Deep Purple at the OAKA Arena
Deep Purple play their only Athens date of the 2026 European tour at the Telekom Center Athens, the indoor arena of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, on Tuesday 13 October 2026.
Deep Purple at the OAKA Arena is the British hard-rock band’s Athens concert of 2026, set for Tuesday 13 October at the Telekom Center Athens. The venue is the indoor arena of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Marousi, with a capacity of 18,500. The concert is the band’s single Athens appearance on its autumn European tour.
The Athens date sits between arena concerts in Skopje on 11 October and Zurich on 16 October. The tour continues through Milan, Madrid, Paris and Berlin before closing its European leg at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 25 November. The British band Jayler opens the Athens concert as special guest.
The current line-up is Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Simon McBride. The band’s most recent studio album, =1, was released in 2024, and the band is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Its catalogue includes “Smoke on the Water”, “Highway Star” and “Child in Time”.