Events
Events in Dimitsana — August 2026
The August 2026 events programme in Dimitsana runs from 3 to 24 August and includes children’s workshops, summer film screenings, a dance performance, storytelling, a youth party, a concert, a painting exhibition, theatre and an excursion to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
The August 2026 events programme in Dimitsana runs from 3 to 24 August 2026 and includes a range of activities at venues in Dimitsana, together with an excursion to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
Programme
- 3, 5, 6 and 7 August, 10:30–13:00 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “The Little Guardians of the Earth”. Summer creative workshops for children aged 4–9. Organisation: PIOP.
- Monday 3 August, 21:00 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “A Thing with Feathers” | Dylan Southern | 2025 | 98′. Summer screening for ages 15+. Organisation: PIOP.
- Sunday 9 August, 20:30 — Mikis Theodorakis Municipal Theatre of Dimitsana: “Where Love Is Born…”. Performance by the Dance Group of Dimitsana. Organisation: Cultural Agritourism Women’s Association of Dimitsana. Support: Municipality of Gortynia, Youth Association of Dimitsana “Kryfoi Scholeiotes”.
- Monday 10 August, 21:00 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “The Birds” | Alfred Hitchcock | 1963 | 119′. Summer screening for ages 15+. Organisation: PIOP.
- Wednesday 12 August, 20:30 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “The Water That Remembers…”. Legend and fairy-tale event for ancient trees and waters that hide secrets, by storyteller Zaza Voulgari, for adults and children aged 12+. Organisation: PIOP.
- Wednesday 12 August — Courtyard of the Gymnasium of Dimitsana: Youth Party of Dimitsana with DJ’s Hlias Strikos and DJ Babbiyas. Organisation: Youth Association of Dimitsana “Kryfoi Scholeiotes”.
- Thursday 13 August, 21:00 — Open Theatre of Dimitsana: “From Soul to Soul”. Concert with songs by Manos Hadjidakis, with Vasilis Gisdakis (song) and Miltos Logiadis (piano). Organisation: Dimitsana Interconference & Cultural Centre. Support: Region of Peloponnese.
- Sunday 16 August, 21:00 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “Birdy, the Bird Man” | Alan Parker | 1984 | 120′. Summer screening for ages 15+. Organisation: PIOP.
- Tuesday 18 August, 21:00 — Central Square of Dimitsana: Painting exhibition with the works of the children of Dimitsana.
- Friday 21 August, 21:15 — Mikis Theodorakis Municipal Theatre of Dimitsana: “To Tavli”. Theatrical performance directed by Kosmas Kondylis with Dimitris Kassis and Kosmas Kondylis. Organisation: “Theatre on the High Mountains” by D. Kechaidi.
- Saturday 22 August — Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus: “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes. Excursion to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus to attend the theatrical performance directed by Asterios Peletekis. Organisation: Youth Association of Dimitsana “Kryfoi Scholeiotes”.
- Monday 24 August, 21:00 — Open-Air Water Power Museum: “The Wingbeats” | Carroll Ballard | 1996 | 107′. Summer screening. Organisation: PIOP.