30th Festival of Kassandra

July, 15th-August, 26th,  2022

Amphitheatre of Siviri | Kassandra

The Festival of Kassandra is one of the most remarkable, dynamic and well known institutions of Halkidiki. It takes place every year since 1993 in the Amphiteatre of Siviri.

The scenic open-air theatre of Siviri, a seaside village in west Kassandra, is the venue for series of plays and music performances.

It covers a wide range in field of Arts and Culture from Live Music concerts to Dance and Theatrical Performances with participants from Greece and abroad as well.

Visit the official page of the festival: http://www.kassandrafestival.gr

Painting exhibition “Magma”
by Savvas Poursanidis
July, 24 – October 31 2022 | 21:00-00:00
Art Gallery Apothiki | Nikiti, Sithonia

Bio

Born in Thessaloniki, where he lives and works. Graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts, School of Visual and Applied Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dimitris Kontos’ workshop (1987-1993) In 1985, he initiated the large cycle of his work, using the divine proportions of the golden section as the main structural element. In 1998, he enriched his studies with the perspective of anamorphosis, which he completed in 2004.

For the last twenty years he has been teaching drawing and color to forthcoming students of the Faculty of Fine Arts. He has participated in five group exhibitions so far, where he presented a sample of his studies.
One of those exhibitions was held in the Center of Contemporary Arts “Vellidis”, in Thessaloniki, in 1987. In 2011 he participated in ART – ATHINA, International Meeting of Modern Art, with his work “Guartet” in cooperation with the art Gallery Tsatsis Project – Art Forum

Opening hours: 21.00-00.00 | Free entrance

Polygyros Festival 2022
July 6 – Aug 26
Various areas of Polygyros Municipality

For the 14th year, the Municipality of Polygyros welcomes the Summer Festival of Art and Culture. The festival opened its gates on July 5th and continues with theatrical performances, music, cinema, dance and parallel events. The summer evenings are complemented by art exhibitions and local feasts. In addition, the Municipality of Polygyros hosts trail runs in mountainous and urban areas on Sept, 4th, while the a street food festival (19-21 Aug., 2022) is also taking place, as well as the Full moon concert at Ancient Olythos (Aug., 12th). The actions of the Municipality will continue in the autumn at various points and the pre-sale of the tickets will take place at the Municipal Radio of Polygyros on the ground floor of the Town Hall.

Open amphitheatre of Polygyros

“The Revolution of 1821 in Halkidiki”
July 8th, 2022 | 08:30-15:30 [Tuesday closed]
Byzantine Museum of Halkidiki – Monastic complex of Nea Flogita

In the context of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Halkidiki and Mount Athos designed, organized and presented the periodic exhibition entitled: “The Revolution of 1821 in Halkidiki”, in the Byzantine Museum of Halkidiki – monastic complex of Nea Flogita.

By combining historical documentation with modern interactive and audio-visual technologies, the exhibition seeks to offer the visitor a unique experience, giving him the opportunity to be “virtually” at the centre of the events of the Halkidiki revolution, to enjoy exhibits such as weapons and accessories of the fighters, to study letters from the family archive of Emmanuel Papas, but also to obtain through an interactive multimedia application rich and documented information about the struggle of the revolution in the region.

The exhibition is structured in 2 sections:

SANI FESTIVAL
9 July – 20 August 2022
Sani Hill | Kassandra

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30 years of Sani Festival celebrating with a top-class concert of the world’s most beloved tenor, Andrea Bocelli, with jazz, pop and rock legends, and leading Greek performers.

New creators and living legends from the international scene, as well as Greek artists with impressive track records, come together in a programme filled with the rhythm, the melody and the pulse of an institution that stays true to its values and features: originality, high aesthetics and quality, and bridging hospitality and culture.

PROGRAMME

JAZZ ON THE HILL: 10.07 SATURDAY

Avishai Cohen | Big Vicious

Charismatic trumpeter Avishai Cohen will raise the curtain of this year’s Sani Festival and its flagship Jazz on the Hill section. An artist heavily influenced by Miles Davis, Cohen launched his home-grown band, Big Vicious, six years ago, after relocating from the US to his native Israel and rounding up musicians who helped him shape the music from the ground up. The group is an association of old friends, who have jazz music as a common background, but also bring to it their own music statement in a creative fusion that becomes part of the band’s sound. Textures from electronica, ambient and psychedelia music are part of the blend, along with grooves and beats from rock, pop, trip-hop and more. “An instrumental master and a composer of vivid originality” as the Guardian write, Avishai Cohen – who “has rather quietly become one of the most creative trumpet players in jazz”, according to JazzTimes – is about to climb up Sani Hill for a magical concert to mark the festival’s comeback.

JAZZ ON THE HILL: 17.07 SATURDAY

Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis, one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music, and a living jazz legend will mark the second Jazz on the Hill concert for 2021. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee defines the Branford Marsalis Quartet as the core of his musical universe. After more than thirty years, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a multifaceted range of both original compositions, and jazz and popular classics. Their latest album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, finds the quartet at a new peak, capturing a kaleidoscope of moods with inspiration in what is their most emotionally wide-ranging and melody-driven collection to date. Encapsulating Branford Marsalis’s vision, this album is sophisticated, adventurous and captures a great band sounding better than ever. As Jazziz Magazine states, “Branford Marsalis’ quartet has been a model of daring, unapologetic artistry for the past three decades”, and Sani Festival is honoured to welcome them in Greece.

