SAVE THE DATES: Festival dates announced

Palace Cinema Como / 9-20 October 2019

The 26th Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival returns to Palace Cinemas with an injection of Greek culture, history and stories over ten days from Wednesday 9th October until Sunday 20th October. This year, we celebrate the 10th Greek Australian Short Film Festival which will feature a best of program. Synonymous with our Festival is the Greek Student Film Festival which also makes a comeback this year. A full Festival program will be released soon.

Lonsdale Street Greek Festival / 29 February & 1 March 2020
Also, in 2020, the 33rd Lonsdale Street Greek Festival, Melbourne’s largest celebration of Greek culture, arts, food and entertainment will be held on Saturday 29 February and Sunday 1st March from Swanston Street through to Exhibition Street. Australia’s longest-running Greek festival will return featuring some of our most talented performers, musicians, dancers, chefs, cooks and competitors for a weekend of Greek-flavoured fun! For those who’d like to take part, Expressions of Interest are now open for the following:

• Stall holders click here
• Stage Performers click here
• Volunteers click here

Ανακοινώθηκαν οι ημερομηνίες διοργάνωσης του 26ου Delphi Bank Ελληνικού Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου (9-20 Oκτωβρίου 2019) και του 33oυ Ελληνικού Φεστιβάλ της Λόνσντεϊλ (29 Φεβρουαρίου & 1 Μαρτίου 2020)

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Live At The Greek: The Philhellenes        

The Music of Panagiotis Toundas: He was a pioneer who shaped the musical sound of Greece for decades. Not only was he an exceptional composer, but he also paved the way for many refugee composers who had settled in mainland Greece. Many of his rebetiko songs were sung by well-known singers, such as Stelios Perpiniadis, Kostas Roukounas, Roza Eskenazi and Rita Abatzi.  The Philhellenes features Mairead Hannan (from the Xylouris Ensemble) on violin and voice, Wayne Simmons (from Polyxeni) on guitar, accordion and banjo, Con Kalamaras (from the Melbourne Rebetiko Ensemble) on guitar and tzouras, and double bass player Adrian Close. This intimate performance will be a celebration of music and life.