Entertainment
Three Stages, All Weekend
500+ performers. 70+ hours of entertainment. 3 jam-packed stages.
When we say packed, we mean it. From major performances to roving entertainment, the festival is alive from morning through to night.
Dance Performances
46 dance groups from across Australia.
Akrites Tou Pontou
Canberra Hellenic Dancers
Chora Dance Academy
Cretan Brotherhood Of Melbourne Intermediates
Cretan Brotherhood Of Melbourne Juniors
Cretan Brotherhood Of Melbourne Seniors + Intermediates
Cyprus Community Of Melbourne & Victoria – Dance Group
Danceit Fitness
Dance With Alki
Flambouro Philanthropic Society Of South Australia
Florina Aristotelis Dance Group – Juniors
Florina Aristotelis Dance Group – Seniors & Intermediates
Florina Aristotelis Dance Group – Veterans
GCM Greek School Dance Group
Greek Community Of Melbourne Schools
Greek Lyceum Of Sa School Of Greek Dance And Culture
Greek Orthodox Community Of SA
Hellenic Dancers – Hobart
Hellenic School Of Dance, Culture, Music And Arts Of The Archdiocese Of Melbourne – Children, Teens & Adult Groups
Hellenic School Of Dance, Culture, Music And Arts Of The Archdiocese Of Melbourne (Joint With Kogarah School Of Greek Dancing, Sydney)
Holy Diocese Of Chora Dance Academy
Kalymnian Dance Group
Melbourne Bellydance
Messinian Dance School Of SA
Nugas Dance Group
Oakleigh Grammar Middle & Senior Dancing Group
O Periklis
Pancretan Association Junior Dance Group
Pancretan Association Pre-Senior Dance Group
Pegasus Dance Academy | Juniors & Seniors
Pontian Association Of Melbourne “Panagia Soumela”
Pontian Association Of Melbourne “Panagia Soumela” – Junior Dance Group
Sophia Ventouris School Of Greek Dance (Sydney)
St John’s College Performing Group
The Central Pontian Association Of Melbourne And Victoria ‘Pontiaki Estia’ Junior, Intermediate & Senior Groups
Music
International acts, DJs, bands, orchestras. We’ve got it all.
Festival Headliner: Ioulia Karapataki
- Alphington Grammar School Greek Band
- Anastasios Theofanous
- Antonis Pitsokos
- Anastasis Karamintzas
- Harrison Giavris
- Cypriot Style Entertainment
- Demotika
- Dio Patrides Band
- Epidexia
- Estudiantina of Melbourne
- Florina Aristotelis Roving Halkina Brass Band
- Gales Back
- Ioulia Karapataki
- Halkinades
- Ipirotiki Compania
- Kaliopi Stavropoulos
- Konstantina Touni
- Lefteris Christofis Trio – A Mediterranean Jazz Odyssey
- Macedonian Halkina Brass Band
- Macedonian Halkina Masters Roving Band
- Mavrothalassites - Pontiaki Estia
- Mavrothalassites Youth Ensemble- Pontiaki Estia Melbourne
- Melbourne Gaida Ensemble - Roving Band
- Melbourne Gaida Ensemble - Stage Performance
- Nestoras College Music Students Tribute to Achillea
- Nico Entertainment
- Nikos Pontikakis, Giannis Spinthakis, and Charalampos Vagionakis
- Nisiotika - Traditional Greek Island Music
- Omados
- Opa Opa
- Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Multicultural and Chinese Orchestra
- Smoking Figs
- St John’s Folk Band - Paradosi
- Trio Petra
- Valia Gianinska
- Δημοτική & Λαϊκή Παρέα
Roving Entertainment
You never know who you’ll meet, as you take a stroll down Lonsdale Street.
- Melbourne Gaida Ensemble - Roving Band
- Florina Aristotelis Roving Halkina Brass Band
- Zorba Til' You Drop
- Macedonian Halkina Masters Roving Band
- Stilt Divas
Competitions
Watch lively competitions across our stages. From people dunking their faces in Greek yoghurt to seeing who can Zorba the longest.
Dance your way through
Antipodes is the festival where dancing is not only celebrated, but part of the experience. Don’t miss out on dancing with us.
