{
  "hub": {
    "slug": "kids",
    "titleEl": "Εκδηλώσεις για Παιδιά στην Αθήνα",
    "titleEn": "Kids Events in Athens",
    "answerCapsule": "Η Αθήνα προσφέρει εκδηλώσεις για παιδιά και οικογένειες — κουκλοθέατρο, εργαστήρια σε μουσεία, παιδικές παραστάσεις σε θέατρα του κέντρου και δραστηριότητες σε ανοιχτούς χώρους. Βρείτε ηλικιακές συστάσεις, ώρες και πληροφορίες πρόσβασης.",
    "faqCount": 4
  },
  "events": [
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "06eaa1501b01abd3",
      "title": "Sensory Friendly προβολή | Park Your Cinema: Grease (1978)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "The lights stay up. No one shushes anyone. If a child stands and walks, that is allowed. Park Your Cinema's Sensory Friendly screening of *Grease* (1978) at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Friday 5 June 2026 runs to a different set of rules from a standard outdoor cinema night — designed with TheHappyAct for audiences on the autism spectrum and with sensory processing differences, but open to anyone.\n\nRandal Kleiser's musical, with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny and Sandy, opened in 1978 and is now into its forty-eighth year of continuous afterlife — Rydell High's parking-lot dance numbers, the diner, the closing carnival, \"Summer Nights\" and \"You're the One That I Want.\" The film selection is curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which programmes Park Your Cinema each summer with a mix of musicals, classics, and family titles.\n\nThe audience for sensory-friendly nights skews family and inclusive — parents with kids who would not sit through a darkened, hushed cinema, adults who find conventional moviegoing overstimulating, and people who simply prefer being able to talk, move, and lie back on the grass while watching. Strangers are relaxed about each other's volume.\n\nThe format adjusts the environment, not the film. Pre-show advertising is cut. Soundtrack volume runs lower than a standard screening. Ambient light on the lawn stays softer than full darkness so anyone can stand up and move without losing orientation. There is no required silence and no fixed seating — bring a blanket, sit or stand or move, return when ready.\n\nStavros Niarchos Park stays open past sunset; the lawn fills up an hour before showtime with families staking out edges where exits are easiest. Food stalls run on the Esplanade. The screening starts at sunset, which in early June falls around 20:50 in Athens — the screen reads pale through the first minutes before the sky finishes darkening into proper projection contrast.\n\nIf you want pristine cinema-hall sound and a hushed room, this is the opposite of that. But if you want *Grease* with a child who needs to move, a partner who finds dark theatres difficult, or just an outdoor night where the rules of attention are softer, this is the screening built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ runs a free shuttle from Syntagma; Syngrou-Fix metro is the nearest station, with a fifteen-to-twenty-minute walk through the park or a short tram ride to Kallithea. Admission is open, no booking. Bring a blanket or a low chair, water, and a light layer — the lawn cools quickly after sunset even in June. Insect repellent helps near the park canals.\n\nForty-eight years on, Sandy's transformation still divides the room — louder this time, with the lights up.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-05 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "The lights stay up. No one shushes anyone. If a child stands and walks, that is allowed. Park Your Cinema's Sensory Friendly screening of *Grease* (1978) at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Friday 5 June 2026 runs to a different set of rules from a standard outdoor cinema night — designed with TheHappyAct for audiences on the autism spectrum and with sensory processing differences, but open to anyone.\n\nRandal Kleiser's musical, with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny and Sandy, opened in 1978 and is now into its forty-eighth year of continuous afterlife — Rydell High's parking-lot dance numbers, the diner, the closing carnival, \"Summer Nights\" and \"You're the One That I Want.\" The film selection is curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which programmes Park Your Cinema each summer with a mix of musicals, classics, and family titles.\n\nThe audience for sensory-friendly nights skews family and inclusive — parents with kids who would not sit through a darkened, hushed cinema, adults who find conventional moviegoing overstimulating, and people who simply prefer being able to talk, move, and lie back on the grass while watching. Strangers are relaxed about each other's volume.\n\nThe format adjusts the environment, not the film. Pre-show advertising is cut. Soundtrack volume runs lower than a standard screening. Ambient light on the lawn stays softer than full darkness so anyone can stand up and move without losing orientation. There is no required silence and no fixed seating — bring a blanket, sit or stand or move, return when ready.\n\nStavros Niarchos Park stays open past sunset; the lawn fills up an hour before showtime with families staking out edges where exits are easiest. Food stalls run on the Esplanade. The screening starts at sunset, which in early June falls around 20:50 in Athens — the screen reads pale through the first minutes before the sky finishes darkening into proper projection contrast.\n\nIf you want pristine cinema-hall sound and a hushed room, this is the opposite of that. But if you want *Grease* with a child who needs to move, a partner who finds dark theatres difficult, or just an outdoor night where the rules of attention are softer, this is the screening built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ runs a free shuttle from Syntagma; Syngrou-Fix metro is the nearest station, with a fifteen-to-twenty-minute walk through the park or a short tram ride to Kallithea. Admission is open, no booking. Bring a blanket or a low chair, water, and a light layer — the lawn cools quickly after sunset even in June. Insect repellent helps near the park canals.\n\nForty-eight years on, Sandy's transformation still divides the room — louder this time, with the lights up.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-05 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "The lights stay up. No one shushes anyone. If a child stands and walks, that is allowed. Park Your Cinema's Sensory Friendly screening of *Grease* (1978) at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Friday 5 June 2026 runs to a different set of rules from a standard outdoor cinema night — designed with TheHappyAct for audiences on the autism spectrum and with sensory processing differences, but open to anyone.\n\nRandal Kleiser's musical, with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny and Sandy, opened in 1978 and is now into its forty-eighth year of continuous afterlife — Rydell High's parking-lot dance numbers, the diner, the closing carnival, \"Summer Nights\" and \"You're the One That I Want.\" The film selection is curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which programmes Park Your Cinema each summer with a mix of musicals, classics, and family titles.\n\nThe audience for sensory-friendly nights skews family and inclusive — parents with kids who would not sit through a darkened, hushed cinema, adults who find conventional moviegoing overstimulating, and people who simply prefer being able to talk, move, and lie back on the grass while watching. Strangers are relaxed about each other's volume.\n\nThe format adjusts the environment, not the film. Pre-show advertising is cut. Soundtrack volume runs lower than a standard screening. Ambient light on the lawn stays softer than full darkness so anyone can stand up and move without losing orientation. There is no required silence and no fixed seating — bring a blanket, sit or stand or move, return when ready.\n\nStavros Niarchos Park stays open past sunset; the lawn fills up an hour before showtime with families staking out edges where exits are easiest. Food stalls run on the Esplanade. The screening starts at sunset, which in early June falls around 20:50 in Athens — the screen reads pale through the first minutes before the sky finishes darkening into proper projection contrast.\n\nIf you want pristine cinema-hall sound and a hushed room, this is the opposite of that. But if you want *Grease* with a child who needs to move, a partner who finds dark theatres difficult, or just an outdoor night where the rules of attention are softer, this is the screening built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ runs a free shuttle from Syntagma; Syngrou-Fix metro is the nearest station, with a fifteen-to-twenty-minute walk through the park or a short tram ride to Kallithea. Admission is open, no booking. Bring a blanket or a low chair, water, and a light layer — the lawn cools quickly after sunset even in June. Insect repellent helps near the park canals.\n\nForty-eight years on, Sandy's transformation still divides the room — louder this time, with the lights up.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-05 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-05",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Inclusive",
        "All-ages",
        "Outdoor",
        "Site-specific",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-grease-1978/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:00",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/Grease-1.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/06eaa1501b01abd3.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "TheaterEvent",
      "id": "8664608575e29411",
      "title": "Μεταξοτυπία για παιδιά: εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Saturday 6 June 2026 brings a children's screenprinting workshop to ΚΠΙΣΝ. The Greek title — *εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα* — promises prints built around each child's own imprint: a fingerprint, a stamped mark, something that ties the finished work to the hand that made it.\n\nScreenprinting is an old, tactile craft. Ink is pushed through a fine mesh stencil with a squeegee, and the design appears all at once when the screen lifts. The pleasure for kids is that moment of reveal, and the fact that the print they pull is unambiguously theirs.\n\nIf you want a quiet sit-down afternoon, look elsewhere. But if you want your child to walk out with paper still drying from a press they worked themselves, the workshop is built for that.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is at Leoforos Syggrou 364, reachable by the venue's free shuttle from Syntagma and by buses running along the coast. Admission is open.\n\nOne Saturday, one session, one print pulled by hand.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Saturday 6 June 2026 brings a children's screenprinting workshop to ΚΠΙΣΝ. The Greek title — *εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα* — promises prints built around each child's own imprint: a fingerprint, a stamped mark, something that ties the finished work to the hand that made it.\n\nScreenprinting is an old, tactile craft. Ink is pushed through a fine mesh stencil with a squeegee, and the design appears all at once when the screen lifts. The pleasure for kids is that moment of reveal, and the fact that the print they pull is unambiguously theirs.\n\nIf you want a quiet sit-down afternoon, look elsewhere. But if you want your child to walk out with paper still drying from a press they worked themselves, the workshop is built for that.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is at Leoforos Syggrou 364, reachable by the venue's free shuttle from Syntagma and by buses running along the coast. Admission is open.\n\nOne Saturday, one session, one print pulled by hand.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Saturday 6 June 2026 brings a children's screenprinting workshop to ΚΠΙΣΝ. The Greek title — *εκτυπώσεις με αποτύπωμα* — promises prints built around each child's own imprint: a fingerprint, a stamped mark, something that ties the finished work to the hand that made it.\n\nScreenprinting is an old, tactile craft. Ink is pushed through a fine mesh stencil with a squeegee, and the design appears all at once when the screen lifts. The pleasure for kids is that moment of reveal, and the fact that the print they pull is unambiguously theirs.\n\nIf you want a quiet sit-down afternoon, look elsewhere. But if you want your child to walk out with paper still drying from a press they worked themselves, the workshop is built for that.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is at Leoforos Syggrou 364, reachable by the venue's free shuttle from Syntagma and by buses running along the coast. Admission is open.\n\nOne Saturday, one session, one print pulled by hand.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-06",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "theater",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Children",
        "Families",
        "Workshop-format",
        "Interactive",
        "Inclusive",
        "Daytime-event"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/metaxotypia-gia-paidia-ektyposeis-me-apotypoma/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/04/231220_Loupes_Eftychia-Vlachou_web-res_33.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/8664608575e29411.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "MusicEvent",
      "id": "f954013599d2e441",
      "title": "&#171;Απόηχοι Χρόνου&#187;",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Shostakovich and ABBA on the same bill, with Scott Joplin, Henry Mancini and Andrew Lloyd Webber in between — Echoes of Time is the National Conservatory of New Smyrna's end-of-year showcase, and its setlist refuses to pick an era. A strand of Cypriot composers — Giorgos Hatzipierris, Michael Christodoulides — and traditional Cypriot songs mark the Greece–Cyprus tie.\n\nThe players are the school itself: students and faculty, instrumental ensembles, a children's choir and a youth choir, on the stage of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Tavros.\n\nIf you want a single-composer evening, this isn't it. But the night is already sold out — the draw is a conservatory showing its full range at once.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-06 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Shostakovich and ABBA on the same bill, with Scott Joplin, Henry Mancini and Andrew Lloyd Webber in between — Echoes of Time is the National Conservatory of New Smyrna's end-of-year showcase, and its setlist refuses to pick an era. A strand of Cypriot composers — Giorgos Hatzipierris, Michael Christodoulides — and traditional Cypriot songs mark the Greece–Cyprus tie.\n\nThe players are the school itself: students and faculty, instrumental ensembles, a children's choir and a youth choir, on the stage of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Tavros.\n\nIf you want a single-composer evening, this isn't it. But the night is already sold out — the draw is a conservatory showing its full range at once.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-06 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Shostakovich and ABBA on the same bill, with Scott Joplin, Henry Mancini and Andrew Lloyd Webber in between — Echoes of Time is the National Conservatory of New Smyrna's end-of-year showcase, and its setlist refuses to pick an era. A strand of Cypriot composers — Giorgos Hatzipierris, Michael Christodoulides — and traditional Cypriot songs mark the Greece–Cyprus tie.\n\nThe players are the school itself: students and faculty, instrumental ensembles, a children's choir and a youth choir, on the stage of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Tavros.\n\nIf you want a single-composer evening, this isn't it. But the night is already sold out — the draw is a conservatory showing its full range at once.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-06 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-06T19:00:00",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "concert",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Academic",
        "Family-friendly",
        "Seated",
        "Concert-format",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "Ίδρυμα Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης",
        "address": "Pireos 206, Athens 177 78",
        "neighborhood": "Tavros",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.9676,
          "lon": 23.6964
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "with-ticket",
        "amount": null,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": null
      },
      "url": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/apoixoi_xronou-10090520/",
      "ticketUrl": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/apoixoi_xronou-10090520/",
      "ticketUrlStatus": "generated",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "athinorama.gr",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-28 05:08:22",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "timeDoors": "19:00",
      "timeSource": "scraped_listing",
      "imageSource": "not_found",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "PerformingArtsEvent",
      "id": "c6f57214d8d51679",
      "title": "Spin Art",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "You climb onto a bike that is going nowhere. Where the back wheel should meet the road, a flat disc spins instead, loaded with a sheet of paper; you pedal, the disc turns, and the paint you flick onto it pulls outward into rings and spirals you did not plan and cannot fully steer. You brake, and you are holding a painting made with your legs.\n\nSpin Art runs on the SNFCC Esplanade as part of the centre's open public programming, timed to World Bicycle Day — the United Nations day, marked each June, that celebrates the bicycle as the simplest form of sustainable movement. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center — the Renzo Piano-designed home of the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera — takes the idea at its word: the machine that carries you across a city becomes the engine that makes a picture.\n\nThe crowd is mostly families — parents steadying first-time riders, children queuing for another turn, the occasional adult cyclist who rolled in off the park paths and stayed. Nobody treats the output as precious. Paint on your hands is the proof you took a turn.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| **Setting** | Open-air Esplanade, beside the seawater canal |\n| **Vibe** | Hands-on family workshop, unhurried |\n| **Sound** | Park ambience, children, the hum of spinning wheels |\n| **Door** | Open admission, no ticket, no registration |\n\nEach spin sets the canvas moving, and the harder you pedal the farther the paint travels — go slow and you get tight concentric loops, push fast and the colour throws to the rim. Children work out the physics in about ten seconds, then spend twenty minutes testing the limits of it. You leave with a finished print to carry home, and usually a streak of paint somewhere you did not intend.\n\nIf you came for a quiet afternoon with art kept behind glass, Spin Art is the opposite — open-air, communal, and built to be a little messy. But if you want your kids to discover that pedalling and painting can be one motion, on the weekend the calendar gives over to the bicycle, the Esplanade is where to be.\n\nSpin Art takes place on the SNFCC Esplanade on 7 June, the weekend after World Bicycle Day. Admission is open — no ticket, no registration, materials provided on site. The centre is reachable by bus and tram and runs a free shuttle from central Athens; the Esplanade catches full sun in stretches, so bring a hat for June and clothes you do not mind marking.\n\nA bicycle that paints instead of travels, open to all for one June afternoon — you pedal, and the spin decides the rest.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "You climb onto a bike that is going nowhere. Where the back wheel should meet the road, a flat disc spins instead, loaded with a sheet of paper; you pedal, the disc turns, and the paint you flick onto it pulls outward into rings and spirals you did not plan and cannot fully steer. You brake, and you are holding a painting made with your legs.\n\nSpin Art runs on the SNFCC Esplanade as part of the centre's open public programming, timed to World Bicycle Day — the United Nations day, marked each June, that celebrates the bicycle as the simplest form of sustainable movement. