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UID:corfu-corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270426
SUMMARY:Palm Sunday litany of Agios Spyridon\, Corfu town
LOCATION:Corfu town\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The longest of the litanies\, commemorating the 1630 plague\, takes the saint's body right around the old town on Palm Sunday morning with all eighteen or so philharmonic bands of the island playing\; it is the start of Corfu's famous Easter week\, which continues with the Holy Saturday litany and the pot-throwing. Come at 11am and stand near the Spianada to hear the bands cross.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town
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UID:corfu-corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280410
SUMMARY:Palm Sunday litany of Agios Spyridon\, Corfu town
LOCATION:Corfu town\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The longest of the litanies\, commemorating the 1630 plague\, takes the saint's body right around the old town on Palm Sunday morning with all eighteen or so philharmonic bands of the island playing\; it is the start of Corfu's famous Easter week\, which continues with the Holy Saturday litany and the pot-throwing. Come at 11am and stand near the Spianada to hear the bands cross.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-palm-sunday-litany-of-agios-spyridon-corfu-town
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UID:corfu-botides-pot-smashing-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270502
SUMMARY:Botides (pot smashing)
LOCATION:Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:At exactly 11am on Holy Saturday\, signaling the First Resurrection\, residents throw large clay water-filled pots from their balconies onto Liston Square below. The crash of thousands of pots\, accompanied by philharmonic bands\, is meant to drive away evil. Adopted from the Venetians. Arrive by 9am for a viewing spot.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#botides-pot-smashing
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#botides-pot-smashing
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UID:corfu-botides-pot-smashing-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280502
SUMMARY:Botides (pot smashing)
LOCATION:Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:At exactly 11am on Holy Saturday\, signaling the First Resurrection\, residents throw large clay water-filled pots from their balconies onto Liston Square below. The crash of thousands of pots\, accompanied by philharmonic bands\, is meant to drive away evil. Adopted from the Venetians. Arrive by 9am for a viewing spot.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#botides-pot-smashing
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#botides-pot-smashing
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UID:corfu-benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270718
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Marina\, Benitses
LOCATION:Benitses\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Benitses celebrates Agia Marina over two nights\, 16 and 17 July\, with a litany of the icon through the village and live traditional music on the harbour square\, food from the local associations and dancing. Agia Marina is also kept in Spartera\, Avliotes and Karousades the same night if you are in the north.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses
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UID:corfu-benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280718
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Marina\, Benitses
LOCATION:Benitses\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Benitses celebrates Agia Marina over two nights\, 16 and 17 July\, with a litany of the icon through the village and live traditional music on the harbour square\, food from the local associations and dancing. Agia Marina is also kept in Spartera\, Avliotes and Karousades the same night if you are in the north.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#benitses-panigiri-of-agia-marina-benitses
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UID:corfu-magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270721
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Profitis Ilias\, Magoulades
LOCATION:Magoulades\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Magoulades\, in the hills of the north-west behind Arillas\, is the Corfu village that celebrates Profitis Ilias\, with vespers on the 19th and a panigiri in the square with a Corfiot orchestra and tables of food\; Perithia\, Dragotina and Kalafationes also keep the day. It is a genuine inland village night\, ten minutes from the Arillas and Agios Stefanos beaches.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades
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UID:corfu-magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280721
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Profitis Ilias\, Magoulades
LOCATION:Magoulades\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Magoulades\, in the hills of the north-west behind Arillas\, is the Corfu village that celebrates Profitis Ilias\, with vespers on the 19th and a panigiri in the square with a Corfiot orchestra and tables of food\; Perithia\, Dragotina and Kalafationes also keep the day. It is a genuine inland village night\, ten minutes from the Arillas and Agios Stefanos beaches.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#magoulades-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-magoulades
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UID:corfu-ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270728
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Paraskevi\, Ypsos
LOCATION:Ypsos\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The resort village of Ypsos keeps a real three-day panigiri around its church of Agia Paraskevi: vespers at 8pm on the 25th\, liturgy with artoklasia on the 26th and a supplication at 7:30pm\, and each night a big open-air dining area behind the church with the Faiakes orchestra playing Corfiot and Greek dance music. Free entry\, pay for food and drink\; it is on the main coast road so buses from town run late.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos
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UID:corfu-ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280728
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Paraskevi\, Ypsos
LOCATION:Ypsos\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The resort village of Ypsos keeps a real three-day panigiri around its church of Agia Paraskevi: vespers at 8pm on the 25th\, liturgy with artoklasia on the 26th and a supplication at 7:30pm\, and each night a big open-air dining area behind the church with the Faiakes orchestra playing Corfiot and Greek dance music. Free entry\, pay for food and drink\; it is on the main coast road so buses from town run late.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#ypsos-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ypsos
