Panigyri Tegeas (Πανηγύρι Τεγέας)
The largest trade fair and panigiri in the whole of Arcadia and the Peloponnese, held at the ancient village of Tegea since time immemorial, filling a field near the church with klarino music, roasting pork, vendors, rides, and circle dancing that lasts until dawn.
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"A remote Mani village panigiri for the Dormition of the Virgin, celebrated with an evening procession of the icon followed by all-night music and dancing in the stone-paved square of one of the Mani Peninsula's most traditional inland communities."
Panigiri Koimisis Theotokou
"One of the Mani peninsula's most vibrant village panigiria, held on the Dormition feast in the hillside village of Milea, with the evening vespers procession, communal tables, live bouzouki and lyra music, and dancing that continues until dawn in a setting of dramatic Maniot tower-house scenery."
Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου, Μηλέα
"A long-established Mani village panigiri in Rigklia on Dekapentavgoustos, where the evening litany of the Virgin's icon gives way to all-night traditional Greek dancing and communal feasting in the shadow of the village's ancient stone towers."
Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου, Ρίγκλια
"The Mani village of Exochori, perched above the Stoupa coast in Messenia, hosts one of the peninsula's characterful Dormition panigiria, combining a morning liturgy and evening procession with live traditional music, local food, and dancing under the stars in a village square of outstanding natural beauty."
Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου, Εξωχώρι
"Each September around 30 Nemea wineries simultaneously open their cellars for tastings of Agiorgitiko, Greece's mythic red grape, with masterclasses, a street wine festival on Dervenakia, and a symposium that frames the harvest weekend."
Megales Meres tis Nemeas
"Every September the forty-plus wineries of Nemea's Agiorgitiko PDO simultaneously throw open their cellar doors for a weekend of tastings, vineyard walks, chef demonstrations and seminars that amounts to the most comprehensive open-winery event in Greece."
Γιορτή Αγιωργίτικου, Great Days of Nemea
"Running alongside the village's Assumption panigiri, this nine-day Panhellenic Craft Fair brings artisans from across Greece to Kremasti's streets for a rare convergence of traditional crafts and festive village atmosphere."
Panhellenic Craft Fair Kremasti
"Herakleia's great August fair in the Serres plain is one of the oldest traditional trade-and-festival gatherings in northern Greece, transforming the village centre for five days with market stalls, traditional music, and Macedonian folk dancing."
Aygoustiatiki Emporopanigyri Irakleias Serron (Αυγουστιάτικη Εμποροπανήγυρη Ηράκλειας Σερρών)
"A two-day summer village festival in the secluded mountain hamlet of Lafki, one of the most locally authentic late-July celebrations in north Corfu."
Lafki Village Festival