20 Years of Encardia (Music Performance)

Exactly 20 years ago, Encardia introduced themselves to us with melodies and songs from the Greek-speaking regions of Southern Italy. They brought to Greece traditional dances from those regions; they taught us the steps; we endlessly danced at their performances; we cried with folk songs of love, immigration, labour and protest of the Greek-speaking communities; we sang with them in the local dialect (Grico); and we followed them through their journeys in the Italian South.

20 years of Encardia; thousands of concerts throughout Greece and abroad, two prominent music-theatrical productions, seven digital albums and a documentary under the band’s belt. While their next step is always eagerly awaited, they now bring us a new, fresh and always electrifying performance consisting not only of their most well-known and loved repertoire, but also playing traditional Greek songs along with their other songs. Prominently featuring the band’s beloved personal sound, this performance is presented from another perspective; the perspective of a collective that has persisted and lasted for 20 years, continuously extending its artistic boundaries.