Finally, the phenomenal bands of recent months will also be present at Hellfest in 2025, such as Falling in Reverse, who were ...

Revered baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire have centered their April program around the work of Johann Sebastian Bach.

The drive from Thessaloniki's airport into the city begins like any other: car dealerships and furniture stores that give way ...

The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...

Another festival to celebrate the coming of the spring was the Anthisteria, dedicated to Chloris, the nymph turned into the Greek goddess of flowers by her husband Zephyrus, god of the west wind, new ...

Given the maelstrom of disinformation and growing tension on the world stage, this year’s 2025 International Festival theme of The Truth We Seek is a timely one. EIF Director Nicola Benedetti calls it ...

The ancient festival has Hindu roots, but growing numbers worldwide are taking part in the celebration, which features bonfires, singing, dancing, prayer, feasting and clouds of pigmented powder.

Lathmar Holi, celebrated some days ahead of the actual Holi festival in the twin towns of Barsana and Nandgaon, translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks’. Some people toast ...

I suppose whereas the Greeks regarded wine and overindulgence as a divine state, even creating a wine god named Dionysus (Bacchus ... place not on the eve of the festival but the next day.

No Holi celebration is complete without its delicious festive treats! The most iconic sweet of Holi is Gujiya, a crispy dumpling filled with khoya (milk solids) and dry fruits, believed to have ...