City guideAthens · Sat 31 – Sun 1 November
Athens this weekend: Anyma at the Olympic complex and Panathinaikos v AEK
Anyma’s ÆDEN show at the Olympic Sports Complex, Panathinaikos v AEK, the last days of Barbara Kruger at the SNFCC, clinamen at Onassis Mandra, Miltos Skouras at the Municipal Gallery, La Notte della Taranta at the Megaron and Blends at Aigli Zappeiou.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 31 October
Sunday · 1 November
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
31 October
Sat 16:00€130–600
Concert · OAKA, Marousi
Anyma at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Anyma, the Italian DJ and producer Matteo Milleri, brings ÆDEN to Athens for its Greek debut: the live show he premiered at Coachella in April, melodic techno with digital art and cinematic visuals, played outdoors by the Wall of Nations at the Olympic complex in Marousi.
Doors open at 16:00 on Saturday; tickets on more.com cost €130 to €600. Irini station, on metro line 1, is beside the complex.
Sat 20:00€10–35, €7.50 concessions
Concert · Megaron, Ilisia
La Notte della Taranta orchestra at the Megaron
The Orchestra Popolare La Notte della Taranta, house band of the summer festival in Salento, in Italy’s heel, brings its musicians, singers and dancers to the Megaron. Many songs are in Griko, the Greek dialect still spoken in Salento’s villages, set to the pizzica, the region’s fast traditional dance.
It starts at 20:00 in the Alexandra Trianti Hall and lasts about 100 minutes, with the tenor Stavros Salampasopoulos as guest. Megaro Mousikis metro is outside.
Sat 9:00–01:00Sunday brunch €21
Restaurant · Zappeion gardens
Blends, the new restaurant at Aigli Zappeiou
Blends, the all-day restaurant from Glyfada’s Plateia Nymfon, has taken over Aigli Zappeiou, the 1904 pavilion in the Zappeion gardens. Chef Angelos Chartofylakas cooks comfort food with Mediterranean roots and Greek references, from breakfast and brunch to sushi, cocktails and dinner.
On Saturday it’s open from 9:00 to 1:00. Its Sunday buffet brunch starts on 1 November, 11:00 to 14:00, at €21 a head. Book on +30 214 4099800 or online.
Sunday
1 November
Sun 19:30€20–255
Sport · OAKA, Marousi
Panathinaikos v AEK at the Olympic Stadium
Panathinaikos host AEK on matchday 9 of the Super League, one of Greek football’s oldest rivalries, at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi. The league moved kick-off back half an hour, to 19:30.
Tickets, €20 to €255, are sold only online through the club and Ticketmaster. Each needs the fan’s name and Greek AMKA number, and entry is with the Gov.gr Wallet app, so visitors without an AMKA can’t buy.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat and Sun, 6:00–00:00Free
Exhibition · SNFCC, Kallithea
Barbara Kruger at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Untitled (Pride and Contempt), Barbara Kruger’s first solo exhibition in Greece, ends on Sunday. Thirteen new works stand along the canal and on the esplanade, including a 90-metre mural on the National Library. Her statements appear in Greek for the first time, on polarisation and extreme ideologies.
The works are outdoors and free in the Stavros Niarchos Park, open 6:00 to midnight both days. A free shuttle bus runs from Syntagma.
Sat and Sun, 11:00–14:30 and 17:30–21:30€5, free 15 and under
Exhibition · Plaka
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s sound installation at Onassis Mandra
Hundreds of white porcelain bowls drift and collide on three circular pools, making a sound that never repeats: clinamen, by the French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, shown outdoors for the first time. It also reopens Onassis Mandra, the only surviving Belle Époque open-air theatre in Athens.
It’s at Dionysiou Areopagitou 2, below the Acropolis, 11:00 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 21:30. One €5 ticket covers repeat visits that day.
