The 5th Cretan Diet Festival will be held on July 1-7 at Municipal Garden of Rethymno and -as always- presents a rich program.
The artistic program of the 5th Cretan Diet Festival will open and close with concerts by two famous Cretan music bands, while in the other nights guests will enjoy concerts with Cretan bands, as well as other known bands from the rest of the country, unique art & cultural events, traditional dances from Crete and Kassos and more.
Festival Program:
Friday July 1, 2016
20:30
Traditional dances of Crete
21:00
Concert - tribute to the groundbreaking Cretan musician, Gerasimos Stamatogiannakis, performed by:
Lyra - vocals: Tsourdalakis Yiannis
Lute: Nikakis Dimitris
Lute - vocals: Pavlakis Yiannis
Guitar: Papadakis Spiros
22:00 Concert with "Laou Laou Orchestra"
Three musicians experimenting with the sounds of balkan - rebetiko music, featuring famous songs from Greece and beyond.
Saturday July 2, 2016
21:00 S Y M P O S I U M - Wine and Love by Dimitris Maramis
The second day of the festival is dedicated to wine, with the Cretan vineyard as a protagonist. The acclaimed composer Dimitris Maramis will present his new work titled "Symposium", a series of songs reciting poems with the theme "wine and love", from Homer to Kavafis.
Performers: Thodoris Voutsikakis & Mela Gerofoti
Piano and reciting by Dimitris Maramis
Sunday July 3, 2016
21:00 Concert with KOSTIS MARAVELLAS - LIVE
Kostis Maravellas welcomes this summer in his own way and invites us to join him in a musical party at the Municipal Garden of Rethymno.
Monday July 4, 2016
21:00 Concert with CHAINIDES
The famous Cretan group CHAINIDES needs no introduction to locals and need to be seen by those who don't know them yet!
Tuesday July 5, 2016
20:30 Concert with MARIA LATSINOU
Cretan lyra meets the piano, accordion, bass and drums and unite with the voice of Maria Latsinou with unique harmony. Greek songs mixed with jazzy, mediterranean and traditional sounds.
21:30 Concert with SBARAQUACK (Rock'n Roll, Funk, Disco, Balkan)
Sbaraquack feature famous covers, from James Brown to Britney Spears and Τom Jones. Their live performances is a non-stop dance party full of humor!
Wednesday July 6, 2016
20:00 The arc of Lyra
A unique cultural event that unites the common traditions of Crete and Kassos, focusing on the taste of pilaf and the traditions and music that surround it.
21:00
Traditional Cretan music and dances by the association "Arkadi" and the music group of Vaggelis Gkalonakis.
21:30 Traditional music & dances of Crete and Kassos
With the musicians: Perselis Yiorgos, Konstantinos Minas, Elias Diakakis.
Thursday July 7, 2016
21:00
Dances of Crete, performed by the music & dance group Tzanidakis.
21:30 Concert with VASILIS SKOULAS
One of the most internationally acclaimed Cretan musicians and great artist Vasilis Skoulas will close the festival with a unique concert.
Poetic improvisation (Cretan mantinadas)
Reciting of Cretan poems (mantinadas) by the association "Michalis Kafkalas"