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AUGUST
August-September Aischylia Festival at Eleusis
Early August - Zante - Int'l Meeting of Medieval and Popular Theatre
Early August - Crete - Anagia - Festival
August - Peloponnese - Amaliada - Ancient Ilidas Festival at Elis
August - Kos - Hypocratia Festival
August - Lefkas - Prose and Art Festival
August - Litohoro in Katerini - Olympus Festival
August - Paros - Naousa - Pirate Raid Pageantry
August - Crete- Rethymnon - Sultana Raisin Festival
August - Piraeus Cultural Events
August - Skyros - Horse Racing and costumed dances
August-September - At Veria and elsewhere Imathiotika festival of music theater and dance
August 20-30 Serres Gefiroudiana music,dance,and art festival
August - Naxos at Filoti village - art, theater, folkdance festival
August-September - Santorini - National Musical Festival of Santorini
August - Lefkada at Nidri - National Folklore Festival
August - Lefkada at Karia - recreation of a village marriage
August - September - Arta - Music, theater, dancing
August - First Weekend - Karpathos - Amopi - Local Festival - varies each month.
August 1 - September 10 - Ioannina - Ipirotica - theater and dance festival, international folklore festival
August 1-15th - Crete - Neapoli - Driros Festival - plays, literary events, Assumption celebration, traditional races, dancing.
August 1st-15th - Leros - Alindia or Alinda - athletic and nautical festivals
August 1-15th - Leros - Boulafenteia - cultural festival in honor of Lerian-born heart surgeon
August 1-15th - Leros - Wine festival
August 1-31 - Preveza - Nikopolia - Musica, theater, dancing
August 1-7th - Lesvos - Kaloni - Sardine Festival
August late Aghios Dimitrios (Pilio) Shadow Theater
Mid-August - Lesvos - Molyvos - Aegean Symposium - Theater and cultural events in the castle.
Mid-August - Gythion - Festival with ancient drama
August - 1st Sunday after the 15th - Portaria - Pilio - Pilioritikos - Wedding recreation
August 6th - Holy Transfiguration; Name Day for Sotirios
August 6th - Paros -
Nighttime fish festival.
August 8th - Name Day for Triantafilos
August 10th - Name Day for Lavrentios
August 10th-15th - Lesvos - Agiassos - Preparations for the Day of the Panagia (Virgin Mary)
August 15th - Name Day for Despina, Panayiotis
August 15th - Lesvos - Petra - Celebration of the Dormition of Mary
August 14-15th Eleftherna - Cultural Events
August 15th - Dormition of the Theotokos - Feast of the Virgin Mary - Widely observed
August 15th-25th - Lesvos - Stipsi - Celebrations related to the Virgin Mary Feast
August 15th period - Paros - Wine Festival.
August 15th - Paros - Parikia - vibrant festival with boats, fireworks, dances.
August 15th-18th - Crete - Sitia - Feast of Sultana - Musical event with singing and dancing.
August - Rethymno - Venetian Fort of Fortetza - Artistic events
August - Rethymno - Fishermen's Festival in the Venetian Port.
August 20th - Name Day for Samuel
August 20th-30th - Ithaki - Music and Theatre festival
August 20th-September 20th Thiva (Thebes) Lindaria Festival - theatrical and musical events
August 25th - Crete - Iraklion - Agios Titos
August 25th - Name Day for Bartholomew
August 26th - Name Day for Natalie, Natalia
August 27th - Name Day for Phanourios
August 28th - Name Day for Adrian, Hadrian
August 29th - Beheading of St. John the Baptist - religious observation
August 29th - Paros - Lefkes - Feast day of Agios Ioannis.
August 30th - St. Alexandros Feast and Name Day for Alexander
SEPTEMBER
September - Andros - Chorus Festival
September- Santorini - Thira - International Music Festival
September - Athens - Athens International Film Festival.
September - Athens - VideoDance Festival
September - Grape Harvesting in the Mani region.
September - Greek Song Festival in Thessaloniki
September - Thessaloniki - International Trade Fair and associated events.
September - Thessaloniki - Dimitria Festival
September - Messolongi - Lord Byron Poetry and Art festival
September - Kos - Wine Festival
September - Corinth - Grape festival
September - Pidni (near Katerini) - Grape Festival
September - Ambelona near Larissa - Wine Festival
September - First Weekend - Karpathos - Amopi - Wine Festival.
SEPTEMBER - CONTINUED
September 1-15th - Thessaloniki - Anhiolos Wine Festival
September 1st - Ecclesiastical New Year. (Does not affect travel.)
September 1-10th Livadia - Trophonia - Cultural events
September 1st - Name Day for Simeon
September 3rd - Name Day for Anthimos
September 8th - Nativity of the Theotokos
September 9th - Name Day for Joachim
September 11th - Name Day for Evanthia
September 14th - Feast of the Holy Cross
September 14th - Gythio - Open air market.
September 14th - Name Day for Stavros
September 15th - Name Day for Nikitas
September 16th - Name Day for Efimia
September 17th - Saint Sophia; Name Day for Sophia, Agapi, Elpida
September 18th - Name Day for Ariadne
September 20th - Name Day for Efstrathios
Septebmer 23rd - Name Day for Xanthippe, Polyxenia
September 24th - Name Day for Thelda
September 25th - Name Day for Efrosini, Euphrosyne
September 27th - Name Day for Zeno
September 29th - Saint Kyriacos; Name Day for Kyriakos
End of September - Kythira - Myrtiodiotissa Monastery festival
Last Weekend of September - European Heritage Days - free museum and site admissions.
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