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Chania events

“Taste of the Sea” Exhibition in Chania Through 31st December

2023-09-28 by Phil Butler

Battle of Lissa

Ongoing until 31st December, the “Konstantine Volanakis: Nostos of the Sea” (taste of the sea) at the Municipal Art Gallery of Chania.

Tags: Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, art, Athens School of Fine Arts, Chania art, Chania events, Crete attractions, Crete events, famous artists, Greek artists, Konstantine Volanakis, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, seascapes, Volanakis, Volanakis exhibition

Art Exhibition – Katerina Sklaveniti & Mark Tristram in Paleochora

2023-07-20 by Phil Butler

Art Flow Gallery

July 22 at the Art Flow Studio Gallery in Paleochora, the studio will open exhibitions by artists Katerina Sklaveniti and Mark Tristram.

Tags: Art Flow Gallery, Art Flow Gallery Paleochora, Art Flow Studio & Gallery, artists, Chania events, Crete events, Katerina Sklaveniti, Mark Tristram, Paleochora

Works of Christel van Hemelrijck on Exhibit at Art Flow Studio & Gallery

2022-06-08 by Phil Butler

“Stories about travelers”

The works of Christel van Hemelrijck resonate at an exhibition “Stories of Travelers,” at Art Flow Studio & Gallery in Paleochora, Crete.

Tags: art, art exhibition, art exhibitions, Art Flow Gallery, Art Flow Studio, Art Flow Studio & Gallery, Chania events, Christel van Hemelrijck, Crete art galleries, Crete galleries, Paleochora

The Other Wind Festival Sougia: Free Events Today and Tomorrow

2019-08-11 by Phil Butler

Fortuna Club Official

The Other Wind Festival kicked off this past weekend in Sougia on the Libyan Sea in the southwest of Crete.

Tags: Agia Irini Gorge, ANEK LInes, Blue Star Ferries, Chania, Chania concerts, Chania events, Chania Prefecture, Crete concerts, Crete events, Greek DJs, Kos K, Sougia, Sougia Crete, The Big Nose Attack, The Dragons, The Noise Figures, The Other Wind Festival, ΑΝΕΝΔΥΚ

Coming Up Tomorrow at Agia Marina: Chania Beach Party 2019

2019-08-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Chania Beach Party 2019

Coming up Friday, August 9th at Agia Marina, the Chania Beach Party 2019 promises to be the biggest Crete beach party ever.

Tags: Agia Marina, Agia Marina events, Chania, Chania Beach Party, Chania events, Eden Beach

Giortes Rokkas 2019 Kicks Off Tonight With Opening Ceremonies

2019-08-01 by Phil Butler

Ancient Rokka

The opening ceremonies of the 7th edition of the Giortes Rokkas Festival take place tonight in Rokka Square in Chania Prefecture August 1st.

Tags: Chania, Chania events, Chania Prefecture, Crete festivals, Giortes Rokkas 2019, Giortes Rokkas Festival, Kissamos, Rokka, Rokka Village

Crete Events to Finish July and Start Get August Right

2019-07-31 by Phil Butler

Coming up at the end of the week and this weekend on Crete, some performances not to miss.

Tags: Anna Psihogiou, Chania events, Crete concerts, Crete events, DJ NIKKO, Historical Museum of Crete, King Scorpio, King Scorpio Hersonissos, Minoan shows, Minoan Theater, Neil Diamond, Rethymno, Simon Kregg, Stelios Vamvakas, White Lady Family Tavern

Chania Welcomes the Cretan World Music Festival 2019

2019-07-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Cretan World Music Festival

Chania’s stunning Promaxonas San Salvador Bastion will be the site of the Cretan World Music Festival 2019.

Tags: Chania, Chania concerts, Chania events, Chania festivals, Cretan World Music Festival 2019, Crete concerts, Crete festivals, Promaxonas San Salvador Bastion, Venetian Harbor

Crete’s Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019

2019-05-31 by Phil Butler

The “Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019” at Sougia kicks off June 7th and 8th in the far-southwest of Crete Island.

Tags: Aurora Halal, Chania events, Chania Prefecture, Crete concerts, Crete events, Crete festivals, DJs, Lotus Seaside Hotel, Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019, Sfakia, Sougia, Terence McKenna

Oinokritika Wine Exhibition 2019 Welcomes P.G.O. Santorini

2019-03-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Οινοκρητικά / Oinokritika

Coming to Chania Saturday, April 20th and Sunday, April 21st, the Oinokritika Wine Fair is a Pancretan cultural event showcasing Crete’s finest wineries and products.

Tags: Assyrtiko, Chania, Chania events, Crete wines, Oinokritika, Oinokritika club, Oinokritika Wine Fair 2019, Oinokritika Wine Festival, Santorini wines, wines of Crete

Coming up in Chania, the art exhibition “Ney Matogrosso”

2019-02-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Chania events

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chania, “Ney Matogrosso – Handsome as a Greek – Greek Mythology inspires a Revolutionist” an art exhibition by Alkistis Michaelides will be on display until March 30th.

Tags: art, Chania, Chania events, crete, Megaklis Rogako, Nikos Engonopoulos

The 12th Cretan Wine Fair OiNotika Comes to Platanias

2019-02-12 by Phil Butler

OiNotika wine fair

Two days of amazing Cretan wine comes to Chania with the OiNotika Cretan wine fair, on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of February.

Tags: Chania, Chania events, Crete wines, gastronomy, George Loukas, Minoa Palace Resort, OiNotika, OiNotika Wine Festival, Platanias events, wine festival, wines of Crete

Platanias Presents the 8th Annual Festival of “Land, Culture, and Tourism”

2018-09-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Platanias

Coming up Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th of September, the Municipality of Platanias, under the auspices of the Region of Crete, will present the 8th Annual Festival “Tourism, Land, and Culture.”

Tags: Chania, Chania events, crete, Crete events, Crete products, Cretean cuisine, cultur, culture, Giannis Malandrakis., Municipality of Platanias, Platanias, Platanias events, wine festivals, wines of Crete

At Fagotto in Chania the Exhibition “To Me You’re A Man”

2018-09-16 by Phil Butler

βασω πρωτοπαπαδακη

In Chania until October 31st, Fagotto Protasis presents the exhibition, “To Me You’re A Man” by Chania artist Vaso Protopapadaki from Chania.  The exhibition is a dark set of works that explore the limits of humanity in line with the theme expressed in the film Freaks (1932, Tod Browning ). For those unfamiliar with this […]

Tags: Chania events, Crete artists, Fagotto Jazz Bar, Fagotto Protasis, Freaks, Freaks film, Tod Browning, Vaso Protopapadaki, ΕΕΕΕΚ Chania

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