Greece in August - Special Events

Festivals, feasts, and name days

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 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[/A] - Feast day of Agios Ioannis.
August 30th - St. Alexandros Feast and Name Day for Alexander

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