Eleftherias Square
Family Party
Eleftherias Square becomes a stage for children and families: a children’s workshop, face painting, dance performances, animateurs, drum bands and DJs.
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Street Party
The street party it all started from: one decoration scheme, one soundtrack and ten DJs across Georgaki Olympiou, Solomou and Agias Lavras.
- Masquerini 2027
- Saturday 13.03 & Sunday 14.03 · 17:00–midnight
- When
- Saturday & Sunday, midday to late
- Where
- Georgaki Olympiou, Solomou & Agias Lavras streets
- 2027 theme
- To be announced
- Entry
- Free, no ticket needed
- Tradition
- Since 2024
The event
In 2024, thirty bars and restaurants decorated the three pedestrian streets of the old centre together and built a carnival village inside the city. The Street Party has been the heart of Masquerini ever since.
Each edition has its own theme: “Ancient Greece & Greek Mythology” in 2024, “80s 90s Disco” in 2025, “Pirates” in 2026. One soundtrack runs across the whole area, with the city’s DJs playing back-to-back sets.
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What else happens at Masquerini
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The grand parade
Masquerini Passarella
Katerini’s carnival parade, known as the Passarella, is open to everyone. It is the ultimate moment of fun and carnival revelry. It sets off from the entrance of the Park of Colours and finishes where Geo. Olympiou, Solomou and Agias Lavras streets meet, in the heart of the Street Party.
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The close of carnival
Burning of the Fanos & traditional Gaitanaki
With the gaitanaki, which stands for the circle of life, the burning of the Fanos, which burns away evil, and the customary “synchoremena”, asking one another’s forgiveness, we mark the start of Lent and the end of Katerini’s carnival weekend.
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Before the curtain goes up
Pre-season Parties
All through February, the city’s bars and restaurants warm up the carnival with themed parties of their own.
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The day carnival opens
Tsiknopempti
Eleven days before Clean Monday, the tavernas of the old centre open the carnival season with grilled meat, music and the first confetti.
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Clean Monday
Koulouma
Koulouma is the open-air celebration of Clean Monday, out in the countryside or in town squares, which marks the official start of Great Lent.
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The curtain rises
Opening Ceremony
Masquerini 2027 officially opens on Eleftherias Square, with the first opening ceremony in the event’s history.
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