Events 2023
This year, on the ten year anniversary of the Giortes Rokkas festival, our goal is to celebrate our journey and honor those who have been part of it. To capture the magic that happened every summer in the villages, to look back and remember what united us every summer in Kissamos, to create pieces that will contain our collective memory so that it will never be forgotten.
More than ever, we are interested in preserving the character from which the Giortes Rokkas festival began.
10-12&16-18 Αug9:00-13:00 / Κera
free participation
Stonemasons Workshop
A workshop closely associated with the core of the Giortes Rokkas festival.
13 Αug21:00 / Rokka
15€ regulal, 12€ reduced / pre-sale
Opening Ceremony: Music Concert By Marina Satti
Just a few months after conquering the top charts with her new songs “Pali” (Again), “Ponos Kryfos” (Hidden Pain), and “Spirto kai Venzini” (Matches and Gasoline), Marina Satti is coming to the “Giortes Rokkas” festival for a unique concert in Crete.
19&20 Αug11:00-13:00 / Κera
free participation
Percussion seminar
The main objective of this workshop is to connect the participants with the rhythm and the percussion orchestra.
19-20 Αug18:00-00:00 / Κera
15€ regulal, 12€ reduced
Kera A Stage
“Kera A Skini” is an action that is closely associated with the Giortes Rokkas festival more than any other, symbolizing the hospitable and pedestrian character of the event.
23-24-25 Αug18:00-21:00 / Kera
free participation
Photography Workshop
Giortes Rokkas festival host once again the series “Postcards From Home,” a three-day creative workshop titled “My Own Geography,” inviting the residents of Rokka and Kera to meet with participating photographers and share their own geography
23 Αug21:00 / Κera
Free entrance
Movie night
Screening of the awarded italian film “My brother chases dinosaurs” (“Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri”) in collaboration with the Chania Film Festival
23 Αug20:00 / Κera
free participation
First Aid Demonstration
First Aid Demonstration by the Red Cross – Local Branch of Kissamos: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for children and adults, Heimlich maneuver, and recovery position.
27 Αug19:00 / Κera
free participation
Oral History Workshop
This is an open discussion and experiential workshop focusing on oral history, the preservation, and the promotion of intangible culture through the program “Crete, Oral History” by the Cultural Society of Crete.
31 Aug21:00 / Arch. site of Rokka
Free entrance
August Full Moon Concert
The programme of the most atmospheric concert of the August Full Moon includes one of the most popular works of the modern repertoire of the 20th century, the cantata “Carmina Burana” by the German composer and music educator Carl Orff.