GREEK VARIATIONS: 24.07 SATURDAY

Stefanos Korkolis climbs onto the stage at Sani Hill to share the notes to his personal Music Stories, joining forces with an exceptional performer, Sofia Manousaki. They feature songs he has written and performed, songs he wrote for others, songs he has arranged, songs he has adapted and songs he simply loves. It is a musical journey with stops at his most popular melodies as well as gems by prominent Greek musicians, including Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Stavros Xarchakos, Manos Loizos, Mimis Plessas, Giannis Spanos and Afroditi Manou, as well as popular hits from the international pop, rock, blues, jazz and world music stage. Highlighting eclectic affinities between diverse sounds – such as linking Ray Charles’s “Hit the Road Jack” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Libertango” to popular Greek entechno and laiko songs – Stefanos Korkolis’s Music Stories bring together audience and musicians for unexpected twists and turns and inspired improvisation.

 SOUNDS OF THE WORLD: 31.07 SATURDAY

 Mino Cinelu Band

The world-famous percussionist Mino Cinelu is going to showcase his virtuosity on the stage of Sani Hill on the last Saturday of July. He has cooperated with plenty of talented musicians, like Sting, Miles Daves, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Dizzy Gillespie, Branford Marsalis and many more. In fact, he has probably played the percussion on most of the music you hear while enjoying a drink in a café. He has released four albums under his own name and appeared on countless more records as a composer, co-leader, guest or sideman. In 2020 Mino Cinelu joined forces with Norwegian trumpetist Nils Petter Molvaer, and they released a unique duo recording titled SulaMadiana. The record is a swirl of dub reggae, Nordic and Caribbean rhythms. Mino Cinelu revisits his classics like Confians among other new compositions surrounded by an all-stars lineup composed of Janysett McPherson, Alune Wade and Luca Aquino. Considered as one of the best percussionists in the world, the brilliant multi-instrumentalist is back with a unique and captivating musical journey beyond the roots of jazz.

INTERNATIONAL SOUNDS: 07.08 SATURDAY

Richard Galliano

Richard Galliano, a renowned French accordionist of Italian heritage, brings to Sani Hill the melodies of this lyrical melody of his instrument, blending them with the unique landscape of Sani’s medieval tower. He has famously developed the traditional expression of the accordion, giving it refreshing new life through French jazz. Drawing great inspiration for the French music traditions, especially the musette waltz, Galliano also takes his music to new contemporary places inspired by jazz, blues, tango and Brazilian music, thus blending melody with feeling, emotion and atmosphere. Playing along with his father at the early age of four was the starting point of a long and fruitful career that has taken him all around the world. He has recorded over 50 albums and performed with legends like Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Astor Piazzolla, Jan Garbarek, Charlie Haden, Wynton Marsalis, and many more. After 30 years, he took a couple of years to mark his stand with his New Jazz Musette album, once and for all emphasizing his everlasting creative and enthusiastic approach to jazz.

INTERNATIONAL SOUNDS: 11.08 WEDNESDAY

Brazilian-Greek Katerina Polemi, who has made a splash with her music, songs and her unique stage presence, has invited her wonderful friends – singers, creators and musicians – to a concert that will sprout Flowers on the Hill of Sani. It is set to be a colourful show; an evening filled with youthful drive, humour and virtuosity, sounds and rhythms from the world. Young artists coming together in freshness, togetherness and companionship: the magical Maria Papageorgiou, who has a rare ability to add strength and emotion in everything she performs; the unique Pavlina Voulgaraki, who creates a dreamlike atmosphere in her songs and in her concerts; the self-luminous Themos Skandamis, with his unexpected, smiling songs; and the young Dimitris Kopsis, with his voice almost tender. Joined by a band of four exceptional musicians, they are promising to take us away to a celebratory outing to many different corners of the planet – spending a little more time on the bright musical roads of Greece as well as Brazil.

GREEK VARIATIONS: 14.08 SATURDAY

CONTACT: Τ: 2310-317.327 & 23740-99.400
Book: https://www.viva.gr/tickets/music/sani-festival/avishai-cohen/

Festival of the sea
July, 15th – Aug., 27th, 2022
Amphitheatre of Nea Moudania | West Coast

The top cultural event of the Municipality of Nea Propontida is definitely the “FESTIVAL OF THE SEA”, monopolising the summer nights of locals and visitors, giving them the opportunity to enjoy high-quality theatrical performances and be carried away by the magical music flooding the night.

A 2000 people place, a hairbreadth from the sea. Lined eastwards by the Kassandra peninsula, the theatre faces the expanse of the Aegean Sea and enjoys westwards, a unique sunset with Mount Olympus in the background. The perfect setting for the festival.

Live music concert at Festival of the Sea, Nea Moudania