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center — the Renzo Piano-designed home of the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera — takes the idea at its word: the machine that carries you across a city becomes the engine that makes a picture.\n\nThe crowd is mostly families — parents steadying first-time riders, children queuing for another turn, the occasional adult cyclist who rolled in off the park paths and stayed. Nobody treats the output as precious. Paint on your hands is the proof you took a turn.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| **Setting** | Open-air Esplanade, beside the seawater canal |\n| **Vibe** | Hands-on family workshop, unhurried |\n| **Sound** | Park ambience, children, the hum of spinning wheels |\n| **Door** | Open admission, no ticket, no registration |\n\nEach spin sets the canvas moving, and the harder you pedal the farther the paint travels — go slow and you get tight concentric loops, push fast and the colour throws to the rim. Children work out the physics in about ten seconds, then spend twenty minutes testing the limits of it. You leave with a finished print to carry home, and usually a streak of paint somewhere you did not intend.\n\nIf you came for a quiet afternoon with art kept behind glass, Spin Art is the opposite — open-air, communal, and built to be a little messy. But if you want your kids to discover that pedalling and painting can be one motion, on the weekend the calendar gives over to the bicycle, the Esplanade is where to be.\n\nSpin Art takes place on the SNFCC Esplanade on 7 June, the weekend after World Bicycle Day. Admission is open — no ticket, no registration, materials provided on site. The centre is reachable by bus and tram and runs a free shuttle from central Athens; the Esplanade catches full sun in stretches, so bring a hat for June and clothes you do not mind marking.\n\nA bicycle that paints instead of travels, open to all for one June afternoon — you pedal, and the spin decides the rest.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "You climb onto a bike that is going nowhere. Where the back wheel should meet the road, a flat disc spins instead, loaded with a sheet of paper; you pedal, the disc turns, and the paint you flick onto it pulls outward into rings and spirals you did not plan and cannot fully steer. You brake, and you are holding a painting made with your legs.\n\nSpin Art runs on the SNFCC Esplanade as part of the centre's open public programming, timed to World Bicycle Day — the United Nations day, marked each June, that celebrates the bicycle as the simplest form of sustainable movement. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center — the Renzo Piano-designed home of the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera — takes the idea at its word: the machine that carries you across a city becomes the engine that makes a picture.\n\nThe crowd is mostly families — parents steadying first-time riders, children queuing for another turn, the occasional adult cyclist who rolled in off the park paths and stayed. Nobody treats the output as precious. Paint on your hands is the proof you took a turn.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| **Setting** | Open-air Esplanade, beside the seawater canal |\n| **Vibe** | Hands-on family workshop, unhurried |\n| **Sound** | Park ambience, children, the hum of spinning wheels |\n| **Door** | Open admission, no ticket, no registration |\n\nEach spin sets the canvas moving, and the harder you pedal the farther the paint travels — go slow and you get tight concentric loops, push fast and the colour throws to the rim. Children work out the physics in about ten seconds, then spend twenty minutes testing the limits of it. You leave with a finished print to carry home, and usually a streak of paint somewhere you did not intend.\n\nIf you came for a quiet afternoon with art kept behind glass, Spin Art is the opposite — open-air, communal, and built to be a little messy. But if you want your kids to discover that pedalling and painting can be one motion, on the weekend the calendar gives over to the bicycle, the Esplanade is where to be.\n\nSpin Art takes place on the SNFCC Esplanade on 7 June, the weekend after World Bicycle Day. Admission is open — no ticket, no registration, materials provided on site. The centre is reachable by bus and tram and runs a free shuttle from central Athens; the Esplanade catches full sun in stretches, so bring a hat for June and clothes you do not mind marking.\n\nA bicycle that paints instead of travels, open to all for one June afternoon — you pedal, and the spin decides the rest.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-07",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "performance",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Contemporary-Art",
        "Family-friendly",
        "Families",
        "Children",
        "Workshop-format",
        "Interactive",
        "Daytime-event",
        "Outdoor",
        "Walk-in-friendly"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/spin-art-2/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30 05:07:46",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2025/05/spin-art.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/c6f57214d8d51679.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "PerformingArtsEvent",
      "id": "4b24174ec7a1c0ca",
      "title": "Family Bikes Diathlon",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "A two-year-old on a balance bike has exactly one technique — push, glide, push — and on the morning of 7 June a few dozen of them gather on the SNFCC Esplanade for a race where that is the whole skill set. No pedals, no training wheels (they are not allowed), just small feet against pavement and a parent waiting at the handover.\n\nThe Family Bikes Diathlon is part of the open public programming the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (ΚΠΙΣΝ) runs across its grounds — the Renzo Piano-designed complex on the Faliro coast, with its long sloping Esplanade that lifts over Poseidon Avenue to meet the sea, a 21-hectare park, and a water canal cut through the middle. The bike path threaded around it ties into Kallithea's cycle network, and for one morning these riders borrow it for a course of their own.\n\nThis is a crowd of families with very small children — the 2.5-to-5 bracket, the age when a balance bike is the entire personality. Expect helmets sized for toddlers, parents already in running shoes, and the particular warm chaos of a start line where half the field has not yet grasped that it is a race.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|---|---|\n| Setting | The SNFCC Esplanade and the bike path around the park, finishing at the Water Plaza and the Faliro seafront |\n| Vibe | A low-stakes family relay — more glide than sprint |\n| Format | A balance-bike leg for the child, then a baton pass to an adult who runs or walks |\n| Door | Open admission by online preregistration; conducted in Greek |\n\nThe Diathlon is run as a relay. Children start first and ride one lap on their bikes; at the handover they pass a baton to their grown-up, who can run or walk the rest — there is no penalty for walking. The route follows the bike path that rings the SNFCC, crosses the Esplanade, and drops down to the Water Plaza and the Faliro waterfront, so the final stretch carries sea air on one side and the canal on the other. A lucky draw for a prize follows the finish line, which means no family leaves purely on the strength of how fast a toddler can glide.\n\nIf you are after a timed, competitive race with categories and a podium, the Family Bikes Diathlon is not engineered for that — the running half is explicitly walk-if-you-like. But if you want a first \"event\" your two-year-old can actually complete, on closed paths with the Saronic Gulf as the backdrop, that is the entire design.\n\nBring your own bike and helmet — training wheels are not permitted, and the balance-bike format is the point. Admission is open but you must preregister online, and slots are limited; the activity is conducted in Greek. The SNFCC sits on the coast between Kallithea and Faliro, served by tram and by the center's free shuttle from central Athens, with its own bike path if you are riding in. Morning sun on the open Esplanade is unforgiving, so water and a hat earn their place in the bag.\n\nIt is a single morning on the calendar, and the start list closes the moment the online slots do.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "A two-year-old on a balance bike has exactly one technique — push, glide, push — and on the morning of 7 June a few dozen of them gather on the SNFCC Esplanade for a race where that is the whole skill set. No pedals, no training wheels (they are not allowed), just small feet against pavement and a parent waiting at the handover.\n\nThe Family Bikes Diathlon is part of the open public programming the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (ΚΠΙΣΝ) runs across its grounds — the Renzo Piano-designed complex on the Faliro coast, with its long sloping Esplanade that lifts over Poseidon Avenue to meet the sea, a 21-hectare park, and a water canal cut through the middle. The bike path threaded around it ties into Kallithea's cycle network, and for one morning these riders borrow it for a course of their own.\n\nThis is a crowd of families with very small children — the 2.5-to-5 bracket, the age when a balance bike is the entire personality. Expect helmets sized for toddlers, parents already in running shoes, and the particular warm chaos of a start line where half the field has not yet grasped that it is a race.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|---|---|\n| Setting | The SNFCC Esplanade and the bike path around the park, finishing at the Water Plaza and the Faliro seafront |\n| Vibe | A low-stakes family relay — more glide than sprint |\n| Format | A balance-bike leg for the child, then a baton pass to an adult who runs or walks |\n| Door | Open admission by online preregistration; conducted in Greek |\n\nThe Diathlon is run as a relay. Children start first and ride one lap on their bikes; at the handover they pass a baton to their grown-up, who can run or walk the rest — there is no penalty for walking. The route follows the bike path that rings the SNFCC, crosses the Esplanade, and drops down to the Water Plaza and the Faliro waterfront, so the final stretch carries sea air on one side and the canal on the other. A lucky draw for a prize follows the finish line, which means no family leaves purely on the strength of how fast a toddler can glide.\n\nIf you are after a timed, competitive race with categories and a podium, the Family Bikes Diathlon is not engineered for that — the running half is explicitly walk-if-you-like. But if you want a first \"event\" your two-year-old can actually complete, on closed paths with the Saronic Gulf as the backdrop, that is the entire design.\n\nBring your own bike and helmet — training wheels are not permitted, and the balance-bike format is the point. Admission is open but you must preregister online, and slots are limited; the activity is conducted in Greek. The SNFCC sits on the coast between Kallithea and Faliro, served by tram and by the center's free shuttle from central Athens, with its own bike path if you are riding in. Morning sun on the open Esplanade is unforgiving, so water and a hat earn their place in the bag.\n\nIt is a single morning on the calendar, and the start list closes the moment the online slots do.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "A two-year-old on a balance bike has exactly one technique — push, glide, push — and on the morning of 7 June a few dozen of them gather on the SNFCC Esplanade for a race where that is the whole skill set. No pedals, no training wheels (they are not allowed), just small feet against pavement and a parent waiting at the handover.\n\nThe Family Bikes Diathlon is part of the open public programming the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (ΚΠΙΣΝ) runs across its grounds — the Renzo Piano-designed complex on the Faliro coast, with its long sloping Esplanade that lifts over Poseidon Avenue to meet the sea, a 21-hectare park, and a water canal cut through the middle. The bike path threaded around it ties into Kallithea's cycle network, and for one morning these riders borrow it for a course of their own.\n\nThis is a crowd of families with very small children — the 2.5-to-5 bracket, the age when a balance bike is the entire personality. Expect helmets sized for toddlers, parents already in running shoes, and the particular warm chaos of a start line where half the field has not yet grasped that it is a race.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|---|---|\n| Setting | The SNFCC Esplanade and the bike path around the park, finishing at the Water Plaza and the Faliro seafront |\n| Vibe | A low-stakes family relay — more glide than sprint |\n| Format | A balance-bike leg for the child, then a baton pass to an adult who runs or walks |\n| Door | Open admission by online preregistration; conducted in Greek |\n\nThe Diathlon is run as a relay. Children start first and ride one lap on their bikes; at the handover they pass a baton to their grown-up, who can run or walk the rest — there is no penalty for walking. The route follows the bike path that rings the SNFCC, crosses the Esplanade, and drops down to the Water Plaza and the Faliro waterfront, so the final stretch carries sea air on one side and the canal on the other. A lucky draw for a prize follows the finish line, which means no family leaves purely on the strength of how fast a toddler can glide.\n\nIf you are after a timed, competitive race with categories and a podium, the Family Bikes Diathlon is not engineered for that — the running half is explicitly walk-if-you-like. But if you want a first \"event\" your two-year-old can actually complete, on closed paths with the Saronic Gulf as the backdrop, that is the entire design.\n\nBring your own bike and helmet — training wheels are not permitted, and the balance-bike format is the point. Admission is open but you must preregister online, and slots are limited; the activity is conducted in Greek. The SNFCC sits on the coast between Kallithea and Faliro, served by tram and by the center's free shuttle from central Athens, with its own bike path if you are riding in. Morning sun on the open Esplanade is unforgiving, so water and a hat earn their place in the bag.\n\nIt is a single morning on the calendar, and the start list closes the moment the online slots do.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-08 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-07",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "performance",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Children",
        "Families",
        "Outdoor",
        "Daytime-event",
        "Interactive"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/family-bikes-diathlon/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30 05:07:46",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/Spyros-Bakalis_2024-3.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/4b24174ec7a1c0ca.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "PerformingArtsEvent",
      "id": "894a5822971c01aa",
      "title": "Ημέρα Ποδηλάτου στο ΚΠΙΣΝ",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "By mid-morning on 7 June the perimeter path that loops the Stavros Niarchos Park fills with wheels of every size — training bikes, hand-me-down BMXs, the Center's own rental fleet — as the grounds are handed over to a single machine. Imera Podilatou, the Bicycle Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), marks the United Nations' World Bicycle Day with a morning built entirely around two wheels.\n\nThe SNFCC — the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library and the Greek National Opera, set in a sloping public park above the Faliro coast whose green roof climbs to a viewpoint over the Saronic Gulf — runs cycling programming year-round, from lessons to weekend tours. Bicycle Day gathers those strands into one day with open admission, organised across the Esplanade, the Park paths and the Canal. The UN fixed World Bicycle Day on 3 June; the Center marks it here on the 7th.\n\nThe crowd skews young and family-led: parents jogging alongside four-year-olds, older kids testing balance-bike technique, and the unhurried cyclists who treat the park's loop as a Sunday ritual. Nobody here is racing for a medal.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Esplanade, Park paths and Canal of the seafront SNFCC |\n| Vibe | Family morning, low-stakes, play over competition |\n| Sound | Open-air — bike bells and coaching carried over the lawn |\n| Access | Open admission; several activities need pre-registration |\n\nThree strands run through the day. The Kids Bike Race puts the youngest riders on balance bikes for a course measured in encouragement rather than finishing times. A skills session builds a temporary bike park where children learn safe-riding fundamentals as games — bring your own bike for this one, and expect slots capped at a handful of riders so it never turns into a scrum. And the guided tour rolls out on SNFCC bikes along the perimeter path, crossing the Esplanade and finishing down at the Canal's Water Square and the Phaleron shoreline, where the park meets the sea.\n\nIf you are after a competitive sportive with timing chips and a start gun, this is not that. But if you want a low-pressure morning to put a child on a bike for the first time, or to ride a traffic-free coastal loop, the day is shaped for exactly that.\n\nAdmission is open, and the grounds sit on the coastal tram and bus lines, a short walk in from the seafront stops. The pre-registration activities run in small timed slots, several aimed at ages 5 to 15, so booking ahead matters more than arriving early. Bring water: shade on the open Esplanade thins out once the sun is up, and the coast offers little cover by midday.\n\nWorld Bicycle Day lands once a year, and the SNFCC only turns its full grounds over to the bike this way for the single morning — register before the slots close.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "By mid-morning on 7 June the perimeter path that loops the Stavros Niarchos Park fills with wheels of every size — training bikes, hand-me-down BMXs, the Center's own rental fleet — as the grounds are handed over to a single machine. Imera Podilatou, the Bicycle Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), marks the United Nations' World Bicycle Day with a morning built entirely around two wheels.\n\nThe SNFCC — the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library and the Greek National Opera, set in a sloping public park above the Faliro coast whose green roof climbs to a viewpoint over the Saronic Gulf — runs cycling programming year-round, from lessons to weekend tours. Bicycle Day gathers those strands into one day with open admission, organised across the Esplanade, the Park paths and the Canal. The UN fixed World Bicycle Day on 3 June; the Center marks it here on the 7th.\n\nThe crowd skews young and family-led: parents jogging alongside four-year-olds, older kids testing balance-bike technique, and the unhurried cyclists who treat the park's loop as a Sunday ritual. Nobody here is racing for a medal.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Esplanade, Park paths and Canal of the seafront SNFCC |\n| Vibe | Family morning, low-stakes, play over competition |\n| Sound | Open-air — bike bells and coaching carried over the lawn |\n| Access | Open admission; several activities need pre-registration |\n\nThree strands run through the day. The Kids Bike Race puts the youngest riders on balance bikes for a course measured in encouragement rather than finishing times. A skills session builds a temporary bike park where children learn safe-riding fundamentals as games — bring your own bike for this one, and expect slots capped at a handful of riders so it never turns into a scrum. And the guided tour rolls out on SNFCC bikes along the perimeter path, crossing the Esplanade and finishing down at the Canal's Water Square and the Phaleron shoreline, where the park meets the sea.\n\nIf you are after a competitive sportive with timing chips and a start gun, this is not that. But if you want a low-pressure morning to put a child on a bike for the first time, or to ride a traffic-free coastal loop, the day is shaped for exactly that.