Municipality of Monemvasia-Cultural August

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Cultural August will include activities for children and events for everyone in multiple venues of the Municipality of Monemvasia. Here is the detailed programme:
Thursday 01/08
Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | 7:00 pm: Treasure hunt
- Lampokampos | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Pistamata | Revival of a traditional custom – "Gousti" with traditional fasting foods
- Karnagio, Neapoli | 9:30 pm: Theatrical performance "The Moon-Coverer" - 1st "COLOUR ART" mini-fest
- Metamorphosis | 11:00 pm: Summer party
Friday 2/8
- Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | 7:00 pm: Treasure hunt
- Loggari: Morning hike
- Angelona | 9:00 pm: Youth party
- Elia | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Velanidia | Panos Bousalis and Evina Iliopoulou's Concert
August 2-4
- Kampos: "KABITATA" - a three-day celebration for young and older children
August 3-4
Chess – Backgammon Tournament in Neapolis
Saturday 3/8
- Molaoi – Tsafatinou Estate | 9:00 pm: Evening of Greek traditional dances
- Pakia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Nomia (square) | 9:00 pm: Traditional festival
- St. Nikolaos Monemvasias | 9:00 pm: Annual ball
- Monemvasia (marina) | 9:00 pm: Summer party with music and dancing
Sunday 4/8
- St. Ioannis Monemvasias: Children's programme: The hunt for lost treasure
- Nomia | 6:30 pm: Children's program
- Neapoli | 8:30 pm: Fairy tales children's show "Platsurizondas"
- Velies | 9:00 pm: Festival
- Kyparissi | 9:00 pm: Musical evening from the National Conservatory of Sparta
- Lyra | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
5-6/8
- Achilleas Varvaretsos Gallery, Neapolis: Exhibition of paintings by the "Techni Chro" Association painting department
Monday 5/8
- Metamorphosis | 6:30 pm: Agios Dimitriatika (sack races - egg races - flour races)
- Elika | 9:00 pm: Sotiros traditional feast
- Metamorphosis | 9:00 pm: Festival with folk orchestra
- Koulentia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
Tuesday 6/8
- Metamorphosis | 6:30 pm: Agios Dimitriatika (sack races - egg races - flour races)
- Vlychada-Richia (beach) | 7:00 pm: Children - Pre-children road races
- Molaoi High School (amphitheatre) | 9:00 pm: Children's play: "The Princess and the King's Clown"
- Koupia | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Gerakas | Screening of a children's film
Wednesday 7/8
- Agios Dimitrios | 7:00 pm: Pantomime
- Vlychada-Richia (beach) | 7:00 pm Beach volleyball matches
- Charakas | 7:30 pm: Painting for children with Diamanto Xasteroulis
- Neapolis | 8:30 pm: "Stringles in action" - Children's puppet show - Christina Angelopoulou
- Sykia | 9:00 pm: Youth party
- Foutia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Lachi | 9:00 pm: Musical evening with Ioanna Aliferi
- Marathias (field) | 9:15 pm: Starry night
8-9/8
- Charakas | Nutritionist at the clinic during the hours: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
- Neapolis: 3x3 basketball tournament "Vatikiotika 2024"
8-10/8
- Elia: Three-day bazaar
- Richia: Football tournament
Thursday 8/8
- Agios Dimitrios | 6:00 pm: Survivor
- Agios Dimitrios | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Neratzionas (beach) | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Elia | 9:00 pm: "Pippi & Puff Puffs"
- Monemvasia High School | 9:00 pm: Children's play "The Princess and the King's Clown"
Friday 9/8
- Agios Dimitrios | 6:00 pm: Relay race
- Richia | 8:30 pm: Opening of the library, Panos Bousalis will also participate
- Saint Mamas | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Agios Dimitrios | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- St. Ioannis Monemvasias | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Elia | 9:00 pm: Cocktail party with Vanara
- Foiniki | 9:00 pm: Disco party
- Archangelos | Folk evening with Ioanna Aliferi
Saturday 10/8
- Sykia | 7:00 pm: Painting exhibition
- Angelona | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Demonia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Plytra | 9:00 pm: 1st meeting of choirs "Music unites..."
