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Tip of the day – Today’s Live in Athens

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If you interested in attending concerts, gigs, live shows, interesting events of local culture while you are travelling and to be more specific, while you are travelling in Athens, Greece, then this will be your favorite page. It’s your daily update about what’s happening today in Athens concerning gigs, shows, theaters, special movie screenings, everything. We only hope to catch up to book tickets, as usually, especially in popular artists, Greeks are really fast.

Friday 20, Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February 2026: Candlelight: Four Seasons Vivaldi

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Athens. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Vivaldi at the Old Parliament House under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Information

  • Venue: Old Parliament House, 19.00
  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 minutes before the start time and late entry is not permitted)
  • Age requirements: 8 years and older. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

Concert Schedule

  • Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
  • Spring (Allegro, Largo, Allegro Pastorale)
  • Summer (Allegro non molto, Adagio-Presto, Presto)
  • Autumn (Allegro, Adagio Molto, Allegro Molto)
  • Winter (Allegro non molto, Largo, Allegro)
  • Vivaldi, La Folia

Artists:  

  • Stellar Quartet

Friday 20 February 2026: Candlelight: The Best Works of Vangelis

SOLD-OUT CONCERT

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Athens. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Vangelis at Old Parliament House under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Information

  • Venue: Old Parliament House
  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 minutes before the start time and late entry is not permitted)
  • Age requirements: 8 years and older. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

Concert Schedule

  • La Petite Fille de la Mer – L’Apocalypse des Animaux
  • Heaven and Hell – Cosmos (TV Series)
  • Main Theme – The Bounty
  • Suite – Francesco
  • Main Theme – The Plague
  • Titans – Alexander
  • Love Theme – Blade Runner
  • Rachel’s Song – Blade Runner
  • End Titles – Blade Runner
  • West Across the Ocean Sea – 1492: Conquest of Paradise
  • Monastery of la Rabida – 1492: Conquest of Paradise
  • Main Theme – Chariots of Fire

Artists:  

  • String Quartet

Sunday 22 February 2026: Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Athens. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Vivaldi at the Old Parliament House under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Information

  • Venue: Old Parliament House, 19.00
  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 minutes before the start time and late entry is not permitted)
  • Age requirements: 8 years and older. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

Concert Schedule

  • Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
  • Spring (Allegro, Largo, Allegro Pastorale)
  • Summer (Allegro non molto, Adagio-Presto, Presto)
  • Autumn (Allegro, Adagio Molto, Allegro Molto)
  • Winter (Allegro non molto, Largo, Allegro)
  • Vivaldi, La Folia

Artists:  

  • Stellar Quartet

Saturday 28 February 2026: Candlelight: The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship lives on through the music from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings like never before with Candlelight: The Lord of the Rings in Madrid. This exclusive tribute concert, performed by a talented string quartet, will bring the unforgettable music from the films to life. Join us for a night that celebrates the music behind the heroic journey of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Get your tickets today!

General Information

  • Venue: Old Parliament House, 19.00 & 21.00
  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 minutes before the start time and late entry is not permitted)
  • Age requirements: 8 years and older. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

Concert Schedule

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    • Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All
    • Concerning Hobbits
    • Amon Hen
    • The Breaking of the Fellowship (feat. “In Dreams”)

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    • Foundations of Stone
    • The Riders of Rohan
    • Evenstar
    • Gollum’s Song

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    • Minas Tirith (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
    • The Ride of the Rohirrim
    • The Black Gate Opens (feat. Sir James Galway)
    • The Return of the King First
    • The Grey Havens (feat. Sir James Galway)
    • Into the West

    Setlist and Music sheets approved by Howard Shore (Official Composer of LOTR)

Artists:  

  • Strig Quartet

Saturday 28 February 2026: The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans

Come to The Jazz Room in Athens! With a blend of carefully chosen classics and improvisation, this enjoyable live music performance takes you back to the roots of this revolutionary genre. Get your tickets now for The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans in Athens!