\n\nAdmission is open, and the grounds sit on the coastal tram and bus lines, a short walk in from the seafront stops. The pre-registration activities run in small timed slots, several aimed at ages 5 to 15, so booking ahead matters more than arriving early. Bring water: shade on the open Esplanade thins out once the sun is up, and the coast offers little cover by midday.\n\nWorld Bicycle Day lands once a year, and the SNFCC only turns its full grounds over to the bike this way for the single morning — register before the slots close.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "By mid-morning on 7 June the perimeter path that loops the Stavros Niarchos Park fills with wheels of every size — training bikes, hand-me-down BMXs, the Center's own rental fleet — as the grounds are handed over to a single machine. Imera Podilatou, the Bicycle Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), marks the United Nations' World Bicycle Day with a morning built entirely around two wheels.\n\nThe SNFCC — the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library and the Greek National Opera, set in a sloping public park above the Faliro coast whose green roof climbs to a viewpoint over the Saronic Gulf — runs cycling programming year-round, from lessons to weekend tours. Bicycle Day gathers those strands into one day with open admission, organised across the Esplanade, the Park paths and the Canal. The UN fixed World Bicycle Day on 3 June; the Center marks it here on the 7th.\n\nThe crowd skews young and family-led: parents jogging alongside four-year-olds, older kids testing balance-bike technique, and the unhurried cyclists who treat the park's loop as a Sunday ritual. Nobody here is racing for a medal.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Esplanade, Park paths and Canal of the seafront SNFCC |\n| Vibe | Family morning, low-stakes, play over competition |\n| Sound | Open-air — bike bells and coaching carried over the lawn |\n| Access | Open admission; several activities need pre-registration |\n\nThree strands run through the day. The Kids Bike Race puts the youngest riders on balance bikes for a course measured in encouragement rather than finishing times. A skills session builds a temporary bike park where children learn safe-riding fundamentals as games — bring your own bike for this one, and expect slots capped at a handful of riders so it never turns into a scrum. And the guided tour rolls out on SNFCC bikes along the perimeter path, crossing the Esplanade and finishing down at the Canal's Water Square and the Phaleron shoreline, where the park meets the sea.\n\nIf you are after a competitive sportive with timing chips and a start gun, this is not that. But if you want a low-pressure morning to put a child on a bike for the first time, or to ride a traffic-free coastal loop, the day is shaped for exactly that.\n\nAdmission is open, and the grounds sit on the coastal tram and bus lines, a short walk in from the seafront stops. The pre-registration activities run in small timed slots, several aimed at ages 5 to 15, so booking ahead matters more than arriving early. Bring water: shade on the open Esplanade thins out once the sun is up, and the coast offers little cover by midday.\n\nWorld Bicycle Day lands once a year, and the SNFCC only turns its full grounds over to the bike this way for the single morning — register before the slots close.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-07",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "performance",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Daytime-event",
        "Families",
        "Children",
        "Outdoor",
        "Garden"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/imera-podilatoy-sto-kpisn/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30 05:07:46",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/bike.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/894a5822971c01aa.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "PerformingArtsEvent",
      "id": "5e00e0daa42307a2",
      "title": "Ποδηλατική Βόλτα στο ΚΠΙΣΝ",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "At the top of the Stavros Niarchos Park, the Lighthouse — the Faros — rises as a grass slope you can walk up to a glass room with the sea on one side and Athens on the other. On the morning of 7 June, this is where a bike ride gathers: open admission, guided, and there for anyone who turns up with wheels.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, built its park as a working public space, not a lawn to admire from a path. This ride is part of that idea — no ticket, no performance to watch, just the grounds opened up for riding under a guide who sets the route.\n\nThe group is mixed by design: parents with kids on first pedals, older riders out for a slow Sunday loop, students who treat the park as a free gym. Nobody is here to race. The pace is set by whoever is slowest, and that is the point — this is the all-ages ride, not one of the children's races the Center also runs on the same grounds.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Stavros Niarchos Park, gathering at the Lighthouse |\n| Vibe | Easy, social, all-ages Sunday ride |\n| Pace | Group-paced and guided — no racing |\n| Access | Bring your own bike or rent on site; open admission |\n\nThe route stays inside the park: past the canal that runs the length of the grounds, along the planted slopes and the Esplanade, with the Faliro coast and the sea never far off. Because it is guided and group-paced, it suits people who want the park read to them by wheel rather than on foot, and who would rather follow a leader than plot their own loop.\n\nIf you want a training ride with distance and speed, this is not it — the park is compact and the pace is deliberately gentle. But if you want a relaxed circuit with your kids, or a first ride back on a bike after years off, the Center hands you the grounds and someone to follow.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus and by the Center's own free shuttle from the city center; if you arrive without a bike, the park's rental fleet covers you. The ride is open admission — turn up at the Lighthouse.\n\nA single Sunday-morning ride on 7 June 2026, on grounds that rarely hand the whole park over to bikes.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "At the top of the Stavros Niarchos Park, the Lighthouse — the Faros — rises as a grass slope you can walk up to a glass room with the sea on one side and Athens on the other. On the morning of 7 June, this is where a bike ride gathers: open admission, guided, and there for anyone who turns up with wheels.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, built its park as a working public space, not a lawn to admire from a path. This ride is part of that idea — no ticket, no performance to watch, just the grounds opened up for riding under a guide who sets the route.\n\nThe group is mixed by design: parents with kids on first pedals, older riders out for a slow Sunday loop, students who treat the park as a free gym. Nobody is here to race. The pace is set by whoever is slowest, and that is the point — this is the all-ages ride, not one of the children's races the Center also runs on the same grounds.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Stavros Niarchos Park, gathering at the Lighthouse |\n| Vibe | Easy, social, all-ages Sunday ride |\n| Pace | Group-paced and guided — no racing |\n| Access | Bring your own bike or rent on site; open admission |\n\nThe route stays inside the park: past the canal that runs the length of the grounds, along the planted slopes and the Esplanade, with the Faliro coast and the sea never far off. Because it is guided and group-paced, it suits people who want the park read to them by wheel rather than on foot, and who would rather follow a leader than plot their own loop.\n\nIf you want a training ride with distance and speed, this is not it — the park is compact and the pace is deliberately gentle. But if you want a relaxed circuit with your kids, or a first ride back on a bike after years off, the Center hands you the grounds and someone to follow.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus and by the Center's own free shuttle from the city center; if you arrive without a bike, the park's rental fleet covers you. The ride is open admission — turn up at the Lighthouse.\n\nA single Sunday-morning ride on 7 June 2026, on grounds that rarely hand the whole park over to bikes.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "At the top of the Stavros Niarchos Park, the Lighthouse — the Faros — rises as a grass slope you can walk up to a glass room with the sea on one side and Athens on the other. On the morning of 7 June, this is where a bike ride gathers: open admission, guided, and there for anyone who turns up with wheels.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Renzo Piano-designed campus that houses the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, built its park as a working public space, not a lawn to admire from a path. This ride is part of that idea — no ticket, no performance to watch, just the grounds opened up for riding under a guide who sets the route.\n\nThe group is mixed by design: parents with kids on first pedals, older riders out for a slow Sunday loop, students who treat the park as a free gym. Nobody is here to race. The pace is set by whoever is slowest, and that is the point — this is the all-ages ride, not one of the children's races the Center also runs on the same grounds.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Stavros Niarchos Park, gathering at the Lighthouse |\n| Vibe | Easy, social, all-ages Sunday ride |\n| Pace | Group-paced and guided — no racing |\n| Access | Bring your own bike or rent on site; open admission |\n\nThe route stays inside the park: past the canal that runs the length of the grounds, along the planted slopes and the Esplanade, with the Faliro coast and the sea never far off. Because it is guided and group-paced, it suits people who want the park read to them by wheel rather than on foot, and who would rather follow a leader than plot their own loop.\n\nIf you want a training ride with distance and speed, this is not it — the park is compact and the pace is deliberately gentle. But if you want a relaxed circuit with your kids, or a first ride back on a bike after years off, the Center hands you the grounds and someone to follow.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus and by the Center's own free shuttle from the city center; if you arrive without a bike, the park's rental fleet covers you. The ride is open admission — turn up at the Lighthouse.\n\nA single Sunday-morning ride on 7 June 2026, on grounds that rarely hand the whole park over to bikes.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-07 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-07",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "performance",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Outdoor",
        "Family-Friendly",
        "All-Ages",
        "Open",
        "Community",
        "Seasonal"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/podilatiki-volta-sto-kpisn/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30 05:07:46",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/masmanidi-green-weekend-2024-6.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/5e00e0daa42307a2.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "MusicEvent",
      "id": "0eef5542c9d28362",
      "title": "Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "«Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is a shadow-theater production at the open-air Garden of Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in central Athens, returning for a limited six-night summer run from 16 June through 1 July 2026 — Karagiozis walking onto a lit screen with Ηρακλή behind him.\n\nDirector Elias Karellas built «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» as a co-production between his theater company and the Μέγαρο. The framing sets King Eurystheus's palace orchestra — heavy, formal, the music of authority — against Karagiozis's folk band, both performing live under the same stretched screen. The Hercules cycle plays out in twelve labors across the show: Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, Cretan Bull, Ceryneian Hind, all the way through to Cerberus at the gates of the underworld.\n\nExpect a family audience on the lawn and folding chairs, multi-generational, with kids old enough to follow the first labor and grandparents who remember when the local panigiri used to bring a shadow-theater tent every August. The production bills itself for \"children from 4 to 104,\" and the room runs to that range — laughter from one corner, quieter recognition from another, parents leaning over to translate the older Karagiozis jokes for whoever is leaning into them. The atmosphere is summer-evening informal, not concert-hall formal.\n\nThe Karagiozis tradition is built on flat puppets cut from hide, lit from behind a stretched white screen, and walked across it by a puppeteer who voices every character. Karellas keeps that craft visible. Ηρακλή joins the Karagiozis world rather than replacing it — the two registers share the screen, and each labor lands with the orchestra that fits the scene. Performances begin after sundown, when the screen lights begin to work.\n\nIf you want an indoor concert-hall evening with formal programming, the Μέγαρο's main season covers that the rest of the year. But if you want a garden evening with kids on the grass, a hide-puppet Hydra moving across a screen, and a live folk band playing under it, «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is the run that does that.\n\nPractically: the Megaron is accessible by metro, with the Garden entered through the venue's outdoor gate. June evenings in Athens start warm and cool meaningfully after sundown — bring a light layer for the second half. €10 general admission. Performances at 20:30, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only.\n\nSix dates, all Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the Garden format is summer-only — when this run closes on 1 July, the shadow theater rolls up and the Garden's programming moves on for the season.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "«Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is a shadow-theater production at the open-air Garden of Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in central Athens, returning for a limited six-night summer run from 16 June through 1 July 2026 — Karagiozis walking onto a lit screen with Ηρακλή behind him.\n\nDirector Elias Karellas built «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» as a co-production between his theater company and the Μέγαρο. The framing sets King Eurystheus's palace orchestra — heavy, formal, the music of authority — against Karagiozis's folk band, both performing live under the same stretched screen. The Hercules cycle plays out in twelve labors across the show: Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, Cretan Bull, Ceryneian Hind, all the way through to Cerberus at the gates of the underworld.\n\nExpect a family audience on the lawn and folding chairs, multi-generational, with kids old enough to follow the first labor and grandparents who remember when the local panigiri used to bring a shadow-theater tent every August. The production bills itself for \"children from 4 to 104,\" and the room runs to that range — laughter from one corner, quieter recognition from another, parents leaning over to translate the older Karagiozis jokes for whoever is leaning into them. The atmosphere is summer-evening informal, not concert-hall formal.\n\nThe Karagiozis tradition is built on flat puppets cut from hide, lit from behind a stretched white screen, and walked across it by a puppeteer who voices every character. Karellas keeps that craft visible. Ηρακλή joins the Karagiozis world rather than replacing it — the two registers share the screen, and each labor lands with the orchestra that fits the scene. Performances begin after sundown, when the screen lights begin to work.\n\nIf you want an indoor concert-hall evening with formal programming, the Μέγαρο's main season covers that the rest of the year. But if you want a garden evening with kids on the grass, a hide-puppet Hydra moving across a screen, and a live folk band playing under it, «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is the run that does that.\n\nPractically: the Megaron is accessible by metro, with the Garden entered through the venue's outdoor gate. June evenings in Athens start warm and cool meaningfully after sundown — bring a light layer for the second half. €10 general admission. Performances at 20:30, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only.\n\nSix dates, all Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the Garden format is summer-only — when this run closes on 1 July, the shadow theater rolls up and the Garden's programming moves on for the season.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "«Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is a shadow-theater production at the open-air Garden of Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in central Athens, returning for a limited six-night summer run from 16 June through 1 July 2026 — Karagiozis walking onto a lit screen with Ηρακλή behind him.\n\nDirector Elias Karellas built «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» as a co-production between his theater company and the Μέγαρο. The framing sets King Eurystheus's palace orchestra — heavy, formal, the music of authority — against Karagiozis's folk band, both performing live under the same stretched screen. The Hercules cycle plays out in twelve labors across the show: Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, Cretan Bull, Ceryneian Hind, all the way through to Cerberus at the gates of the underworld.\n\nExpect a family audience on the lawn and folding chairs, multi-generational, with kids old enough to follow the first labor and grandparents who remember when the local panigiri used to bring a shadow-theater tent every August. The production bills itself for \"children from 4 to 104,\" and the room runs to that range — laughter from one corner, quieter recognition from another, parents leaning over to translate the older Karagiozis jokes for whoever is leaning into them. The atmosphere is summer-evening informal, not concert-hall formal.\n\nThe Karagiozis tradition is built on flat puppets cut from hide, lit from behind a stretched white screen, and walked across it by a puppeteer who voices every character. Karellas keeps that craft visible. Ηρακλή joins the Karagiozis world rather than replacing it — the two registers share the screen, and each labor lands with the orchestra that fits the scene. Performances begin after sundown, when the screen lights begin to work.\n\nIf you want an indoor concert-hall evening with formal programming, the Μέγαρο's main season covers that the rest of the year. But if you want a garden evening with kids on the grass, a hide-puppet Hydra moving across a screen, and a live folk band playing under it, «Οι άθλοι του Ηρακλή» is the run that does that.\n\nPractically: the Megaron is accessible by metro, with the Garden entered through the venue's outdoor gate. June evenings in Athens start warm and cool meaningfully after sundown — bring a light layer for the second half. €10 general admission. Performances at 20:30, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only.\n\nSix dates, all Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the Garden format is summer-only — when this run closes on 1 July, the shadow theater rolls up and the Garden's programming moves on for the season.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-01 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-16T20:30:00",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "concert",
      "genres": [
        "Classical",
        "Concert"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "World",
        "Greek-Traditional",
        "Musical-Theater",
        "Garden",
        "Open-air",
        "Inclusive",
        "Mixed-ages",
        "Families",
        "Greek-locals",
        "Outdoor",
        "Metro-accessible",
        "Child-friendly",
        "Greek-language"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών",
        "address": "Vassilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali 1, Athens 115 21",
