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Overview
Wednesday 1 July
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Thursday 2 July
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Φιλαρμονική της Βιέννης: Augustin Hadelich – Gautier Capuçon – Christian Thielemann – Προβολή Unitel
Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών · Κολωνάκι €25
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Friday 3 July
ΣΙΝΕΜΑ
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Saturday 4 July
ΣΙΝΕΜΑ
ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ
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Sunday 5 July
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Monday 6 July
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Tuesday 7 July
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Release Athens 2026 / The Offspring / Bad Religion
Πλατεία Νερού · Φάληρο / Palaio Faliro Με εισιτήριοThursday 9 July
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Friday 10 July
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Release Athens 2026 / Sabaton / Savatage / Epica
Πλατεία Νερού · Φάληρο / Palaio Faliro Με εισιτήριο
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The Storyville Ragtimers: Α tribute to Louis Armstrong «What a Wonderful World»
Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών · Ιλίσια €25Saturday 11 July
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Sunday 12 July
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Tuesday 14 July
ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ
Wednesday 15 July
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In Detail
BETH HART
Beth Hart performs at Lycabettus Theater in Athens on July 1, 2026. The American singer brings her powerful voice and emotionally intense performances to one of the world's most spectacular outdoor venues. Beth Hart's voice combines blues, soul, and rock influences into performances of extraordinary emotional power.
3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage
Three nights in July, four ensembles, one curatorial hand. The 3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage opens Wednesday 1 July at 20:30 and runs through Friday — the first time the festival has spread itself across a full three-day arc, and the strongest signal yet that artistic director Marinos Tranoudakis has built an audience for rhythm-forward programming in Athens. The GNO Alternative Stage sits on the lower level of the SNFCC, the National Opera's room for non-canon work — chamber pieces, sound art, contemporary music that the main stage upstairs does not programme.
3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage From Good to Great: The Five Components of Musicality in Drums
What separates a competent drummer from a musical one? Benny Greb has built his teaching reputation on that question, and on the seminar he calls "The Five Components of Musicality in Drums." On Thursday 2 July 2026 at 11:00, he brings it to the GNO Alternative Stage at the SNFCC, headlining the 3rd Percussion Festival of the Greek National Opera. **Credentials.** Greb headlines the seminar slot in this year's programme — a seated session, not a concert, where he unpacks (in the venue's own words) "his philosophy on modern sound, rhythmic perception, and creative approaches to drum sets." The 3rd Percussion Festival runs under the artistic direction of Marinos Tranoudakis, who has positioned the GNO Alternative Stage's percussion week as a recurring instrumental-focus event in the Athens summer calendar. **Tribe.** Working and student drummers, percussion instructors, jazz school graduates auditing for ideas, and serious hobbyists chasing the gap between practice-room mechanics and stage-ready feel.
3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage Black Mountain
Three Julys on from its 2024 inaugural edition, the GNO Alternative Stage Percussion Festival returns to ΚΠΙΣΝ for its third summer. The opening night carries the programme title "Black Mountain" — Thursday 2 July at 19:00 inside the Alternative Stage hall. Marinos Tranoudakis has curated the festival since its founding, and the format has held — three days, main-stage concerts in the Alternative Stage proper, masterclasses for active participants on the days around them, and extension events on the SNFCC Agora that move closing programmes into open air.
Φιλαρμονική της Βιέννης: Augustin Hadelich – Gautier Capuçon – Christian Thielemann – Προβολή Unitel
The screen lights up in the Megaron Garden at 20:30, and the Vienna Philharmonic enters the frame in Unitel's high-resolution capture: Christian Thielemann on the rostrum, Augustin Hadelich and Gautier Capuçon stepping forward for Brahms's Double Concerto in A minor. It is not a live performance.
Mayans with THEMBA I Thu July 2
The Alimos beachfront fills with afro-house on Thursday 2 July 2026 as Mayans returns to Bolivar with THEMBA — the Johannesburg DJ whose 2021 debut album Modern Africa Vol I (Ekhaya) on Armada Music anchors his soul-leaning fusion of house, techno, and South African heritage. THEMBA built his international career through Knee Deep In Sound and Yoshitoshi releases, and runs his own Herd label.
3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage Benny Greb Concert
Benny Greb's 2015 DVD *The Art and Science of Groove* introduced a five-element framework — time, feel, sound, body, mind — that has become standard syllabus material for working drummers. The German solo artist (Augsburg, 1980) headlines the 3rd Percussion Festival of the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage for one night on Thursday 2 July at the Stavros Niarchos Hall, ΚΠΙΣΝ. Greb runs the curriculum he teaches — annual drum camps at the Bayerische Musikakademie, masterclasses across the European circuit, ongoing endorsement work with Sonor.
Park Your Cinema 2026: Sweeney Todd: Ο Φονικός Κουρέας της Οδού Φλιτ (2007)
Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical about a barber who slits throats and a pie-shop owner who turns the bodies into the daily special plays SNFCC's lawn on Friday 3 July 2026. Tim Burton's 2007 film adaptation — Johnny Depp at the razor, Helena Bonham Carter at the oven, Alan Rickman as the corrupt judge who started it all — runs 116 minutes under the Athens summer sky, free of charge as part of Park Your Cinema's 2026 programme. The film took two Golden Globes the year of its release — Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy and Best Actor for Depp — with director and lead-actress nominations following.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I plan ahead for next month in Athens?
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When are most Athens events announced?
Major concerts and theatre premieres are typically announced 4–8 weeks ahead. Exhibitions and festivals may be announced months in advance. Smaller gallery and club events are often confirmed only 1–2 weeks ahead — this listing fills in as those announcements come through.