Houdetsi Festival celebrates the magic of music created when different traditions and compositions meet in an artistic dialogue, combined with local colors, flavors, images and scents. This celebration is facilitated by the hospitality of the inhabitants, the work of volunteers and the enthusiasm of the audience, all actively participating in this unique feast.
Below you can read the analytical program (all stages are situated around the central square of the village) !
Thursday 7/8
GARDEN
21:00-21:50 Adel Selameh & Vaggelis Karipis (Arabic music)
22:00-22:50 Ivan & Tzvetanka Varimezovi (Bulgaria)
23:00-23:50 Yiorgos Xylouris (Psarogiorgis)
SPILIADA
21:30-22:20 Christos Mparmpas, Yiorgos Papaioannou, Alexandros Papadimitrakis, Pavlos Spyropoulos, Nikos Papaioannou
22:30-23:20 Eleonore Billy and her students, together with Jerome Salomon, Kelly Thomas, Sofia Efklidou and Pavlos Spyropoulos (Swedish music and new compositions)
23:30 -00:20 Hoosang Farahani (Persia)
PATITIRI
21:30-22:20 Beraber (Taxiarhis Georgoulis, Sofia Efklidou)
22:30-23:20 Εfren Lopez- Meira Segal (Medieval music and new compositions)
23:30 -00:20 Ross Daly - Kelly Thomas
HATZINES
21:00-22:20 Stelios Vasilakis
22:30-23:50 Michalis Kallergis
00:00 Manolis Papadakis
YARD
Open stage, with musical improvisations, spontaneous concerts and performances
LITTLE SQUARE (for our young friends)
The analytical program TBA soon...!
FRIDAY 8/8
GARDEN
21:30-22:20 Yiorgis Manolakis, Zohar Fresco, Pavlos Spyropoulos (improvisations & new compositions)
22:30- 23:20 Kelly Thomas together with Ross Daly, Zohar Fresco, Taxiarhis Georgoulis, Sofia Efklidou, Pavlos Spyropoulos, Efren Lopez, Yiorgis Manolakis, Aris Kornelakis (new compositions)
23:30 – 00:20 Daud Khan Sadozai, Efren Lopez, Ciro Montanari (Afghanistan)
SPILIADA
21:00-21:50 Beraber and Sergios Voulgaris
22:00-22:50 Lingua Franca (Michalis Kouloumis, Michalis Holevas, Yiannis Koutis, Ruven Ruppik) (new compositions)
23:00-23:50 Spyros Pan, Yiannis Papatzanis (improvisations with hang)
PATITIRI
21:30-22:20 Samvad (Igino Brunori, Virginia Nicoli), (India)
22:30-23:20 Leonidas Lainakis (music from Chania)
23:30 -00:20 Yiorgos Christonakis
HATZINES
21:00-22:20 Stratis Skarakis, Yiannis Papatzanis
22:30-23:50 Alexandros Papadakis, with the participation of the dance group of the Ethnographic Association 'EROTOKRITES'
00:00 Stefanos Messaritakis
YARD
Open stage, with musical improvisations, spontaneous concerts and performances
LITTLE SQUARE (for our young friends)
The analytical program TBA soon...!
Saturday 9/8
GARDEN
21:00-21:50 Maria Fasoulaki, Yiannis Paximadakis, Manolis Kanakakis, Yiorgos Papaioannou
22:00-23:30 Evgenios Voulgaris with an orchestra of 23 musicians from Patra
23:45-00:35 Ross Daly Quartet and his guests
SPILIADA
21:30-22:20 Eran (Nektarios Pahiadakis, Cybelle Sergiou, Antonis Manousakis)
22:30- 23:20 Samvad και Ciro Montanari (India)
23:30 – 00:20 Yiorgos Mavromanolakis together with Manolis Kanakakis, Yiorgos Papaioannou, Nikos Papaioannou, Dimitris Stefanakis, Thodoris Pintzopoulos and Kostis Poulianakis
PATITIRI
21:30-22:20 Paul Goodman, Manolia Kokologianni, Jerome Salomon (new compositions)
22:30-23:20 Haris Fasoulas, Antonis Kontokalos
23:30 -00:20 Yiorgis Triantafullakis
HATZINES
21:00-22:20 Michalis Griniezakis
22:30-23:50 Petros Saridakis
00:00 Antonis Fragkakis, Fanis Karoussos
YARD
Open stage, with musical improvisations, spontaneous concerts and performances
LITTLE SQUARE (for our young friends)
The analytical program TBA soon...!
Sunday 10/8
GARDEN
21:30 Closing concert with the participation of many musicians.
The concert will close with Vassilis Stavrakakis, Stelios Petrakis, Yiorgis Manolakis
Musicians will then play and sing while walking through the narrow lanes of the village (kantada)!
SPILIADA
21:00-21:50 Michalis Kontaxakis, Antonis Voumvoulakis
22:00-22:50 Dimitris Sgouros
HATZINES
21:00-22:20 Manolis Drakakis
22:30-23:50 Vaggelis Alexakis, Yiorgis Vouidaskis
00:00 Antonis Karatzis
YARD
Open stage, with musical improvisations, spontaneous concerts and performances
LITTLE SQUARE (for our young friends)
The analytical program TBA soon...!
Parallel events include an exhibition of musical instruments and ceramic art.
Dob't forget you can buy festival products and souvenirs at the kiosk next to the entrance!
ALL FUNDS RAISED FROM THE SALES OF ROSS DALY'S NEW CD ("THE OTHER SIDE") WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL.