Unique Vintage Posters of Athens and Epidaurus Festival Greece

Vintage Epidaurus Festival Poster

Why not try something different this summer?

Greece is well known for its picturesque islands, sparkling blue sea, cloudless azure skies and endless sunny days but there is more; so much more.

Visit Athens and discover Greek culture; for three glorious months, usually from the end of May, or beginning of June, right through to the start of September, the unique capital city of Greece is home to the Athens Festival, a magical summer of theatre, music and dance.

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The narrow winding alleys, airy city squares, open-air theatres and parks of Athens have been host to Maria Callas, Pavarotti, Nureyev, Fonteyn, Martha Graham, The Peking Opera, and The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, to name but a few.

Just a couple of hours drive away from the amazing city of Athens lies Epidaurus, home to the most beautiful ancient theatre in the world, where, in September 1938, Sophocles’ “Electra”, was staged, the first play performed there since the times of the ancients.

Now, each summer weekend, as the sun slowly disappears and the cool of evening begins, talented actors and actresses take you back, way, way back, to another era, to the mystical times of ancient Greece.

The ancient Theatre of Epidaurus

To find out more about this summer of Greek culture; what’s on, and where, see the link to the official site of the “Festival of Athens and Epidaurus” at the end of the post, but, before you do that, have a look at some of the beautiful posters, created to promote this once-in-a lifetime experience.

Vintage Epidaurus Festival posters – 1950s until present day

1950s

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1951

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1956

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1957

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1959

1960s

Vintage Epidaurus Festival Poster

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1960

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1961

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1963

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1964

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1965

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1966

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1967

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1960s

1970s

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1970s

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1971

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1972

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1973

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1975

1980s

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1981

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1982

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1984

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1980s

1990s

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1991

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1992

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1993

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1994

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1995

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 1998

2000 – 2010

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2001

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2002

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2003

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2004

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2006

2010 – 2019

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2011

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2012

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2013

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2014

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2015

Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2016

Poster Epidaurus Festival 2017, based on three mythical creatures from Greek mythology; the Sphinx, Pegasus and the Minotaur.

Epidaurus Festival 2018

Epidaurus festival 2019

Epidaurus Festival 2019

2020

Owing to the Corona virus disease (COVID-19), the Athens – Epidaurus festival summer 2020, was run on a reduced scale.

From the 70 performances that had originally been announced, only 17 will take place.

For this reason, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2020 was named “Fragment”.

Poster for the reduced Epidaurus Festival – ‘fragmented” 2020

2021

Athens – Epidaurus Festival Poster for 2021

In my humble opinion, these 2021 posters, are the most boring, uninspiring and depressing designs since the poster printed in 1938 for the first for the Athens – Epidaurus Festival.