Taste and Art Festival – Kissamos 17th – 25th August
The Festival of Taste and Art highlights culture and local products and is organized by the Municipality of Kissamos for the 15th year.
WHEN: 17th – 25th August, 18.30 – 23.30
WHERE: beach road west of the Municipal Stadium of Kissamos.
Free entry.
From the 17th to the 25th of August, the visitors have the opportunity to get to know Crete through the treasures offered by the land and its people, but also to enjoy a multitude of cultural events and concerts that will take place at the same venue.
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Saturday, August 17, 2024
20.00 Start of the Taste & Art Festival 2023
Greetings from authorities and agencies
21.30 Traditional Feast with Dimitris Vakakis and his band.
Traditional folklore dancing: “KISSAMOS” Cretan Dance Association, Yannis & Haris Koumis Dance School.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
21:00 Evening dedicated to Pontic culture
Participating: Stelios Georgiadis: Pontiac lyra, Kyriakidis Michalis, davul (drum), Giorgos Zournatzidis: davul.
Dancing: Pontian Chania Association “Romania”
Monday, August 19, 2024
20:00 Book presentation by Kostas Hartzoulakis
“The Wild Plants of Kissamos – Edible, aromatic and medicinal wild plants”
21.00 Musical evening with folk songs.
Margaritakis Nikos, Dimitris Kamilakis, Niolakis Stelios, Hartzoulakis Yiannis, Daskalakis Nektarios and Kostas Fiotakis are participating.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Representation of the Cretan Wedding
19:00 The Cretan Wedding procession will move from Tzanakaki Square to Skalidis Street, then to Teloneio Beach and ends at the Festival square at the beach of the Municipal Stadium20.30 Representation of the Cretan wedding with folklore elements and with the participation of Cretan musicians and traditional bands.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
21.00 Cretan evening with Yiannis Menegakis
Dancers: Cretan Dance Association “KISSAMOS”
Thursday, August 22, 2024
21:00 Cretan evening with Nikos Christoulakis: lyra, Papadakis Stelios: lute, Daskalakis Giorgos, Giannis Giakoumakis: luteDancers: the Akrotiri Dance Association “KAGIALES”
Friday, August 23, 2024
21:00 Cretan Feast with the unique Giorgos Hairetis.
Dancers:The Folklore Club of Chania (G. Agiasmenakis)
Saturday, August 24, 2024
21.00 Concert with folk songs with Manos Malaxianaki.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
21.00 Cretan folk and island feast with Giorgos MathioudakisDancers: Dance School Yannis & Haris Koumis,
Cretan Dance Association “KISSAMOS”
Organisation: MUNICIPALITY OF KISSAMOS, TEL 2822340200
