From May 1st until June 2nd, Athens will celebrate with concerts, parties, tours, sporting events and events. The capital “welcomes” the 3rd This is Athens – City Festival, the great celebration of the municipality of Athens, which this year extends to the entire city. For more than a month and with more than 250 actions, the Festival will visit not only the busiest, but also the most unexpected parts of the city, giving a “pulse” to all the neighborhoods of the municipality.

Concerts and street parties in parks, squares and pedestrian streets, hill tours, sports activities for young and old, original culinary experiences, activities in Museums and cultural venues, but also events inspired by the Easter period, are included in an original program with focus on sustainability.

In the program of this year’s Festival, the following events stand out, among others:

– Athens Urban Picnic, at Platonos Academy (1/5): The Athens Urban Picnic marks the start of This is Athens – City Festival. Grass, live music, DJ sets from the producers of HiT 88.9, En Lefko 87.7 and RED 96.3, educational workshops, kite shows, musical theater performances and screenings make up an all-day event in the “heart” of spring.

– Family & the City, Kypseli Municipal Market (12/5): On the occasion of International Mother’s Day, This is Athens – City Festival organizes an all-day celebration with creative activities and games for children and parents.

– Street Outdoors Party, Koumoundourou Square (12/5): Koumoundourou Square is transformed into a unique outdoor club by the Street Outdoors team.

– Fairy tales in Drakopoulou Square – Patisia (16/5): Fairy tales for children from 6 to… 106 years old. Georgia Haikali, Marina Dakanali and Ioanna Riga say goodbye to spring and welcome summer with stories from different parts of the world.

– Piano City Festival, America Square (17/5): Piano City Athens participates for another year in the big Festival of the city and “brings” more than 100 concerts with it. Acclaimed artists, rising stars, but also piano students are at the center of the events, spreading joy and emotion to the residents and visitors of Athens.

– Spinning Sessions, Municipal Market of Kypseli (17/5): The Municipal Market of Kypseli turns into a unique spinning club with impressive lighting, DJs, dance songs, rhythm, but also intense exercise, well-being and positive energy.

– Flare the Square: Skateboarding Contest, Kotzia Square (18/5): A high-level skateboarding tournament, with the participation of professional and amateur athletes. The square opposite the Athens City Hall will be transformed into a “skate plaza”, offering an amazing spectacle surrounded by concerts, dj sets, street food and giving a lot of fun.

– Catwalk of traditional costumes of the Dora Stratos Theater, Monument of the Airs in Plaka (19/5): The pedestrian street of Lysiou in Plaka will transport you to the glamor of another era, as it will host traditional costumes from the unique collection of the Dora Stratos Theater. The event will be accompanied by Greek traditional music.

– The Athens Festival, Plato Academy Park (19/5): Music and songs from every corner of the country, in a festival with folk instrumentalists that will offer an experience full of music, dance and the authentic sense of tradition.

– The journey of kantada, from the Ionian Islands to Athens, a musical walk with kantadas, in the narrow streets of Plaka (23/5): The musical group of the modern troubadour brothers Karaviotis will present the action of kantada in the alleys of Plaka in the company of iconic kantadas . At the end of the musical walk, the group will end up at the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Phoivos Anogianakis” – Center for Ethnomusicology for a small concert.

– Skating with Agia Fanfara, from Attica Square to Agios Panteleimon (24/5): With their trademark liveliness, humor and enthusiasm, the performances of Agia Fanfara, a multi-member brass and percussion orchestra, are characterized by festive mood, lots of decibels and crazy fun. The repertoire includes traditional tunes and contemporary songs from Greece, the wider Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean.

– La Saramuya Fiesta, America Square (26/5): La Saramuya is an impressive handmade, colorful sound system, a symbol of Latin American entertainment. This Is Athens – City Festival, brings La Saramuya to America Square, “loaded” with sounds of salsa, cumbia, mambo, samba, soca, zouk, dembow, dancehall, champeta, soukous and a great mood for a great afternoon spree.

– Puppet Theater: Ephemeria, Open Municipal Theater of Kolonou (27/5): A hospital ward. Four beds. Four dolls – patients. Puppeteers visible, in the roles of doctors, nurses, attendants in an innovative puppet show for adults.

– Concert with the Yasemi Quartet & friends – Fotis Siotas, Nefeli Fasouli, in Mitropoleos Square (28/5): A live performance in which singers and instrumentalists participate, combining traditional melody with modern harmony. Yasemi focuses on the vocal traditions of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean and invites Fotis Siotas, Nefeli Fasoulis and other artists to the stage for a unique concert in front of the Athens Metropolis.

– Food & Wine Experience with a tour of the National Gallery (29/5): A tour of one of the most emblematic places of culture in Athens that ends in taste: An excellent menu combined with selected wine labels awaits the participants at the end of the exclusive tour which will take place in some of the most important exhibits of the National Gallery.

– Victoria Square Party in Victoria Square (31/5): Reverb, a promoter of the city’s contemporary alternative culture, participates in this year’s Festival with a wild party with musical selections by well-known DJs, in Victoria Square.

– Attiko ‘Alsos Sunset Street Party, Turkovunia (1/6): The Attiko ‘Alsos Sunset Street Party promises a unique experience, on an unknown “balcony” of the Galatsi region, overlooking the sunset. The group “11 Athens” offers the opportunity to dance with a view of the Attic sunset.

– Athens All Star Party, Lycabettus parking lot (2/6): The biggest promoters of Athens join forces for the first time and create one of the top moments of This is Athens – City Festival 2024, at the Lycabettus parking lot. Taking over from Street Outdoors, Athens All Stars promises to transform Athens’ favorite “balcony” into an endless dance floor.

The overall program of the Festival’s events is available on the This is Athens – City Festival website