Festival at the Park returns to Paros this summer for the 17th consecutive year, with a vibrant program of music, theater, cinema, and visual arts. Organizers say this year’s edition aims to showcase a different vision of the Cyclades, where culture, nature and local heritage remain at the forefront beyond the peak tourist season.
Running from July through September, Festival at the Park’s 2026 edition brings together artists from Greece and abroad within a striking natural landscape at the Paros Environmental & Cultural Park, located within the protected Ai-Yiannis Detis peninsula.
The festival opens on July 1 with Martha Frintzila and the Kubara Project, before welcoming a lineup spanning contemporary Greek music, jazz, opera and theater. Among the headline performances are a joint concert by Alkistis Protopsalti and Nikos Portokaloglou; Markus Stockhausen’s “Music of the Stars” with guitarist Vassilis Rakopoulos; and the 10th anniversary edition of “Opera Under the Stars.” Other featured artists include Panos Vlachos, Fotini Velesiotou, Novel 729, Andreas Polyzogopoulos Quartet, the Dryades Quartet and the Lycabettus Ensemble.
The theater program includes Euripides’ “Medea,” “The Tricksters” by Stratis Myrivilis and “Mr Stink,” based on the popular children’s book by David Walliams.
