Solidarity Festival for Palestine

Two-day solidarity festival for Palestine at the City of Athens Lycabettus Theatre on October 10 and 11. Free entry. Saturday, October 10: participation in the morning solidarity march; 5:00 p.m. festival opening with exhibition and informational materials on Palestine, Gaza and the West Bank; 6:00 p.m. main discussion "Solidarity Is Not a Crime" with March to Gaza Greece, Anastasia Matsouka, Angeliki Valsamaki & George Kalaitzidis (Rubicon), Sofia Dimakopoulou (Axiotissa Tavern, Naxos), Alexandros Bistis (Syros Anti-War Initiative), Dimitris Arvanitis (Rhodes Citizens' Initiative Against Crown Iris) and Ria Palestidou, plus statements by the Palestinian Community of Greece, BDS Greece, the Sumud 4 Solidarity Movement and Tunisia; 9:00 p.m. solidarity concert with JAKO, Rationalists, Novel 729, BetaPeis and JAUL, ending at 11:00 p.m. Sunday, October 11: 5:00 p.m. start of the second day with exhibition, informational materials, a kitchen and a bar offering financial assistance, and a kite-making workshop; 6:00 p.m. excerpt from the play "Golden Disc" by Danae Liodaki with Mariela Doubou, Maria Konstantas, Efstathia Lagiokapa, Yannis Mastrogiannis and Michael Melissis; 6:30 p.m. "Voices from Gaza and the West Bank" with live broadcasts and reports from educational and health initiatives, community kitchens and mutual aid networks in Gaza and collectives in the West Bank, online participation by Hope in Hands, Hurryat, Amal Al Mustaqbal, Union of Health Care Committee, CFTA and Mahdi Atiya Karera (Khoyout Puppet Theatre), and Palestinian photographer and filmmaker Ahmad Al-Bazz present in person; interpretation from Arabic to Greek by Nawzat Hadid; 9:30 p.m. concert with…