        "neighborhood": "Ilisia",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.975,
          "lon": 23.757
        },
        "capacity": null,
        "website": "https://www.megaron.gr",
        "sameAs": [
          "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582203",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Concert_Hall"
        ]
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "with-ticket",
        "amount": 25,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "€15-80"
      },
      "url": "https://www.megaron.gr/event/oi-athloi-tou-irakli/",
      "ticketUrl": "https://www.megaron.gr/event/oi-athloi-tou-irakli/",
      "ticketUrlStatus": "generated",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "megaron.gr",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-07 05:07:45",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "timeDoors": "20:30",
      "timeSource": "scraped_listing",
      "imageUrl": "https://www.megaron.gr/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kipos-2026-Karagiozis-236A8519w.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/0eef5542c9d28362.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "Event",
      "id": "2fd4654651dac647",
      "title": "Βουτιές στην τέχνη",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Vouties stin techni is a concert at Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in Athens, on 29 June 2026. With-ticket admission.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-29 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Vouties stin techni is a concert at Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in Athens, on 29 June 2026. With-ticket admission.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-29 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Vouties stin techni is a concert at Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών in Athens, on 29 June 2026. With-ticket admission.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-06-29 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-06-29T20:30:00",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "other",
      "genres": [
        "Classical",
        "Concert",
        "classical"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Child-friendly",
        "Workshop-space",
        "Metro-accessible",
        "Families"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών",
        "address": "Vassilissis Sofias Avenue & Kokkali 1, Athens 115 21",
        "neighborhood": "Ilisia",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.975,
          "lon": 23.757
        },
        "capacity": null,
        "website": "https://www.megaron.gr",
        "sameAs": [
          "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582203",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Concert_Hall"
        ]
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "with-ticket",
        "amount": 25,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "€15-80"
      },
      "url": "https://www.megaron.gr/event/vouties-stin-techni-2/",
      "ticketUrl": "https://www.megaron.gr/event/vouties-stin-techni-2/",
      "ticketUrlStatus": "generated",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "megaron.gr",
      "createdAt": "2026-04-03 05:10:06",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "timeDoors": "20:30",
      "timeSource": "scraped_listing",
      "imageUrl": "https://www.megaron.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vouties_cover.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/2fd4654651dac647.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "513517f967bae8b1",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema Kids 2026: Ψάχνοντας τον Νέμο (2003)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "23 years after Pixar mapped a clownfish's father-son odyssey across the Pacific, Finding Nemo (2003) returns to the lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 — the kids' entry in this year's Park Your Cinema slate.\n\nThe 2026 Park Your Cinema Kids program takes its frame from the summer-island universe of Lilo & Stitch — friendship, family, and how the small finds its place in the very large. Finding Nemo fits inside that logic: one small fish, one Pacific, one father willing to cross it.\n\nAndrew Stanton's Pixar feature still holds its underwater color on a 20-metre outdoor screen, and the lawn — Renzo Piano's grass-on-roof landscape — is one of the rare Athens venues where the film plays at the scale it was made for. Expect a breeze off the Saronic gulf as the screen turns on.\n\nIndoor air conditioning is the alternative this is not. A free Pixar screening on grass, gulf in the same sightline. Bring a blanket and water. Open admission, no reservation.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "23 years after Pixar mapped a clownfish's father-son odyssey across the Pacific, Finding Nemo (2003) returns to the lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 — the kids' entry in this year's Park Your Cinema slate.\n\nThe 2026 Park Your Cinema Kids program takes its frame from the summer-island universe of Lilo & Stitch — friendship, family, and how the small finds its place in the very large. Finding Nemo fits inside that logic: one small fish, one Pacific, one father willing to cross it.\n\nAndrew Stanton's Pixar feature still holds its underwater color on a 20-metre outdoor screen, and the lawn — Renzo Piano's grass-on-roof landscape — is one of the rare Athens venues where the film plays at the scale it was made for. Expect a breeze off the Saronic gulf as the screen turns on.\n\nIndoor air conditioning is the alternative this is not. A free Pixar screening on grass, gulf in the same sightline. Bring a blanket and water. Open admission, no reservation.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "23 years after Pixar mapped a clownfish's father-son odyssey across the Pacific, Finding Nemo (2003) returns to the lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 — the kids' entry in this year's Park Your Cinema slate.\n\nThe 2026 Park Your Cinema Kids program takes its frame from the summer-island universe of Lilo & Stitch — friendship, family, and how the small finds its place in the very large. Finding Nemo fits inside that logic: one small fish, one Pacific, one father willing to cross it.\n\nAndrew Stanton's Pixar feature still holds its underwater color on a 20-metre outdoor screen, and the lawn — Renzo Piano's grass-on-roof landscape — is one of the rare Athens venues where the film plays at the scale it was made for. Expect a breeze off the Saronic gulf as the screen turns on.\n\nIndoor air conditioning is the alternative this is not. A free Pixar screening on grass, gulf in the same sightline. Bring a blanket and water. Open admission, no reservation.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-04",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Garden",
        "Outdoor",
        "Children",
        "Families",
        "Seated",
        "Early-evening"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-kids-2026-psachnontas-ton-nemo-2003/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/film_findingnemo.avif",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "EducationEvent",
      "id": "b5a109a910fa007b",
      "title": "Λέξεις και εικόνες: Η φωνή μου σε αφίσα",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "\"My voice on a poster\" — the title of a workshop at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 (Λέξεις και εικόνες: Η φωνή μου σε αφίσα), and a fair description of what a child carries home from a session spent with paper, scissors, and an organized adult's attention. The workshop is a limited summer slot — one of a small run before the centre returns to its autumn programming.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center programs its summer the way it programs its facade — public, free, deliberate about how words and images sit together in shared space. Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster fits that logic. A child arrives at ΚΠΙΣΝ, sits down with materials and someone running the room, and walks back out with one poster that says something they wanted to say.\n\nIn Athens, αφίσα — poster — is not a children's craft category. Athenian walls layer with posters for theater, concerts, demonstrations, neighborhood announcements; in Exarcheia and Psyrri, posters are how a city talks to itself. Handing a child the format hands them a civic vocabulary already in their visual environment.\n\nThe audience for SNFCC workshops is families who treat ΚΠΙΣΝ as their weekend cultural infrastructure — Athens parents whose summer routines fold the centre in, school-age kids who already know which entrance leads to which lawn, the regulars rotating through the calendar of free programming the centre runs across the season. Expect a working room more than an audience — quiet concentration, occasional chairs scraping, the door open to the park.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | ΚΠΙΣΝ, Renzo Piano's library-and-opera complex south of the city centre |\n| Vibe | Workshop concentration with the door open — kids working while the park breathes around them |\n| Format | Collage and poster-making, words and images on one sheet |\n| Door | Open admission, registration via snfcc.org |\n\nWhat the title does not specify is which materials the room offers, which prompts open the session, or which facilitator runs it on Saturday — those choices belong to the specific design ΚΠΙΣΝ has commissioned for this date. What the format reliably delivers is the rest: a workshop about voice, made for an age range that does not yet have to choose between words and images, with whatever the child carries out belonging to them.\n\nIf you want a structured arts class with a clean craft outcome, Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster is also that. If you want a slot inside SNFCC's summer programming that hands a child unbroken time with their own voice as the only material that matters, the workshop is built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is reachable by tram from Syntagma or by the SNFCC's free shuttle from Syntagma square — check the shuttle timetable on snfcc.org before traveling, since the schedule shifts with the season. Admission is open; registration through snfcc.org is the standard for capacity-limited workshops, and the popular sessions fill in the first week after they post. The Esplanade and the lawn stay open after the workshop ends — most families stay for the rest of the afternoon.\n\nOne Saturday afternoon, a stack of paper, and the chance for one child to put one thing on a wall and say they made it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "\"My voice on a poster\" — the title of a workshop at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 (Λέξεις και εικόνες: Η φωνή μου σε αφίσα), and a fair description of what a child carries home from a session spent with paper, scissors, and an organized adult's attention. The workshop is a limited summer slot — one of a small run before the centre returns to its autumn programming.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center programs its summer the way it programs its facade — public, free, deliberate about how words and images sit together in shared space. Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster fits that logic. A child arrives at ΚΠΙΣΝ, sits down with materials and someone running the room, and walks back out with one poster that says something they wanted to say.\n\nIn Athens, αφίσα — poster — is not a children's craft category. Athenian walls layer with posters for theater, concerts, demonstrations, neighborhood announcements; in Exarcheia and Psyrri, posters are how a city talks to itself. Handing a child the format hands them a civic vocabulary already in their visual environment.\n\nThe audience for SNFCC workshops is families who treat ΚΠΙΣΝ as their weekend cultural infrastructure — Athens parents whose summer routines fold the centre in, school-age kids who already know which entrance leads to which lawn, the regulars rotating through the calendar of free programming the centre runs across the season. Expect a working room more than an audience — quiet concentration, occasional chairs scraping, the door open to the park.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | ΚΠΙΣΝ, Renzo Piano's library-and-opera complex south of the city centre |\n| Vibe | Workshop concentration with the door open — kids working while the park breathes around them |\n| Format | Collage and poster-making, words and images on one sheet |\n| Door | Open admission, registration via snfcc.org |\n\nWhat the title does not specify is which materials the room offers, which prompts open the session, or which facilitator runs it on Saturday — those choices belong to the specific design ΚΠΙΣΝ has commissioned for this date. What the format reliably delivers is the rest: a workshop about voice, made for an age range that does not yet have to choose between words and images, with whatever the child carries out belonging to them.\n\nIf you want a structured arts class with a clean craft outcome, Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster is also that. If you want a slot inside SNFCC's summer programming that hands a child unbroken time with their own voice as the only material that matters, the workshop is built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is reachable by tram from Syntagma or by the SNFCC's free shuttle from Syntagma square — check the shuttle timetable on snfcc.org before traveling, since the schedule shifts with the season. Admission is open; registration through snfcc.org is the standard for capacity-limited workshops, and the popular sessions fill in the first week after they post. The Esplanade and the lawn stay open after the workshop ends — most families stay for the rest of the afternoon.\n\nOne Saturday afternoon, a stack of paper, and the chance for one child to put one thing on a wall and say they made it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "\"My voice on a poster\" — the title of a workshop at ΚΠΙΣΝ on Saturday 4 July 2026 (Λέξεις και εικόνες: Η φωνή μου σε αφίσα), and a fair description of what a child carries home from a session spent with paper, scissors, and an organized adult's attention. The workshop is a limited summer slot — one of a small run before the centre returns to its autumn programming.\n\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center programs its summer the way it programs its facade — public, free, deliberate about how words and images sit together in shared space. Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster fits that logic. A child arrives at ΚΠΙΣΝ, sits down with materials and someone running the room, and walks back out with one poster that says something they wanted to say.\n\nIn Athens, αφίσα — poster — is not a children's craft category. Athenian walls layer with posters for theater, concerts, demonstrations, neighborhood announcements; in Exarcheia and Psyrri, posters are how a city talks to itself. Handing a child the format hands them a civic vocabulary already in their visual environment.\n\nThe audience for SNFCC workshops is families who treat ΚΠΙΣΝ as their weekend cultural infrastructure — Athens parents whose summer routines fold the centre in, school-age kids who already know which entrance leads to which lawn, the regulars rotating through the calendar of free programming the centre runs across the season. Expect a working room more than an audience — quiet concentration, occasional chairs scraping, the door open to the park.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | ΚΠΙΣΝ, Renzo Piano's library-and-opera complex south of the city centre |\n| Vibe | Workshop concentration with the door open — kids working while the park breathes around them |\n| Format | Collage and poster-making, words and images on one sheet |\n| Door | Open admission, registration via snfcc.org |\n\nWhat the title does not specify is which materials the room offers, which prompts open the session, or which facilitator runs it on Saturday — those choices belong to the specific design ΚΠΙΣΝ has commissioned for this date. What the format reliably delivers is the rest: a workshop about voice, made for an age range that does not yet have to choose between words and images, with whatever the child carries out belonging to them.\n\nIf you want a structured arts class with a clean craft outcome, Words and Images: My Voice on a Poster is also that. If you want a slot inside SNFCC's summer programming that hands a child unbroken time with their own voice as the only material that matters, the workshop is built for it.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is reachable by tram from Syntagma or by the SNFCC's free shuttle from Syntagma square — check the shuttle timetable on snfcc.org before traveling, since the schedule shifts with the season. Admission is open; registration through snfcc.org is the standard for capacity-limited workshops, and the popular sessions fill in the first week after they post. The Esplanade and the lawn stay open after the workshop ends — most families stay for the rest of the afternoon.\n\nOne Saturday afternoon, a stack of paper, and the chance for one child to put one thing on a wall and say they made it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-04 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-04",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "workshop",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Inclusive",
        "Children",
        "Workshop-format",
        "Daytime-event",
        "Reservation-required"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/lexeis-kai-eikones-i-foni-moy-se-afisa/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/04/NPS00049.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/b5a109a910fa007b.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "c6dda46eda92e3ce",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema Kids 2026: Ο Πειρατής Μαυροδόντης και το Μαγικό Διαμάντι (2019)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond — Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Marit Moum Aune's 2019 Norwegian animated swashbuckler — screens open-air at ΚΠΙΣΝ (SNFCC) on Saturday 18 July 2026, mid-summer slot in the Park Your Cinema Kids 2026 series.\n\nTwo young pirates search for a lost brother, a sunburnt vampire schemes to walk in daylight, and a shape-shifting queen commands an ape army; Captain Sabertooth chases the diamond with the children in tow. Qvisten Animation produced; the source play by Terje Formoe has been a Norwegian summer staple since 1990. SNFCC runs the screening with a Greek dub for the Park Your Cinema Kids audience, open admission, lawn seating.\n\nIf you have no kids in tow, you do not need this Saturday. But if you have a 6-to-10-year-old who can sit outdoors after sundown, SNFCC's open-air screenings draw blankets and low chairs well before screen-up — early arrival is the difference between a centre sightline and the back rim. Captain Sabertooth lands at the heart of the 2026 summer run.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-18 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond — Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Marit Moum Aune's 2019 Norwegian animated swashbuckler — screens open-air at ΚΠΙΣΝ (SNFCC) on Saturday 18 July 2026, mid-summer slot in the Park Your Cinema Kids 2026 series.\n\nTwo young pirates search for a lost brother, a sunburnt vampire schemes to walk in daylight, and a shape-shifting queen commands an ape army; Captain Sabertooth chases the diamond with the children in tow. Qvisten Animation produced; the source play by Terje Formoe has been a Norwegian summer staple since 1990. SNFCC runs the screening with a Greek dub for the Park Your Cinema Kids audience, open admission, lawn seating.\n\nIf you have no kids in tow, you do not need this Saturday. But if you have a 6-to-10-year-old who can sit outdoors after sundown, SNFCC's open-air screenings draw blankets and low chairs well before screen-up — early arrival is the difference between a centre sightline and the back rim. Captain Sabertooth lands at the heart of the 2026 summer run.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-18 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond — Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Marit Moum Aune's 2019 Norwegian animated swashbuckler — screens open-air at ΚΠΙΣΝ (SNFCC) on Saturday 18 July 2026, mid-summer slot in the Park Your Cinema Kids 2026 series.\n\nTwo young pirates search for a lost brother, a sunburnt vampire schemes to walk in daylight, and a shape-shifting queen commands an ape army; Captain Sabertooth chases the diamond with the children in tow. Qvisten Animation produced; the source play by Terje Formoe has been a Norwegian summer staple since 1990. SNFCC runs the screening with a Greek dub for the Park Your Cinema Kids audience, open admission, lawn seating.\n\nIf you have no kids in tow, you do not need this Saturday. But if you have a 6-to-10-year-old who can sit outdoors after sundown, SNFCC's open-air screenings draw blankets and low chairs well before screen-up — early arrival is the difference between a centre sightline and the back rim. Captain Sabertooth lands at the heart of the 2026 summer run.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-18 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-18",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Families",
