During the summer, from May to October, each Monday at 20:00 o’ clock, in the beautiful square of the village of Hersonissos, the restaurateurs organize a traditional Cretan night with live music and traditional dances. Musical instrument players, singers and dancers will show you the authentic traditional music of all parts of Crete and they will entertain you with their traditional musical instruments and traditional dances. It is a Cretan feast in which traditional dishes are available for everyone to taste and thus experience the Cretan cuisine.

In general, visitors can enjoy the famous traditional food, wine and “tsikoudia” offered in the traditional taverns of the village and have fun under the sounds of Cretan music, learn to dance and in combination with the Cretan hospitality, will be an unforgettable experience for those who will visit it.

Additional information please find at Hersonissos page.

The Cultural Association of Gonies Pediados organizes a traditional food Festival on Sunday 23rd of July. There will be dishes and goodies from all the village houses and everyone will have the chance to taste the food that only the housewives of Gonies know how to cook. Adreas Manolarakis will host the event.

Entrance fee: 5€

In the beautiful square of Mohos village, during the summer months and specifically every Wednesday at 20:00 pm, a Cretan night with live music and traditional dances is organized.

Numerous tourists and locals enjoy the music-dancing program presented and taste the famous Cretan dishes and drinks such as wine and “raki”. In addition, the dance group of Mohos Cultural Association “Proodos” and experienced musicians present a program with music and dances from Crete and folk music of our country.

Visitors learn to sing and dance with the help of the dances of the Association and thus they have the chance to experience a Cretan traditional feast which lasts until the morning.

Additional information please find at Mochos page.

The Cultural Association of Analipsi in cooperation with the Municipality of Hersonissos organizes the theatrical performance Karagiozis Captain that will be presented by Athanasiou Shadow Play on Wednesday 26th of July, 2017 at 9:00 pm in the village of Analipsi at the square of the Holy Temple of Analipsis with free admission to the public.

The performance is in Greek.

Concerning the story of the play:

The Athanasiou Theater Company presents the performance Karagiozis Captain. It is a performance adapted from the Greek folk tale with impressive alternations of scenes. Karagiozis dreams from a young age to travel and get to know the whole world. But because he does not have money, he does not hesitate to lie and declare himself to be a captain in order for his dream to come true.

Our folk hero is inviting young and old to come and be entertained with his jokes.

On Thursday 27th July, 2017, the Cultural Association and the parish of Taxiarhes of Anopolis will celebrate the 121st anniversary of the massacre of the inhabitants and the Hieromonks of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos (St. John the Theologian) by the Turks (27th of July 1896). From 07:00 am to 11:30 am a religious service in memory those being massacred will be held and a treat offered in Anopolis.

In addition, an Exhibition of Old Black and White Photography from family archives of the village residents will be held simultaneously at Anopolis square.

Nikos Lygeros will develop the issue of “Smart Education”. Smart education is that kind of education that does not only deal with smart children, but with all children, in a smart way. There is an urgent need to integrate games and activities into children’s education in order to stimulate and activate their brain and thus make them more efficient and creative.

The speech is addressed to listeners of all ages and everyone will be able to see and play mind-training games.
Everything is a matter of education. Let’s try and give our children the best!

The Cultural Association of Malia organizes the lecture on Thursday 27th of July in 2017 at the Municipal Shop of Malia at 19:30.

(In Greek, no translation)

The Theater of Crete presents the play “Ta Vedouzopotira” (cups used for therapeutic purposes in order to treat influenza and cold) by Roula Orphanoudaki.

The play is a hilarious Cretan ethography that presents the stories of pure, honest and traditional Cretans, in a village in Crete. Through their characters, they impart the folkway of this blessed place. Laughter and emotion are constantly alternated with each other, as it happens in our real and daily life. The play is embellished with traditional music that emphasizes even more the culture of our country.

Theatrical modification and adaptation: Manos Zeibekis
Direction: Manos Zeibekis
Scenes and costumes: Anna Hiletzaki

The performance is in Greek and the admission is free.

The Municipality of Hersonissos hosts for free the cultural event concerning the theatrical play “Kapetan Michalis”, on Friday 28th of July, 2017, at 21:00, at the theater of Agia Paraskevi at Hersonissos Port.

Just before the theatrical play (18:00-20:00) an experiential seminar will take place focusing on the theatrical play in order for the attendants to understand the messages that the play conveys. The theatrical play is directed by Vasilis Vasilakis while the Theatrical Group “MIST” will present it.

