For the 9th year, Andros welcomes the International Andros Festival from July 30 to August 25, 2023, under the artistic direction of Panteli Voulgaris.

The Open Theater of Chora will host some of the most important theatrical performances and concerts of the summer, as well as artistic activities by local organizations.

In order of appearance on the stage of the Open Theater, giving unique moments to the spectators, residents and visitors of Andros: Manolis Mitsias, Karyofyllia Karabetis, Grigoris Valtinos, Panos Vlachos, George Emmanuel Lazaridis, Christos Grimbas, Yiannis, Grimbas, S. Yiannis Stankoglou , Alcinoos Ioannidis, Dimitris Kataleifos, the children’s stage of Dimitris Adamis as well as the Andros Music Association (MOU.SA), the amateur troupe Alalum and many others.

A special place in this year’s program is the screening of the short films curated by Pantelis Voulgaris entitled “Old Friends – First Pictures” and will be held at the Cinema Court of Andros Film Club.

The Festival is organized by A.M.K.E. “Friends of Andros Festival”, with the support of Andriots and non-sponsors, volunteers, employees and the Municipality of Andros.

The Andros International Festival is not just an institution, it is a unique experience that deserves to be lived by those who love culture, arts and nature.

There are many interesting proposals for participation in the Festival again this year, the 9th year of the event.

We chose based on a combination of several criteria with the aim of creating a quality and at the same time attractive program for the viewers.

A lot of beautiful work was left out, I wish August could hold more. In previous years, almost all the important artistic figures, almost all the great actors, musicians and people of art in general have passed through the stone theater.

Thanks to the Festival, Andros ceased to be deprived of such performances, it entered the map of the cultural summer throughout Greece. And this year we will meet on a date with good theater, good music, good cinematographic images. And as always with the new events of local artistic bodies.

Always, our partners and I are anxious about people’s opinion.

I wish the people of Andros and the visitors of the island to live beautiful evenings, to see the joy and emotion on their faces again, to hear the applause for the artists on stage again.

Pantelis Voulgaris

Under the auspices of the municipality of Andros

The International Festival of Andros began in July 2015 and it has been successfully held every summer since then. The performances start in the last week of July and draw to a close toward the end of August.

Over the past four years, the festival has hosted great theatrical plays, Greek music concerts and classical concerts,while ithas also presented local groups, such as the Philharmonic Orchestra and theatrical and dance groups from Andros.

The Festival aims to present high-quality theatrical and dance performances, as well as great classical and jazz concerts. Every year, the theatrical plays constitute the main part of the Festival performances.

The open-air theatre of Andros is located in Chora, between the neoclassical City Hall (Voulgaris building) and the Lyceum. Its construction was inspired and mainly funded by Alkiviades Tattos, who comes from Andros.The theatre is built on an idyllic hillside which is protected from the wind and gives panoramic view of the south.

‘A theatre that looks like it has been there forever’; this was the original idea of the architects Kiriaki Kondylatou and Konstantinos Loukos, who undertook the implementation of this ambitious idea.

The open stage of the theatre reminds of the architecture of classical stages and is one of the most daring interventions in the public space of Andros.The construction works began in July 2014 in a plot of land ownedbythemunicipalityofAndros. The theatre has a seating capacity of 870 seats.

The International Festival of Andros is organised by the Non-profit Company ‘Friends of the Festival of Andros’ under the auspices of the municipality of Andros.

Artistic director: Pantelis Voulgaris

Production director: Anastasia Kavallari

Lighting designer & supervisor: Yiannis Vollelis

Sound system designer &audio supervisor: Thodoris Papanikolaou

Assistant sound engineer: Zisis Tona

Media relations manager: Anzelika Kapsabeli

Photography: Maria Lambriadou

Social Media: Anna Voulgari

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