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Past Greek events in London.
Occasions already passed — kept for the record.
January 2026
February 2026
- Wednesday
Concert
Pyx Lax - Live in London
Electric Ballroom, Camden
Pyx Lax, the defining force of Greek rock since 1989, return to London for a sold-out night at Camden's Electric Ballroom.
- Thursday
Cultural
Fuelling Stability: Energy, Policy and Financial Sectors in Transition
DLA Piper Auditorium, Barbican
The Hellenic Bankers Association takes Greece's energy transition and what it means for European financial stability, fireside, in a City auditorium.
- Friday
Concert
Alkistis Protopsalti — Best Of
Union Chapel, Islington
One of Greece's most iconic voices in a 'Best Of' evening at the atmospheric Union Chapel — six musicians and a pre-Valentine's programme.
- Wednesday
Exhibition
George Seferis: The Man, the Poet, the Diplomat
Hellenic Residence, Mayfair
The Greek Ambassador's residence opens its historic Seferis Study for a curated exhibition on the Nobel laureate poet and diplomat. Free, ID required.
- Sunday
Concert
Antonis Remos — Live in Concert
The London Palladium, West End
One of Greece's biggest voices in his first London Palladium concert, backed by full orchestra — a premium West End seated evening of laïko-pop.
March 2026
- Sunday
Concert
Maria Farantouri: 100 Years of Mikis Theodorakis
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, South Bank
Maria Farantouri sings Mikis Theodorakis at the Royal Festival Hall, marking the composer's centenary with the Estoudiantina Neas Ionias orchestra.
- Wednesday
Cultural
On Being Greek in the UK: Bridging Two Worlds
The Hellenic Centre, Marylebone
Four speakers on what Greek identity is actually like to live in modern Britain — migration, growing up between two languages, and the parts that get negotiated rather than inherited.
- Sunday
Concert
Alkinoos Ioannidis — Live in London
Electric Ballroom, Camden
The acclaimed Cypriot singer-songwriter live in Camden with a Cypriot ensemble — a one-night recital of entehno and world song.
- Saturday
Nightlife
Luben Calling: Greek Party in London
Dingwalls, Camden
The Greek media collective LUBEN takes its party to Dingwalls at Camden Lock — Greek and electronic records until five in the morning.
April 2026
May 2026
- Tuesday
Cultural
Reporting Britain, Reporting Greece: Journalistic Experiences
The Hellenic Centre, Marylebone
An Anglo-Hellenic League panel at the Hellenic Centre, with correspondents based in Athens and London on reporting one country from within another.
- Thursday
Concert
Natassa Bofiliou — Live in London
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, Shepherd's Bush
One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Greek music at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire — an evening built around her enduring partnership with Karamouratidis and Evangelatos.
- Friday
Nightlife
Guilty Greek Pleasures by Trashformers
O2 Academy Islington, Islington
The Athens party collective Trashformers brings Guilty Greek Pleasures to O2 Academy Islington, with the singer Bessy Argyraki as guest.
- Tuesday
Cultural
Cyprus as a Crossroads of Art: From Antiquity to the Medieval Period
Cyprus House, St James's
An evening of talks at Cyprus House on the island as a meeting point of Greek, Phoenician and Egyptian traditions, from the Archaic period to the medieval.
June 2026
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Exhibition
George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus
The Hellenic Centre, Marylebone
A landmark survey of Cypriot modernist George Pol. Georghiou at the Hellenic Centre, with major 1940s–50s works including pieces recovered from Famagusta.
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Exhibition
In Transit: Greek Artists Abroad
The Hellenic Centre, Marylebone
Nine Greek artists working abroad, gathered at the Hellenic Centre for a sculptural dialogue on displacement, memory and the state of standing between places.
- Monday
Concert
Flagship Concert for the Cyprus EU Presidency — Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Beethoven's Ninth
Cadogan Hall, Chelsea
Marios Papadopoulos led the Oxford Philharmonic in Beethoven's Ninth at Cadogan Hall, marking Cyprus's EU Presidency.
- Tuesday
Cultural
Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award Ceremony
Great Hall, King's College London, Strand
The annual prize celebrating the finest writing on Greece, presented before a learned audience — a long-running fixture of Anglo-Greek cultural life.
- Wednesday
Cultural
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award
King's College London, Strand
The annual Anglo-Hellenic League award honouring student writing on Greek subjects, presented at King's alongside a guest lecture.
- Saturday
Gala
31st Hellenic Bankers Association UK Gala Dinner
Drapers' Hall, City of London
The Greek finance set's most established evening, hosted beneath the chandeliers of a livery-hall landmark — networking, awards and a seated dinner in the heart of the City.
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Exhibition
Odyssey: Imaginary Cartographies by Markos Kampanis
The Hellenic Residence, Mayfair
An Embassy-hosted exhibition at the Greek Ambassador's residence — Markos Kampanis's painterly voyage through the Odyssey on a digital facsimile of a 15th-century British Library Homer.
January 2025
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Theatre
Oedipus (Sophocles) starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma
The Old Vic, Waterloo / Lambeth
Rami Malek and Indira Varma led Ella Hickson's adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at The Old Vic, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter.
- Tuesday
Gala
The Baltic Exchange Lunch with the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee
Wax Chandlers' Hall, The City
The Baltic Exchange takes a City livery hall for its annual lunch with the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee, the body that has represented Greek owners in London since 1935.
