Athens & Epidaurus Festival
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| Country and Region | Greece — Attica |
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| Type of Festival | Dance, Drama, Music |
| Location of Festival | Athens, Attica; and Epidaurus, Peloponnesus, Greece |
| Festival Contact Information | Hellenic Festival S.A. |
| Festival Description | The Athens Epidaurus Festival is the oldest and most established cultural institution in Greece. It has taken place since 1955 and includes various forms of art, both modern and classic, mainly music, ballet and theatre. The Festival has hosted some of the leading lights of theatre, music and dance including—Mitropoulos, Maria Callas, Rostropovich, Pavarotti, Leonidas Kavakos, Dimitris Sgouros, Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, Savvopoulos, Protopsalti, Dalaras, Marinella, Rondiris, Koun, Streller, Peter Hall, Noh theatre, Bunraku puppet theatre, and the Peking Opera, Balanchine, Pina Bausch, Nureyev, Fonteyn, Martha Graham, and Alicia Alonso. Athens Epidaurus Festival is a venture with an eventful past often clouded by events in Greece’s recent history—a venture that has taken on a youthful vitality and openness. |
| Festival Dates | June 22 - July 31, 2012 |
| Festival Links |
Practical Info:
Tickets:
- On-line bookings
- Tickets can be purchased on-line until 2:00pm on the day of the performance at http://www.greekfestival.gr/
- Phone bookings
- +30 210 - 32 72 000
- In person bookings
- Central Athens
39 Panepistimiou Street (inside the Pesmazoglou Arcade)
Hours—Monday - Friday: 8:30am-4:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-2:30pm - Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Dionysiou Aeropagitou Street
Makriyianni
Hours—9:00am-2:00pm and 5:00pm-8:00pm Daily - Ancient Epidaurus Theatre
Argolis Prefecture, Peloponnesus
Hours—Monday - Thursday 9:00am-2:00pm and 5:00pm-8:00pm, Friday - Saturday 9:30am-9:30pm
- Central Athens
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