General Information

  • Venue: ARCH CLUB – Petrou Ralli 29 & Kritis 1 – 177 78
  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 minutes before the start time and late entry is not permitted)
  • Age requirements: 8 years and older. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

Concert Schedule

  • St. James Infirmary – Irving Mills
  • When The Saints Go Marching In
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street – Jimmy McHugh
  • Basin Saint Blues – Spencer Williams
  • Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong

Artists:  

  • vocals – Korina Fragkoulopoulou
  • trombone – Charalampos Chronis
  • piano – Damianos Tselentakis
  • double bass – Lambros Psomas
  • drums – Orpheas Kyriakakis

Saturday 9 May 2026: Metallica live in Athens

Metallica has announced that its record-breaking M72 World Tour will be extended for a fourth year, with 16 shows in cities across Europe and the UK in May, June, and July 2026.

Greece will be the first to welcome Metallica on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Olympic Stadium, bringing the impressive 360° (in-the-round) stage of M72, which has already amazed millions of viewers worldwide, to our country for the first time.

Gojira and Knocked Loose will be special guests at the Athens concert, in an explosive line-up that promises an unforgettable experience.

Since its launch in April 2023 in Amsterdam, the M72 tour has brought Metallica in front of approximately 4 million viewers. It has been described by the international media as “an overall life-affirming experience” (Billboard), “undeniably epic” (Metal Hammer), “a breathtaking show” (Detroit News), ‘triumphant’ (Kerrang!), and “Metallica’s most cohesive and fiery performance in years” (Los Angeles Times).

The M72 2026 tour will continue the tradition of No Repeat Weekends, with each of the two nights featuring a completely different setlist and different support acts. These include the band’s first concerts in Frankfurt and Dublin since the World Magnetic Tour in 2009 (Deutsche Bank Park, May 22 & 24 and Aviva Stadium, June 19 & 21, respectively), as well as their highly anticipated return to Budapest (June 11 & 13) and London (July 3 & 5).

The tour also includes individual performances with full production and the legendary in-the-round stage in cities such as:
Athens (May 9), Bucharest (May 13), Gdynia (May 19), Zurich (May 27), Berlin (May 30), Bologna (June 3), Glasgow (June 25), and Cardiff (June 28).

Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose, and Avatar will be supporting Metallica on this year’s European tour. See below for details by date.
The M72 2026 European/UK tour is organized by Live Nation.

As always, a portion of the proceeds from each ticket sold will be donated to local charities through the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. The foundation, created in 2017 as a way for Metallica to give back to the communities that have supported them over the years, has raised over $20 million since its inception — providing $11.4 million in grants for vocational and technical education programs, including the innovative Metallica Scholars initiative, now in its seventh year, more than $7.4 million to combat food insecurity, and over $4.7 million for natural disaster relief efforts.

SOLD OUT CONCERT

Saturday 23 May 2026: Iron Maiden in Athens

IRON MAIDEN RETURN TO EUROPE AND BEYOND IN 2026 FOR THE RESUMPTION OF THEIR TWO YEAR,
50TH ANNIVERSARY,
‘RUN FOR YOUR LIVES’ WORLD TOUR.

WITH A SET LIST DRAWN FROM THEIR CAREER DEFINING EARLY DECADES AND FEATURING THEIR MOST SPECTACULAR SHOW EVER, THESE NEW DATES INCLUDE A VERY SPECIAL UK SHOW NEXT SUMMER.

IRON MAIDEN have announced the first dates of a very busy schedule for 2026, starting with a summer return to Europe to predominantly play festivals and also stadiums in countries and regions not visited in 2025. The subsequent month will see the start of visits to many other parts of the world, all of which will be announced later.

The initial European dates are as below and more headline festival shows will be announced by the festivals themselves in parallel with ironmaiden.com. It’s a busy year so following this there will be no Maiden shows in 2027.

