Athens Explodes with Carnival Fun This Weekend!

Athens is the spot to beryllium this play for the expansive finale of Apokries, Greece’s vibrant Carnival season! A whirlwind of colorful events, parades, music, and dancing volition instrumentality implicit the city, offering escaped amusement for each ages earlier the commencement of Lent.

Saturday, March 1st – Carnival Fever Kicks Off:

• Morning Fun for Kids: Dimitris Beis Park, Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, and Filopappou Hill volition big children’s carnival festivities starting astatine 11:00 am, featuring animators and look painting. Kids aged 7-15 tin besides enactment successful “The Lost Spirit of Carnival” enactment successful assorted squares, including Agia Aikaterini, Agios Andreas Lamprinis, and Gkyzi.
• Traditional Theater: Klafthmonos Square volition showcase a show of “Two Grooms – One Bride” by the Zakynthian Folk Theater Agios Dionysios astatine 12:00 pm, inspired by 17th-century carnival traditions.
• Digital Costumes: The Athens Municipal Art Gallery invites families with children (8-12) to “Digital Costumes with VR Masks” astatine 5:00 pm. Kids tin plan their ain integer costumes utilizing virtual reality. Pre-registration is required (Tel: 210 5202420, 210 3242023, Monday – Friday, 10:00 americium – 2:00 pm).
• Piraeus Carnival Party: Head to Piraeus’ Korai Square from 11:00 americium to 3:00 p.m. for a family-friendly carnival solemnisation with kite-flying and a Kiddie Academy creation workshop.

Sunday, March 2nd – The Grand Finale:

• Athens City Center Parade and Show: The item of the weekend! A expansive parade kicks disconnected astatine 5:00 pm, winding done Syntagma Square, Ermou Street, Aiolou Street, and Kotzia Square. Expect dazzling costumes, dancers, stilt walkers, a Chinese dragon, and more. The Athens Philharmonic Orchestra, unrecorded vigor broadcasts, and a performance by Decibel Band (playing Greek popular and stone hits from the ’70s to today) volition adhd to the festive atmosphere.
• Glyfada’s Student Carnival: Extravagant floats, originative costumes, and unrecorded euphony volition capable the streets of Glyfada starting astatine 11:30 am. The parade culminates successful Macedonia Square with the ceremonial burning of the King of Carnival’s interval and a performance by the fashionable Greek set Alcatrash.
• Nikaia & Agios Ioannis Rentis Carnival: Enjoy serenades, a treasure hunt, jugglers, and more, culminating successful a expansive parade successful Rentis astatine noon connected Fleming Street.
• Alimos Carnival Parade: Kalamaki Avenue volition beryllium live with colour and euphony during the Alimos carnival parade astatine noon, featuring section clubs, schools, and elaborate floats.
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC): Celebrate the commencement of Lent with Afro-Brazilian rhythms from Bloco Swingueira, DJ Palov, and Los Petralonicos. Children tin enactment successful “Ornitho-Transformations,” creating vertebrate masks and joining successful the carnival spirit.
• Peristeri Exhibition Center: A play of children’s activities, including workshops, games, a cinema screening, theatrical performances, and a expansive children’s parade connected Sunday astatine 3:00 pm, followed by stand-up drama astatine 7:00 pm.

Don’t miss the spectacular culmination of Apokries successful Athens this weekend!