- Foutia | 9:00 pm: Festival with the traditional orchestra "CHOROSTALITES"
- Demonia | 9:00 pm: Summer dance
- Agios Nikolaos of Monemvasia | Movie night
- Geraki | Island music night at the harbour with Eleni Legakis and a 7-member orchestra
- Charakas | Festival
- Richia | Remembrance prayer for all Reicheotians and youth party
- Agios Georgios Voion | Traditional festival
Sunday 11/8
- Elika | 7:30 pm: Painting exhibition
- Talanta | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Agios Dimitrios | Traditional festival
- Elia | Movie night
- Metamorphosis | Musical tribute to George Lavkas
- Neapolis | Party for the 100 years of the "Vatika" Neapolis Association
- Neapolis | Children's play "The Princess and the King's Clown"
- Charakas | Tribute to Theodoros Papageorgiou
- Richia | Annual festival
- Finiki - Square | Children's fun with inflatable toys
Monday 12/8
- Molaoi | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Charakas | Basketball tournament
- Neapolis – Karnagio | Bejeesus band
- Richia | Blood donation
- Velies | Movie night
- Neapolis - Small Port | Avlospilos Krokos: Demonstration of fishing technique
Tuesday 13/8
- Molaoi | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | Hiking Agios Dimitrios – Charachia
- Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | Karaoke
- Demonia | Honorary evening
- Richia | Basketball tournament and movie night
Wednesday 14/8
- Pakia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Kampos Voion – Neratzionas | Festival
- Charakas | Theatrical show
- Lyra | Folk festival
- Finiki - Pano square | Traditional feast
Thursday 15/8
- Viglafia | 8:00 pm: Summer celebration with live music and bazaar with children's creations
- Talanta | Annual festival
- Geraki | Traditional festival
- Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | Water Games
- Richia | Ping pong
- Lachi | Traditional festival
- Paradisi | Traditional festival
- Kyparissi | Festival
Friday 16/8
- Sykia | 9:00 pm: Movie night
- Neratzionas Beach | Movie screening for adults
- Angelona | A festival with a folk and island folk music programme
- Agios Dimitrios of Monemvasia | Master chef junior
- Charakas | Sports activities for children
- Richia | Closing ceremony of sporting events
- Megali Spilia | Gathering in the square
Saturday 17/8
- Holy Apostles | 9:00 pm: Shadow Theatre
- Elika | Painting, ceramics and sewing Exhibition
- Agios Nikolaos Voion | Annual festival
- Demonia | Movie night
- Koulentia | Festival
- Talanta | Hiking in the Bali Gorge
- Velanidia | Annual feast
- Agios Ioannis | Traditional festival
- Charakas - square | Traditional food/ goat/ dances
- Papadianika | Fig celebration with Petros Imbrios and Vassilis Batsakis
- Richia | Annual summer dance
Sunday 18/8
- Velies | Dance and song competition
- Monemvasia High School | Movie night
- Koupia | Festival
- Agia Paraskevi | Ostria – South Festival
Monday 19/8
-Monemvasia Primary School Courtyard | Moonlit night – telescopic observations
- Richia | One-day Excursion Ancient Olympia - Katakolo - Skafidas Holy Monastery
- Monemvasia Castle | Full moon singing
Tuesday 20/8
- Angelona | Cooking and Pastry Competition
-Asopos | Folk Night – Concert
-Molaoi | Movie night
Wednesday 21/8
-Richia | 2nd round Richia 2024
- Agios Georgios | Performance "Stringles in Action"
August 21-22
Two days of old music in the Castle town of Monemvasia
Thursday 22/8
- Neapolis - Heroes Square | Annual event
-Richia - square | Folk evening with Spyros Koutsovasilis and Irini Christofilakis
Friday 23/8
-Holy Apostles – School | Telling a folk tale and an experiential approach to folklore elements with Chryso Ploumidis
- Monemvasia Castle | Richia 2024
23-28/8 | Excursion to the Greek-speaking villages of Calabria
Saturday 24/8
- Neratzionas Beach: Beach Party
Monday 26/8
-Sykea | Cycling
Tuesday 27/8
- Neapolis | Zacharias Karounis Concert
Saturday 31/8
-Agios Nikolaos Voion | Sea day

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