Kefalonia calendar 2023

[Maik]

9^th Fokata road race on Saturday, 08 July. 5.25 km Fokata - Lakithra - Fokata. Participants to register between 18:30-19:15 at Fokata church, police ID needed. Race starts 19:30


Edit: punctuation

[Maik]

Traditional Greek dances, in costume, performed in Vlakhata plateia starting 20:00 on Saturday, 17 June

[Maik]

Live music, lots of dancing and plenty of skewers, plus a bit of fire 'walking'?, at the festival of Agios Yiannis of Lampadiari in Spartia. Starts 20:30 on Thursday, 22 June.

[Maik]

Agios Yiannis of Lampadiari celebration in Frapata on Friday, 23 June.

Usually one held in Tzannata on 23^rd, awaiting confirmation.

[Maik]

Traditional Greek dances, in costume, performed in Vlakhata plateia starting 20:00 on Saturday, 17 June

Same day, same place but event will commence at the end of the Pylos tragedy mourning period, 21:00

[Maik]

8^th Laskarateio 7.5 km road race Sunday 23/07/23, starts @ 19:00 on Lixouri seafront

[Maik]

5th night of traditional dances in Faraklata, 20:00 on Sunday, 18 June in the central plateia. In the event of rain will be held in the church cell!

[Maik]

9^th Fokata road race on Saturday, 08 July. 5.25 km Fokata - Lakithra - Fokata. Participants to register between 18:30-19:15 at Fokata church, police ID needed. Race starts 19:30 19:45

[Maik]

Live music, dancing, food, wine, fire jumping... panagyri presented by the Cultural Association of Tzannata to celebrate Agios Yiannis Lampadaris. Under the plane trees in the village plateia, starts 20:30 on Friday, 23 June.

[Maik]

Feast of the Holy Apostles in Valeriano, live music, dancing, food & wine, starts 21:00 on Wednesday, 28 June.

[Maik]

Festival of Agios Yiannis Lampadaris in plateia Rizospaston, Lixouri, starting 21:00 tomorrow, Thursday, 22 June.

What I can make out a 'guy' is burned, rather like Guy Fawkes night, except it's a figure of Gligorakis... confuses me a bit as elsewhere Gligorakis is 'celebrated' on Kathara Devtera 

[Maik]

Festival of Agios Yiannis Lampadaris starting 20:30 this evening, Friday, 23 June,  in Agia Efimia port area.

[Maik]

Municipality of Sami Program of Cultural Events Summer 2023

JULY
11/07/23 Tuesday
20:00 Agia Efimia: Litany of the Holy Icon of Agia Efimia
with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Sami

11/07/23 Tuesday
21:00 Agia Efimia
Festival of Agia Efimia

13/07/23 Thursday &
14/07/23 Friday
21:00 Sami central square
Festival of Traditional Dances

15/07/23Saturday
21:00 Sami Primary School
Theatrical performance of Aesop’s Fables (for kids, in Greek)

16/07/23Sunday
21:00 Assos
Melodic peratzada by musicians Monte Nero

21/07/23 Friday
21:00 Sami Beach
AESOP: French film with Greek subtitles

21/07/23 Saturday
21:00 Cultural Center of Agia Efimia
Tribute to the memory of the Pylarian actor, Makis Panoriou

23/07/23 Sunday
21:00 Agrilia
"Journey to the Starry Sky"

25/07/23 Tuesday
21:00 Sami primary school
Event dedicated to Stelios Vallatos and exhibition of his paintings

26/07/23 Wednesday
21:00 Mesovounia
Traditional festival of To Adamoma" on Agia Paraskevi day

27/07/23 Thursday
21:00 Poulata
Traditional festival of Agios Panteleimon

28/07/23 Friday – 30/07/23 Sunday
Paleo Vlakhata, Karovomylos
Saristra 2023 summer festival of music, art, cinema

28/07/23 Friday – 04/08/23 Friday
20:00 Agia Efimia Cultural Association
Art exhibition by local artists

31/07/23 Monday
20:30 Pyrgi central square
Audio-visual historical event "Memories of the earthquake in Pyrgos”

August
01/08/23 Tuesday
20:30 Sami Plateía Dikaiosýnis Eirínis (in front of Museum)
Kefalonia Young Mandolinata / Archaeological Museum of Sami open evening

02/08/23 Wednesday
21:30 Sami Port Authority area
Live music and dancing with Kostis Maraveyas

