The program of the Festival was presented in detail by the member of the artistic committee Mata Kourtis and the member of the administration of the Festival Rafael Metenidis.
The Olympus Festival has entered its second fiftieth year and has in its planning this year, from July 1st to September 1st, about 40 events (performances, concerts and exhibitions) in emblematic places of the region, such as the ancient theater of Dion, its Byzantine castle Platamonas, the ancient Pydna and the ancient Livithra.
Concerts by Tania Tsanaklidou, Giorgos Dalaras, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Kostis Maravegias, Natasa Bofiliou, Vassilis Papakonstantinou and Marios Frangoulis and performances such as “Prometheus Bound” with “Vassilis” by Giannis Stanis Charalambopoulos and Fanis Mouratidis, but also the new production of KTHBE “Aristophanes-Heron” are just some of the events included in the program of the 51st Olympus Festival.
“A program that has a lot to offer in the cultural map of Pieria and not only”, said during today’s press conference, the Deputy Regional Governor of Pieria Sofia Mavridou, who stressed that the Festival has been supported and will continue to be supported by the Region of Central Macedonia , while the mayor of Pydna-Kolindros Anestis Manolas also spoke about his support in the past, present and future.
The program of the Festival was presented in detail by the member of the artistic committee Mata Kourtis and the member of the administration of the Festival Rafael Metenidis.
Proposal to make the Olympus Festival the Festival of the Region of Central Macedonia
The president Grigoris Papachristos appealed for support for the Olympus Festival, emphasizing that the Festival does not have a state subsidy. Mr. Papachristos reiterated the proposal he had made in the past as a regional councilor, to become the festival of the Region of Central Macedonia, noting that just as the Athens Festival is based in Epidaurus, so the ancient theater of Dion, the Festival could be Olympus to spread to Thessaloniki and other regional units.
Mr. Papachristos also noted that the Olympus Festival is the only festival that has established the institution of the honored country for 15 years and for 2023 it will be India (in 2021, as this year did not exist due to coronavirus).
More information about the 51st Olympus Festival is available on the website: www.festivalolympou.gr.
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