- Friday
Cultural
Special Tour of the British Museum's Cypriot Reserves
British Museum, Bloomsbury
A members-only Anglo-Hellenic League tour of the British Museum's Cypriot limestone sculpture in reserve storage, away from the public galleries.
February 2025
April 2025
May 2025
- Saturday
Concert
Sakis Rouvas Live in London
Troxy, Limehouse
Greek superstar Sakis Rouvas brought his first London concert to the Art Deco Troxy on 3 May 2025, a landmark night for the city's Hellenic community.
- Saturday
Gala
30th Anniversary Hellenic Bankers Association UK Gala Dinner
The Langham, London, Marylebone
The HBA's 30-year milestone evening at The Langham — the Greek finance set gathered for networking, awards and a seated dinner marking three decades.
June 2025
- Thursday
Cultural
Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Award Ceremony & Lecture 2025 — 'A Life of Socrates in Six Scenes'
Council Room, King's College London, Strand
The Anglo-Hellenic League's annual Katie Lentakis Award ceremony at King's College, with a keynote by Prof. Michael Trapp on the life of Socrates.
- Friday
Cultural
Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award Ceremony
Great Hall, King's College London, Strand
The 2025 Runciman Award — the annual prize for the finest writing on a Greek theme — presented before a learned audience in the Great Hall at King's.
- Thursday
Cultural
19th London Greek Film Festival — Awards Ceremony
Embassy of Greece, Holland Park
The 19th edition's awards evening, hosted at the Greek Embassy — a diplomatic setting for honouring the year's best Hellenic and international cinema.
September 2025
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Theatre
Bacchae
Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, South Bank
The National Theatre opened Indhu Rubasingham's tenure with a contemporary staging of Euripides' Bacchae in the Olivier, blending movement, music and verse.
- Monday
Concert
Marina Satti — P.O.P. / EU Tour 2025 Live in London
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, Shepherd's Bush, West London
Marina Satti, Greece's Eurovision 2024 voice, brought her P.O.P. / EU Tour to O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, with UK-Greek artist Antigoni opening.
October 2025
- Sunday
Concert
Melisses — Live at the Roundhouse
Roundhouse, Camden
Greece's multi-platinum band Melisses in their first major London concert at the landmark Roundhouse — a one-off that drew a sell-out diaspora crowd.
- Wednesday
Cultural
The Rise of the Far Right in Greece: More than a Crisis Response?
The Hellenic Centre, Marylebone
Professor Sofia Vasilopoulou traces the Greek far right from the political margins to prominence, and asks whether reading it as a crisis reaction explains anything at all.
- Thursday
Gala
The Hellenic Initiative 9th Annual London Gala
The Dorchester, Mayfair
London's flagship Greek philanthropic gala, staged beneath the chandeliers of The Dorchester — patrons, diplomats and the Anglo-Greek establishment in black tie.
- Saturday
Concert
Michalis Hatzigiannis — Live in London
Troxy, Limehouse
One of Cypriot-Greek pop's biggest voices live with full band at the Troxy — an East End concert for the diaspora and beyond.
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Exhibition
BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK
The Hellenic Centre, Friends Room, Marylebone
An interactive exhibition of artists' books and book-art objects by 44 Greek and British artists, exploring experimental approaches to the book form.
- Tuesday
Concert
The Voice of Greece — Mikis Theodorakis Centenary with Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Cadogan Hall, Chelsea / Sloane Square
The Oxford Philharmonic under Marios Papadopoulos marked the Theodorakis centenary at Cadogan Hall, with Alkistis Protopsalti and a new premiere.
- Monday
Concert
Eleni Foureira Live in London — European Tour 2025
O2 Forum Kentish Town, Kentish Town
Eleni Foureira brought her European tour to O2 Forum Kentish Town, fronting a sold-out night of Greek-Cypriot pop with support from Antigoni and Louis.
November 2025
- Sunday
Concert
Ioulia Karapataki Live in London 2025
Electric Ballroom, Camden
Acclaimed Greek vocalist Ioulia Karapataki made her London debut at Camden's Electric Ballroom, performing beloved songs, traditional tunes and new material.
- Friday
Cultural
Greece's Economic and Digital Transformation: Kyriakos Pierrakakis in Conversation
LSE Campus, Holborn
Greece's Minister for the National Economy and Finance takes questions from the Hellenic Bankers Association and the LSE Hellenic Observatory on debt, growth and digital governance.
- Wednesday
Cultural
Stealing Dad: Sofka Zinovieff in Conversation
The Council Room, King's College London, Strand
Sofka Zinovieff discusses her novel Stealing Dad with Dr John Kittmer — a London story, largely Greek, drawn from her own father's funeral and the widow who barred his children from it.
December 2025
- Tuesday
Gala
HBA UK Christmas Soirée and Book Presentation
L'Oscar London, Bloomsbury
The Hellenic Bankers Association closes its year at L'Oscar with Alex Patelis on his book — a fireside discussion held in Greek, then a members' reception.
- Monday
Concert
Eleonora Zouganeli — Live in London
EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney), Dalston
Eleonora Zouganeli live at EartH in Dalston — an all-seated evening of contemporary Greek pop, with a limited meet-and-greet, for London's young Hellenic audience.
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