Australia

An open lecture about the roots of the Rebetika will be presented by Dr Demeter Tsounis on Thursday 26 April 2018, at the Greek Centre, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek...

Famous Greek-Australian violinist of the Rembetiko music genre, Hector Kosmas, passed away suddenly at the age of 44 last Thursday afternoon. The talented artist from Melbourne was playing squash when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Cosmas was born and...

An old vinyl record of Rebetika music inspired Stephen Helper to find out more on the story behind the Greek blues. Written entirely in Greek, the album jacket featured a group of men aged between 30 and 70, all with...

The Greek Festival of Sydney will present at the Opera House the performance “Kafe-Rebetika”, which has already won applause. The performance describes a drama of the urban subculture in the 1930s, when rebetiko started developing, combining perfectly music, dance...

Greeks and friends of Greece in Australia are being encouraged to tune into to a special broadcast of a fundraising event on Wednesday to help those affected by the Attica fires. Melbourne's Greek Center will host a very special live...

The Melbourne Rebetiko Festival will be taking place later this month from August 20-21st at the Oakleigh Caravan Music Club. This two-day event will feature music from Smyrna to Pireotiko Rebetika and will showcase many local artists performing works from...

More than 200 people filled the spectacular Cell Block Theatre at the National Art School in Sydney on Friday April 8 for the Vasilis Tsitsanis: Songs of the Peopleconcert presented as part of the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney. The...

Forget the tango, flamenco and fado, rebetika is the true blues music of passion. Its melodies have been known to make grown men weep. Included as part of the Open Marrickville program and with the support of Marrickville Council,...

George Dalaras performed recently at the Melbourne Hisense Arena as part of his 2010 World Encore Tour. He was accompanied by his long-time musical friends Mihalis Tzouganakis and Melina Aslanidou. Dalaras sang demotica, laika, rebetika - songs from his early years...

The play “Thessaloniki” by Tom Petsinis will continue to run until August 8th at The La Mama Stage. The play is about the story of two friends, one Greek and one Jewish that were separated due to the 2nd World War...

Adelaide is gearing up for a two-month program of Hellenic arts and cultural events as the annual FESTIVAL HELLENIKA returns in 2010. The 2010 program will start with 'The Migration of Ideas: It's All Greek to Me' exhibition at the...