Band
Saturday, July 30, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“The Death of Ivan Ilyich”. A theatrical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s play directed by ConstantinaNicolaides.
The actors GiorgosGalitis and ThanasisKourlabas embody the novel’s roles in a theatrical play, which, contrary to its title, is full of life.
Sunday, July 31, 2022
21.00| Open Theatre of Kolonos
“It was a dream, but we don’t forget it.”
Concert – a tribute to the 100 years of the Asia Minor Catastrophe with the Athens Mixed Municipal Choir “DionysiosLavragas” and the Athens Municipal Choir (Estudiantina “Ta Politakia”).
Participating Artists: BabisTsertos, Anna Matsouka, Thelma Karagianni and Natasha Christofilaki.
Addresses:
Open Theatre of Kolonos
Ioanninon&Kapaneos St, Kolonos
Access to the Open Theatre of Kolonos:
Metro Line 2: Sepolia Station & Larissa StationBus lines: 057 ( Kallipoleos, Electras bus stops), A13 (Armonia bus stop), A10 and B10 (Domokou bus stop)Trolley line: 12 (Armonia trolley stop) & 1 ( Domokou trolley stop)
Grava Theatre
60 Taygetou St, Grava
Access to the Grava Theatre:
Metro Line 1: Kato Patissia Station & Larissa StationBus lines: 054 (Grava Schools bus stop), 608 (Ag. Loukas bus stop), 622 (Taygetou bus stop) & A8 (Ag. Loukas bus stop)Trolley lines: 3, 5 & 11 (Ag. Loukas trolley stop)
Garden of the Athens Municipality Arts Centre
Vas. Sophias St, ParkoEleftherias
Municipal Library of Athens
2 Domokou St, Larissa StationMelina Merkouri Cultural Centre
66 Herakleidon&Thessalonikis St, Thiseio
Ellinoroson Sports Facilities
Vlachou&Eftaliotis St, Ellinoroson
Konistra Sports Facilities ,
Kymaion&Dimofontos St, Petralona