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UID:corfu-pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270811
SUMMARY:Six-day pilgrimage to Pantokrator and Transfiguration feasts
LOCATION:Pantokrator summit / Strinilas\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:From 1 to 6 August pilgrims climb to the monastery on the 906 m summit of Pantokrator for the six days of the Transfiguration\, sleeping in the cells and celebrating the liturgy at dawn on the 6th\; the villages below — Strinilas\, Perivoli\, Spartylas\, Palaiochori in Lefkimmi\, Agios Matthaios — hold their own panigiria on the evening of the 5th or 6th. Strinilas\, the last village before the summit road\, is the one with tavernas and music.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat
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UID:corfu-pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280811
SUMMARY:Six-day pilgrimage to Pantokrator and Transfiguration feasts
LOCATION:Pantokrator summit / Strinilas\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:From 1 to 6 August pilgrims climb to the monastery on the 906 m summit of Pantokrator for the six days of the Transfiguration\, sleeping in the cells and celebrating the liturgy at dawn on the 6th\; the villages below — Strinilas\, Perivoli\, Spartylas\, Palaiochori in Lefkimmi\, Agios Matthaios — hold their own panigiria on the evening of the 5th or 6th. Strinilas\, the last village before the summit road\, is the one with tavernas and music.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#pantokrator-summit-strinilas-six-day-pilgrimage-to-pantokrat
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UID:corfu-corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270812
SUMMARY:Litany of Agios Spyridon for the 1716 siege\, Corfu town
LOCATION:Corfu town\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:One of four annual processions of the relics of Saint Spyridon\, patron of Corfu. The casket is carried through the old town accompanied by all three philharmonic orchestras. The August one commemorates deliverance from a 1716 Ottoman siege.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu
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UID:corfu-corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280812
SUMMARY:Litany of Agios Spyridon for the 1716 siege\, Corfu town
LOCATION:Corfu town\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:One of four annual processions of the relics of Saint Spyridon\, patron of Corfu. The casket is carried through the old town accompanied by all three philharmonic orchestras. The August one commemorates deliverance from a 1716 Ottoman siege.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#corfu-town-litany-of-agios-spyridon-for-the-1716-siege-corfu
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UID:corfu-peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of the Dormition\, Peroulades
LOCATION:Peroulades\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The village above the Loggas cliffs runs a two-night panigiri on 14 and 15 August organised by the local football club\, with well-known Corfiot folk musicians (the Skolarikis family in 2025) and dancing in the square\; food and wine from the club. Combine with sunset at Loggas beach\, then walk up\; parking in the village is tight.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades
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UID:corfu-peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of the Dormition\, Peroulades
LOCATION:Peroulades\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The village above the Loggas cliffs runs a two-night panigiri on 14 and 15 August organised by the local football club\, with well-known Corfiot folk musicians (the Skolarikis family in 2025) and dancing in the square\; food and wine from the club. Combine with sunset at Loggas beach\, then walk up\; parking in the village is tight.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#peroulades-panigiri-of-the-dormition-peroulades
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UID:corfu-kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270819
SUMMARY:Three-day panigiri of Kato Garouna
LOCATION:Kato Garouna\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Kato Garouna\, above Agios Gordios on the west coast\, is famous on Corfu for its musicians ('Ta paidia ap' to Garouna') and throws a three-day panigiri from 16 August with its own players\, long tables of pastitsada and sofrito and dancing every night\; the village also does a wine festival on a Saturday at the very end of August. Twenty minutes from town\; go on the first night\, which is the most local.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna
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UID:corfu-kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280819
SUMMARY:Three-day panigiri of Kato Garouna
LOCATION:Kato Garouna\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Kato Garouna\, above Agios Gordios on the west coast\, is famous on Corfu for its musicians ('Ta paidia ap' to Garouna') and throws a three-day panigiri from 16 August with its own players\, long tables of pastitsada and sofrito and dancing every night\; the village also does a wine festival on a Saturday at the very end of August. Twenty minutes from town\; go on the first night\, which is the most local.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#kato-garouna-three-day-panigiri-of-kato-garouna
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UID:corfu-gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270824
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Panagia Odigitria\, Gastouri
LOCATION:Gastouri\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The Odigitria on 23 August (the leave-taking of the Dormition) is a second 15 August for a string of Corfu villages: Gastouri\, below the Achilleion\, holds vespers on the 22nd and a panigiri in the square with an orchestra and food\, and Pelekas\, Agioi Deka\, Liapades and Pentati do the same. Good option if you missed the mid-August crowds.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:corfu-gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280824
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Panagia Odigitria\, Gastouri
LOCATION:Gastouri\, Corfu\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The Odigitria on 23 August (the leave-taking of the Dormition) is a second 15 August for a string of Corfu villages: Gastouri\, below the Achilleion\, holds vespers on the 22nd and a panigiri in the square with an orchestra and food\, and Pelekas\, Agioi Deka\, Liapades and Pentati do the same. Good option if you missed the mid-August crowds.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/corfu/#gastouri-panigiri-of-panagia-odigitria-gastouri
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