        "Children",
        "All-ages",
        "Seated",
        "Outdoor",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-kids-2026-o-peiratis-mayrodontis-kai-to-magiko-diamanti-2019/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/CaptainSabertoothAndTheMagicDiamond_©QvistenAnimation-Captain-Sabertooth-with-Longfinger-3.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/c6dda46eda92e3ce.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "6bbee578383a8994",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema 2026: Ένα Σχολείο Πολύ Ροκ (2003)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Renzo Piano's Megalo Prasino — the central park lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — slopes down to the Faliro canal. By 20:00 on a July evening the families have already claimed grass on the upper rise; by sunset just before 21:00, the outdoor screen at the bottom catches the last light off the water and Richard Linklater's School of Rock — Ένα Σχολείο Πολύ Ροκ in the SNFCC programme — starts across it on Sunday 19 July 2026.\n\nThe 2003 film was Jack Black's first leading role and an early career marker for screenwriter Mike White, who also plays Ned, Black's substitute-teacher roommate. Joan Cusack plays the prep-school principal; Sarah Silverman plays Patty. The child actors were cast specifically because they could already play instruments, and Black improvised a substantial portion of his classroom dialogue. The film arrives at SNFCC as the nostalgia entry in Park Your Cinema Kids 2026, the festival's annual summer slate of open-air screenings curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids draws families who arrive an hour before showtime to claim grass. Younger children come ready to mouth the words to the competition-band finale; parents who first saw the film in their twenties bring the next generation; older kids settle in to discover what their parents mean when they reference \"school of rock\" as shorthand for an unsanctioned passion project.\n\nThe setting itself is the open lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ with a screen rigged at the canal end. Picnic blankets are standard, BYO food and drink permitted; the sound runs through outdoor speakers, original English audio with Greek subtitles. Admission is open with free RSVP via SNFCC, and gates open in the late afternoon so families can settle in before the light goes.\n\nSchool of Rock runs 109 minutes. The structure — fired metal guitarist Dewey Finn (Black) impersonates a substitute teacher at a private prep school and turns the fifth-grade class into a band for a local battle of the bands competition — earns its big finish at the auditorium scene, which lands cleanly in an open-air setting where the audience can react without theatre etiquette policing them.\n\nIf you wanted a director's pick with subtitled arthouse weight, this is the wrong night — the slate is curated for children and the audio is for kids reciting lines. But if you want a film built around the joy of an amateur band's first proper gig, on a lawn where your own kids can fall asleep on a blanket if they need to, the 2003 musical fits the open-air format better than most.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is accessible by tram from central Athens — the stop sits at the canal end of the park — and by SNFCC's free shuttle service (check snfcc.org for current routes and times). Free admission, no ticket required, but the lawn fills quickly in July; arriving by 20:00 with a blanket and food gives you a clean sightline to the screen before sunset.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids screens one film a week through summer 2026; this is the slate's nostalgia entry, the one slot where a parent's favourite from 2003 doubles as a child's first cinema-under-the-stars memory.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-20 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Renzo Piano's Megalo Prasino — the central park lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — slopes down to the Faliro canal. By 20:00 on a July evening the families have already claimed grass on the upper rise; by sunset just before 21:00, the outdoor screen at the bottom catches the last light off the water and Richard Linklater's School of Rock — Ένα Σχολείο Πολύ Ροκ in the SNFCC programme — starts across it on Sunday 19 July 2026.\n\nThe 2003 film was Jack Black's first leading role and an early career marker for screenwriter Mike White, who also plays Ned, Black's substitute-teacher roommate. Joan Cusack plays the prep-school principal; Sarah Silverman plays Patty. The child actors were cast specifically because they could already play instruments, and Black improvised a substantial portion of his classroom dialogue. The film arrives at SNFCC as the nostalgia entry in Park Your Cinema Kids 2026, the festival's annual summer slate of open-air screenings curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids draws families who arrive an hour before showtime to claim grass. Younger children come ready to mouth the words to the competition-band finale; parents who first saw the film in their twenties bring the next generation; older kids settle in to discover what their parents mean when they reference \"school of rock\" as shorthand for an unsanctioned passion project.\n\nThe setting itself is the open lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ with a screen rigged at the canal end. Picnic blankets are standard, BYO food and drink permitted; the sound runs through outdoor speakers, original English audio with Greek subtitles. Admission is open with free RSVP via SNFCC, and gates open in the late afternoon so families can settle in before the light goes.\n\nSchool of Rock runs 109 minutes. The structure — fired metal guitarist Dewey Finn (Black) impersonates a substitute teacher at a private prep school and turns the fifth-grade class into a band for a local battle of the bands competition — earns its big finish at the auditorium scene, which lands cleanly in an open-air setting where the audience can react without theatre etiquette policing them.\n\nIf you wanted a director's pick with subtitled arthouse weight, this is the wrong night — the slate is curated for children and the audio is for kids reciting lines. But if you want a film built around the joy of an amateur band's first proper gig, on a lawn where your own kids can fall asleep on a blanket if they need to, the 2003 musical fits the open-air format better than most.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is accessible by tram from central Athens — the stop sits at the canal end of the park — and by SNFCC's free shuttle service (check snfcc.org for current routes and times). Free admission, no ticket required, but the lawn fills quickly in July; arriving by 20:00 with a blanket and food gives you a clean sightline to the screen before sunset.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids screens one film a week through summer 2026; this is the slate's nostalgia entry, the one slot where a parent's favourite from 2003 doubles as a child's first cinema-under-the-stars memory.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-20 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Renzo Piano's Megalo Prasino — the central park lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — slopes down to the Faliro canal. By 20:00 on a July evening the families have already claimed grass on the upper rise; by sunset just before 21:00, the outdoor screen at the bottom catches the last light off the water and Richard Linklater's School of Rock — Ένα Σχολείο Πολύ Ροκ in the SNFCC programme — starts across it on Sunday 19 July 2026.\n\nThe 2003 film was Jack Black's first leading role and an early career marker for screenwriter Mike White, who also plays Ned, Black's substitute-teacher roommate. Joan Cusack plays the prep-school principal; Sarah Silverman plays Patty. The child actors were cast specifically because they could already play instruments, and Black improvised a substantial portion of his classroom dialogue. The film arrives at SNFCC as the nostalgia entry in Park Your Cinema Kids 2026, the festival's annual summer slate of open-air screenings curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids draws families who arrive an hour before showtime to claim grass. Younger children come ready to mouth the words to the competition-band finale; parents who first saw the film in their twenties bring the next generation; older kids settle in to discover what their parents mean when they reference \"school of rock\" as shorthand for an unsanctioned passion project.\n\nThe setting itself is the open lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ with a screen rigged at the canal end. Picnic blankets are standard, BYO food and drink permitted; the sound runs through outdoor speakers, original English audio with Greek subtitles. Admission is open with free RSVP via SNFCC, and gates open in the late afternoon so families can settle in before the light goes.\n\nSchool of Rock runs 109 minutes. The structure — fired metal guitarist Dewey Finn (Black) impersonates a substitute teacher at a private prep school and turns the fifth-grade class into a band for a local battle of the bands competition — earns its big finish at the auditorium scene, which lands cleanly in an open-air setting where the audience can react without theatre etiquette policing them.\n\nIf you wanted a director's pick with subtitled arthouse weight, this is the wrong night — the slate is curated for children and the audio is for kids reciting lines. But if you want a film built around the joy of an amateur band's first proper gig, on a lawn where your own kids can fall asleep on a blanket if they need to, the 2003 musical fits the open-air format better than most.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ is accessible by tram from central Athens — the stop sits at the canal end of the park — and by SNFCC's free shuttle service (check snfcc.org for current routes and times). Free admission, no ticket required, but the lawn fills quickly in July; arriving by 20:00 with a blanket and food gives you a clean sightline to the screen before sunset.\n\nPark Your Cinema Kids screens one film a week through summer 2026; this is the slate's nostalgia entry, the one slot where a parent's favourite from 2003 doubles as a child's first cinema-under-the-stars memory.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-20 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-19",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Site-specific",
        "Garden",
        "Families",
        "Children",
        "All-ages",
        "Outdoor",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-ena-scholeio-poly-rok-2003/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/School-of-Rock-9.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/6bbee578383a8994.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "c4262b54e42f4232",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema 2026: Dreamgirls (2006)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "In her film debut, Jennifer Hudson — fresh from a Season 3 American Idol run — delivers 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' midway through Bill Condon's *Dreamgirls* and wins the 2007 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for it. The film plays under the open sky at SNFCC on Friday 24 July 2026, part of Park Your Cinema's 11th edition and the 2026 'Musicals under the stars' slate.\n\nAdapted from the 1981 Broadway musical, *Dreamgirls* tracks the rise of a 1960s Detroit girl group — the Dreamettes, later the Dreams — through the engine of a Motown-modelled label and the cost paid by the singer pushed to the back. Condon's cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx as the manager, Eddie Murphy as the soul-shouter whose career the label outgrows. Eight Academy Award nominations in total; Hudson took Supporting Actress, Murphy lost the same category to Alan Arkin.\n\nThe lawn pulls the audience SNFCC has cultivated over a decade — couples on blankets with thermoses, families settling at the back where kids can shift without blocking sightlines, friends arriving in groups around sundown to claim a patch. The Musicals slate draws a wider crossover than the festival nights: viewers who came for Grease and Fame earlier in the season, plus the R&B and Motown crowd this title pulls in.\n\nSetting is Megalo Prasino — Renzo Piano's sloped lawn below the National Library, screen at the lower end and the Faliro canal beyond. Vibe is open-air repertory: the lights of the city behind, the sky doing its slow July fade. Format is original-language English with Greek subtitles, 130 minutes. Door is open admission — no ticket, no reservation, first-come for the better positions.\n\nThe set pieces — 'Cadillac Car,' 'Steppin' to the Bad Side,' the Hudson aria — were built for theater volume and translate to outdoor sound the way concert films do, not the way dialogue features do. Bring a light layer; the lawn cools after sundown. Screen lights at sunset; pick your spot earlier than that.\n\nIf you want quiet auteur cinema under the stars, this is not it — *Dreamgirls* is loud, costumed, and built around chart hooks. But if you want the musical that gave Hudson her career and Murphy his last major dramatic turn, this Athens screening is the open-air room to see it in.\n\nSNFCC is accessible by metro to Syngrou-Fix and the SNFCC shuttle, or tram to Tzitziphies and a short walk in. Lawn opens well before the screening; arrive by 20:00 for a centered patch. Admission free.\n\nEleven summers in, Park Your Cinema's musicals are SNFCC's most accessible converter — the slate that turns a casual passer-through into someone who books the next Athens summer around it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-24 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "In her film debut, Jennifer Hudson — fresh from a Season 3 American Idol run — delivers 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' midway through Bill Condon's *Dreamgirls* and wins the 2007 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for it. The film plays under the open sky at SNFCC on Friday 24 July 2026, part of Park Your Cinema's 11th edition and the 2026 'Musicals under the stars' slate.\n\nAdapted from the 1981 Broadway musical, *Dreamgirls* tracks the rise of a 1960s Detroit girl group — the Dreamettes, later the Dreams — through the engine of a Motown-modelled label and the cost paid by the singer pushed to the back. Condon's cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx as the manager, Eddie Murphy as the soul-shouter whose career the label outgrows. Eight Academy Award nominations in total; Hudson took Supporting Actress, Murphy lost the same category to Alan Arkin.\n\nThe lawn pulls the audience SNFCC has cultivated over a decade — couples on blankets with thermoses, families settling at the back where kids can shift without blocking sightlines, friends arriving in groups around sundown to claim a patch. The Musicals slate draws a wider crossover than the festival nights: viewers who came for Grease and Fame earlier in the season, plus the R&B and Motown crowd this title pulls in.\n\nSetting is Megalo Prasino — Renzo Piano's sloped lawn below the National Library, screen at the lower end and the Faliro canal beyond. Vibe is open-air repertory: the lights of the city behind, the sky doing its slow July fade. Format is original-language English with Greek subtitles, 130 minutes. Door is open admission — no ticket, no reservation, first-come for the better positions.\n\nThe set pieces — 'Cadillac Car,' 'Steppin' to the Bad Side,' the Hudson aria — were built for theater volume and translate to outdoor sound the way concert films do, not the way dialogue features do. Bring a light layer; the lawn cools after sundown. Screen lights at sunset; pick your spot earlier than that.\n\nIf you want quiet auteur cinema under the stars, this is not it — *Dreamgirls* is loud, costumed, and built around chart hooks. But if you want the musical that gave Hudson her career and Murphy his last major dramatic turn, this Athens screening is the open-air room to see it in.\n\nSNFCC is accessible by metro to Syngrou-Fix and the SNFCC shuttle, or tram to Tzitziphies and a short walk in. Lawn opens well before the screening; arrive by 20:00 for a centered patch. Admission free.\n\nEleven summers in, Park Your Cinema's musicals are SNFCC's most accessible converter — the slate that turns a casual passer-through into someone who books the next Athens summer around it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-24 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "In her film debut, Jennifer Hudson — fresh from a Season 3 American Idol run — delivers 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' midway through Bill Condon's *Dreamgirls* and wins the 2007 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for it. The film plays under the open sky at SNFCC on Friday 24 July 2026, part of Park Your Cinema's 11th edition and the 2026 'Musicals under the stars' slate.\n\nAdapted from the 1981 Broadway musical, *Dreamgirls* tracks the rise of a 1960s Detroit girl group — the Dreamettes, later the Dreams — through the engine of a Motown-modelled label and the cost paid by the singer pushed to the back. Condon's cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx as the manager, Eddie Murphy as the soul-shouter whose career the label outgrows. Eight Academy Award nominations in total; Hudson took Supporting Actress, Murphy lost the same category to Alan Arkin.\n\nThe lawn pulls the audience SNFCC has cultivated over a decade — couples on blankets with thermoses, families settling at the back where kids can shift without blocking sightlines, friends arriving in groups around sundown to claim a patch. The Musicals slate draws a wider crossover than the festival nights: viewers who came for Grease and Fame earlier in the season, plus the R&B and Motown crowd this title pulls in.\n\nSetting is Megalo Prasino — Renzo Piano's sloped lawn below the National Library, screen at the lower end and the Faliro canal beyond. Vibe is open-air repertory: the lights of the city behind, the sky doing its slow July fade. Format is original-language English with Greek subtitles, 130 minutes. Door is open admission — no ticket, no reservation, first-come for the better positions.\n\nThe set pieces — 'Cadillac Car,' 'Steppin' to the Bad Side,' the Hudson aria — were built for theater volume and translate to outdoor sound the way concert films do, not the way dialogue features do. Bring a light layer; the lawn cools after sundown. Screen lights at sunset; pick your spot earlier than that.\n\nIf you want quiet auteur cinema under the stars, this is not it — *Dreamgirls* is loud, costumed, and built around chart hooks. But if you want the musical that gave Hudson her career and Murphy his last major dramatic turn, this Athens screening is the open-air room to see it in.\n\nSNFCC is accessible by metro to Syngrou-Fix and the SNFCC shuttle, or tram to Tzitziphies and a short walk in. Lawn opens well before the screening; arrive by 20:00 for a centered patch. Admission free.\n\nEleven summers in, Park Your Cinema's musicals are SNFCC's most accessible converter — the slate that turns a casual passer-through into someone who books the next Athens summer around it.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-24 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-24",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Garden",
