The White Night on Friday 2 October is the week’s main event at Artemida, but not the only one. A theatre workshop for children and adults is starting, AO Artemis are playing at home, a winery in Spata is opening its doors to visitors, and the neighbouring municipalities are hosting theatre, cinemas and a grape must festival. Below is the programme by day, with times, venues and costs where available.
Monday 28 September
- Gerakas, 8.30 pm: The Pallini Municipal Unit’s Adult Theatre Workshop is staging At Balomatou’s Café, an adaptation of Lorca’s The Wonderful Balomatos, directed by Stratoniki Zambozani. Gerakas Cultural Centre, free admission.
- Rafina, 20:30: The Marathon Experimental Theatre presents ‘Your Wife as a Vine’, an adaptation of Lorca’s ‘Blood Wedding’ set in the Greek countryside of the interwar period. Amphitheatre of the Rafina Lyceum.
On Monday, please also be aware of a power cut in two neighbourhoods of Artemida, from 08:00 to 12:00. We have published a list of the affected streets.
Tuesday 29 September
- Pikermi, 8.00 pm: Screening of the film ‘Sunday Morning’ (1954), Michalis Kakogiannis’s first feature-length film, starring Elli Lambeti and Dimitris Horn. KAPI (the municipal day centres for older people) Pikermi Hall, 8 Agios Christoforos.
Wednesday 30 September
- Artemida, 16:30: AO Artemis host Olympiakos Agios Stefanos at the Artemida ground for Matchday 3 of the EPSANA First Division. The team are coming off the back of a 3–1 win at Glyka Nera.
- Artemida, 18:30: Premiere for the Experiential Theatre Workshop for Children and Adults run by the Artemida Spata Association of Peloponnesians, ‘O Morias’, which has been rescheduled for Wednesday. The children’s session is from 18:30 to 19:30 and the adults’ session from 19:30 to 20:30. The association also plans to set up a group for nursery school children. The first session is free. 140 Agios Ioannis Street; for further information, call 698 232 2704.
- Paiania, 19:30: Presentation of Kostas N. Priftis’s book The 1821 Revolution in Attica / The Participation of Mesogeia in the Struggle. Speakers include Aristides Hatzis, professor at the University of Athens; Lefteris Vekris, classical philologist; author Eleni Stamatis; and the author himself. Vorres Museum.
Thursday 1 October
- Artemida, 20:00: The Artemida Municipal Community Council is holding a meeting. The meetings are open to the public and the notice of meeting, including the agenda, is posted on the municipality’s website.
- Rafina, 11.00: To mark World Senior Citizens’ Day, the Rafina–Pikermi Senior Citizens’ Centres are holding a celebration for members and friends. Rafina Senior Citizens’ Centre, 21 Eleftherios Venizelos Street.
Friday 2 October
- Artemida, from 17:00: Artemida Avenue becomes a pedestrianised street for White Night, with children’s activities, inflatables and themed stalls. At 9.00 pm, the concert featuring Kostas Bigalis and Polina begins. The event is organised by the Municipality and the Artemida Association of Professional Artisans and Traders (SEVEA). If you are coming by car, please bear in mind that the avenue will be closed from the afternoon.
- Until 17:00: registration closes for Saturday’s visit to the Georgas Family Winery in Spata.
Saturday 3 October
- Spata, 12:30–14:00: As part of the Attica Open Farm Days, the Georgas family is opening its vineyard and winery for the event ‘From the Grape to the Glass’. This includes a tour of the vineyard, an introduction to the grape varieties, juice tasting and an activity using grape products, for young and old alike. It costs 12 euros per person, with pre-registration at openfarm.gr.
- Markopoulo, 17:30: Must Festival and Moustalevria at the old railway station, where members of the KAPI (Senior Citizens’ Centre) are making moustalevria with cinnamon and walnuts. There will also be music, with free entry.
Sunday 4 October
- Voula, 16:30: AO Artemis are away to Aris Voulas for Matchday 4.
Postponements affecting the region
The concert by Gerasimos Andreatos and Sofia Manou at the Sara Open-Air Theatre in Markopoulo has been postponed due to the weather. It was scheduled for Sunday 27 September and the new date will be announced. Glykeria’s concert in Pallini, which was also postponed due to the weather, will take place on Saturday 10 October at 8.00 pm in Eleftherias Square (Peristeronas).
Sources: Municipality of Spata–Artemida; Municipality of Pallini, announcements dated 24 and 25 September 2026; Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi, announcements dated 23–25 September 2026; Municipality of Markopoulo-Mesogaias, announcement of 27 September 2026; Municipality of Paiania; EPSANA, 2026–27 First Division fixture list; Attica Open Farm Days.
