FESTIVAL

Vovousa Festival 2023

15/07 – 05/08/2023 · Vovousa

Venue Details

Vovousa

Pindos

Epirus

The 2023 Vovousa Festival (FBC23) returns for three unforgettable weeks, from 15 July to 5 August, with musical events, contemporary dance performances, hiking excursions, truffle hunting, workshops, screenings and more.

Taking place for a 9th time in the tiny village in the North Pindus region of Greece, the mountain festival is dedicated to environmental protection. 
Highlights this year include a collaboration with the Athens Czech Centre, a tribute to film director Eleni Alexandraki and the photo exhibition of Penelope Thomaidi, an Athens-based photographer working on personal documentary photography projects dealing with environmental and social issues.

Programme of the Mountain Festival of Vovousa 2023

PERFORMANCES – PROJECTIONS – EXHIBITIONS

  • Opening of FBC23: "Alongside the river" photography exhibition by Penelope Thomaidi | 15 July | 19:30 | 5€ | Vovousa Water Museum.
  • Sketches: Contemporary dance performance | 16 July | 20:30 
  • Pat and Matt: Screening in collaboration with the Athens Czech Centre | 21 July | 20:30
  • Screening of films by students of the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague (FAMU) | 21 July | 20:30
  • ZATOΠEK: screening in cooperation with the Czech Centre of Athens | 22 July | 20:30
  • Festival of Agia Paraskevi | 26 & 27 July | 08:00
  • Beyond the Urban - Performing Ecosystems: Dance performance | 29 July | 20:00
  • "Geometries that Lute" by the vocal ensemble Fractals | 30 July | 20:30 | 
  • "Uprooted": A tribute to the director Eleni Alexandraki | 2 August | 20:30
  • "Kostis Papagiorgis, the sweetest misanthrope": A tribute to director Eleni Alexandraki | August 2 | 20:30
  • "Arsivaristas and the Angel": A tribute to the director Eleni Alexandraki | 3 August | 20:30 
  • "The Nostalgist": Tribute to director Eleni Alexandraki | 3 August | 20:30 | August 3 | 20:30
  • "Smells of Paska": Tribute to director Eleni Alexandraki | 4 August | 20:30
  • "A drop in the ocean": Tribute to director Eleni Alexandraki | 4 August | 20:30
  • Cineconcert in collaboration with the Athens Czech Centre | 5 August | 20:30

ACTIVITIES

  • Yoga Satyananda | 17 - 23 July | 10:00 - 11:30 | 5€ per 90'.
  • Climbing the Avgo | 31 July | 07:30 | 25€ per person.
  • Crossing Valhalla Calda | 1 August | 06:30 | 25€ per person.
  • Truffle hunting | 2 August | 09:30 | 35€ per person.

WORKSHOPS

  • Creative educational workshop in nature | 15 - 23 July | 10:00 - 14:00 | 90€ for 3 days.
  • Nature School | 22 & 23 July | 11:00 - 18:00 | 120€ for 2 days.
  • Printmaking | 20 - 22 July | 10:00 - 13:00 | 80€ for 3 days.
  • Music Workshop from the Vocal Ensemble FRACTALS | 29 July | 16:00 - 20:00 | 25€.
  • Music | 4 & 5 July | 11:00 - 16:00 | 60€.
  • Herbal Therapy | 15-17 July | 17:00 - 20:00 | 80€.
  • Movement and Yoga entitled: Body | 17 - 20 July | 17:00 - 19:30 | 80€.
  • Rolling out phyllo pastry: Trikeno | 20 July | 45€.
  • Foresight: 2043 Vovousa | 25 - 28 July | 60€.
  • Contemporary dance | 27 - 29 July | 60€ per weekend. 
  • Making documentaries with oral histories | 29 July - 5 August | 300€ for all days.

Source: Vovousa Mountain Festival Official Website
 

When

15/07 – 05/08/2023