        "Mixed-ages",
        "Families",
        "All-ages",
        "Date-night",
        "Seated",
        "Outdoor",
        "Metro-accessible",
        "English-language",
        "Bilingual-GR-EN"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-dreamgirls-2006/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/Dreamgirls-1.png",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/c4262b54e42f4232.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "42230079fa8718f8",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema Kids: Ώρα για Σερφ (2007)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "A documentary crew trails a small-town penguin chasing surf glory — that is the conceit of *Surf's Up*, the 2007 animated mockumentary screening on the Great Lawn of the SNFCC on 25 July 2026. Watched beside the actual sea, its faux-vintage footage of wipeouts and wave culture lands differently than it does on a living-room couch.\n\n*Surf's Up* earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, the rare children's film built as a spoof of the sports documentary — handheld, talking-heads, mid-interview. It fits the remit of Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's summer series of films that 'summon the sea and sun.'\n\nThe screening is open to all, no ticket, on the open grass at the SNFCC, by the water in Kallithea and reachable by tram or bus. Come early to claim a patch of lawn, bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent for the evening, and let the kids spread out. Penguins on the water, the water at your back.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-25 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "A documentary crew trails a small-town penguin chasing surf glory — that is the conceit of *Surf's Up*, the 2007 animated mockumentary screening on the Great Lawn of the SNFCC on 25 July 2026. Watched beside the actual sea, its faux-vintage footage of wipeouts and wave culture lands differently than it does on a living-room couch.\n\n*Surf's Up* earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, the rare children's film built as a spoof of the sports documentary — handheld, talking-heads, mid-interview. It fits the remit of Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's summer series of films that 'summon the sea and sun.'\n\nThe screening is open to all, no ticket, on the open grass at the SNFCC, by the water in Kallithea and reachable by tram or bus. Come early to claim a patch of lawn, bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent for the evening, and let the kids spread out. Penguins on the water, the water at your back.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-25 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "A documentary crew trails a small-town penguin chasing surf glory — that is the conceit of *Surf's Up*, the 2007 animated mockumentary screening on the Great Lawn of the SNFCC on 25 July 2026. Watched beside the actual sea, its faux-vintage footage of wipeouts and wave culture lands differently than it does on a living-room couch.\n\n*Surf's Up* earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, the rare children's film built as a spoof of the sports documentary — handheld, talking-heads, mid-interview. It fits the remit of Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's summer series of films that 'summon the sea and sun.'\n\nThe screening is open to all, no ticket, on the open grass at the SNFCC, by the water in Kallithea and reachable by tram or bus. Come early to claim a patch of lawn, bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent for the evening, and let the kids spread out. Penguins on the water, the water at your back.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-07-25 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-25",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Children",
        "Families",
        "All-ages",
        "Outdoor",
        "Garden"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-kids-2026-ora-gia-serf-2007/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-03 05:06:48",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/06/Surfs-Up-1.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/42230079fa8718f8.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "53b7c693f5529757",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema 2026: 8 Γυναίκες (2002)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "Eight women, one Christmas weekend, one body in the bedroom — that is the setup for François Ozon's *8 Femmes* (2002), screened at Megalo Prasino — the central lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — on Friday 31 July 2026 at 21:00, as Park Your Cinema returns for its 2026 summer slate. The Renzo Piano park slopes from the Lighthouse down toward the canal; come dusk, a wide screen rises at the top of the slope and Athens lays out blankets on the grass.\n\nOzon assembled a cast that crossed three generations of French cinema in one frame. Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert and Danielle Darrieux — Darrieux a star since the 1930s — share the house with Emmanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard. Each of the eight gets a song, an original number composed by Krishna Lévy in the idiom of postwar French chanson, and each is a suspect. The film took the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at Berlin 2002, and an Ensemble Award at the European Film Awards the same year, where the cast accepted as a single unit.\n\nThe Park Your Cinema audience self-sorts: cinephiles who already know the film and come for the Lévy score, parents pulling kids in for an open-admission Friday, couples who use the lawn as date geography, neighbours from Kallithea who walk in through the south gate.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Megalo Prasino, open-air projection on the Renzo Piano park slope |\n| Vibe | Picnic and blanket — children stay awake, conversation continues during the film |\n| Sound | Outdoor PA, Greek subtitles on French original |\n| Door | Open admission, first-come for seating areas; lawn is unrestricted |\n\nThe film runs 111 minutes. Ozon directs it as part Agatha Christie chamber piece and part Demy musical — Sirk colours, claustrophobic blocking, each actress given a soliloquy in song. You watch the women turn on each other in increasingly intricate accusations; the snowbound house outside is a black-and-white painted set, and the artificiality is the point. By the time Ardant and Deneuve are alone on screen, you understand the film has been about something other than the murder all along.\n\nIf you want a dark thriller with stakes outside the frame, *8 Femmes* keeps its violence offstage and its tone bright. But if you want eight of the most celebrated actresses in French cinema sharing one set, one camera, and one composer for 111 minutes, this is the Park Your Cinema night to commit to.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ sits at the south end of Syngrou, accessible by tram from Syntagma or by the dedicated bus from Akadimia. Megalo Prasino opens at 19:00 — earlier arrival means a flat patch closer to the screen; later means standing at the rim. Bring a blanket and water. Athens summer nights along the canal cool faster than the city centre; a light layer matters once the film starts. Open admission.\n\nA 2002 chamber musical with eight of France's most celebrated actresses, one murder, and the breeze off Faliro Bay — Park Your Cinema's late-July Friday holds the whole frame.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "Eight women, one Christmas weekend, one body in the bedroom — that is the setup for François Ozon's *8 Femmes* (2002), screened at Megalo Prasino — the central lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — on Friday 31 July 2026 at 21:00, as Park Your Cinema returns for its 2026 summer slate. The Renzo Piano park slopes from the Lighthouse down toward the canal; come dusk, a wide screen rises at the top of the slope and Athens lays out blankets on the grass.\n\nOzon assembled a cast that crossed three generations of French cinema in one frame. Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert and Danielle Darrieux — Darrieux a star since the 1930s — share the house with Emmanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard. Each of the eight gets a song, an original number composed by Krishna Lévy in the idiom of postwar French chanson, and each is a suspect. The film took the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at Berlin 2002, and an Ensemble Award at the European Film Awards the same year, where the cast accepted as a single unit.\n\nThe Park Your Cinema audience self-sorts: cinephiles who already know the film and come for the Lévy score, parents pulling kids in for an open-admission Friday, couples who use the lawn as date geography, neighbours from Kallithea who walk in through the south gate.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Megalo Prasino, open-air projection on the Renzo Piano park slope |\n| Vibe | Picnic and blanket — children stay awake, conversation continues during the film |\n| Sound | Outdoor PA, Greek subtitles on French original |\n| Door | Open admission, first-come for seating areas; lawn is unrestricted |\n\nThe film runs 111 minutes. Ozon directs it as part Agatha Christie chamber piece and part Demy musical — Sirk colours, claustrophobic blocking, each actress given a soliloquy in song. You watch the women turn on each other in increasingly intricate accusations; the snowbound house outside is a black-and-white painted set, and the artificiality is the point. By the time Ardant and Deneuve are alone on screen, you understand the film has been about something other than the murder all along.\n\nIf you want a dark thriller with stakes outside the frame, *8 Femmes* keeps its violence offstage and its tone bright. But if you want eight of the most celebrated actresses in French cinema sharing one set, one camera, and one composer for 111 minutes, this is the Park Your Cinema night to commit to.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ sits at the south end of Syngrou, accessible by tram from Syntagma or by the dedicated bus from Akadimia. Megalo Prasino opens at 19:00 — earlier arrival means a flat patch closer to the screen; later means standing at the rim. Bring a blanket and water. Athens summer nights along the canal cool faster than the city centre; a light layer matters once the film starts. Open admission.\n\nA 2002 chamber musical with eight of France's most celebrated actresses, one murder, and the breeze off Faliro Bay — Park Your Cinema's late-July Friday holds the whole frame.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "Eight women, one Christmas weekend, one body in the bedroom — that is the setup for François Ozon's *8 Femmes* (2002), screened at Megalo Prasino — the central lawn at ΚΠΙΣΝ — on Friday 31 July 2026 at 21:00, as Park Your Cinema returns for its 2026 summer slate. The Renzo Piano park slopes from the Lighthouse down toward the canal; come dusk, a wide screen rises at the top of the slope and Athens lays out blankets on the grass.\n\nOzon assembled a cast that crossed three generations of French cinema in one frame. Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert and Danielle Darrieux — Darrieux a star since the 1930s — share the house with Emmanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard. Each of the eight gets a song, an original number composed by Krishna Lévy in the idiom of postwar French chanson, and each is a suspect. The film took the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at Berlin 2002, and an Ensemble Award at the European Film Awards the same year, where the cast accepted as a single unit.\n\nThe Park Your Cinema audience self-sorts: cinephiles who already know the film and come for the Lévy score, parents pulling kids in for an open-admission Friday, couples who use the lawn as date geography, neighbours from Kallithea who walk in through the south gate.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Megalo Prasino, open-air projection on the Renzo Piano park slope |\n| Vibe | Picnic and blanket — children stay awake, conversation continues during the film |\n| Sound | Outdoor PA, Greek subtitles on French original |\n| Door | Open admission, first-come for seating areas; lawn is unrestricted |\n\nThe film runs 111 minutes. Ozon directs it as part Agatha Christie chamber piece and part Demy musical — Sirk colours, claustrophobic blocking, each actress given a soliloquy in song. You watch the women turn on each other in increasingly intricate accusations; the snowbound house outside is a black-and-white painted set, and the artificiality is the point. By the time Ardant and Deneuve are alone on screen, you understand the film has been about something other than the murder all along.\n\nIf you want a dark thriller with stakes outside the frame, *8 Femmes* keeps its violence offstage and its tone bright. But if you want eight of the most celebrated actresses in French cinema sharing one set, one camera, and one composer for 111 minutes, this is the Park Your Cinema night to commit to.\n\nΚΠΙΣΝ sits at the south end of Syngrou, accessible by tram from Syntagma or by the dedicated bus from Akadimia. Megalo Prasino opens at 19:00 — earlier arrival means a flat patch closer to the screen; later means standing at the rim. Bring a blanket and water. Athens summer nights along the canal cool faster than the city centre; a light layer matters once the film starts. Open admission.\n\nA 2002 chamber musical with eight of France's most celebrated actresses, one murder, and the breeze off Faliro Bay — Park Your Cinema's late-July Friday holds the whole frame.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-07-31",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Site-specific",
        "Family-friendly",
        "Families",
        "Mixed-ages",
        "Date-night",
        "Outdoor",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-8-gynaikes-2002/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/8-Women.jpeg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/53b7c693f5529757.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "0bf397f4ad8b89ce",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema Kids: Ο Απίθανος Μορίς (2022)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "After sunset, families spread blankets across the Great Lawn at the SNFCC and a screen lights up over the grass. Park Your Cinema Kids brings Ο Απίθανος Μορίς (The Amazing Maurice, 2022), an animated feature adapted from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel.\n\nThe story follows Maurice, a talking cat who runs a con with a troupe of educated rats, working a pied-piper routine town to town until the scheme reaches a place where something is genuinely wrong. Pratchett's humour keeps it sharper than the usual talking-animal cartoon — there is a real plot under the gags.\n\nThe series, curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival, is built for open-air viewing: arrive before dark to claim grass, bring something to sit on, and expect a young, restless crowd rather than a hushed cinema. Admission is open.\n\nNo ticket, just grass and a screen — for one night the lawn fills early.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "After sunset, families spread blankets across the Great Lawn at the SNFCC and a screen lights up over the grass. Park Your Cinema Kids brings Ο Απίθανος Μορίς (The Amazing Maurice, 2022), an animated feature adapted from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel.\n\nThe story follows Maurice, a talking cat who runs a con with a troupe of educated rats, working a pied-piper routine town to town until the scheme reaches a place where something is genuinely wrong. Pratchett's humour keeps it sharper than the usual talking-animal cartoon — there is a real plot under the gags.\n\nThe series, curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival, is built for open-air viewing: arrive before dark to claim grass, bring something to sit on, and expect a young, restless crowd rather than a hushed cinema. Admission is open.\n\nNo ticket, just grass and a screen — for one night the lawn fills early.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "After sunset, families spread blankets across the Great Lawn at the SNFCC and a screen lights up over the grass. Park Your Cinema Kids brings Ο Απίθανος Μορίς (The Amazing Maurice, 2022), an animated feature adapted from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel.\n\nThe story follows Maurice, a talking cat who runs a con with a troupe of educated rats, working a pied-piper routine town to town until the scheme reaches a place where something is genuinely wrong. Pratchett's humour keeps it sharper than the usual talking-animal cartoon — there is a real plot under the gags.\n\nThe series, curated by the Athens International Children's Film Festival, is built for open-air viewing: arrive before dark to claim grass, bring something to sit on, and expect a young, restless crowd rather than a hushed cinema. Admission is open.\n\nNo ticket, just grass and a screen — for one night the lawn fills early.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-01 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-08-01",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Children",
        "Families",
        "Outdoor",
