Heraklion Summer Arts Festival
All summer long: concerts, theatre and dance at open-air stages around the city walls.
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Eniamera of the Panagia
Nine days after the Dormition, a second wave of feasts for the Virgin Mary.
When
- Monday 23 August 2027
- Wednesday 23 August 2028
Panigiria start the evening before the feast day: vespers in church, then food, music and dancing until late.
Where
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Nine days after 15 August, the church celebrates the end of the Dormition period. Several villages hold their own feasts on this day, making it a second peak of the summer festival season.
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Ierapetra's summer festival: concerts, theatre and shadow puppets, most of them free.
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A summer of theatre, music and dance inspired by the Venetian era, mostly inside the Fortezza.
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Theatre, concerts and exhibitions in the Venetian fortress of Sitia.
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