Plisskën Festival
annual music festival in Athens, Greece
Plisskën Festival is an annual music festival in Athens, Greece that started in December 2010.
During its previous editions, the festival has been held at Building 56 of the cultural centre Hellenic Cosmos.
Despite the ongoing fluctuations of Greece's social-economic environment, the festival has managed to successfully sustain itself, while increasing exponentially its line-up on a year by year basis. Gradually securing its place as a permanent fixture on the European festival scene, the festival attracts an ever-growing amount of international visitors.
Spanning a total line-up of more that 350 international artists and numerous local acts over its seven editions, the festival is noted for its genre-defying philosophy by embracing music from a diversified background, as well as its concentration on showcasing some of the latest talent to emerge from the international music scene. Some of the acts that have appeared in previous line-ups include: Wild Beasts, 65daysofstatic, Black Lips, Mount Kimbie, Fuck Buttons, Nightmares on Wax, Vitalic, Shackleton, Death Grips, Peaches, These New Puritans, Ebo Taylor, King Krule, Fucked Up, King Khan and the Shrines, The Haxan Cloak, Dope Body, Egyptian Hip Hop, Girls Names, King Tuff, Triggerfinger, The Notwist, Andrew Weatherall, Shigeto, Forest Swords.
A strong focal point encompasses sustainability and volunteering alike, with the festival introducing at 2012,The Lab, an annual workshop for young people involving theory and practice on the makings of a festival. For the last two years, the festival has been nominated as 'Best Indoor Festival' from the European Festival Awards, while it continuously maintains its environmental-conscious efforts and has been honored with the Commended Greener Festival Award 2014 for a second year on a row.
In December 2014, Plisskën Festival launched its first Winter edition in Athens and Thessaloniki, as a 4-year anniversary from its inception, featuring the likes of Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Swans, Simian Mobile Disco, The Bug and Son Lux
December 2017 saw the Festival hosting acts such as Mac DeMarco, Mulatu Astatke, Lena Platonos and others across its 2-day edition, with Liars and Lady Leshurr's performances being noted as festival highlights.
June 2019 was marked by the return of its two-day summer edition and the first ever Boiler Room Athens with Nicola Cruz, Khidja, Ana Helder, marcelDune and Noff Weezy.
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