Official program released for the Antipodes festival in Melbourne this weekend

The Antipodes festival in Melbourne, Victoria is back for another epic street party this month from 11am to 11pm on Saturday, October 22 and from 10am to 10pm on Sunday, October 23.

This year’s festival will take over Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street for a weekend packed with music, dancing and carnival rides. It is being organised by the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM).

Ahead of Saturday, the GCM has released the official program for the festival and this is what people can expect over two days. Please note that this program is subject to changes.

Program:

Saturday, October 22 – BENDIGO BANK MAIN STAGE

12:00 – Zorba ‘Til You Drop – Dance Competition
16:40- “Pontiaki Estia”- Senior Dance Group
17:10 – “O Periklis- Senior Dance Group
17:35 – Paradosi – Dance Group
18:05 -The Cultural Centre of Florinians “O Aristotelis” – Dance group
18:30 – Presentation of All Nations Cup Team Greece
18:50 – Alphington Choir
20:30 – Nikos Vertis – Feature act

Saturday, October 22 – #LOVELONSDALE STAGE

11:00 – Rythmos Live DJ Set
12:15 – Freedom Dance Fitness – Dance group
12:30 – Cooking Demonstrations
14:35 – Rebetika Enseble – Band
15:30 – Oikogenia Anastasiadis –Band
16:10 – Omados- Band
17:05 – St Johns-Dance group
17:30 – That Changes – Band
18:25 – Cretan Brotherhood-Senior Dance group
18:50 – Agapi & Friends – Band
20:10 – Demotika – Band
21:05 – Giannis Tsourdalakis & Giorgos Psarakis- Band

Saturday, October 22 – AA HOLDINGS STAGE

11:00 – Inspirit Dance Fitness-Dance group
11:20 – VALIA GIANINSKA – Singer
11:40 – Opa- Cize – Dance group
12:10 – “O Periklis”- Junior Dance group
12:35 – Greek Classical Guitar with Sophia – Band
13:25 – O Periklis- Intermediate Dance group
13:50 – ST JOHN’S COLLEGE School Band & Bouzouki Ensemble – Seniors
15:00 – That Changes – Band
15:40 – Dimotika Allios – Solo Musician
16:55 – Dimitris Varnas Epirotiki Kompania – Band
18:00 – Christian Stojanovic and Tony Pistikakis – Band
18:40 – Giannis Tsourdalakis & Giorgos Psarakis – Band
19:35 – Gales Edge –Greek Rock Band
20:30 – Cats and the Canary – Band
21:25 – Kosmos Events – Dj set

Sunday, October 23 – BENDIGO BANK MAIN STAGE

11:00 – Rythmos LIVE
13:30 – Omados – Band
14:15 – Alphington Grammar School
14:45 – Pegasus Dance Academy- Seniors Dance group
15:35 – Greek Dance Group Collaboration-Dance group
16:05 – Giannis Tsourdalakis & Giorgos Psarakis –Band
17:00 – Cretan Brotherhood –Senior Dance group
17:25 – Pancretan Association of Melbourne – Senior Dance group
17:50 – Dimitris Varnas Epirotiki Kompania-Band
17:50 – Epirotiki Kompania- Band
18:40 – GCM Dance Group-Dance group
18:55 – Greek Orthodox Community of S.A Dance Academy
19:10 – GCM Dance group
19:05 – Greek Orthodox Community of S.A. Dance Academy –Dance group
19:30 -Akrites tou Pontou- Dance group
20:00 – Anagennisi – Band

Sunday, October 23 – #LOVELONSDALE STAGE

12:15 – DANCEGR –Dance group
12:30 – Cooking Demonstrations
14:30 – Totally Kicking Brass –Band
15:25 – Pontiaki Estia-Junior Dance group
15:45 – Cretan Brotherhood – Intermediate Dance group
16:15 – Pegasus Dance Academy- Juniors Dance group
16:40 – Family Drama – Band
18:00 – Delyrium – Band
18:55 – Eirinaki – Band
19:50 – Pancretan Association of Melbourne –Intermediate Dance group
20:15 – Sydney Youth Cretan –Dance group
21:10 – Giannis Tsourdalakis & Giorgos Psarakis – Band

Sunday, October 23 – AA HOLDINGS STAGE

11:00 – Rythmos LIVE
12:35 – Freedom Dance Fitness –Dance group
13:00 – Bulgarian Folk Dance Group ‘Bulgari’ –Dance group
13:35 – Arhontisses –Dance group
13:55 – club Kalymnian –Dance group
14:25 – Rebetes tou Notia –Band
15:20 – Paradosi Dance School-Dance group
15:40 – Pegasus Dance Academy-Dance group
16:05 – THE PHILHELLENES WITH GEORGE BUTRUMLIS – Band
17:00 – Gales Edge – Band
17:55 – Dio Patrides Band
18:50 – Agapi & Friends – Band
19:45 – Cats and the Canary – Band
20:40 – Fotis Vergopoulos – Band