03/08/23 Thursday
21:00 Erisos,
Live music and dancing

06/08/23 Sunday
21:00 Grizata Primary School
Traditional festival of O Sotiras

07/08/23 Monday
21:00 Fiskardo
Melodic peratzada by musicians Monte Nero

08/08/23 Tuesday
21:00 Sami Primary School
The Little Mermaid theatre production for kids (in Greek)

09/08/23 Wednesday
21:00 Makriotika School
Theatrical comedy Matchmaking (in Greek)

10/08/23 Thursday
20:30 Mesovounia High School
Audio-visual event commemorating 70th anniversary of the 1953 earthquakes (in Greek)

10/08/23 Thursday
21:00 Zervata Primary School
Traditional village festival

11/08/23 Friday
20:00 Pyrgi central square
Karagiozis shadow theater

12/08/23 Saturday
18:00 Pyrgi central square
3.5 km road race

12/08/23 Saturday
21:00 Makriotika square
Screening of the film Cinema o Paradisos

14/08/23 Monday
20:30 Kastri, Pyrgi
Fairy tales for kids (in Greek)

15/08/23 Tuesday
11:00 Holy Monastery of Agrilion, Sami
Litany of the icon of the Virgin Mary

15/08/23 Tuesday
16/08/23 Wednesday
21:00 Komitata
Two-day traditional festival of the Panagia

16/08/23 Wednesday
21:00 Harakti, Pyrgi
Traditional village festival

19/08/23 Saturday
21:00 Lemonokipos (Lemon Garden), Agia Efimia
Songs form Greek cinema

20/08/23 Sunday
21:00 Mesovounia High School,
Fairy tales for kids (in Greek)

21/08/23 Monday
21:00 Lemonokipos (Lemon Garden), Agia Efimia
Musical evening with the Kefalonia Youth Mandolinata

22/08/23 Tuesday
21:00 Divarata Polykentro
Fairy tales for kids (in Greek)

23/08/23 Wednesday
20:00 Sami
Litany of the Icon of Panagia Loutriotissa / Dormition of the Virgin

23/08/23 Wednesday
21:00 Sami Port Authority area
Traditional festival of Sami

25/08/23 Friday
21:00 Agia Efimia
Melodic peratzada by musicians Monte Nero

26/08/23 Saturday
21:00 Sami
Melodic peratzada by the Karaviotis Brothers

28/08/23 Monday
21:00 Karavomylos
Traditional festival of Agios Ioannis

31/08/23 Thursday
20:30 Assos
France - Assos: Bonds of Centuries speech and Kefalonia Youth Mandolinata performance

September
08/09/23 Friday
21:00 Makriotika Primary School
Traditional festival of Panagia Platytera

Believed correct at time of posting

[Maik]

3^rd Ainos Mountain Marathon, 24 September 2023

Information and contact form at ainosmarathon.com

[Maik]

TRAFFIC (2001)
"A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business." imdb.com
Starring: Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dennis Quaid, Albert Finney, James Brolin.

As part of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking there will be a screening of the film "Traffic" (2000) at 20:30 on Friday, 30 June, in the Pylaros Polycenter Themos Potamianos in Divarata. Free admission.

[Maik]

Information in English: https://kymatafestival.gr

[Maik]

Feast of Panagia Diotissa, starts 20:30 on Saturday, 01 July at the site of the old primary school. Live music, dancing, grill, wine...

[Maik]

K.A.P.I. Choir Company performing in Plateia Kampanas (Bell Tower Square) at 20:00 tomorrow evening, Friday, 30 June.

[Maik]

Live music and dancing, 21:00 this Sunday, 02 July, in Skala square

[Maik]

Musical event for disabilities, 20:00 this evening, Saturday, 01 July, in O Kefalos theatre, Argostoli.

[Maik]

Mega Lakko beach, Paliki @21:00 on Saturday, 08 July. Like it says...

"Bathing suit recommended" 

[Maik]

Strolling minstrels in Katelios at 20:00 tomorrow, Monday, 03 July.

[Maik]

Exhibition of the Municipality of Argostoli art department this evening, Monday, 03 July between 19:00-22:00 and tomorrow, Tuesday, 04 July between 10:00-12:00 and 19:00-22:00 in O Kefalos theatre.

[Maik]

8^th Laskarateios Road Race, 19:00 on Sunday, 23 July starting Lixouri central plateia.

[Maik]

06/07/23 21:00 - Vlakhata plateia: Karagiozis shadow theatre