{"id":10439,"date":"2026-06-12T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10439"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:18:00","slug":"nikos-hardalias-pedion-tou-areos-is-becoming-a-hub-of-culture-and-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10439","title":{"rendered":"Nikos Hardalias: Pedion tou Areos is becoming a hub of culture and outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The center of <b>culture<\/b> and musical expression is transforming into an open space in <b>Athens<\/b>, through the new partnership of the <b>Region of Attica<\/b> and the Onassis Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>With free admission and more than 60 DJs, producers, and musicians, the \u201cSTEGI.RADIO: Live From The Park&#8221; opens its gates today at <strong>Pedion tou Areos<\/strong>, the largest green space in the center of Athens, through a collaboration between the Region of Attica and the Onassis Foundation\u2019s STEGI.<\/p>\n<p>Every evening, from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Pedion tou Areos hosts unexpected musical encounters, voices, and sounds from different scenes, featuring dozens of DJs and music producers from Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne year after the successful visual arts exhibition \u2018Pl\u00e1smata 3,\u2019 our collaboration with the Onassis Foundation\u2019s Stegi\u2014this time for a premier music festival\u2014transforms Pedion tou Areos, the largest metropolitan park in the city center, into a vibrant hub of culture for all residents and visitors to Attica,\u201d stated Mr. <strong>Chardalias<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And he added: \u201cCulture is part of Attica\u2019s identity. And that is precisely our philosophy: culture should reach everywhere, with free access for all. Pedion tou Areos can now host major cultural events in a vibrant, safe, and welcoming space for citizens. That was our goal from the very beginning: to bring culture closer to the daily lives of our fellow citizens, with open and free events in every neighborhood of Attica. At the same time, one of our administration\u2019s top priorities was the substantial renovation of the park. Two and a half years later, nearly halfway through our term, seeing people return to Pedion tou Areos and experience it daily through cultural and community-oriented activities, we feel that this effort is taking on real meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of summer in Athens, festival visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy unique musical experiences and unexpected \u201cfusions\u201d from different music scenes and soundscapes. From electronic music and house to jazz, soul, and the sounds of the UK club scene, \u201cSTEGI.RADIO: Live From The Park\u201d brings diverse musical genres and artists from around the world to Pedion tou Areos.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s events will be broadcast live both on Stegi\u2019s online radio and on Kiosk Radio in Brussels and The Lot Radio in New York, bringing the music and atmosphere of Athens to listeners around the world.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Festival program is as follows<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Katia<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Giorgos Rallis<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Lefto Early Bird<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Sofia Stergiou<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM A.Square<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Awesome Tapes from Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Sardos97 b2b AlphaMob<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Tasos Stamou<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM Urok Shirhan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Reina<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Retrograde Days<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Jay Glass Dubs<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM Yiannis Petridis, An evening in the park with<\/p>\n<p>Dead Can Dance<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, June 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Hatem Imam<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM The Beirut Groove Collective<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Stelios Laloussis<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Chris OD<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Kuttura DJs<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM Jim Captain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 18 \/ Curated by: Katerina Gnafaki (TMLAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Eliana Otta [Listening Session]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Myrsini Kalle [Live]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:30 PM Apu Nanu [Live]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Raed Raees<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM dj pEurogga$u$<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Black Athena<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM manliketank<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Jyoty<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African Voices x STEGI.RADIO<\/p>\n<p>\u20225:30 PM Workshop for children with the \u201cAeriko Group\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM African Voices: &#8220;Who We Are Today&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers: Gerasimos Makris, Aimilios Tsekenis, and community members from Ivory Coast, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Sierra Leone<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Vasiliki Mavridi<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Scorpio Qveen &amp; Geo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African Voices x STEGI.RADIO<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM K\u00e9lenya Band &amp; Friends<\/p>\n<p>Musical Direction: Toumany Diawara<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Part 1 &#8211; Vocals, balafon &amp; ngoni: Jane Njeri<\/p>\n<p>Kiigi Mwaura, Jeffrey Diop, Isma\u00ebl Camara, Toumany Diawara<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:45 PM Part 2 &#8211; Percussion, vocals &amp; dance: Toumany<\/p>\n<p>Diawara, Daouda Conteh, Ndioba Ngom, Isma\u00ebl Camara, Yorro Keita, Jeffrey, Fatim Berthe, Ti\u00e9bl\u00e9 &#8220;Vieux&#8221; Diarra<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:30 PM Sisso &amp; Maiko [Live]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Maria Pappa<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Laventia<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Terra Exotica<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM mint +<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, June 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM dr orange<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Dimitra Zina<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Coco Maria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Papaioannou (Method to the Madness)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Niclas Gillich<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Nausica\u00e4<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM Runner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Half Side Ace<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Tash LC [Listening Session]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Miss Trouli<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10:00 PM Christian Disko<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Ayanna Heaven [The Lot Radio]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:30 PM kvadosh [STEGI.RADIO]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:30 PM Deena Abdelwahed [STEGI.RADIO]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM Aquiles Navarro [Kiosk Radio]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Lovie [The Lot Radio]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM Toribio [The Lot Radio]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7:00 PM io [STEGI.RADIO]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8:00 PM Cheyanne Hudson [Kiosk Radio]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9:00 PM RHR [STEGI.RADIO]<\/p>\n<p>Detailed information about the Festival\u2019s events is available on the website:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The center of Athens is being transformed into an open space for culture and musical expression through a new partnership between the Region of Attica and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}