8th International Andros Festival

8th Andros Festival 2022 Poster

Let’s meet on Andros island from July 31st to August 24th, 2022

For yet another year, Andros is at the epicenter of summer cultural activities, offering its residents and visitors special concerts, theatrical plays and local events.

The Festival is once again organised by the Non-Profit Company “Friends of the Andros Festival” under the auspices of the Municipality of Andros, with the support of sponsors, volunteers and employees from Andros and other places.

Iam lucky because when I sit at night on the warm concrete theatre stands, I live the unique experience of the start of the performances, as the stage lights discreetly turn on, the spectators’ chat becomes a whisper of anticipation and Art steps into the forefront.

This is the eighth year that the Festival takes place at the stone theatre of Andros, but the nervousness and the suspense are the same as during the very first time.

Will there be much audience attendance? Will locals and tourists appreciate the performances?

Will the invited artists be left with a good impression of the audience’s response and the hospitality of Andros island? Will volunteers and the people who love the Festival and assist in every possible way, say that it’ll have been worth it after all?

The 33 years I’ve been living on Andros are proof of my love for the people, the history, the culture, the beauty of nature and daily life with friends and neighbours here on the island.

The competent and tireless Festival team feels the same about the island and this institution that we have been serving as best as we can throughout the past years.

So here we go again!

Theatre, music, dance and starry skies.

With so much distress and hardship all around, the thirst for emotion, joy, euphoria and the precious reflection offered by artistic creation might be even greater.

In the times we live, breaths of culture are most essential.

 

The Artistic Director
Pantelis Voulgaris

This August, just like every year, warm nights succeeding orange sunsets will be lit by the spotlights of the stone open-air theatre of Andros. Darkness will be filled with light, sound, music, songs and theatre.

The 8th Andros Festival is here. Locals and visitors alike will once more enjoy the majesty of artistic creation. Andros loves art. The municipality of Andros, a supporter of the island’s cultural heritage, assists the Not-for-Profit Organisation “Andros Festival Friends” and provides opportunity for people to meet remarkable artists and enjoy their work.

As always, we honour the local benefactor Alkiviades Tattos, who offered us this unique theatre. I warmly thank the Not-for-Profit Organisation “Andros Festival Friends” for organising the festival, the sponsors for supporting this effort, and the Festival’s Art Director as well as beloved film director Pantelis Voulgaris.

 

The Mayor of Andros
Theodosis Sousoudis

This August, just like every year, warm nights succeeding orange sunsets will be lit by the spotlights of the stone open-air theatre of Andros. Darkness will be filled with light, sound, music, songs and theatre.

The 8th Andros Festival is here. Locals and visitors alike will once more enjoy the majesty of artistic creation. Andros loves art. The municipality of Andros, a supporter of the island’s cultural heritage, assists the Not-for-Profit Organisation “Andros Festival Friends” and provides opportunity for people to meet remarkable artists and enjoy their work.

As always, we honour the local benefactor Alkiviades Tattos, who offered us this unique theatre. I warmly thank the Not-for-Profit Organisation “Andros Festival Friends” for organising the festival, the sponsors for supporting this effort, and the Festival’s Art Director as well as beloved film director Pantelis Voulgaris.

 

Dimitris Lotsaris
Mayor of Andros

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