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November 2026
05.11.–15.11.
🎪 Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece · Festival · Thessaloniki International Film Festival ↗
The largest film festival in south-eastern Europe; screenings are held in renovated waterfront warehouses along the seafront.
07.11.–08.11.
🏅 Athens Marathon — The Authentic
Athens, Greece · Sports event · ΣΕΓΑΣ — Greek Athletics Federation ↗
Run along the original route from Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium, the only stadium in the world built entirely of white marble.
December 2026
25.12.
🕊 Christmas Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
26.12.
🕊 Second Day of Christmas Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
January 2027
01.01.
🕊 New Year's Day Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Act 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
06.01.
🕊 Epiphany Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
In coastal towns, a priest throws a cross into the sea and swimmers race to retrieve it — the ceremony takes place in harbours across the country.
17.01.–14.03.
🎭 Carnival of Patras
Patra, Greece · Carnival · City of Patras — official portal ↗
The largest carnival in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. It runs for several weeks, with the highlight being the grand float parade on Shrove Tuesday.
March 2027
25.03.
🕯 Independence Day and the Annunciation Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Commemoration · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
Military and school parades in all major cities; the largest takes place in Athens.
May 2027
01.05.
🕯 Labour Day Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Commemoration · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
August 2027
15.08.
🕊 Assumption of Mary Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Act 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
15.08.
🕊 Pilgrimage to Tinos on 15 August
Tinos, Greece · Religious event · Visit Greece — Panagia Evangelistria ↗
The largest pilgrimage in the country. Worshippers crawl on their knees from the port to the Church of Panagia Evangelistria along a red carpet.
October 2027
26.10.
🕊 Saint Dimitrios and the Anniversary of the Liberation of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece · Religious event · Region of Central Macedonia — decision on 26 October ↗
The city celebrates its patron saint and the 1912 liberation on the same day — liturgies, parades, and civic festivities, the day before the national holiday on 28 October.
28.10.
🕯 Ohi Day Public holiday Non-working day
Greece · entire country · Commemoration · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
Commemorates the rejection of the 1940 ultimatum; in the morning, parades are held in all cities, with the largest taking place in Thessaloniki.
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January–December
📅 Free Entry Days at State Museums and Archaeological Sites date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Other · Ministry of Culture — free admission ↗
Admission to all state sites and museums is free on these days — including the Acropolis, Delphi, Mycenae, and Knossos.
January–March
🎭 Rethymno Carnival date not confirmed
Retimno, Greece · Carnival · City of Rethymno — official carnival programme ↗
The largest carnival on Crete, featuring a grand parade of crews and floats through the Venetian old town.
January–December
📢 Maritime Transport Strikes date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Strike · Π.Ν.Ο. — Panhellenic Seamen's Federation, press releases ↗
February–March
🎊 The Flour War in Galaxidi date not confirmed
Galaksidi, Greece · Traditional event · Visit Greece — carnival traditions ↗
On Clean Monday, locals take to the streets and pelt one another with coloured flour — a custom found nowhere else in the country.
February–March
🕊 Clean Monday date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Visit Greece — carnival customs ↗
The start of Lent and a day when kite-flying and trips into nature are a widespread tradition. Local communities mark it with their own customs, from flour fights to parades.
February–March
🎭 Skyros Carnival — Geros and Korela date not confirmed
Skiros, Greece · Carnival · Visit Greece — Skyros Carnival ↗
One of the oldest and most authentic carnivals in the country. The Geros figure wears a goat mask and dozens of shepherd's bells, accompanied by Korela and Frangos — a ritual found nowhere else in the Aegean.
February–March
🎭 Carnival of Xanthi date not confirmed
Ksanti, Greece · Carnival · Municipality of Xanthi — Directorate of Culture ↗
The largest carnival event in northern Greece, featuring Thracian folk festivities and a parade through the old town.
