Connect with the rich folklore and festivals of Greece to make your trip a special experience. Religious festivals, monastery events, cultural revivals, folkdancing, music festivals, and more.
Explore Christmas in a country where the spiritual meaning of the holiday is never forgotten.
Free museums in Athens and Thessaloniki and other events mark this day.
he unique Earth Festival in Vlasti in July, 2007 celebrates edgy, folk-inspired music.
Egnatia Horse Marathon - horses run for the sake of the environment at Lake Koronia
This renowned drama festival of ancient Greek plays takes place in the acoustically dazzling ancient theater at Epidaurus. Not to be missed.
Since Helena Paparizou won Eurovision 2005 with her rousing song "My Number One", Greece has the honor of hosting the Eurovision competition in Athens in 2006.
Hundreds of holidays, festivals, and name days throughout Greece and the Greek islands.
From Matt Barrett, some of the major cultural festivals, month by month.
The Green Design Festival in Athens showcases eco-friendly approaches to housewares, packaging, food, and even high fashion.
Halloween in Greece is not as big a holiday as elsewhere, but there are a few celebrations in Athens, Greece.
The entire nation of Greece joyfully celebrates March 25th, Independence Day.
Don't worry, bead happy with these traditional soothing beads of Greece.
Name Days in Greece - is it true everyone in Greece gets two birthdays to celebrate? Sort of.
November 17th in Greece commemorates the brutal suppression of a student uprising on this date in 1973.
Commemoration, usually marked by protest marches, of the sad day when students were killed at the Polytechnic Institute in Athens, ultimately leading to the overthrow of the government.
When one man spoke for all Grece and just said "No!" (ochi) to Hitler at a time when no other nation in Europe was openly opposing him.
Travel Events celebrating the mythology of Ancient Greece - Rediscovering the gods of ancient Greece. Enhance your trip with one of these unusual events in Greece
From Cyprus Tours, a list of the colorful religious festivals with dates and locations.
Send a free "Iconogram" commemorating any Greek religious holiday or feast day, courtesy of this Greek Orthodox Church website.
St Patricks Day in Greece? Thanks to a lively Irish expatriate community, you're never far from an Irish bar.
Explore the meaning behind this major festival of the Panagia, the Virgin Mary, on August 15th.
Though modern Greek Christmas celebrations omit Santa, his origins connect him to Hellas.
The Delphic Games, celebrating the arts, return to Delphi, Greece led by the Isadora Duncan Institute and Delphi Mayor Panagiotis Kaltsis
Rodolini presents photos and some info about the carnival season in Rethymno. Who would've thought Roger Rabbit was so big in Greece?
From Greek Spider, popular sayings in Greece and their real meanings. Rabbit's eyes, anyone?
Join on-line, or just find out about Greek music, dance, and other cultural traditions at this site.
Very brief, superficial look at Greek festivals. Good for the younger reader, not very useful to the adult traveler.
"The Only Happy Event in Old Mani" was the richly-celebrated wedding. Read about the unusual customs surrounding this event in the deep Peloponnese.