Sat 11:00–19:00, Sun 10:00–16:00Free
Exhibition · Metaxourgeio
Miltos Skouras at the Athens Municipal Gallery
In Between the Visible is a retrospective of the Greek painter Miltos Skouras: 165 works from 1983 to 2026, from his early graphic novels and magazine work to recent photorealist paintings, some shown for the first time. The art historian Giannis Bolis curated it, with Eugenia Iskou.
The gallery is at Leonidou and Myllerou in Metaxourgeio, a short walk from the metro. Entry is free, Saturday 11:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 16:00.
Saturday
Sat 16:00
Anyma at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Anyma, the Italian DJ and producer Matteo Milleri, brings ÆDEN to Athens for its Greek debut: the live show he premiered at Coachella in April, melodic techno with digital art and cinematic visuals, played outdoors by the Wall of Nations at the Olympic complex in Marousi.
Doors open at 16:00 on Saturday; tickets on more.com cost €130 to €600. Irini station, on metro line 1, is beside the complex.
Oaka Sat 20:00
La Notte della Taranta orchestra at the Megaron
The Orchestra Popolare La Notte della Taranta, house band of the summer festival in Salento, in Italy’s heel, brings its musicians, singers and dancers to the Megaron. Many songs are in Griko, the Greek dialect still spoken in Salento’s villages, set to the pizzica, the region’s fast traditional dance.
It starts at 20:00 in the Alexandra Trianti Hall and lasts about 100 minutes, with the tenor Stavros Salampasopoulos as guest. Megaro Mousikis metro is outside.
Athens Concert Hall Sat 9:00–01:00
Blends, the new restaurant at Aigli Zappeiou
Blends, the all-day restaurant from Glyfada’s Plateia Nymfon, has taken over Aigli Zappeiou, the 1904 pavilion in the Zappeion gardens. Chef Angelos Chartofylakas cooks comfort food with Mediterranean roots and Greek references, from breakfast and brunch to sushi, cocktails and dinner.
On Saturday it’s open from 9:00 to 1:00. Its Sunday buffet brunch starts on 1 November, 11:00 to 14:00, at €21 a head. Book on +30 214 4099800 or online.
Sunday
Sun 19:30
Panathinaikos v AEK at the Olympic Stadium
Panathinaikos host AEK on matchday 9 of the Super League, one of Greek football’s oldest rivalries, at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi. The league moved kick-off back half an hour, to 19:30.
Tickets, €20 to €255, are sold only online through the club and Ticketmaster. Each needs the fan’s name and Greek AMKA number, and entry is with the Gov.gr Wallet app, so visitors without an AMKA can’t buy.
Olympic Stadium (Athens) All weekend
Sat and Sun, 6:00–00:00
Barbara Kruger at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Untitled (Pride and Contempt), Barbara Kruger’s first solo exhibition in Greece, ends on Sunday. Thirteen new works stand along the canal and on the esplanade, including a 90-metre mural on the National Library. Her statements appear in Greek for the first time, on polarisation and extreme ideologies.
The works are outdoors and free in the Stavros Niarchos Park, open 6:00 to midnight both days. A free shuttle bus runs from Syntagma.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) Sat and Sun, 11:00–14:30 and 17:30–21:30
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s sound installation at Onassis Mandra
Hundreds of white porcelain bowls drift and collide on three circular pools, making a sound that never repeats: clinamen, by the French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, shown outdoors for the first time. It also reopens Onassis Mandra, the only surviving Belle Époque open-air theatre in Athens.
It’s at Dionysiou Areopagitou 2, below the Acropolis, 11:00 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 21:30. One €5 ticket covers repeat visits that day.
Onassis Mandra Sat 11:00–19:00, Sun 10:00–16:00
Miltos Skouras at the Athens Municipal Gallery
In Between the Visible is a retrospective of the Greek painter Miltos Skouras: 165 works from 1983 to 2026, from his early graphic novels and magazine work to recent photorealist paintings, some shown for the first time. The art historian Giannis Bolis curated it, with Eugenia Iskou.
The gallery is at Leonidou and Myllerou in Metaxourgeio, a short walk from the metro. Entry is free, Saturday 11:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 16:00.
Municipal Gallery of Athens