February–March
🎭 Carnival of Naoussa — Janissaries and Boules date not confirmed
Nausa, Greece · Carnival · Visit Greece — carnival traditions ↗
A centuries-old tradition in which masked processions of Janissaries and Boules dance through the city streets to live music, reaching their peak during the final carnival week.
April–May
🎊 Pot Throwing on Corfu date not confirmed
Corfu Town, Greece · Traditional event · Municipality of Corfu — official Easter page ↗
On Holy Saturday at 11 a.m., large clay pots are thrown from the balconies of the old town and smashed on the cobblestones below. Easter on Corfu is the most celebrated in Greece, renowned also for the brass bands that march through the streets.
April–May
🎊 The Night of the Balloons in Leonidio date not confirmed
Leonidio, Greece · Traditional event · Peloponnese Tourism Organisation ↗
As the bells ring out on Easter night, several hundred illuminated balloons are released from the parishes and drift together into the sky above the town.
April–May
🎊 The Rocket War of Vrontados date not confirmed
Vrontados, Greece · Traditional event · Municipality of Chios — official statement ↗
On Easter night, two rival sides of the town fire thousands of homemade rockets at each other across the rooftops. It is a spectacle found nowhere else on earth.
April–May
🕊 Easter date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Visit Greece — Easter in Greece ↗
The biggest holiday of the year. Midnight resurrection services with candles and fireworks, followed by a spit roast the next day — many places look completely different at Easter than they do in summer.
April–May
🕊 Easter on Patmos date not confirmed
Patmos, Greece · Religious event · Visit Greece — Easter on the Island of the Apocalypse ↗
On the Island of the Apocalypse, the entire Holy Week is a sacred rite. On Maundy Thursday, the Washing of the Feet ceremony is performed publicly in the square of Chora — a tradition found nowhere else in Greece.
April–May
🕊 Easter Monday date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Ministry of Labour — Law 4808/2021, Art. 60 ↗
April–May
🕊 Good Friday date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Religious event · Visit Greece — Easter in Greece ↗
Each evening, every church carries the epitaphios in a procession through the streets — one of the most striking sights of the Greek calendar year.
May–October
🎨 Athens–Epidaurus Festival date not confirmed
Athens, Greece, Epidaur, Greece · Cultural event · Athens–Epidaurus Festival ↗
Greece's largest performing arts festival. Performances are staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus, which is otherwise not open for use.
01.05–31.10
🚧 Wildfire Season date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Closure · Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection ↗
June
🎊 Miaoulia Festival on Hydra date not confirmed
Hydra, Greece · Traditional event · Municipality of Hydra ↗
The island commemorates Admiral Miaoulis by setting a ship ablaze in the harbour, accompanied by fireworks — it is Hydra's largest celebration.
July
🎨 Kalamata International Dance Festival date not confirmed
Kalamata, Greece · Cultural event · City of Kalamata — events calendar ↗
The most significant contemporary dance festival in the country; performances are held both outdoors and inside the fortress above the city.
August
🎨 August Full Moon at Archaeological Sites date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Cultural event · Ministry of Culture — August Full Moon ↗
On the night of the full moon, the Ministry of Culture opens sites and museums until late, with live concerts and free evening admission. The Acropolis, Sounion, or Delphi under a full moon is a sight that cannot be planned for any other night.
August–October
🎨 Aeschylus Festival in Eleusis date not confirmed
Elefsina, Greece · Cultural event · Eshileia — official festival website ↗
The oldest festival dedicated to Aeschylus, held in his birthplace and at the archaeological site of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
September
🛍 Fistiki Fest in Aegina date not confirmed
Egina, Greece · Fair or market · Municipality of Aegina ↗
A festival dedicated to Aegina's protected-designation pistachio — featuring tastings, a market, and concerts by the waterfront.
01.11–31.03
🚧 Winter Opening Hours at Archaeological Sites and Museums date not confirmed
Greece · entire country · Closure · Ministry of Culture — opening hours of archaeological sites and museums ↗