The European Music Festival comes this year in Chania on June 20-21, 2015, to fill the streets and squares of the city with the sounds and rhythms of local artists and music groups, promising to offer the audience a unique musical experience! A two-day music festival for all, aiming to promote music and young musicians and to present emerging and acclaimed artists and groups.
Programme
SATURDAY JUNE 20
END OF ENOSEOS COAST (AKTI ENOSEOS - Moro Arsenal)
Reggae, Dub, World: DJ sets by the producers of JOY radio. Time 19:30
MOSQUE OF THE JANISSARIES (Yali-Tzamisi) SQUARE
Cretan, traditional music: the sound of the lute. Yoagkos Chairetis & Hafiz Akur, Nektarios & Eftichis Kostakis and their band, Aggelakis Yiannis & Fountoulakis Manolis. Time 19:00
IRENES & FILIAS PARK
Rock concert by student music groups: The sticky notes, Hemingways, Hide 'n' Seek. Time 18:00
Swing, blues, funk, fusion, rock 'n' roll: Quote Laughter, The Muffins. Time 21:00
YARD OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Acoustic concert with sounds of the West and the East: Irene Vouzi – flute / Eleni Tsaousaki – harp, Nektarios Mitritsakis - sitar, Stamatis Diamantopoulos - ukulele. Time 19:00
UNDERGROUND FOUNTAIN, SPLAGGIA SQUARE
Sound performance: Marinos Koutsomichalis. Time 20:00
AGGELOU STREET, OLD CITY
Music night with Yiorgos Mavromanolakis and exhibition opening of Maria Fotinaki. Time 20:00
YARD OF THE MUNICIPAL CINEMA
Documentary screening “There is no asylum here”: the story of the independent music scene of Athens during the ’80 (punk, post punk, new wave). Director: Michalis Kafantaris. Duration: 116’. Time 22:00
KLEIDI bar
DJ set Devika | Manu (meltdown). Time: 21:00
HOSTEL bar
DJ sets by the producers of JOY radio. Time 23:00
UNDERGROUND FOUNTAIN, SPLAGGIA SQUARE
Noise-rock: HAU. Time 00:00
SUNDAY JUNE 21
THEATRE VLISIDI
11th Annual Music Event
PART Α': Individual performances of beginner students. Time 11:00
PART Β': Individual performances by advanced students & small music groups of traditional and classical music, modern rock (electric guitar) and childrens' choir. Time 17:00
SARPIDONOS STREET
Vinyl bazaar and Dj Sets by Tsarouchi Soundsystem (convoitise, Noisy Fly, B-Digital, SubDime, Blossom + guests) and the radio producers of KRITI FM (Artizda Urban Danja & Farmer Fastbird). Time 18:30
MITROPOLIS SQUARE
Student choreographies, workshop, tango night.
18:30-19:00: Student choreographies by the dance school "En Choro"
19:00-19:45: Workshop "musicality & tango" and live performance by teachers Frini & Dimitris
19:45 -21:30: Tango night
END OF ENOSEOS COAST (AKTI ENOSEOS - moro arsenal)
Ghetto, funk, old school, hip hop, 80’s 90’s, Salsa Cuba, Cha-cha, Kizomba, Merengue with: Dj Wolve, Encore, Dos Bandidos. Time 19:30
POTIE PEDESTRIAN STREET
Rebetiko, Greek popular music: Mpoikos Elias, Skevakis Panagiotis, Petrakis Yiannis, Klapakis Vassilis, Psilakis Elias. Time 20:00
UNDERGROUND FOUNTAIN, SPLAGGIA SQUARE
"Odes to the Prince: Music performance based on the work of poet Nikos Alexis Aslanoglou (1931-1996)"
Performance duration: 35’. Music: Xefreno Aerostato. Video: Danae Sirrou. Time 20:00
MUNICIPAL GALLERY YARD
Jazz music night: Lefteris Papadakis - bass, Katerina Damvoglou- vocals, Euripides Stamatiou - piano. Time 20:30
IRENES & FILIAS PARK
Garage, psychedelic rock, lo-fi, noise: OI CHAROI, The Velvoids, Acid Barretts, Whereswilder. Time 20:30
CENTRE OF MEDITERRANEAN ARCHITECTURE (ROOF)
Experimental music with Feliformia: Dimitris Mparnias (feedback electronics, sampling) and Elia Verganelaki (pianica, percussions, vocals). Time 21:30
AMMOS GATE (PILI TIS AMMOU)
Musical - theatrical performance: Passe Partout. Time 21:30
Kibar. DJ sets: Katerina Kaparaki (d-code), Panagiotis Orfanidis (Diktio fm), Jerry Kakaviatos (JOY radio), Farmer Fastbird (KRITI fm). Time 22.00
UNDERGROUND FOUNTAIN, SPLAGGIA SQUARE
Music performance: Palestine 2. Time 01:00