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Feasts, holidays and festival weeks worth planning a trip around — each linked to its official organiser and stamped with the date we last checked it. Nothing here is guessed.
Showing dates from 9 Sept 2026, Europe/Athens time.
7 upcoming events · 1 awaiting dates
Greece's national day commemorating the 1940 refusal of the Italian ultimatum. Schoolchildren and local associations parade through Chora after a morning church service; shops close and the island is quiet.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
On 6 January a priest throws a cross into the harbour and local swimmers dive to retrieve it — the Theophany blessing of the waters, held in every Greek port town.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
The first day of Orthodox Lent, when Greek families picnic outdoors on Lenten food and fly kites. On Mykonos the strong March wind makes it a natural spectacle on any open beach.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
National holiday marking the 1821 uprising, and the feast of the Annunciation. A morning service is followed by a student parade along the harbour in Chora.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
On Good Friday evening each parish carries its flower-covered Epitaphios (bier of Christ) through the lanes by candlelight. In Chora several processions weave through the town and meet near the harbour.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
The biggest weekend in the Greek calendar. Holy Saturday ends with the midnight Resurrection service, candles and fireworks; Easter Sunday is spit-roast lamb, music and open-air feasting.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
The Dormition of the Virgin is the great summer feast of the Greek islands. On Mykonos it centres on the 16th-century Panagia Tourliani monastery in Ano Mera, with a vespers on the 14th and a festive liturgy, procession and village panigyri on the 15th.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
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A week-long international gay dance festival held on Mykonos every August since 2009, with headline parties at beach clubs and venues in and around Chora.
Checked 5 Sept 2026
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