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Jazz festivals in Greece


Kardamili Jazz Festival is hosted by Sarpsborg Jazz Club in Norway. Over 50 concerts will take place in Kardamili from May 5 to 12, 2018.


ATHENS DRUM FESTIVAL & PLAY ALONG DRUM FESTIVAL at Athina Live stage, ARΤ MUSIC SCHOOL G.V.Fakanas – 3 Posidonos Av. , Athens on April 28 & 29, 2018 – entrance free .The Drum Festival returns to the warm venue of “Athina Live” Stage (Art Music School G.V.Fakanas).


20 musicians from Greece and abroad, 5 ensembles and 3 nights of explosive jazz – The 7th Jazz Panorama on December 7 to 9, 2017 at Onassis Cultural Centre — 107-109 Syngrou Avenue – Athens – 2109005800 — www.sgt.gr – A three-day festival dedicated to the contemporary Greek jazz and improvisation scene. 4-6 DEC 2015 – 21:00 – Upper Stage –


The 5th Syros Jazz Festival will take place on October 6/7/8, 2017 at Apollon Theater, Ermoupolis – entrance free to all concert and Masterclass.



Petit Paris d’ Athènes – 2017 – 5-15 October – The 5th Petit Paris d’ Athènes once again is going to host musical performances, art and photo galleries, street art, theater, street performances, colloquiums, “tables rondes” and “rendez vous sociaux”, educational activities, chess. The festival is co-organized by the Athens Art Network, the City of Athens organization of culture, sports and youth and the Region of Attica, Athens, with the support of the French embassy and the French institute of Greece. This year’s central axis is «Women in Europe» («La femme en Europe»).


DJANGOFEST ATHENS 2017 – 16th & 17th September 2017, from 12.00- 24:00 – Free entrance!- Technopolis City of Athens: Piraeus 100, Gazi
Contact: 210 3475518, 210 3453548 – www.technopolis-athens.com – Access: Metro: “Kerameikos” Station, Trolley: No. 21 (from Omonia), “FOTAERIO” stop, Buses: 049, 815, 838, 914, B18, C18 .


The Municipality of Ilion organizes the six Jazz at the park” at Anthony Tritsis Park, on September 9, 2017 at 8:30 — free entrance – The «jazz in the park,” has been established as a meeting point for all friends of jazz. Greek and international performers take part every year making it as the most representative festival of its kind.


FOUGARO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017 on September 1 to 3 at Fougaro — Asklipiou Street 98 Nafplion – 27520.47300 – Entrance free – 3 days – 7 bands – 32 musicians – Start at 20:00.


August 25, 26, 27 – Jazz on Tinos 2017 – The festival that brought jazz to Tinos and gave jazz scenes the trigger to multiply throughout the Aegean will be organized and hosted by the Cultural Foundation of Tinos for the ninth consecutive year. The Greek and foreign artists featured in the festival all released compelling albums. The event is co-organized by the Cultural Foundation of Tinos and the South Aegean Region. Free entrance.