“Kapetan Michalis” is one of the leading literary works of the great Cretan writer, Nikos Kazantzakis, to whom the year 2017 is dedicated and has been declared as the Year of Nikos Kazantzakis.

In this novel of Nikos Kazantzakis, the fundamental contrasts of people, the pure patriotic feeling, love, everyday life (violent and comical at the same time), the successive revolts and frustration reveal the anthropological depth of the work and place it out of its historical context making it timeless and currently relevant.
The ‘Kapetan Michalis” play is organized by the Social Welfare Directorate- Region of Crete. The entrance is free ( in Greek without translation ).

The Theater of Crete presents the play “Ta Vedouzopotira” (cups used for therapeutic purposes in order to treat influenza and cold) by Roula Orphanoudaki.

The play is a hilarious Cretan ethography that presents the stories of pure, honest and traditional Cretans, in a village in Crete. Through their characters, they impart the folkway of this blessed place. Laughter and emotion are constantly alternated with each other, as it happens in our real and daily life. The play is embellished with traditional music that emphasizes even more the culture of our country.

Theatrical modification and adaptation: Manos Zeibekis
Direction: Manos Zeibekis
Scenes and costumes: Anna Hiletzaki

The performance is in Greek and the admission is free.

The “Xanthoudidia 2017” events organized by the Educational Cultural Association of Avdou, includes the 3rd Lakefront Aposelemis Dam Race which will take place on Saturday, 29th of July 2017. The race will begin at 18:00 from the square of the village of Avdou.

The participants will head to Aposelemis Dam and return to Agia Paraskevi where the finish of the race will be. A feast will follow at the school of the village with live traditional Cretan music.

After the request of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (ISFNK), the Hellenic Department of the International Society of Nikos Kazantzakis, the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and the Kazantzakis Publications, the year 2017 has been declared by the Greek Ministry of Culture as “Year of Nikos Kazantzakis”. The celebrations for the Year of Nikos Kazantzakis coincide with the 60th anniversary of the death of the great Cretan thinker that happened on 26th of October, 1957 in Freiburg, Germany.

In the year 2017 which is dedicated to Nikos Kazantzakis, the Municipality of Hersonissos participates as a co-organizer in the event of ISFNK which will take place in Krasi, promoting the culture and the spiritual interests of the inhabitants of the Municipality.

On Saturday, 29th of July 2017, at 18:00, in Krasi, a workshop will be held by ISFNK with the subject “Kazantzakis and the Alexiou Family” and the admission to the public will be free.

Giouli Ierapetraki, historian-archaeologist of the Hellenic Department of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis and the writer Nikos Chrysos will be the speakers of the workshop.

The President of Hellenic Republic, Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos will attend the workshop.

Outdoor Cinema at the square of the village where a children’s movie and a Greek film are going to be projected (Free watch and popcorn). The projection starts at 8:30 pm.

The Cultural Association of Anopolis will host an Outdoor Cinema Night projecting the movie “Roza of Smyrna” on Saturday, July 29th at the square of Anopolis at 9:00 pm as part of the celebration of the 121st anniversary of the massacre of the inhabitants and Hieromonks of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis o Theologos (St. John the Theologian) by the Turks.

The Cultural Association of Anopolis will host an Outdoor Cinema Night projecting the movie “Roza of Smyrna” on Saturday, July 29th at the square of Anopolis at 9:00 pm as part of the celebration of the 121st anniversary of the massacre of the inhabitants and Hieromonks of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis o Theologos (St. John the Theologian) by the Turks.

On 29th of July, at 11 pm, the Youth Night will start at Panagiotakis Garden Theater in Episkopi Pediados. Konstantinos Kapetanakis will be at decks. The entrance is 7€ with a drink.

The Cultural Association of Avdou organizes a soap making seminar on Sunday 30th of July 2017, at 18:00, at the square of the village. The members of the Cultural Association will show how to make homemade soaps using pure natural materials. The entrance is free.

The Theater of Crete presents the play “Ta Vedouzopotira” (cups used for therapeutic purposes in order to treat influenza and cold) by Roula Orphanoudaki.

The play is a hilarious Cretan ethography that presents the stories of pure, honest and traditional Cretans, in a village in Crete. Through their characters, they impart the folkway of this blessed place. Laughter and emotion are constantly alternated with each other, as it happens in our real and daily life. The play is embellished with traditional music that emphasizes even more the culture of our country.

Theatrical modification and adaptation: Manos Zeibekis
Direction: Manos Zeibekis
Scenes and costumes: Anna Hiletzaki

The performance is in Greek and the admission is free.