UPCOMING EVENTS

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“MONOI”σε σκηνοθεσία του Jeremy Artis
Delphi Bank Mezzanine
168 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Victoria 3000
Doors open: 6:00pm
Performance started: 6:30pm
For tickets https://bit.ly/3nfKaCg

Suitable for ages 15 and up

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LIVE @ THE GREEK-AGAPI & FRIENDS

Agapi and Friends are thrilled to be back performing at Live at The Greek in 2022 with a stellar line up!Featuring Agapi (vocals & keys), Dean Georgalas (bouzouki), Nick Baltas (guitar) & Byron Triandafyllidis (double bass, percussion and vocals). Seasoned musicians and life long friends, the group have handpicked some of their very favorit

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LIVE AT THE GREEK: ANAGENNISI

Live at the Greek is back with Melbourne’s own Anagennisi! Anagennisi is Australia’s leading performing greek band with a dedication to all things ‘laiko’. Anagennisi will be paying tribute to the great Panos Gavalas.

Stoicon-x Melbourne

Stoicon-X Melbourne returns on Saturday 29 October 2022, at the Centre for Greek Community and Culture as part of global Stoic Week. Come along and learn about how this ancient philosophy can benefit us today!

Emergence of Capitalism in the Ottoman Balkans

The Ottoman Empire as a sui generis empire between the West and the East, not complying to either but carrying influences from both, has been an invaluable asset for the social scientists to understand historical developments

The Destruction of Smyrna. An age of nation building and violence

Associate Professor Nicholas Doumanis will present an online only lecture about the destruction of Smyrna, on Thursday 2 June 2022, at 7pm, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne.

CULTURAL CAMPS IN GREECE FOR YOUNG GREEK AUSTRALIANS

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (GMFA) through the General Secretary of Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad are announcing a summer camp program for young adults from Australia that will commence this year in Thessaloniki.

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SEMINAR: THE BATTLE OF 42ND STREET

Professor Peter Monteath will present an online only lecture entitled The battle of 42nd Street, on Thursday 26 May 2022, as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminras, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne.

MIGRATING TO AUSTRALIA -WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The GCM’s committee for newly arrived migrants presents an information session regarding everything you need to know as a newly arrived Greek migrant.

The First Pontian Genocide Seminar

The First Pontian Genocide, on Thursday May 19, 7 pm, at the Greek Cultural Centre. This is a joint event between the Greek Community of Melbourne’s Greek History and Culture Public Seminar Series and Pontiaki Estia.

ILAND Photobook Launch & Exhibition

The Greek Centre is proud to present the photopoetic composition “ILAND” by Stavros Messinis. An experimental photographic exploration of the concept of homeland, inspired by Cavafy’s poem “Ithaca” and Homer’s epic poem “Odyssey”. Special photobook exhibition Friday 29 April – 1 May 2022 (11am

The Ballad of the Dead Brother & His Greatest Hits | Dimitris Basis performs Mikis Theodorakis

The Greek Community of Melbourne proudly presents The Ballad of the Dead Brother & His Greatest Hits in honour of the legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on Friday 6 May. Featuring Internationally renowned Dimitris Basis and George Ellis.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 at The Greek Centre

The 35th Melbourne International Comedy Festival will take place from 30 March to 24 April 2022. See you at The Greek Centre

Melina Aslanidou Live at The Lonsdale St. Greek Music Festival

Antipodes maybe postponed but Melina Aslanidou couldn’t wait to come and perform on Lonsdale St. Melina Aslanidou will be in Melbourne for 1 show only on Saturday 19th March. A night not to be missed. Doors open at 7pm Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BXFIR

ANTIPODES 2022

SAVE THE DATES! Antipodes festival is back! Mark your calendars for Saturday 22nd October and Sunday 23rd October 2022 so you don’t miss out on the largest celebration of Greek culture in the world. The team at the Greek Community of Melbourne are busily planning behind the scenes in partnership with both State and Local Government so that we can

The Inaugural Grecian Ball 2022

GRECIAN BALL RESCHEDULED In a long year of events being rescheduled, the inaugural Grecian Ball which was scheduled for 30 October and was the culmination of festivities commemorating the Greek Revolution of 1821, has had to be postponed until 25 March, 2022. Facing ongoing restrictions and without being able to guarantee venue capacities and or

Greek History and Culture Seminars: Did the Greek Revolution of 1821 really happen? Myths, counter-myths and historical knowledge.

