The Philippi Festival travels to the GNO
Co-production with the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kavala
18–20 September 2026 • Alternative Stage
A second year with Kavala
The GNO Alternative Stage is extending its partnership with the Municipal & Regional Theatre of Kavala for a second consecutive year, aiming to showcase contemporary artistic works and strengthen the connection between the periphery and the Athenian audience. Five productions from this year’s 69th Philippi Festival — dedicated to the concept of transformation — will be showcased at the Alternative Stage.
Single performance ticket: €10 • Full-day ticket: €20 • Tickets on sale from 31/8. Each production has its own Ticket Services event.
What's On
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12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
18:00 Philippi FestivalFriday 12 September, 18:00 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
19:30 Philippi FestivalThe Infallibility of One (1) DaisY
Friday 12 September, 19:30 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
12 Sep - 16 Sep 2025
21:00 Festival - FestivalThe Philippi Festival travels to the Greek National Opera
Friday 12 September, 21:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
21:00 Festival - FestivalRock + Thread + Heart =
Friday 12 September, 21:00 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
15 Sep - 16 Sep 2025
18:15 Festival - Festival(All)ν those things we leave behind for a tomorrow that will never come…
Monday 15 September, 18:15 Performance at sea (Piraeus-Aegina-Piraeus itinerary)Performance at sea (Piraeus-Aegina-Piraeus itinerary) -
16 Nov - 22 Nov 2025
21:30 Festival - FestivalBaroque Music Festival: The Age of Transitions
Sunday 16 November, 21:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
16 Nov 2025
21:30 Festival - ConcertsFrom Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s “Sturm und Drang”
Sunday 16 November, 21:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Nov 2025
20:30 Festival - ConcertsStyle galant
Thursday 20 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
21 Nov 2025
20:30 Festival - ConcertsA Musical Soiree at Princess Anna Amalia’s
Friday 21 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
22 Nov 2025
20:30 Festival - ConcertsThe Beginning of a New Era
Saturday 22 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
1 Jul - 3 Jul 2026
20:00 Festival - Festival3rd Percussion Festival of the GNO Alternative Stage
Wednesday 1 July, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
00:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalPartition Walls or A Little Prayer at 3.46 a.m.
Friday 18 September, 00:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
12:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalMetamorphoses – And I never hunted again
Friday 18 September, 12:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
19:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalHeinrich von Kleist, The Earthquake in Chile
Friday 18 September, 19:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
21:15 Festival - Philippi FestivalPartition Walls or A Little Prayer at 3:46 a.m.
Friday 18 September, 21:15 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
19 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
17:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalThe Antigones
Saturday 19 September, 17:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Sep 2026
15:13 Festival - Philippi FestivalPhaëton
Sunday 20 September, 15:13 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Sep 2026
21:15 Festival - Philippi FestivalPhaëton
Sunday 20 September, 21:15 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
21 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Byzantine Music DaysChristmas Hymns
Wednesday 21 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
22 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Byzantine Music DaysHymns of the Divine Liturgy – Hymns from the Paraklesis and Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos
Thursday 22 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
23 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Byzantine Music DaysHymns of Holy Week and the Resurrection
Friday 23 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
24 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Byzantine Music DaysHymns of the All-Night Vigil
Saturday 24 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
25 Oct 2026
19:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysTETTTIX: Five Paths
Sunday 25 October, 19:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
29 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysSayings and Cracks — Tribute to György Kurtág
Thursday 29 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
30 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysSonic Complexities — Tribute to György Ligeti
Friday 30 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
31 Oct 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysTasos Rossopoulos: Songs for a Return
Saturday 31 October, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
1 Nov 2026
18:00 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysERT Choir, Greek Composers’ Union: Poetic soundscapes
Sunday 1 November, 18:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
1 Nov 2026
20:00 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysRe:Trace Kurtág– International Composition Competition
Sunday 1 November, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
3 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysThe Revolt of the Double Bass: From Myth to Reason
Tuesday 3 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
4 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysPlaces, Memories, Sirens – Violoncello recital
Wednesday 4 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
5 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Revisited
Thursday 5 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
6 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysFlowers We Are — Tribute to György Kurtág
