Technopolis

Fresh off releasing her latest album, "Nuka," the out-of-the-box musician Matoula Zamani will appear at the Technopolis to perform her newest songs. "Nuka," which means walnut in Wallachian, pays homage to Zamani's Vlach roots.

Gathering Greece's best breakthrough hip-hop artists, the first-ever Drop Festival will feature a lineup aimed at underground music aficionados. Lyrical creativity and satisfying rhymes are sure to pump up audiences as rappers like Phi Beta Sigma and PaiFan take to the stage. The Drop Festival is the latest in many new rap festivals, celebrating Greece's young creatives.

Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo and her band of musicians are stopping in Greece on the acclaimed Cuban singer's Last Kiss tour for one show at the Technopolis cultural complex on Monday, July 15. Tickets for the event, which are priced from 23 to 58 euros, are already available at www.viva.gr and tel 11876, and are selling fast.

Billed as the "Greek Underground Revolution," the inaugural Urban Athens Festival promises fans of psychedelic rock and thrash metal a real treat from July 3 to 6. Twenty-four local acts are slated to perform at the Piraeus 117 Academy and Technopolis, both in the downtown Gazi district. The lineup includes the Acid Death, Septic Flesh, Nightstalker and many more.

The critically acclaimed Plissken Festival, hailed for its line-up choices, returns to the Greek capital's Technopolis cultural center with 34 artists covering a wide range of contemporary music styles, from indie to soul-funk, electronica and synthwave pop.

The annual Technopolis Jazz Festival, a summer staple in the capital for nearly two decades and an event that has proven instrumental in shaping the local jazz scene, returns to the municipal cultural complex in Gazi for its 19th outing from Monday, May 27, to Friday, May 31. The event comprises three acts each night, starting at 9 p.m., as well as parallel events.

Mercury Prize-winning English poet and artist Benjamin Clementine is coming to Athens on Saturday, May 25, as part of a special tour of Europe with his Parisian Quintet, hot off a UK and US tour with David Byrne.

Don't miss the Easter edition of the Meet Market this weekend, where you can browse the stalls of small local producers and designers and pick up special holiday-inspired gifts and original wares, as well as clothing, accessories, art objects, home decorations, vinyl records and artisanal products. There will also be street food, DJ sets and activities for kids adding to the fun.

More than 100 activities, some 140 presenters, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, screenings and more make up the Athens Re-Science Festival 2019, taking place at the municipal Technopolis cultural complex from April 3 to 7.

The City of Athens has organized a morning of fun and entertainment at its Technopolis cultural complex, with activities, arts and crafts workshops, costume-making and a parade, a magic show, an interactive performance, and much more. The event starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. and admission is free of charge.

Technopolis, 100 Pireos, Gazi,
tel 213.010.9300