Presenter: Vrasidas Karalis Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. NOTE: This seminar was originally planned to be held at the Mezzanine Level but the University of Sydney has placed travel restrictions on its acedemics Synopsis The significance of the Greek Revolution of 1821 has never been questio

Virtual Open Lecture | 8th Oct

VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE: Famine and Death in Occupied Greece: A re-appraisal Location: Zoom, YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitter, Periscope Date: THURSDAY – 8 Oct. 2020 @ 7:00pm AEST Presenters: Professor Violetta Hionidou Language of Presentation: English | No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis Occupied Greece experienced a sign

Virtual Lecture | 24 Sep

Virtual Open Lecture | The Treaty of Lausanne Location: Zoom Webinar,YouTube Live Stream,Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 24 Sep. 2020 @ 7:00pm Presenters: Markos Carelos Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis The focus of this presentation is the 1923 Treaty of Laus

Bicentenary Celebrations | 2021

The Greek Community of Melbourne’s GREECE 2021 Bicentenary Celebrations In 2021, the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) will be presenting a multifaceted program of events to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the commencement of the Greek War of Independence and celebrate the Bicentenary of the Modern Greek State. It will be part o

FREE VIRTUAL LECTURE | 10 Sep

VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE: Kerouac and the Greek Connection Location: Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live Stream, Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 10 Sep. 2020 @ 7:00pm Presenters: George Mouratidis Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis While the “road” novels of Jack

VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE | 3rd Sep

VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE: The Greeks of the Sudan Location: Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live Stream, Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 3 Sep. 2020 @ 7:00pm Presenters: Antonis A. Chaldeos Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis Because of its geographical position and its natural

Virtual Lecture Series | 27th Aug

Virtual Lecture Series: COVID and working migrant communities Location: Zoom, Facebook Live Stream, YouTube Date: Thursday – 27 Aug @ 7pm Presenters: Kon Samaras Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis The COVID-19 pandemic has followed in the footsteps of many plagues from history. In

VIRTUAL LECTURE | 13th Aug

Virtual Open Lecture: Chandris-By sea to Australia Location: Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live Stream, Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 13th Aug.2020 @ 7pm Presenters: Michael Brady Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis In the years after World War two, a weary and beleaguered Eu

Virtual Open Lecture From Greece | 6th Aug

Virtual Open Lecture: Bizim PAOK – Our PAOK Refugees, Sports, and Venizelism in Interwar Thessaloniki Location: Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live Stream, Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 6th Aug.2020 @ 7pm Presenters: Lukas Tsiptios Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis PAOK, the

Greek Virtual Seminar

Virtual Open Lecture | Performing Greek Tragedy around the Mediterranean Location: Facebook Live Stream, YouTube Date: Thursday – 23 July @ 7pm, (Already Passed) Presenters: Dr. Sebastiana Nervegna Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Entry: FREE Synopsis Born and fostered in Classical Athens, tra

Greek History & Culture Seminars free seminars are (virtually) back!

VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE: A Brief History of Randomness From divination and gambling to Modern Probability Theory & Statistics Location: Facebook Live Stream Date: THURSDAY – 9 Jul. 2020 @ 7:00pm, (Already passed) Presenters: Dr Antonios Meimaris Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 – No knowledge of Greek required. Synopsis

GCM Covid-19 Helpline

The GCM would like to announce that as of Thursday 16 April the GCM will offer a free HELPLINE service from its HQ with the aim of directing community members but in particular Greek citizens accordingly during the CODIV-19 crisis. In the recent meeting with Acting Minister of Immigration Mr Alan Tudge, the GCM proposed the establishment of a helpl

POSTPONED: Open lecture: A Brief History of Randomness- From divination and gambling to modern Probability Theory & Statistics; Monday 16 March at 7pm

In light of recent developments and on-going monitoring of the COVID-19 situation, the Greek Community of Melbourne has decided to suspend its seminar series for the next month and re-evaluate the situation after the Easter Break. We believe that this is the responsible thing to do, there will be no seminars over the course of the next four-five we

MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN (FUNDRAISER SCREENING)

Sunday 22 July at Palace Cinema Como. Get ready to sing, dance, laugh and love all over again on the magical Greek island of Kalokairi with this highly-anticipated sequel to the smash hit film. All funds raised will be donated to The Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture.