THE FESTIVAL

Set in Agios Nikolaos, one of the most beautiful seaside towns of Greece, the first blueFest Crete is a culture festival marking the revival of a long tradition that started 30 years ago. As the year of 2018 was designated the year of European Cultural Heritage, the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation took the initiative to link the rich cultural heritage of Greece with new and traditional forms of artistic expression, by organizing a celebration of summer and culture, featuring visual arts, cinema, theatre and music.

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    blueFest Crete | Culture & Beyond - Two days of fine arts & gastronomy

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    blueFest Crete 19 | Day 1 - Fine Arts & Music

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    blueFest Crete 19 | Day 2 - Cretan Gastronomy

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    blueFest Crete 19 | "Come with the Wind" Exhibition | Theodoros Zafeiropoulos, Yorgos Rimenidis

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    blueFest Crete 19 | "Radiotherapy" live music performance by Nikos Xynos

blueFest Crete 19

The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation organizes the blueFest Crete | Culture & Beyond festival for the second year on July 13th-14th 2019, at Minos Beach art hotel, a member of bluegr Hotels & Resorts, in Agios Nikolaos Crete. With a long history and with the aim to highlight the cultural heritage of the country, promote the work of Greek artists and strengthen the links between tourism and culture, this year, blueFest Crete 19 presents artistic and gastronomic activities with the backdrop of one of the most beautiful places in Crete.

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Celebrating ART & GASTRONOMY

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Schedule

2 days filled with visual arts, music & gastronomy

Saturday, July 13th
20:30
Welcome
21:00
Fine Art exhibition Opening "Come with the wind"
Artists: Theodoros Zafeiropoulos & Yorgos Rimenidis
21:30
Fine Art exhibition Opening "Blue Nights"
Artists: Alexandros Kaklamanos, James Lane, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos
22:00
Musical performance "Radiotherapy Music"
Artist: Nikos Xynos
*Register
*Entrance is free. Places are limited. Book yours now.
With your attendance at the blueFest Crete 19 festival, you consent to the recording and projection of the audiovisual material created by the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation and you grant permission for the use of the material or part of it for promoting and communication purposes of its actions at any time within a reasonable time.
Sunday, July 14th
11:00
Registration & welcome
11:30 - 13:30
"Crete: Gastronomy & Tradition"
Presentation of selected Cretan producers
13:30 - 15:30
Cretan Deli Feast
Food tasting event curated by the chef Giannis Baxevanis
*Register
*Entrance is free. Places are limited. Book yours now. With your attendance at the blueFest Crete 19 festival, you consent to the recording and projection of the audiovisual material created by the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation and you grant permission for the use of the material or part of it for promoting and communication purposes of its actions at any time within a reasonable time.

ARTISTS

A range of talented artists from diverse creative backgrounds and from all walks of life.

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    ALEXANDROS KAKLAMANOS,
    BLUE NIGHTS

    Is a visual artist based in Athens. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (2011) and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (2010) with a state scholarship.

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    JAMES LANE,
    BLUE NIGHTS

    Is an interdisciplinary artist who studied photography at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and Ecole Parsons in Paris.

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    YORGOS RIMENIDIS,
    COME WITH THE WIND

    Graduated from the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly and completed postgraduate studies at the School of Architecture Engineers of the NTUA.

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    NIKOS XYNOS,
    RADIOTHERAPY MUSIC

    Is a musician born in Athens/Greece in 1979. In 1991 he started playing the drums with rock and traditional folk Greek groups.

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    THEODOROS ZAFEIROPOULOS,
    COME WITH THE WIND & BLUE NIGHTS

    Has 10 solo exhibitions and has participated in more than 100 international group exhibitions, residencies and project in Greece and abroad.

Organizer & Big Sponsor

MamidakisFoundation

Sponsors

BlueGr

Supporters

CreteTransfer
Lyrarakis
Zazazu

Communication Sponsors

Madame
elculture
tasty
CreteTransfer
98.4
NeaKriti
Kriti
Anatoli
Lato
104.4

Contact

Entrance is free. Places for day 2 & day 3 are limited. Book yours now. With your attendance at the blueFest Crete 19 festival, you consent to the recording and projection of the audiovisual material created by the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation and you grant permission for the use of the material or part of it for promoting and communication purposes of its actions at any time within a reasonable time.

Phone

+30 28410 22345

Email

info@bluegr.com

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