October in Athens is busy: a film festival, a fashion conference, concerts, two exhibitions and Oxi Day. Here is the month in date order.
32nd Athens International Film Festival — 1–11 October
Independent films, including dramas and war documentaries, plus short-film competitions with premieres and first screenings. Venues include Cinobo Opera, Danaos and Astor. Tickets via more.com.
aiff.gr
11th Hellenic Yoga Festival — 3–4 October The Hellenic Yoga Association’s weekend returns to ART 63: open classes, workshops, talks and an exhibition floor for teachers, schools and anyone starting out. Organisers expect more than 1,000 visitors. One ticket covers the programme.
Day pass €10, both days €15. Hours 11:00–20:30. The full timetable is still to be announced. Teachers and exhibitors can apply via the association site. ART 63, 63 3is Septemvriou. hellenicyogaassociation.gr
Ostracism — Ostrako II — 1 October to December
Forty contemporary artists at the Epigraphic Museum, shown with the clay shards Athenians used to vote people into exile. The show links that practice to cancelling, blocking and digital isolation.
Epigraphic Museum, 1 Tositsa St.
A Different Europe — Takis Tloupas — 2–30 October
Photographs from the Thessalian photographer’s trips through Italy, France, Austria and Germany in the 1950s and 1960s, many shown for the first time. He left Larissa in 1953. Curated by his daughter, Vania Tloupa, with personal objects and archive material.
Hellenic American Union Galleries, 22 Massalias St. hau.gr
Change Makers IV, Vogue Greece — 3 October
A one-day conference at the Athens Concert Hall on craft, heritage, AI and beauty. Speakers include Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Susie Lau, David Gandy, Anouk Wipprecht and Zeus+Dione co-founder Dimitra Kolotoura.
Megaron, 115 Vasilissis Sofias. changemakers.vogue.gr
Quatuor Modigliani — 7 October
The French quartet opens Megaron’s Beethoven 200 cycle, having recorded all 16 string quartets. Programme: Quartet No. 6 (La Malinconia), Quartet No. 16, and Kryštof Mařatka’s Amedea, after Modigliani’s portraits.
Megaron, 115 Vasilissis Sofias. megaron.gr
Printed Athens Art Weekend — 10–11 October
Fourth edition at Kypseli Municipal Market. More than 60 artists: illustration, screen printing, design, streetwear, handmade prints and independent publishing. Free entry.
42 Fokionos Negri.
Deep Purple — 13 October
Deep Purple play the Olympic Sports Complex in Marousi, with UK band Jayler opening. The set is built around the catalogue: Highway Star, Smoke on the Water, Child in Time, plus Perfect Strangers and Woman from Tokyo.
Athens Olympic Sports Complex, 37 Kifisias Avenue, Marousi.
Oxi Day — 28 October
The national holiday marking Greece’s “No” to Mussolini in 1940. The main parade passes Syntagma from 11am: students, clubs and bands. Arrive early. State museums, archaeological sites and monuments are free that day.
Anyma presents ÆDEN — 31 October
Matteo Milleri’s live electronic show ÆDEN comes to Greece for the first time, after its Coachella premiere, at OAKA’s Wall of Nations in Marousi. Music, digital art and a large-scale production.
