Karpathos, like all the other islands in the Dodecanese, is known for its folklore events, the fairs which vary in each village of Karpathos. Each year Karpathos becomes the centre of attraction for all tourists visiting the island, as they have the opportunity to enjoy traditional music with instruments like the lyre, the laouto and the tsambouna, the dances of the natives and the feasts in the villages’ traditional coffee shops to honour and celebrate in the name of some Saint.
Calendar Events:
Traditional Events
10 February
Agios Charalambos – Aperi
25 March
Evangelistrias – Pigadia
23 April
Agios Georgios – Lefkos
17 July
Agia Marina – Menetes
27 July
- Agios Panteleimonas – Stes (Othos)
- Agios Panteleimonas – Katodio (Aperi)
06 August
- Christ – Othos
- Christ – Valandou (Aperi)
15 August
15th August in Menetes, Pyles, Aperi and Olymbos
22 August
Virgin Mary – Kyra Panagia (Aperi)
23 August
Panagia Mertonitissa– Mertonas (Aperi)
28 August
Agios Ioannis – Lakki, Olymbos (Vrykounta)
29 August
Agios Ioannis – Lori (Απέρι)
07 September
Larniotissa – Pigadia
08 September
- Panagia Vrysianni – Mesochori
- Panagia tis Plagias – Volada
14 September
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Pyles
17 September
Agia Sofia – Arkasa
03 November
Agios Georgios – Spoa