Events 2022

Nine years after the historic first event, which gave life to this small area of Crete, the “handmade” Giortes Rokkas festival return again in 2022, July 25 to August 12, more mature and dynamic than ever. The two cultural associations of the villages play an active and decisive role again this year, organizing musical, theatrical, visual events and various educational activities. Taking into consideration the experience of previous years, and led by the love, the solidarity and humanity of the community, Giortes Rokkas this year want to turn into creation everything they have generously received year after year since 2013.

2022 will mark Giortes Rokkas’ 9-year anniversary, and this year, the festival reflects the fusion between tradition and contemporary art, between fragments of culture and the naturalism of the everyday life of two small villages.

The square and the village cafe, the proud archaeological site of Rokka, the chambers of abandoned houses, the warm food that the resident visitors and creators love, the shady trees of Kera, the stones that have so much history, the spectators who experience the unique experience from place to place, the music in the full moon, the laughter from the workshops, the applause after the performance, the works of art, the residents on the doorstep of the open houses, and of course the participants, all become pieces of the same mirror: they let themselves penetrate and themselves reflect the light that unites us.