How a borrowed PA in 2018 became a permanent amphitheatre

"SummerStage exists because two people — Konstantinos Vouvalis and Marit Eriksen — refused to accept that the Halkidiki summer ended at sunset. The first season ran four weekends in a borrowed olive grove. Eight years on, the amphitheatre is built, the cinema lawn is grown in, an

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Timeline

2018
First season, four weekends, olive grove in Sani, 800 attendees opening night.
2019
Greek Songbook night with Glykeria, first sold-out show.
2020
Reduced-capacity socially-distanced summer, 1,200 seats.
2021
Permanent amphitheatre opens on the four-hectare seafront site.
2023
Cinema Lawn opens, partnership with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival begins.
2025
Hellenic Tourism Awards Gold for Cultural Programme; 47,000 tickets sold across 62 nights.

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Group projects, mentor calls and a community that lasts past graduation.

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