Alkinoos Ioannidis
River party in Nestori, Kastoria:
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Eleftheria Arvanitaki
The oldest Festival outside Athens is held annually on the banks of the River Aliakmonas. The programme includes extreme sports and music evenings with: Eleftheria Arvanitaki - Babis Stokas - Thanos Mikroutsikos (1st of August), Locomondo - Konstantinos Vita - Kostis Maraveyas (2nd of August) Sokratis Malamas - Alkinoos Ioannidis - Natassa Bofiliou (3rd of August), Haris Alexiou - Dimitra Galani - Filippos Pliatsikas - Eleonora Zouganeli - Nikos Portokaloglou (4th of August), Goin Through (5th of August).
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Eleonora Zouganeli
"Olympus" Festival:
This year, at the 41st edition of the Festival the country of honour is Russia. The official opening will be on the 7th of July with the exhibition of the famous collection "Kostakis" entitled "The Russian avant-garde in the Shadow of Olympus" and a musical evening with Russian songs.
The monastery "Lazariston":
The festival began in June and continues with Locomondo (2nd of July) Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Babis Stokas (3rd of July), Dimitris Zervoudakis (4th of July).
Holidays on Earth:
In the Vlasti Municipality, Kozani community, in a wonderful area on Siniastiko mountain, this year Holidays on Earth will be held again, which is dedicated to ecology, with musical evenings, and many markets for traditional and organic products.