The
annual KNE-Odigitis Festival consists one of Greece's most
significant political and cultural events. Following a tradition of
more than four decades, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) organises
her 42nd
Festival with a rich programme of political, cultural and sports
activities. After numerous successful festive events in all over the
country during the previous months, the KNE-Odigitis festival will
take place in Greece's two largest cities; in Thessaloniki on 15-17 September and in Athens on 22-24 September.
In
Thessaloniki the festival will be held at the former military camp
'Pavlos Melas' in Stavroupoli. The cultural programme includes
concerts from popular bands like Imam Baildi, Onirama and Kitrina
Podilata as well as famous singers like Glykeria, Filippos
Pliatsikas, Giorgos Margaritis and Melina Kana. A speech will be
delivered by the member of the Political Bureau of KKE Kostas
Paraskevas on Saturday 17 September.
The
major and final events of the 42nd
KNE-Odigitis festival will be held a few days later at 'Antonis
Tritsis Park' (Ilion) in Athens. Numerous popular artists, composers, singers
and bands, will participate in concerts including: Vasilis Lekkas,
Thanos Mikroutsikos, Yannis Markopoulos, Miltos Paschalidis, Manolis
Mitsias, Dimitris Basis, Natasa Bofiliou, Lakis Halkias, Giorgos Margaritis, Vangelis
Korakakis, Rebellion Connection, Yperastikoi, Glykeria, Rita
Antonopoulou, Imam Baildi, Onirama etc.
The
major political speech will be delivered by the General Secretary of
the CC of KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas on Saturday 24 September.
You can find the venues of the festival in Athens and Thessaloniki in the maps below:
PARK "ANTONIS TRITSIS", ILION 131 22, ATHENS.
FORMER MILITARY CAMP "PAVLOS MELAS", STAVROUPOLI 56 429,
THESSALONIKI.