        "Site-specific"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-kids-2026-o-apithanos-moris-2022/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-03 05:06:48",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/06/202107_AM_Stills_Maurice_Keith_11.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/0bf397f4ad8b89ce.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "292e01f712b59dfb",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema 2026: Καμπαρέ (1972)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "By the time the screen lights up over the open lawn, the August heat has loosened its grip and the grass has cooled under a few hundred blankets. Couples and families have staked out their squares since before dark, picnic things unpacked, the canal of Stavros Niarchos Park glinting a little way off. Then a white-painted face catches the light and the Kit Kat Klub's Emcee leans into the microphone — willkommen, bienvenue — and pulls you into Berlin, 1931.\n\nCabaret is Bob Fosse's 1972 film, and it remains one of the most decorated musicals ever made: eight Academy Awards, including Best Director for Fosse, Best Actress for Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey as the Emcee. The year The Godfather took Best Picture, Fosse took the directing Oscar. The score is John Kander and Fred Ebb's — 'Money,' 'Mein Herr,' the title number — performed almost entirely inside the club, while the world outside it shows the Weimar Republic sliding toward Nazism.\n\nThe lawn draws a mix. Cinephiles who can hum every Kander and Ebb cue lie next to parents introducing children to a pre-streaming kind of moviegoing, and couples who simply wanted a cheap, warm night out. People clap when the Emcee struts; the phones go down once Minnelli starts 'Maybe This Time.'\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the lawn, Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic blankets, relaxed, family-friendly |\n| Sound | Outdoor sound system under open sky |\n| Door | Open admission, no ticket |\n\nThis is not a multiplex, and that is the point. The image is large, the sound carries across open grass, and the evening comes with its own texture — a breeze moving through, someone's child wandering, a distant light out on the water. Cabaret holds up to all of it. Fosse keeps the camera tight inside the club for the musical numbers, so even on a wide outdoor screen those sequences stay close and sharp while the political dread accumulates in the scenes around them.\n\nIf you want pristine projection, climate control, and a silent auditorium, a regular cinema will serve the film better. But if you want to watch one of the sharpest musicals ever filmed while lying on the grass on a summer night — with admission set at zero — this is the version to choose.\n\nPark Your Cinema runs through the summer on the park lawn at the SNFCC, its 2026 program a run of classic musicals curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and admission is open — no ticket required. Bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent; the lawn is real grass and the evening runs long. Arrive well before the film begins after dark, because the popular titles fill the good sightlines early. The SNFCC sits on the coast southwest of the center, served by tram and bus.\n\nEight Oscars, open to anyone with a blanket — for one night in August.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "By the time the screen lights up over the open lawn, the August heat has loosened its grip and the grass has cooled under a few hundred blankets. Couples and families have staked out their squares since before dark, picnic things unpacked, the canal of Stavros Niarchos Park glinting a little way off. Then a white-painted face catches the light and the Kit Kat Klub's Emcee leans into the microphone — willkommen, bienvenue — and pulls you into Berlin, 1931.\n\nCabaret is Bob Fosse's 1972 film, and it remains one of the most decorated musicals ever made: eight Academy Awards, including Best Director for Fosse, Best Actress for Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey as the Emcee. The year The Godfather took Best Picture, Fosse took the directing Oscar. The score is John Kander and Fred Ebb's — 'Money,' 'Mein Herr,' the title number — performed almost entirely inside the club, while the world outside it shows the Weimar Republic sliding toward Nazism.\n\nThe lawn draws a mix. Cinephiles who can hum every Kander and Ebb cue lie next to parents introducing children to a pre-streaming kind of moviegoing, and couples who simply wanted a cheap, warm night out. People clap when the Emcee struts; the phones go down once Minnelli starts 'Maybe This Time.'\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the lawn, Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic blankets, relaxed, family-friendly |\n| Sound | Outdoor sound system under open sky |\n| Door | Open admission, no ticket |\n\nThis is not a multiplex, and that is the point. The image is large, the sound carries across open grass, and the evening comes with its own texture — a breeze moving through, someone's child wandering, a distant light out on the water. Cabaret holds up to all of it. Fosse keeps the camera tight inside the club for the musical numbers, so even on a wide outdoor screen those sequences stay close and sharp while the political dread accumulates in the scenes around them.\n\nIf you want pristine projection, climate control, and a silent auditorium, a regular cinema will serve the film better. But if you want to watch one of the sharpest musicals ever filmed while lying on the grass on a summer night — with admission set at zero — this is the version to choose.\n\nPark Your Cinema runs through the summer on the park lawn at the SNFCC, its 2026 program a run of classic musicals curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and admission is open — no ticket required. Bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent; the lawn is real grass and the evening runs long. Arrive well before the film begins after dark, because the popular titles fill the good sightlines early. The SNFCC sits on the coast southwest of the center, served by tram and bus.\n\nEight Oscars, open to anyone with a blanket — for one night in August.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "By the time the screen lights up over the open lawn, the August heat has loosened its grip and the grass has cooled under a few hundred blankets. Couples and families have staked out their squares since before dark, picnic things unpacked, the canal of Stavros Niarchos Park glinting a little way off. Then a white-painted face catches the light and the Kit Kat Klub's Emcee leans into the microphone — willkommen, bienvenue — and pulls you into Berlin, 1931.\n\nCabaret is Bob Fosse's 1972 film, and it remains one of the most decorated musicals ever made: eight Academy Awards, including Best Director for Fosse, Best Actress for Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey as the Emcee. The year The Godfather took Best Picture, Fosse took the directing Oscar. The score is John Kander and Fred Ebb's — 'Money,' 'Mein Herr,' the title number — performed almost entirely inside the club, while the world outside it shows the Weimar Republic sliding toward Nazism.\n\nThe lawn draws a mix. Cinephiles who can hum every Kander and Ebb cue lie next to parents introducing children to a pre-streaming kind of moviegoing, and couples who simply wanted a cheap, warm night out. People clap when the Emcee struts; the phones go down once Minnelli starts 'Maybe This Time.'\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the lawn, Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic blankets, relaxed, family-friendly |\n| Sound | Outdoor sound system under open sky |\n| Door | Open admission, no ticket |\n\nThis is not a multiplex, and that is the point. The image is large, the sound carries across open grass, and the evening comes with its own texture — a breeze moving through, someone's child wandering, a distant light out on the water. Cabaret holds up to all of it. Fosse keeps the camera tight inside the club for the musical numbers, so even on a wide outdoor screen those sequences stay close and sharp while the political dread accumulates in the scenes around them.\n\nIf you want pristine projection, climate control, and a silent auditorium, a regular cinema will serve the film better. But if you want to watch one of the sharpest musicals ever filmed while lying on the grass on a summer night — with admission set at zero — this is the version to choose.\n\nPark Your Cinema runs through the summer on the park lawn at the SNFCC, its 2026 program a run of classic musicals curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and admission is open — no ticket required. Bring a blanket or mat to sit on and insect repellent; the lawn is real grass and the evening runs long. Arrive well before the film begins after dark, because the popular titles fill the good sightlines early. The SNFCC sits on the coast southwest of the center, served by tram and bus.\n\nEight Oscars, open to anyone with a blanket — for one night in August.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-08-07",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Inclusive",
        "Families",
        "All-ages",
        "Outdoor",
        "Seated"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-kampare-1972/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 10:13:43",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/Cabaret.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/292e01f712b59dfb.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "4ea0e564afdd87df",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema Kids: Βίρα τις Άγκυρες (2017)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "On an August night the lawn at the Clearing in Stavros Niarchos Park fills with families staking out patches of grass, and once it is dark a film starts under open sky. This screening is Anchors Up — Vira tis Agkyres, the 2017 animated adventure — dubbed in Greek for Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's open-air children's cinema that returns to the Clearing every summer.\n\nCurated with the Athens International Children's and Youth Film Festival, the series runs through the warm months, and this date sits in the middle of the August holidays. Unlike a sealed multiplex, the experience is loose: bring a blanket, arrive before sunset, and expect kids drifting between the screen and the dark park behind it.\n\nIf you want assigned seats and air conditioning, this is the opposite. But if you want a children's film the old way — outdoors, on a warm night, with no ticket required — that is what this is.\n\nDubbed in Greek, and it costs nothing to attend.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "On an August night the lawn at the Clearing in Stavros Niarchos Park fills with families staking out patches of grass, and once it is dark a film starts under open sky. This screening is Anchors Up — Vira tis Agkyres, the 2017 animated adventure — dubbed in Greek for Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's open-air children's cinema that returns to the Clearing every summer.\n\nCurated with the Athens International Children's and Youth Film Festival, the series runs through the warm months, and this date sits in the middle of the August holidays. Unlike a sealed multiplex, the experience is loose: bring a blanket, arrive before sunset, and expect kids drifting between the screen and the dark park behind it.\n\nIf you want assigned seats and air conditioning, this is the opposite. But if you want a children's film the old way — outdoors, on a warm night, with no ticket required — that is what this is.\n\nDubbed in Greek, and it costs nothing to attend.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "On an August night the lawn at the Clearing in Stavros Niarchos Park fills with families staking out patches of grass, and once it is dark a film starts under open sky. This screening is Anchors Up — Vira tis Agkyres, the 2017 animated adventure — dubbed in Greek for Park Your Cinema Kids, the SNFCC's open-air children's cinema that returns to the Clearing every summer.\n\nCurated with the Athens International Children's and Youth Film Festival, the series runs through the warm months, and this date sits in the middle of the August holidays. Unlike a sealed multiplex, the experience is loose: bring a blanket, arrive before sunset, and expect kids drifting between the screen and the dark park behind it.\n\nIf you want assigned seats and air conditioning, this is the opposite. But if you want a children's film the old way — outdoors, on a warm night, with no ticket required — that is what this is.\n\nDubbed in Greek, and it costs nothing to attend.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-08 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-08-08",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Garden",
        "Families",
        "Children",
        "All-ages",
        "Early-evening",
        "Outdoor"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-kids-2026-vira-tis-agkyres-2017/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-03 05:06:48",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-04 05:07:01",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/06/AnchorsUp2.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/4ea0e564afdd87df.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "f7d341f6f4ee0ebc",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema 2026: Τραγουδώντας στη βροχή (1952)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "By the time the projector throws its first light across the Great Lawn, the August heat has finally broken and the Stavros Niarchos Park has gone soft and blue at the edges. You have staked out a patch of grass with a blanket, the long canal catching the last of the sky behind you, the glass Lighthouse crowning the building above the slope. Then Gene Kelly grabs a lamppost, tilts his umbrella, and starts to sing.\n\nPark Your Cinema is the SNFCC's open-air screening series, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and for 2026 it has built its program around the movie musical. Tonight's film is Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Set in Hollywood at the close of the 1920s, it follows a silent-film studio scrambling to survive the arrival of sound — and turns that industrial panic into some of the most physical comedy and dance committed to film. The festival frames the season not as nostalgia but as a reminder that song in cinema has always been an act of freedom.\n\nThe crowd is a cross-section of the city in summer: families spreading out early with food, couples who walked down from the tram, cinephiles who can mouth O'Connor's 'Make 'Em Laugh' pratfalls before they land, and people who wandered the park and simply stayed for the light. Nobody dresses up. Many arrive an hour ahead to claim flat ground near the screen.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the Great Lawn of Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm, families and cinephiles side by side |\n| Sound | Original English audio, Greek subtitles, open-air speakers |\n| Access | Open admission, no ticket — first-come ground |\n\nThe evening is half film, half park. Screenings begin after sunset, around 21:00, once the sky is dark enough for the image to hold. You bring your own blanket and usually your own food; the lawn fills from the front, and latecomers watch from the gentle rise at the back, which has its own reward — you see the whole field of upturned faces. When the title number arrives and Kelly stomps through the studio downpour, the lawn tends to go quiet in the way only a shared seventy-year-old joy can manage.\n\nIf you want air-conditioning, assigned seats, and surround sound, an indoor cinema does all three better. But if you want the greatest of the Hollywood musicals outdoors, on grass, for nothing, on the eve of the August 15 holiday when Athens itself slows to a stop, this is the night.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus, with the foundation's free shuttle running from the city center; the walk in through the park is part of the evening. Arrive before sunset to find your spot and to see the grounds before dark.\n\nSingin' in the Rain on an August lawn, the night before the city empties for the holiday — open to anyone who brings a blanket.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-15 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "By the time the projector throws its first light across the Great Lawn, the August heat has finally broken and the Stavros Niarchos Park has gone soft and blue at the edges. You have staked out a patch of grass with a blanket, the long canal catching the last of the sky behind you, the glass Lighthouse crowning the building above the slope. Then Gene Kelly grabs a lamppost, tilts his umbrella, and starts to sing.\n\nPark Your Cinema is the SNFCC's open-air screening series, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and for 2026 it has built its program around the movie musical. Tonight's film is Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Set in Hollywood at the close of the 1920s, it follows a silent-film studio scrambling to survive the arrival of sound — and turns that industrial panic into some of the most physical comedy and dance committed to film. The festival frames the season not as nostalgia but as a reminder that song in cinema has always been an act of freedom.\n\nThe crowd is a cross-section of the city in summer: families spreading out early with food, couples who walked down from the tram, cinephiles who can mouth O'Connor's 'Make 'Em Laugh' pratfalls before they land, and people who wandered the park and simply stayed for the light. Nobody dresses up. Many arrive an hour ahead to claim flat ground near the screen.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the Great Lawn of Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm, families and cinephiles side by side |\n| Sound | Original English audio, Greek subtitles, open-air speakers |\n| Access | Open admission, no ticket — first-come ground |\n\nThe evening is half film, half park. Screenings begin after sunset, around 21:00, once the sky is dark enough for the image to hold. You bring your own blanket and usually your own food; the lawn fills from the front, and latecomers watch from the gentle rise at the back, which has its own reward — you see the whole field of upturned faces. When the title number arrives and Kelly stomps through the studio downpour, the lawn tends to go quiet in the way only a shared seventy-year-old joy can manage.\n\nIf you want air-conditioning, assigned seats, and surround sound, an indoor cinema does all three better. But if you want the greatest of the Hollywood musicals outdoors, on grass, for nothing, on the eve of the August 15 holiday when Athens itself slows to a stop, this is the night.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus, with the foundation's free shuttle running from the city center; the walk in through the park is part of the evening. Arrive before sunset to find your spot and to see the grounds before dark.\n\nSingin' in the Rain on an August lawn, the night before the city empties for the holiday — open to anyone who brings a blanket.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-15 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "By the time the projector throws its first light across the Great Lawn, the August heat has finally broken and the Stavros Niarchos Park has gone soft and blue at the edges. You have staked out a patch of grass with a blanket, the long canal catching the last of the sky behind you, the glass Lighthouse crowning the building above the slope. Then Gene Kelly grabs a lamppost, tilts his umbrella, and starts to sing.\n\nPark Your Cinema is the SNFCC's open-air screening series, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and for 2026 it has built its program around the movie musical. Tonight's film is Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Set in Hollywood at the close of the 1920s, it follows a silent-film studio scrambling to survive the arrival of sound — and turns that industrial panic into some of the most physical comedy and dance committed to film. The festival frames the season not as nostalgia but as a reminder that song in cinema has always been an act of freedom.\n\nThe crowd is a cross-section of the city in summer: families spreading out early with food, couples who walked down from the tram, cinephiles who can mouth O'Connor's 'Make 'Em Laugh' pratfalls before they land, and people who wandered the park and simply stayed for the light. Nobody dresses up. Many arrive an hour ahead to claim flat ground near the screen.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n|--------|---------|\n| Setting | Open-air on the Great Lawn of Stavros Niarchos Park |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm, families and cinephiles side by side |\n| Sound | Original English audio, Greek subtitles, open-air speakers |\n| Access | Open admission, no ticket — first-come ground |\n\nThe evening is half film, half park. Screenings begin after sunset, around 21:00, once the sky is dark enough for the image to hold. You bring your own blanket and usually your own food; the lawn fills from the front, and latecomers watch from the gentle rise at the back, which has its own reward — you see the whole field of upturned faces. When the title number arrives and Kelly stomps through the studio downpour, the lawn tends to go quiet in the way only a shared seventy-year-old joy can manage.\n\nIf you want air-conditioning, assigned seats, and surround sound, an indoor cinema does all three better. But if you want the greatest of the Hollywood musicals outdoors, on grass, for nothing, on the eve of the August 15 holiday when Athens itself slows to a stop, this is the night.\n\nThe SNFCC sits on the coast at Kallithea, accessible by tram and bus, with the foundation's free shuttle running from the city center; the walk in through the park is part of the evening. Arrive before sunset to find your spot and to see the grounds before dark.\n\nSingin' in the Rain on an August lawn, the night before the city empties for the holiday — open to anyone who brings a blanket.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-15 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-08-14",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Outdoor",
        "Family-friendly",
        "Romantic",
        "Retro",
        "Garden",
        "Budget-friendly"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": "Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, 364",
        "neighborhood": "",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.941042,
          "lon": 23.693306
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-tragoydontas-sti-vrochi-1952/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-26 22:58:26",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 10:17:31",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/Singin_-in-the-Rain-5.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/f7d341f6f4ee0ebc.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "ScreeningEvent",
      "id": "72dd49cd9e0c2e63",
