22nd Sinies International Dance Festival

The Festival will take place at the St. Michael and St. George Palace Colonnade on Friday 19 July at 21:00 and at Sinies Olive Press on Saturday 20 July at 21:00. Admission is free.

Participating Groups:

1. Folk Dance Ensemble 'Kud Diogen' - Serbia
2. Folk Dance Ensemble 'Voyage' - Ukraine 
3. Panorama Pontian Union - Thessaloniki
4. Sinies Educational & Cultural Society - Corfu
5. Corfu Dance Group - Corfu
6. Kassiopi Cultural Society - Corfu
7. Chlomos Cultural Society - Corfu
8. Velonades Cultural Society - Corfu
9. Sinies Educational & Cultural Society 'Apollo' Choir
10. Kavalouri Cultural Society Choir

Programme:

Thursday 18 July
San Stefanos, Sinies - The Sinies and Kavalouri Choirs will open the Festival and there will be a small parade with the foreign dance groups.

Friday 19 July
All the groups will pay a courtesy visit to the Town Hall and meet with the Mayor for a welcome and exchange of gifts. There will then follow a parade through the town to the Palace Colonnade for the start of the Festival.

Saturday 20 July
Sinies Olive Press - The second day's event is being held under the auspices of CIOFF (International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts) and has the support of the Ionian Islands Regional Administration, Corfu DOPAP (Municipal Organisation for Culture, Sport and the Environment) and Corfu Port Authority.

Warm thanks to media sponsors - ERT3, Corfu TV, Corfuland, Start TV, ERT Corfu, Kima FM, Enimerosi, Kerkyra Simera, Backstage News - Corfu businesses for their sponsorship and the tireless volunteers at Sinies Cultural Society. The Festival is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pontian genocide.