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Upcoming Events and Festivals in Thessaloniki This Spring

As the winter chill makes way for the warmth of spring, the vibrant city of Thessaloniki comes to life with a burst of colors and an array of enticing experiences. Nestled on the shores of the Thermaic Gulf, Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, transforms into a captivating destination during the spring season. From blooming gardens to cultural festivities, here are compelling reasons why Thessaloniki is a must-visit in spring.

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Date: March 15, 2024

Balkan Fest 2024

The Inter-Balkan Festival Balkan Fest 2024 will take place at the WE multipurpose hall on Friday March 15, 2024, with music, Balkan Street Food and parallel events.

The great celebration dedicated to Balkan culture, where art, culture, food and music coexist, returns in March 2024.

The Festival that introduced the young audience to the Balkan culture renews its appointment with the Thessaloniki audience on Friday, March 15, 2024.

A journey to the Balkan peninsula with sounds, tastes and images that highlight the common roots and traditions of the Balkan countries through the contemporary perspective of young artists.

The Balkan scene is completed in the yard of the WE Polyhóros where an outdoor feast will be set up with bonfires, music from street bands and balkan street food.

Dates: May 30 - June 02, 2024

Thessaloniki Street Food Festival 2024

The Thessaloniki Street Food Festival returns in 2024 for its 7th, even more sophisticated version, full of food, events and music, offering a completely different experience to all foodies in the country and abroad!

From Thursday to Sunday and for 4 wonderful days, May 30 to June 2, 2024, the forecourt of TIF - TIF Helexpo turns into a huge, tasty, outdoor market with food options from all over the world.

More than 30 street food stands will await you with everything you need to satisfy the eye and the palate and 4 resting areas to enjoy their creations.

Rare recipes, official first appearances as well as classic street food favourites, will fill the whole city with aromas at the biggest street food festival in Greece.

The enjoyment of these wonderful flavors will be completed again this year by a full music program, as always with 2 Stages with explosive Live performances by great artists and DJs that will be announced soon.

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Dates: March 29 - June 29, 2024

Dali Cybernetics Exhibition

Salvatore Dali's dream boat, sets sail on March 29, 2024 in the Port of Thessaloniki (Warehouse C), with an Immersive Experience room, interactive rooms and Virtual Reality.

The most famous works of Salvatore Dali in the official exhibition Dali Cybernetics Metacerse, during which visitors will enjoy a unique (digit art) spectacle, Immersive Experience on 400m2 screens and a Virtual Reality Room, interactive installations, holograms and artificial intelligence, as they are transported virtually in the metaverse.

The exhibition is a fascinating tour of Salvador Dali's most famous works from a completely new perspective. A cutting edge experience based on parallel universes, quantum physics, the fourth dimension, optics, sacred geometry and DNA sequencing as interpreted by Dali through his works.

Dates: March 31 - April 01, 2024

Thessaloniki Wine Show 2024

The Thessaloniki Wine Show 2024, the most important wine exhibition of Spring, returns to Thessaloniki, at the Pavilion of Nations (6) of TIF, in the heart of the city

For two days at the Pavilion of Nations (6), the dynamics of Greek varieties meet all the new trends in winemaking, presenting the various ways of enjoying wine, the new markets and the fun around it!

The Thessaloniki Wine Show, the diverse wine show that impressed since its first appearance, comes this year with even more exhibitors and a special parallel program that will satisfy both the ever-growing wine-loving audience, as well as professionals, traders, importers, buyers and sommeliers. .

Dates: January 13 - April 12, 2024

Thessaloniki Walking Tours

The Cultural Excursions from Thessaloniki Walking Tours continue from January to April 2024, with tours, trips and powerful experiences inside and outside of Thessaloniki.

Thursday March 21, 2024- "Lost in the Upper Town", a flânerie
We discover an unknown and fascinating Upper Town through a series of intimate encounters in the evening light on a route with a strong element of urban exploration.

Starting from the eerie Yedi Kule, we move through the space and time of the almost mystical atmosphere of the Upper City, in order to converse suggestively with people, places and monuments.

Each stop on the route is an occasion for a special encounter: Love, death, refugee, fairytale, black earth and strangeness are just some of the mosaics of a cultural wandering with the strong characteristics of a flâneurie.