Touched by South America
Vlatos, June 30th, 2019 – Last night Vlatos Jazz presented Jacinta Clusellas and Alesio Romano. We were presented by Jacintas‘ own compositions, most of those based on South American poetry. Truly a holiday for the soul.
Delightfully different, Ioanna Tsagkari
Vlatos, June 23rd, 2019 – Something else, Ioanna Tsagkari, a delightfully different performer at Vlatos Jazz last Sunday night. Ioanna presented ethnic jazz with a touch of Balkan and Greek tones while moving through the venue like she owned the…
Apostolis Levendopoulos and Maria Manousaki at Vlatos Jazz
Vlatos, June 16th, 2019 – Under a full moon with Jupiter passing close by, guitarist Apostolis Levendopoulos and violinist Maria Manousaki played jazz and gypsy swing at Vlatos Jazz. Here are some pictures.
Agia Triada
Vlatos, June 16th, 2019 – The celebration of the church of Agia Triada in Vlatos. Kneeling 3 times and sardines, cheese and wine as a reward. Χρονα Πολα και το χρονο!
Truly Cretan – Polichronakis and Fragkioudakis on Vlatos Jazz
Vlatos, June 9th, 2019 – Never did we hear such powerful Cretan songs as last night at Vlatos Jazz. Michalis Polichronakis sang with such dedication and heart, he touched everyone in the audience. On the laouto, he was accompanied by…
Yiannis Kassetas at Vlatos Jazz
Vlatos June 2nd 2019 – On Sunday Vlatos Jazz presented Yiannis Kassetas, a fabulously talented saxophone player who played with Kostadinos Stouraitis on guitar. They played a mix of classic jazz tunes and their own compositions. This combo made the…
Agios Konstantinos and Eleni panagyri
Vlatos, 21st May 2019: The celebration of the church of Agios Konstantinos and Eleni. Following an almost destroyed road to the small church in the lower parts of Vlatos, the local people celebrated with a small panagyri.
The one man band: Akis Pitsakis
Last night Akis Pitsakis performed at Vlatos Jazz. Akis is a one-man band. He plays guitar, violin, ney and he sings Greek songs in a progressive way using loop machines. It is a great pleasure seeing him perform.
Trilateral Jazz Commission
Sunday night is Vlatos Jazz night. This time the Trilateral Jazz Commission, a classic piano trio performed a swinging, jazzy and warm concert for an, unfortunately, very small crowd. A festival like Vlatos Jazz cannot survive without any paying visitors,…
Vlatos Jazz
Brilliantly played, fantastic atmosphere and a great audience. It was a blast! Vlatos Jazz had the honor of hosting Mathieu Durmarque on alt and soprano saxophone and Steffan Oloffson on keyboard playing their interpretations of classic jazz tunes. Here are…
Panagyri at Agia Sofia
On the third day after Easter the church of Agia Sofia in Katsamatados is celebrated with mass and after that food, drink and dance.
Δημήτρης Κολιακουδάκης, Αλέξανδρος Χατζής, Γιώργος Τζουγανάκης at Vlatos Jazz
Last Sunday, April 14th, Vlatos Jazz presented the night of the guitars, featuring Δημήτρης Κολιακουδάκης, Αλέξανδρος Χατζής, Γιώργος Τζουγανάκης. Here is some video of the event.
Marmitas on Vlatos Jazz
The opening band for this years’ season at Vlatos Jazz was Marmitas. A great mix of latin, soul, and jazz touched the ears of all assembled in the wonderful little temple in Vlatos. Finally, they arranged for better lights which…
Elafonisi on Clean Monday
The Monday after carnaval is called Clean Monday. People come together, fly kites and eat octopus, shrimp, pickled vegetables and specially baked bread. This year all the people of Innachorio came to Elafonisi to celebrate clean Monday. It is something…
Cultural associations and other Inaxorio institutes meet in Vlatos
The Association of Cultural Organizations of the District of Kissamos (ΕΠΟΦΕΚ) considering Necessary communication with the Cultural Associations decided Board of Directors to be held in each residential unit our province and at the headquarters of one of the Hellenic Association for Cultural Heritage. They…
Panagyri in Vlatos: Ενορία Γενεσίου της Θεοτόκου
9 September 2018: Last Sunday Vlatos celebrated its main church
Cretan wedding in Kastelli
This yearly event attracts many tourists to Kastelli. The groom will be on horseback picking up his koumbaros and ride to the house of the bride. Together they travel through the old city of Kastelli to a podium on the…
Elos’ Panagyri
Elos’ Panagyri, July 31 Yesterday, July 31, there was a big panagyri in Elos. The place was the schoolyard and the syllogos of Elos prepared large tables, food, drink and music. Here are the pictures: [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”61″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″…