      "title": "Park Your Cinema: Νέα Υόρκη, Νέα Υόρκη (1977)",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "By nine o'clock the light is off the Saronic Gulf and the lawn has gone dark enough for the projector. You find a patch of grass, spread the blanket you carried in, and lie back as the SNFCC's widest open space becomes an open-air cinema for the night.\n\nThe film is Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977), screened on 21 August 2026 as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's 2026 summer series Musicals under the Stars, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Working from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, Scorsese cast Robert De Niro as a saxophone player and Liza Minnelli as a singer — two musicians who fall in love in the big-band years after the Second World War. It was his homage to the studio-bound Hollywood musical, shot almost entirely on sets.\n\nThe film handed the world a song before audiences warmed to the movie. Kander and Ebb wrote \"Theme from New York, New York\" for Minnelli to perform at the finale — and only on the second attempt: De Niro rejected their first version as too weak, so the songwriters rewrote it in forty-five minutes. Two years later Frank Sinatra recorded it, and it became the song people now sing without recalling the film it came from.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| Setting | The lawn, open to the night sky, by the coast at Kallithea |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm — families, couples and film-buffs settling in before dark |\n| Sound | A 1977 big-band musical played out under open air |\n| Door | The screening begins at 21:00; arrive earlier to claim your grass |\n\nThere is no row of seats. People arrive while it is still light, stake out a square of lawn, unpack food, and let the dark do the rest. By the time the titles come up the chatter has dropped to a murmur, and a studio-built vision of post-war Manhattan opens over a field by the Athenian coast.\n\nIf you need a reclining chair, climate control and a guaranteed silence, an indoor cinema will serve you better. But if you want a sweeping musical romance under the open sky with the sea a few hundred metres off, the lawn is the room.\n\nAdmission is open — no ticket. The Cultural Center sits on the coast at Kallithea, reached by tram or bus and the center's free shuttle from central Athens. Bring a blanket or a low cushion; the grass is the only seating. The screening falls on 21 August 2026, beginning at 21:00.\n\nOne August night, one musical, one lawn between the city and the sea.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-21 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "By nine o'clock the light is off the Saronic Gulf and the lawn has gone dark enough for the projector. You find a patch of grass, spread the blanket you carried in, and lie back as the SNFCC's widest open space becomes an open-air cinema for the night.\n\nThe film is Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977), screened on 21 August 2026 as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's 2026 summer series Musicals under the Stars, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Working from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, Scorsese cast Robert De Niro as a saxophone player and Liza Minnelli as a singer — two musicians who fall in love in the big-band years after the Second World War. It was his homage to the studio-bound Hollywood musical, shot almost entirely on sets.\n\nThe film handed the world a song before audiences warmed to the movie. Kander and Ebb wrote \"Theme from New York, New York\" for Minnelli to perform at the finale — and only on the second attempt: De Niro rejected their first version as too weak, so the songwriters rewrote it in forty-five minutes. Two years later Frank Sinatra recorded it, and it became the song people now sing without recalling the film it came from.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| Setting | The lawn, open to the night sky, by the coast at Kallithea |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm — families, couples and film-buffs settling in before dark |\n| Sound | A 1977 big-band musical played out under open air |\n| Door | The screening begins at 21:00; arrive earlier to claim your grass |\n\nThere is no row of seats. People arrive while it is still light, stake out a square of lawn, unpack food, and let the dark do the rest. By the time the titles come up the chatter has dropped to a murmur, and a studio-built vision of post-war Manhattan opens over a field by the Athenian coast.\n\nIf you need a reclining chair, climate control and a guaranteed silence, an indoor cinema will serve you better. But if you want a sweeping musical romance under the open sky with the sea a few hundred metres off, the lawn is the room.\n\nAdmission is open — no ticket. The Cultural Center sits on the coast at Kallithea, reached by tram or bus and the center's free shuttle from central Athens. Bring a blanket or a low cushion; the grass is the only seating. The screening falls on 21 August 2026, beginning at 21:00.\n\nOne August night, one musical, one lawn between the city and the sea.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-21 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "By nine o'clock the light is off the Saronic Gulf and the lawn has gone dark enough for the projector. You find a patch of grass, spread the blanket you carried in, and lie back as the SNFCC's widest open space becomes an open-air cinema for the night.\n\nThe film is Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977), screened on 21 August 2026 as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's 2026 summer series Musicals under the Stars, curated by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Working from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, Scorsese cast Robert De Niro as a saxophone player and Liza Minnelli as a singer — two musicians who fall in love in the big-band years after the Second World War. It was his homage to the studio-bound Hollywood musical, shot almost entirely on sets.\n\nThe film handed the world a song before audiences warmed to the movie. Kander and Ebb wrote \"Theme from New York, New York\" for Minnelli to perform at the finale — and only on the second attempt: De Niro rejected their first version as too weak, so the songwriters rewrote it in forty-five minutes. Two years later Frank Sinatra recorded it, and it became the song people now sing without recalling the film it came from.\n\n| Aspect | Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| Setting | The lawn, open to the night sky, by the coast at Kallithea |\n| Vibe | Picnic-blanket calm — families, couples and film-buffs settling in before dark |\n| Sound | A 1977 big-band musical played out under open air |\n| Door | The screening begins at 21:00; arrive earlier to claim your grass |\n\nThere is no row of seats. People arrive while it is still light, stake out a square of lawn, unpack food, and let the dark do the rest. By the time the titles come up the chatter has dropped to a murmur, and a studio-built vision of post-war Manhattan opens over a field by the Athenian coast.\n\nIf you need a reclining chair, climate control and a guaranteed silence, an indoor cinema will serve you better. But if you want a sweeping musical romance under the open sky with the sea a few hundred metres off, the lawn is the room.\n\nAdmission is open — no ticket. The Cultural Center sits on the coast at Kallithea, reached by tram or bus and the center's free shuttle from central Athens. Bring a blanket or a low cushion; the grass is the only seating. The screening falls on 21 August 2026, beginning at 21:00.\n\nOne August night, one musical, one lawn between the city and the sea.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2026-08-21 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2026-08-21",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "cinema",
      "genres": [
        "film"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Family-friendly",
        "Garden",
        "All-ages",
        "Date-night",
        "Seated",
        "Outdoor",
        "Late-night"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "ΚΠΙΣΝ",
        "address": null,
        "neighborhood": null,
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "open",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "Δωρεάν"
      },
      "url": "https://www.snfcc.org/event/park-your-cinema-2026-nea-yorki-nea-yorki-1977/",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "snfcc",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-30 05:07:46",
      "updatedAt": "2026-06-01 11:37:10",
      "language": "en",
      "imageUrl": "https://snfcc.snfccmedia.com/wp-container-prd/2026/05/New-York-New-York.jpg",
      "imageSource": "backfill",
      "imageLocal": "/images/events/72dd49cd9e0c2e63.webp",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "Festival",
      "id": "0ed4202c1aa2a351",
      "title": "3ο Greek Beer Festival",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "The 3rd Greek Beer Festival returns to Palio Amaxostasio OSY in Gazi, Athens, from 27 to 29 March 2027. Buses parked under this metal roof for a century. Now twenty-two Greek microbreweries pour here instead — skylights overhead, three thousand square metres of floor.\n\nThe festival carries the subtitle \"Only Craft,\" meaning every brewery pouring here is Greek, independent, and small-batch. Previous editions drew makers from across the mainland and islands, filling the depot with hundreds of labels that most Athens drinkers have never tried side by side. The format is three evenings of craft beer, live music, and street food.\n\nThe crowd splits between people who know their session ales from their IPAs and groups who came for the night out and stay because the music holds. People circulate between taps, compare pours, and settle in once the headliner starts.\n\nEach evening carries one headliner: Pyrini Laelapa and Thrax Panks open the weekend on 27 March with a hip-hop and rebetiko collision. Walkman the Band and Locomondo take Saturday the 28th. Nikos Zoidakis closes Sunday the 29th with live traditional music. Street food vendors line the perimeter.\n\nIf you want a curated tasting-room experience with flight cards and stemware, this is an industrial depot with volume to match. But if you want to try two dozen Greek craft breweries under one roof while a band plays loud enough to feel it, three nights in Gazi have that covered.\n\nPalio Amaxostasio OSY is at Ermou 1 and Pireos in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Tickets available through more.com and at the door. Admission is open for children under twelve and visitors with mobility issues.\n\nTwenty-two breweries, three nights, one retired bus depot — the taps close when the kegs run dry.",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "The 3rd Greek Beer Festival returns to Palio Amaxostasio OSY in Gazi, Athens, from 27 to 29 March 2027. Buses parked under this metal roof for a century. Now twenty-two Greek microbreweries pour here instead — skylights overhead, three thousand square metres of floor.\n\nThe festival carries the subtitle \"Only Craft,\" meaning every brewery pouring here is Greek, independent, and small-batch. Previous editions drew makers from across the mainland and islands, filling the depot with hundreds of labels that most Athens drinkers have never tried side by side. The format is three evenings of craft beer, live music, and street food.\n\nThe crowd splits between people who know their session ales from their IPAs and groups who came for the night out and stay because the music holds. People circulate between taps, compare pours, and settle in once the headliner starts.\n\nEach evening carries one headliner: Pyrini Laelapa and Thrax Panks open the weekend on 27 March with a hip-hop and rebetiko collision. Walkman the Band and Locomondo take Saturday the 28th. Nikos Zoidakis closes Sunday the 29th with live traditional music. Street food vendors line the perimeter.\n\nIf you want a curated tasting-room experience with flight cards and stemware, this is an industrial depot with volume to match. But if you want to try two dozen Greek craft breweries under one roof while a band plays loud enough to feel it, three nights in Gazi have that covered.\n\nPalio Amaxostasio OSY is at Ermou 1 and Pireos in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Tickets available through more.com and at the door. Admission is open for children under twelve and visitors with mobility issues.\n\nTwenty-two breweries, three nights, one retired bus depot — the taps close when the kegs run dry.",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "The 3rd Greek Beer Festival returns to Palio Amaxostasio OSY in Gazi, Athens, from 27 to 29 March 2027. Buses parked under this metal roof for a century. Now twenty-two Greek microbreweries pour here instead — skylights overhead, three thousand square metres of floor.\n\nThe festival carries the subtitle \"Only Craft,\" meaning every brewery pouring here is Greek, independent, and small-batch. Previous editions drew makers from across the mainland and islands, filling the depot with hundreds of labels that most Athens drinkers have never tried side by side. The format is three evenings of craft beer, live music, and street food.\n\nThe crowd splits between people who know their session ales from their IPAs and groups who came for the night out and stay because the music holds. People circulate between taps, compare pours, and settle in once the headliner starts.\n\nEach evening carries one headliner: Pyrini Laelapa and Thrax Panks open the weekend on 27 March with a hip-hop and rebetiko collision. Walkman the Band and Locomondo take Saturday the 28th. Nikos Zoidakis closes Sunday the 29th with live traditional music. Street food vendors line the perimeter.\n\nIf you want a curated tasting-room experience with flight cards and stemware, this is an industrial depot with volume to match. But if you want to try two dozen Greek craft breweries under one roof while a band plays loud enough to feel it, three nights in Gazi have that covered.\n\nPalio Amaxostasio OSY is at Ermou 1 and Pireos in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Tickets available through more.com and at the door. Admission is open for children under twelve and visitors with mobility issues.\n\nTwenty-two breweries, three nights, one retired bus depot — the taps close when the kegs run dry.",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2027-03-27",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "festival",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Festival-energy",
        "Industrial-chic",
        "Mixed-ages",
        "Standing-room",
        "Multi-day",
        "Metro-accessible",
        "Child-friendly"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "Παλιό Αμαξοστάσιο ΟΣΥ",
        "address": "Pireos 99, Athens 118 54",
        "neighborhood": "Gazi / Keramikos",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.9778,
          "lon": 23.7155
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "with-ticket",
        "amount": null,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": null
      },
      "url": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/3o_greek_beer_festival-10089550/",
      "ticketUrl": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/3o_greek_beer_festival-10089550/",
      "ticketUrlStatus": "generated",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "athinorama.gr",
      "createdAt": "2026-03-28 06:09:36",
      "updatedAt": "2026-04-28 05:07:04",
      "language": "en",
      "timeSource": "not_found",
      "imageSource": "not_found",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "MusicEvent",
      "id": "97680c82178a0d0e",
      "title": "Music For",
      "description": "",
      "fullDescription": "A school showcase at Gazarte — themed around the figure of the woman and the many roles she has occupied across time. Title: \"She.\" Performed by the student ensembles of MusicFor, the Athens music school operating out of Kerameikos and Korydallos.\n\nThe evening is structured as a multi-act student showcase rather than a single-artist set. Repertoire and instrumentation rotate across MusicFor's ensembles, drawing from the school's working international songbook. Expect a warmer audience than Gazarte's usual concert nights — the room fills with people there to support specific performers.\n\nVoutadon Street in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Gazarte spreads across Main, Ground and Roof stages (100–400 capacity depending on space); doors typically open 20:00–21:00 with music starting around 21:30. Consumption isn't mandatory but the kitchen is taken seriously, and rooftop tables (when used) need to be booked ahead. Ticketed entry. A school showcase at a venue better known for touring acts — different math on a night like this.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2027-04-26 -->",
      "fullDescriptionEn": "A school showcase at Gazarte — themed around the figure of the woman and the many roles she has occupied across time. Title: \"She.\" Performed by the student ensembles of MusicFor, the Athens music school operating out of Kerameikos and Korydallos.\n\nThe evening is structured as a multi-act student showcase rather than a single-artist set. Repertoire and instrumentation rotate across MusicFor's ensembles, drawing from the school's working international songbook. Expect a warmer audience than Gazarte's usual concert nights — the room fills with people there to support specific performers.\n\nVoutadon Street in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Gazarte spreads across Main, Ground and Roof stages (100–400 capacity depending on space); doors typically open 20:00–21:00 with music starting around 21:30. Consumption isn't mandatory but the kitchen is taken seriously, and rooftop tables (when used) need to be booked ahead. Ticketed entry. A school showcase at a venue better known for touring acts — different math on a night like this.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2027-04-26 -->",
      "fullDescriptionGr": "A school showcase at Gazarte — themed around the figure of the woman and the many roles she has occupied across time. Title: \"She.\" Performed by the student ensembles of MusicFor, the Athens music school operating out of Kerameikos and Korydallos.\n\nThe evening is structured as a multi-act student showcase rather than a single-artist set. Repertoire and instrumentation rotate across MusicFor's ensembles, drawing from the school's working international songbook. Expect a warmer audience than Gazarte's usual concert nights — the room fills with people there to support specific performers.\n\nVoutadon Street in Gazi, a short walk from Kerameikos metro. Gazarte spreads across Main, Ground and Roof stages (100–400 capacity depending on space); doors typically open 20:00–21:00 with music starting around 21:30. Consumption isn't mandatory but the kitchen is taken seriously, and rooftop tables (when used) need to be booked ahead. Ticketed entry. A school showcase at a venue better known for touring acts — different math on a night like this.\n\n<!-- timeliness-expires: 2027-04-26 -->",
      "hasNativeGreek": false,
      "startDate": "2027-04-26",
      "endDate": null,
      "type": "concert",
      "genres": [],
      "tags": [
        "Live-band",
        "Mainstream",
        "Mixed-ages",
        "Families",
        "Greek-locals",
        "Seated",
        "Concert-format",
        "Metro-accessible"
      ],
      "venue": {
        "name": "Gazarte",
        "address": "32-34 Voutadon St, Gazi, Athens",
        "neighborhood": "Gazi / Keramikos",
        "coordinates": {
          "lat": 37.9775,
          "lon": 23.7153
        },
        "capacity": null
      },
      "price": {
        "type": "with-ticket",
        "amount": 15,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "range": "€10-25"
      },
      "url": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/music_for_-10053780/",
      "ticketUrl": "https://www.athinorama.gr/music/gig/music_for_-10053780/",
      "ticketUrlStatus": "generated",
      "ticketUrlResolved": null,
      "source": "athinorama.gr",
      "createdAt": "2026-04-27 09:57:56",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:01",
      "language": "en",
      "timeSource": "not_found",
      "imageSource": "not_found",
      "permanentCollection": false,
      "locationStatus": "verified_athens"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 23,
    "enrichedCount": 23,
    "lastUpdate": "2026-06-04T05:19:56.494Z",
    "url": "https://agentathens.com/kids"
  }
}