The 1st Thessaloniki Youth Festival begins on Wednesday, July 12 at 12:00 with the opening ceremony that will take place in the Manolis Anagnostakis Hall. For three days the heart of Thessaloniki will beat to the rhythm of an event by young people for young people, an event that seeks to become an institution.

The 1st Thessaloniki Youth Festival is organized by the Municipal Youth Council of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Programs & Lifelong Learning Department of the Deputy Mayor of Education and the events it includes will take place from July 12 to 14 at the Thessaloniki City Hall with the active participation of the city’s youth.

The aim of the Thessaloniki Youth Festival is to bring young musicians, actors and artists into contact with the people of the city, to highlight their work and to network youth organizations at the local government level, through concerts of new artistic forms, screenings of films and documentaries, theater performances, lectures and workshops.

Admissions Free.

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12

Opening ceremony (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 12:00 – 14:00)

Workshops and Lectures (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 17:00 – 19:00)

Municipal Youth Councils: Young People and Local Self-Government – Discussion with various Municipal Youth Councils.

Photography Exhibition (Water Hall / 19:00 – 21:00)

“What does “Thessaloniki” mean to you?”

Film screenings (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 19:00 – 21:00)

“Astoria” and Cance(r)l – Discussion with contributors

Music Stage (Atrium Theater / 21:00 – 24:00)

Multivision | One Way Ticket

THURSDAY, JULY 13

Workshops and Lectures (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 17:00 – 19:00)
Information from the Transplant Agency Branch about transplants and deconstruction of some common myths – Information talk “Become a volunteer bone marrow donor” from the Vision of Hope Association.

Photography Exhibition (Water Hall/ 19:00 – 21:00)
Exhibition by Artemis Melanidou

Film screenings (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 19:00 – 21:00)
‘A world with two sides’ – Discussion with cast and film crew.

Music Stage (Atrium Theater / 21:00 – 24:00)
Solleb (feat. SLAM) | Realism

FRIDAY, JULY 14

Treasure Hunt – Discover Thessaloniki (17:00 – 19:00)

Forum of Social Organizations (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 17:00 – 19:00)

Arsis, United Societies of Balkans etc. participate.

Painting Exhibition (Water Hall / 19:00 – 21:00)

“Dreams and Visions” – Exhibition of Paintings by Savvina Zikou

Film screenings (M. Anagnostakis Hall / 19:00 – 21:00)

Department of Cinema, AUTH

Music Stage (Atrium Theater / 21:00 – 24:00)

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