The Naxos Festival

The Naxos Festival is the AEON Cultural Organization’s annual summer arts festival, held at the Bazeos Tower on Naxos under the artistic direction of Stelios Krasanakis, with Mario Vazaios as executive producer. The Tower is a fortified monument raised around 1600, approximately twelve kilometres inland from Naxos Chora on the road to Agiassos. The festival has run every summer since 2001 and holds to the theme “Art, Science and Environment” across a programme of theatre, music, exhibition, and dance.

The 26th edition runs from 31 May to 11 October 2026. Its centrepiece is the synAFI collective exhibition, open daily across the full span; the performance programme runs from July into September, with Maria Farantouri singing Greek composers on 5 August and a staged tribute to Maria Callas on 16 September. The 25th edition, in 2025, featured musicians Ross Daly and Savina Yannatou and a dance work by the Greek National Opera.