Friday 6 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
7 Nov 2026
18:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysStephanos Thomopoulos — Mediterranean Desert: Dialogues with Nature
Saturday 7 November, 18:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
7 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysScheherazade — Song Recital
Saturday 7 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
8 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysErgon Ensemble – Aperghis’ Paris
Sunday 8 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
10 Nov 2026
20:00 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysNew Generation — New Routes
Tuesday 10 November, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
11 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysGreek Percussion Group: Contemporary percussion music
Wednesday 11 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
12 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysMagna Grecia: A Place
Thursday 12 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
13 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music Days19 Years of ARTéfacts Ensemble
Friday 13 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
14 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Contemporary Music DaysErgon Ensemble – A Fragment Concert — A Concert in Fragments
Saturday 14 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
19 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysPrince Esterházy’s baryton and Beethoven’s violoncellists
Thursday 19 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysBeethoven Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano
Friday 20 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
21 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysBeethoven & Schubert String Quintets
Saturday 21 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
22 Nov 2026
19:30 Festival - Early Music DaysSongs in Shifting Times – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven & Beethoven – septet
Sunday 22 November, 19:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
25 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysTimoleon and Julia: A Baroque Story of Cross-Dressing |
Wednesday 25 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
26 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysStravaganza
Thursday 26 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
27 Nov 2026
20:00 Festival - Early Music DaysVOLKS:LIEDER:ABEND – Songs by Johannes Brahms
Friday 27 November, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
27 Nov 2026
21:30 Festival - Early Music DaysJ.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Friday 27 November, 21:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
28 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysTristan / Ex Silentio
Saturday 28 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
29 Nov 2026
18:30 Festival - Early Music DaysCamino medieval: The Long Pilgrimage Of Faith
Sunday 29 November, 18:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
8 May - 5 Jun 2027
20:00 Festival - FestivalCommunity and Creation Days
Saturday 8 May, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
26 May - 5 Jun 2027
10:00 Festival - Community and Creation DaysThe Carnival of the Animals
Wednesday 26 May, 10:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
13 Jul - 15 Jul 2027
20:00 FestivalMusic Theatre Workshop Cycle
Tuesday 13 July, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage
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12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
18:00 Philippi Festival(Tree)²
Friday 12 September, 18:00 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
19:30 Philippi FestivalThe Infallibility of One (1) DaisY
Friday 12 September, 19:30 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
12 Sep - 16 Sep 2025
21:00 Festival - FestivalThe Philippi Festival travels to the Greek National Opera
Friday 12 September, 21:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
12 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
21:00 Festival - FestivalRock + Thread + Heart =
Friday 12 September, 21:00 Stavros Niarchos Hall BackstageStavros Niarchos Hall Backstage -
15 Sep - 16 Sep 2025
18:15 Festival - Festival(All)ν those things we leave behind for a tomorrow that will never come…
Monday 15 September, 18:15 Performance at sea (Piraeus-Aegina-Piraeus itinerary)Performance at sea (Piraeus-Aegina-Piraeus itinerary) -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
00:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalPartition Walls or A Little Prayer at 3.46 a.m.
Friday 18 September, 00:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
12:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalMetamorphoses – And I never hunted again
Friday 18 September, 12:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
19:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalHeinrich von Kleist, The Earthquake in Chile
Friday 18 September, 19:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
18 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
21:15 Festival - Philippi FestivalPartition Walls or A Little Prayer at 3:46 a.m.
Friday 18 September, 21:15 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
19 Sep - 20 Sep 2026
17:00 Festival - Philippi FestivalThe Antigones
Saturday 19 September, 17:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Sep 2026
15:13 Festival - Philippi FestivalPhaëton
Sunday 20 September, 15:13 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Sep 2026
21:15 Festival - Philippi FestivalPhaëton
Sunday 20 September, 21:15 Alternative StageAlternative Stage
Visual and sound installation
Metamorphoses — And I never hunted again
Duration: 18–20/9. Concept, artistic curator: Michaela Pliaplia • Soundscapes: Nikos Sotirelis • With the Kavala Photography Club. Drawing on the myth of Actaeon in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the installation explores the moment when the hunter becomes the prey.
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TICKETS
€10 single • €20 full-day