City guideAthens · Sat 17 – Sun 18 October
Athens this weekend: The Charlatans and an art book fair in Kypseli
The Charlatans at Floyd, an art book fair in Kypseli, Verdi’s Macbeth from the Met, Stathis Logothetis at EMST, Adam Kontovas’s new Tavernaki and Line, the world’s No. 5 bar.
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Saturday · 17 October
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
17 October
Sat 20:00€39
Concert · Floyd, Keramikos
The Charlatans at Floyd
The Charlatans broke through in 1990, in the Madchester years, with Tim Burgess’s voice over a swirling Hammond organ. More than 35 years on they are still releasing new music, and on Saturday they play Athens.
The show is at Floyd, the club at Pireos 117 in Keramikos, a smaller room than the band usually fills. Doors are at 20:00 and tickets are €39, from more.com.
Sat 20:00€25, €16, €10 reduced
Opera · Megaron
Verdi’s Macbeth live from the Met at the Megaron
The Metropolitan Opera’s Macbeth comes to Athens live from New York. Louisa Proske directs Verdi’s opera of Shakespeare’s play, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, and Lise Davidsen sings Lady Macbeth opposite Quinn Kelsey.
The broadcast is on Saturday at 20:00 in the Megaron’s Alexandra Trianti Hall, sung in Italian with Greek surtitles. Tickets are €25 or €16, €10 reduced. The Megaro Mousikis metro station is right outside.
Sat
Restaurant · Kolonaki
Tavernaki, Adam Kontovas’s Asian taverna in Kolonaki
Tavernaki is Adam Kontovas’s Asian taverna: Greek dishes rewritten with Asian flavours, all for sharing. Cabbage dolmades come with prawns, trahana and a tofu avgolemono, tzatziki is made with kimchi, and there’s Peking duck aged for 14 days.
The chef of Ex Machina opens it on Thursday 15 October at Xanthippou 10 in Kolonaki. Cocktails are by Konstantinos Gionis of Jazz in Jazz. It’s brand new, so book ahead on 210 7108080.
Sat
Bar · Petralona
Line in Petralona, the world’s No. 5 bar
Line, in Petralona, was named the fifth-best bar in the world last week at The World’s 50 Best Bars awards in Milan, and won the sustainability award too. Over the summer it was named the best bar in Europe.
It’s at Agathodemonos 37 in Kato Petralona. Two more Athens bars made the list: The Bar in Front of the Bar, on Petraki, at 19, and Barro Negro, on Paparrigopoulou, at 40.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat and Sun, 11:00–21:00Free
Fair · Kypseli
Athens Art Book Fair at the Kypseli market
The Athens Art Book Fair brings independent publishing to the old municipal market on Fokionos Negri for a weekend Local Edition: zines, artists’ prints, photobooks, independent magazines, artists’ monographs, poetry and critical writing.
It runs on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 21:00 at the Kypseli Municipal Market, at Fokionos Negri 42, and entry is free. Afterwards, walk the length of Fokionos Negri, Kypseli’s long pedestrian street.
Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00€10, €5 reduced
Exhibition · EMST, Koukaki
Stathis Logothetis at EMST
Stathis Logothetis (1925–1997) pushed painting into the body and the earth: canvas, pigment and frame collapse into skin, blood and organic matter, and some works were left to the elements. Earth to Earth is his first retrospective since 1994, with about 70 works.
It’s on the ground floor of EMST, in the former Fix brewery, until 8 November. Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00, last entry 18:30; tickets are €10, €5 reduced.
Saturday
Sat 20:00
The Charlatans at Floyd
The Charlatans broke through in 1990, in the Madchester years, with Tim Burgess’s voice over a swirling Hammond organ. More than 35 years on they are still releasing new music, and on Saturday they play Athens.
The show is at Floyd, the club at Pireos 117 in Keramikos, a smaller room than the band usually fills. Doors are at 20:00 and tickets are €39, from more.com.
Floyd - Live Music Venue Sat 20:00
Verdi’s Macbeth live from the Met at the Megaron
The Metropolitan Opera’s Macbeth comes to Athens live from New York. Louisa Proske directs Verdi’s opera of Shakespeare’s play, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, and Lise Davidsen sings Lady Macbeth opposite Quinn Kelsey.
The broadcast is on Saturday at 20:00 in the Megaron’s Alexandra Trianti Hall, sung in Italian with Greek surtitles. Tickets are €25 or €16, €10 reduced. The Megaro Mousikis metro station is right outside.
Athens Concert Hall Sat
Tavernaki, Adam Kontovas’s Asian taverna in Kolonaki
Tavernaki is Adam Kontovas’s Asian taverna: Greek dishes rewritten with Asian flavours, all for sharing. Cabbage dolmades come with prawns, trahana and a tofu avgolemono, tzatziki is made with kimchi, and there’s Peking duck aged for 14 days.
The chef of Ex Machina opens it on Thursday 15 October at Xanthippou 10 in Kolonaki. Cocktails are by Konstantinos Gionis of Jazz in Jazz. It’s brand new, so book ahead on 210 7108080.
Sat
Line in Petralona, the world’s No. 5 bar
Line, in Petralona, was named the fifth-best bar in the world last week at The World’s 50 Best Bars awards in Milan, and won the sustainability award too. Over the summer it was named the best bar in Europe.
It’s at Agathodemonos 37 in Kato Petralona. Two more Athens bars made the list: The Bar in Front of the Bar, on Petraki, at 19, and Barro Negro, on Paparrigopoulou, at 40.
Line Athens All weekend
Sat and Sun, 11:00–21:00
Athens Art Book Fair at the Kypseli market
The Athens Art Book Fair brings independent publishing to the old municipal market on Fokionos Negri for a weekend Local Edition: zines, artists’ prints, photobooks, independent magazines, artists’ monographs, poetry and critical writing.
It runs on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 21:00 at the Kypseli Municipal Market, at Fokionos Negri 42, and entry is free. Afterwards, walk the length of Fokionos Negri, Kypseli’s long pedestrian street.
Kypseli City Market Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00
Stathis Logothetis at EMST
Stathis Logothetis (1925–1997) pushed painting into the body and the earth: canvas, pigment and frame collapse into skin, blood and organic matter, and some works were left to the elements. Earth to Earth is his first retrospective since 1994, with about 70 works.
It’s on the ground floor of EMST, in the former Fix brewery, until 8 November. Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00, last entry 18:30; tickets are €10, €5 reduced.
National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ)