Colour Day Festival

Colour Day Festival
Genre Music Festival
Location(s) Greece
Years active 2
Inaugurated June 2015
Athens, Greece
Website
colourdayfestival.com

Colour Day Festival is a summer festival in Greece with music and coloured powder. It takes place on a Saturday in June, from 12 noon to 11 pm.[1]

Colour Day Festival is one of the most famous festivals in Greece, with more than 40.000 attendees.

Beginnings

Colour Day Festival first took place in Athens in June 20, 2015 with more than 32.000 attendees.[2] The first Festival was held in OAKA Stadium. During the Festival, there were three throwings of coloured power, starting at 5 pm.[3] At the end of the night, everyone is being covered with colour. According to news.gr, more than 100.000 bags of colour were used at the first Colour Day Festival.[4]

Growth

In 2015 the Colour Day Festival gothered more than 32.000 attendees. The second Colour Day Festival was held in June 18 at OAKA, with more than 40.000 attendees.

How it works

Procedure

The festival begins at 12 noon. The first guests arrive and some local warm-up DJs are performing. Each of the acts plays for about 20–30 minutes. –2 hours. At 5 pm everyone comes together for the first simultaneous colour throw of the day. This is then repeated twice. At about 11pm the event is over and the music stops. The festival usually takes place on a Saturday. An aftermovie video is produced after each event [5] and onsite photo team follows each event,[6] publishing pictures on the respective Facebook pages.

Set Up

There is one large stage where the DJs or the artists perform. There are also kiosks for food and drinks and kiosks for medical care.[7] The colour powder is provided with the ticket, but can also be bought at the festival as well, along with various merchandise products, like T-shirts and hats.

Line Up

2015 [8]

Agent Greg

Dino MFU

DJ Marnick

DJ Young & Tay

GOD IS A DJ.GR (Sparky T, Anastasio, M. Koutsakos)

HouseTwins

Instamix

Michael Tsaousopoulos

Mossel

Robin Skouteris

Live Act: Melisses

Special Guests

Claydee

Playmen

Sad Puppy

DJ The Boy

B-Sykes

Yalena

2016 [9]

A Flow Mobz

Anastasio

Arva & Anastasios Rammos

Asterios Haritos

Dino MFU

George Siras

HouseTwins

Michael Tsaousopoulos

Mossel

Playmen

Sysex

The Mode

Xenia Ghali

Live Act: Melisses

Special Guests

Andy Nicolas

Claydee

Faydee

Lariss

Social Media

Colour Day Festival can be also found on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Colour Day Festival Facebook Page

Colour Day Festival Instagram Page

Colour Day Festival YouTube Channel

References

  1. ↑ "Colour Day Festival 2016 - H πιο ξεχωριστή, πολύχρωμη, καλοκαιρινή γιορτή!". www.zougla.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  2. ↑ http://www.godisadj.gr, NetPlanet,. "Colour Day Festival! 32000 χαρούμενοι fans απογείωσαν την Αθήνα!". www.godisadj.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Colour Day Festival: Γεμίζουμε χρώμα τον ουρανό της Αθήνας! - news.gr". www.news.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Colour Day Festival: Γεμίζουμε χρώμα τον ουρανό της Αθήνας! - news.gr". www.news.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  5. ↑ http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival,. "Aftermovie 2016". Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  6. ↑ http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival,. "Best Memories 2016 - Explore - colourdayfestival.com". www.colourdayfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  7. ↑ http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival,. "Facilities". Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  8. ↑ "Το line-up των καλλιτεχνών που θα εμφανιστούν στο Colour Day Festival | GetGreekMusic" (in Greek). 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  9. ↑ http://www.godisadj.gr, NetPlanet,. "Colour Day Festival! Δείτε το line up αναλυτικά!". www.godisadj.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
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