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Forthcoming events for the Rokka Festival

The events of the 2026 Rokka Festival will take place from 23rd to 28th August in Rokka, Kera, Pervolakia and Chania. The Rokka Festival is organised by the “Ancient Rokka” Cultural Association of Rokka and the “Antonousa” Cultural Association of Kera, with the financial support and oversight of the Ministry of Culture. Joint organisers are the Region of Crete, the Regional Unit of Chania, the Municipality of Chania and the Municipality of Kissamos.

The programme

23 August, 21:00, Kera
Showing of the film “La Traviata, my brothers and I” by Yohan Manca, in collaboration with the Chania Film Festival. Entrance free.

Film poster shows a small boy in a white singlet running towards camera followed by three adults.

La Traviata, My Brothers and I
France, 108′, 20211

Four-year-old Nour is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a public housing project, taking turns caring for their mother, who is in a coma. Their mother loved Italian Opera, and Nour plays this music for her, gradually developing a passion for it himself. Nour dreams of escaping to a faraway place. When he meets Sarah, a soprano teaching summer classes, he finally comes out of his shell and explores new horizons.


24-25 August, 10:00, Centre of Mediterranean Architecture (KAM), Chania
International piano masterclass with Daniel Ciobanu, Nicolas Ventura, Georg Thoma. Participation by application only.

26 August, 19:00, Kera and Pervolakia
Intangible Encounters No. 2, “Of Arts and Craftsmen”. Walk and open discussion dedicated to the memory of Aspasia Papadoperaki.
Wood-carving, ceramics, weaving, mosaics, embroidery and other traditional arts come to life through the interaction between the public and the artisans, the stories and the rituals of the area. Following the walk and the discussion there will be a concert in the Old Settlement by the Small Musical Ensembles.

Aspasia Papadoperaki was born in Spilia, Crete in 1942. She studied sculpture and stage design at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1966–1972) and continued her studies in Paris at the École Des Beaux Arts in 1975, in sculpture and drawing.
She presented her work in several exhibitions in Greece and abroad, including at the National Gallery (1979) and the Goethe Institute (1983).
She was commissioned for major sculpture projects in public places, including the sculpture of Maria Callas in Madrid Square (Athens), the busts of Nikos Xylouris and Nikos Kitsikis in Heraklion and of Konstantinos Kavafis in Alexandria, Egypt.
Aspasia Papadoperaki died in March 2026.

Heavy, Cubist-style sculpture on a plinth, photographed in black and white.


23-26 August, Friends of the Rokka Symphony Orchestra Piano Recitals
Venues: KAM, Mikis Theodorakis Theatre, Pervolakia. Artistic direction of the Small Musical Ensembles, Konstantinos Papadakis.
23 August, Piano Recital at the KAM, Chania
Start time 20:30. Entrance free.
Part 1 Konstantinos Papadakis, piano
Part 2 Konstantinos Alexopoulos, piano
24 August, Evening of improvisations at the KAM, Chania
With Georg Thoma. Start time 20:30.
25 August, Piano recital at the KAM, Chania
By Daniel Ciobanu and Pietro Bonfilio. Start time 20:30. Entrance free.
26 August, Piano recital at Pervolakia
By Joachim Carr and Giuseppe Andaloro. Start time 20:30. Entrance free.

28 August, Classical music concert, Rokka
By piano quartet Arieta Liatsi, Ilias Livieratos, Filip Gräden, Nicolas Ventura, on the theme: “Redemptive Symphonies / Refractions of Romanticism”
Start time 21:00. Entrance free
(Haniotika Nea, 22/08/26)

Full details of the programmes can be found on the Rokka Festival website at https://www.giortesrokkas.gr/en/events-2026/

Chania Wine Festival at the KAM


For the second consecutive year, the Chania Wine Festival, organised by Giorgos Liodakis and Katerina Marmaritsaki of the EnoTrapeza wine shop in Tsikalaria, is being held at the KAM on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th February. The participants include 39 wineries from Crete, Santorini, Kefalonia, Cyprus and mainland Greece, one Cretan distillery and four wine importers.

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Santa Run Chania 2022

The city’s annual philanthropic celebration of Christmas, Santa Run Chania, is returning again this year and will be held on 26th December. The meeting point this year will be the Plateia Katechaki, in front of the Megalo Arsenali/KAM, and later on the premises of the 1st Gymnasio near the Agora. At the same time the highly successful “Fill a sack, be a Santa” scheme is being reintroduced.

Poster for Santa Run Chania 2022

Sacks are being distributed free on the ground floor of the KAM every day from 13th to 24th December, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00. Participants should fill the sacks with writing materials, school materials, drawing and musical supplies, puzzles and educational games. The Municipality of Chania will give a bonus of 15 euros for every sack collected and the income will go towards the needs of the children supported by the city’s main charitable institutions:
– ELEPAP Chania (which supports children with all kinds of disabilities: motor disorders, learning difficulties, neurological disorders etc)
– KIFAAMEA (daycare centre for children with cerebral palsy)
– KIFAP “Megalochari” (daycare centre for autistic children)
– The “Orizontas” Association (supporting adults and children suffering from cancer).
The sacks and their contents will be given to the above bodies and other agencies caring for children as decided by the Municipality of Chania.

Santa Run Day

The day will start in Katechaki Square with a discothèque, street food and bar catering, and events and face painting for children. Participants who register will get a free Santa Claus uniform, then all will take part in the symbolic delivery of sacks following the route to the 1st Gymnasio of Chania, where there will be a party in the forecourt. Entrance to the party is free for all those delivering sacks. Those who only wish to join the party can enter on making a voluntary contribution.

The Municipality of Chania will double the sums thus collected. It will also distribute the gifts collected, through the Community Grocery Store, to the children of families which have difficulties in meeting their living costs or health issues.

Exact timings have not yet been published but will possibly appear on the Santa Run Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/santarunchania/