Athens
Athens Pride 2013 photo report
Thousands of People took the streets yesterday to celebrate the annual Athens Pride, the biggest event of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, queer event in Greece. Report by dawn of the greeks
Athens Pride 2013 is starting in few hours
The Athens Pride will kick off in few hours in Klafthmonos square down-town Athens. The festival is a celebration like worldwide of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and through the years it has grown into one of Athens’ most popular day events, attracting more than 12,000 people last year. This year the pride […]
Athens open air fim festival and other updates
Richard Linklater’s «Before Midnight» will open next Tuesday (june 11th) the 3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival at Cine Thisio, the best movie theater in the world, according to CNN. The festival returns for a third year with outdoor film screenings and cultural events from June to September, events will be held in the city’s […]
Athens Pride 2013 : June 8, Klafthmonos Square
Gay, lesbian, queer, trans, bi rights in Greece are in a great danger. In collapse of society with the fascist rising and a threat even in basic human rights in Greece, Athens pride remains a great event not only for the lgbt community but for every free person. Athens Pride started as as small grassroots […]
traveling in Greece spring update
It has been a while from the last time I wrote something on this blog, for reasons I would explain bellow. Reading the statistics of this blog today, I gladly realized that the number of followers has totally increased. I would like to welcome everyone who finds our blog interesting and apologizes at the same […]
Ion – metropolitan, hospital california
Giannis Papaioanou aka Ion, our beloved artist from Athens have uploaded 2 gorgeous tracks on his personal soundcloud. The older release metropolitan (released on klik records) and the hospital California. As I mentioned many times for Ion, is representing the best moments of the electronic music scene of Athens, producing electronic music since early 90s. […]
Between crisis and creative escapism. The techno and electronic scene in Athens
my article for the German newspaper Jungle world. You can read the german translation online here It was almost 17 years ago, when the news for the rave explosion in the UK and elsewhere arrived in Athens. Well nigh from the first moment, the new subculture has spread widely in the city. Many years in […]
Athens: en techno Festival 21/22 2012
En techno fest already counts 4 years in a row. I probably have to mention that I haven’t been there the last years because I wasn’t in Greece that time.Therefore I can’t really tell you how this festival developed in time. However it remains a good event according the Athenian expectations though. The line up […]
Lost in the great white silence
A report/article taken from the blog of ION from Athens. This is Athens in the times of the crisis, or better to say there is an other Athens in the times of the crisis as well Several years back a friend of mine, that happens to be a film historian, handed me a dozen of […]
News from near Athens “Laiki techno panigyris festival”
“Since the ancient Greek music and outdoor celebrations, till industrial zones and illegal techno parties in warehouses, people serve the same need. The need for celebration, communication and happiness” These words are taken from the website of the Laiki techno panigyris organizers laikitechnopanigyris.com. A techno event who will held near Athens (about two hours or […]
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a recommended event this Sunday in Athens
My Athenian friend, dj Taso Dee from the crew colours of music, informed me about their new event in Athens. If you are currently in Athens you should check this out. A house event near the beach of the south Suburbs near Glyfada with some of the Loop djs (Thisio) and more. You can check […]