FOUGARO MUSIC & WINE FESTIVAL
FOUGARO ART CENTER reintroduces its autumn festival, expanding its musical programme into different genres and linking it to the winemaking tradition of the region with the presentation of labels by local wineries.
Thus on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 September 2024, the free-admission FOUGARO MUSIC & WINE FESTIVAL presents the public with the opportunity to discover both established and emerging bands that span all the range from the most experimental to the most classic trends on the country's music scene, and at the same time to get to know and enjoy some Appellation d'Origine Protégée labels by wineries in the Nemea Zone.
Given that wine and music have been linked harmoniously since Antiquity, FOUGARO and 12 distinguished Nemea wineries invite you to this two-day celebration dedicated to music and wine.
participating bands
Voodoo Drummer / The Afro Dionysian Duo | experimental music
Takis Barberis Group feat. Agathi | jazz standards &songs
Vasia Vougioukli Band | traditional Greek songs through a contemporary approach
Haritini Panopoulou| rock & pop with a classic guitar
Why Not? | classic rock
Blues Wire | electric blues
art director: Yannis Angelatos (Red Rooster)
participating wineries
Aivalis Winery | Gaia Wines | Zacharias Wines | Koroniotis Winery | Mitravelas Estate | Bairaktaris Wines | Barafakas Winery | Domaine Nikolaou | Palivou Estate | Papantonis Winery | Semeli Estate | Domaine Skouras
the gates open at 7.30 pm for free wine tasting
reservations for the special wine tasting menu — 6946 594 588
programme
Friday 20/09
Voodoo Drummer / The Afro Dionysian Duo (21.00 - 21.45)
Voodoo Drummer (Christos Koutsogiannis, of the Opera Chaotique) in his new project with himself at the drums and Stavros Parginos playing cello and percussion instruments.
Takis Barberis Group feat. Agathi (22.00 – 23.15)
The band of guitarist Takis Barberis plays original pieces and creative adaptations, with Agathi singing jazz, pop and standards.
Vasia Vougioukli Band (23.30 - 24.45)
Vasia Vougioukli and her band present the project "Ticket to Smyrna". The songs of Smyrna played by an electric band with the outi in a leading role, conversing with the electric guitar. Also, imaginative adaptations of traditional, rembetiko and contemporary songs take us on a musical journey from the past to the present day.
Saturday 21/09
Haritini Panopoulou (21.00 - 21.45)
The voice and the classic guitar of Haritini Panopoulou take us on a tour of familiar songs of an international repertory as well as her own compositions with Greek lyrics.
Why Not? (22.00 - 23.15)
The straightforward immediacy of a a devotion to classic rock and the positive energy of a dynamic band, with the special voice of Maria Stefanidaki as the catalyst.
Blues Wire (23.30 - 24.45)
Blues in a creative fusion with a variety of more recent music that fully retains the power, the immediacy and the emotion which has always been the trademark of this dynamic band.