Says Steve Harris – “We are all loving this RUN FOR YOUR LIVES TOUR. The fans have been amazing, the set list is perfect for the 50th Anniversary, the show is arguably our best ever and ticket demand was incredible with pretty much everywhere sold out and over a million fans attending. So we all thought we should play some more shows in Europe before heading out to other parts of the world later in the year.

Of course Simon Dawson will be joining us once again on the drummer’s stool, and both he and the whole band would like to thank our fans for the terrific reception you have given him on the first leg.

We’ve always enjoyed playing festivals, especially as we get to play to people who aren’t just there for us, and we love that challenge! So we decided to revisit as many great Metal festivals as we could get to in this period. Plus we will also get to play stadiums in Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria where we didn’t get to this year and have always loved playing to the passionate fans out there.”

Manager Rod Smallwood comments, “We were absolutely blown away by the overwhelmingly positive reaction of our fans and from across the mainstream media to the first leg of our Run For Your Lives Tour. We knew we had created a special show, but the energy of all our fans at every single concert we played was picked up on by the band and I think we all experienced something really memorable, and arguably our best tour ever. Throughout our career festivals played a huge part, starting with Rock in Rio in 1985 of course, by enabling us to play in front of new fans and hopefully convert them to being Maiden fans, which, in the absence of radio or mainstream media helped enormously to increase our following. So this tour, based around most of Europe’s pre-eminent Metal fests, is also a huge thank you to those very festivals for playing such an important part in the fifty years… and counting… story of Iron Maiden.

Besides Eastern Europe we will also play some stadium shows in regions we missed in Germany (Hannover), France (Lyon-Décines) and Italy, the latter at Milan’s legendary San Siro Stadium, home of both AC and Inter Milan and we will, I am told, be the first ever Metal band to play there. It’s always great to break more new ground – even after all these years!!

You will note the schedule below just says UK SHOW for July 11th and there is a good reason for that! We are working on something special for our loyal UK fans including an extension of our Eddie’s Dive Bar concept we launched last year…so watch this space!

“Fans will also notice we will play Paris La Défense Arena again on Mon June 22nd after already playing two sold out nights there this year to 75,000 fans… but there is good reason for that!

Yes, we know you have been asking, so we are going to film this special show for you and for posterity! We chose an indoor stadium to see the best of the production and also a great audience which we know Paris is and always has been for us. So we decided to return to Paris and hope fans there still want to see us! This will be our 31st show ever in Paris, it’s always been a bit special since we first visited there with KISS back in 1980!

“Finally it was really special to see that the vast majority of our fans appreciated and respected our request to severely limit their use of phones at our concerts, ideally just keeping it in their pockets the whole time, especially in those standing areas in front of the stage. There were exceptions in a couple of places sadly but overall our fans’ understanding and cooperation made a colossal difference to the atmosphere of every show and increased the enjoyment enormously for the band and fans alike.

While we encourage our fans to follow this again at all our shows in 2026, in Paris specifically, we will be working with Yondr the company that creates phone free spaces where fans are given a secure locked pouch which allows you to keep your phone on you at all times. They will facilitate this process ultimately for the benefit of you, our wonderful fans and I am sure that, like all of us, you do not want to watch the resulting film, seeing banks of phone screens in the shot. Therefore, to help our film crew, we will make the huge floor at La Défense completely Yondr phone free so we can ensure the show – and of course all of you in the crowd – look as phenomenal as possible on camera!

In the rest of the venue we are requesting that fans once again keep their phones in their pockets and enjoy the show ‘in the moment’, rather than raise their phone in the air trying to film sections and thus inconveniencing those around them. So if a so-called fan near you thinks they are special and filming what they selfishly want please just ask them, very politely of course, to put their phone somewhere the sun doesn’t shine!

And, as I mentioned before, for all our fans outside Europe, we most definitely have not forgotten you and have some big announcements coming later for 2026. Rest assured we will be visiting as many of you as possible next year, before the band take a well-earned break from the road in 2027.”

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