Colour Day Festival
Colour Day Festival is a summer festival in Greece with music and coloured powder. It takes place on a weekend in June, from 12 noon to 11 pm.[1]
| Colour Day Festival | |
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| Genre | Music Festival |
| Location(s) | Greece , Albania |
| Years active | 5 |
| Inaugurated | June 2015 Athens, Greece |
| Website | colourdayfestival |
It is considered to be one of the most famous festivals in Greece, with more than 40,000 attendees, and it is more popular amongst junior high school kids.
Colour Day Festival from 2018 is also organized in Albania, while other European countries will follow.
Beginnings
Colour Day Festival first took place in Athens on June 20, 2015 with more than 32,000 attendees.[2] The first Festival was held in OAKA Stadium. During the Festival, there were three throwings of coloured power, starting at 5 pm.[3] At the end of the night, everyone is being covered with colour. According to news.gr, more than 100,000 bags of colour were used at the first Colour Day Festival.[4]
Growth
- 2015 | 20 June 2015| OAKA | 23 artists | 32.000 attendees.
- 2016 | 18 June 2016 | OAKA | 21 artists| 40.000 attendees.
- 2017 |17 June 2017 | OAKA | 22 artists| 27.000 attendees [5]
- 2018 | 30 June & 1 July 1 and the second day was dedicated to coloured water | OAKA | 42 artists | 52.000 attendees.
- 2019 | 29 & 30 June 30 | OAKA | 41 artists | 46.000 attendees. On September 14th 2019 the Greek audience have for the first time the opportunity to live the Colour Day Festival Experience trough a television movie on SKAI TV channel. The movie is now online and you can find it on Youtube.
- 2020 | Colour Day Festival was cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak
How it works
Procedure
The festival begins at 12 noon. The first guests arrive and some local warm-up DJs are performing. Each of the acts plays for about 20–30 minutes. –2 hours. At 5 pm everyone comes together for the first simultaneous colour throw of the day. This is then repeated twice. At about 11pm the event is over and the music stops. The festival usually takes place on a Saturday. An aftermovie video is produced after each event [6] and onsite photo team follows each event,[7] publishing pictures on the respective Facebook pages.
Set Up
There is one large stage where the DJs or the artists perform. There are also kiosks for food and drinks and kiosks for medical care.[8] The colour powder is provided with the ticket, but can also be bought at the festival as well, along with various merchandise products, like T-shirts and hats.
2015 [9]
Agent Greg
Dino MFU
DJ Marnick
DJ Young & Tay
GOD IS A DJ.GR (Sparky T, Anastasio, M. Koutsakos)
HouseTwins
Instamix
Michael Tsaousopoulos
Mossel
Robin Skouteris
Live Act: Melisses
2016 [10]
A Flow Mobz
Anastasio
Arva & Anastasios Rammos
Asterios Haritos
Dino MFU
George Siras
HouseTwins
Michael Tsaousopoulos
Mossel
Playmen
Sysex
The Mode
Xenia Ghali
Live Act: Melisses
2017
95,2 Athens Deejay Live (Γιάννης Τουμπάνος)
Sia Bou
Nikko Sunset
Cammora
DJ Marnick
Instamix
Armando Junior
Consoul Trainin
The Mode
Steve
Έλενα Παπαρίζου
Bang La Decks
MAD MAC
X-Factor Team
HouseTwins
Jenn Morel
OtherView
Xenia Ghali
Onirama
Μιχάλης Τσαουσόπουλος
Dino MFU
2018
Live Acts
REC
VEGAS
OTHERVIEW
THE PLAYERS
DUO VIOLINS
ACE2ACE
THE MODE
RUNNINSQUAD
ISS JAMES
BOOTY PANDA
DJs
MICHAEL TSAOUSOPOULOS
DINO MFU
XENIA GHALI
CONSOUL TRAININ
MARIA ANTONA
JOHN TOUBANOS
NIKKO SUNSET
PRITANIS
AD1
GOLDSMILE
INX
SERGIO T
JESSE ONIX
BESTSELLER
BOBITO
2019
Live Acts
Εleni Foureira
Era Istrefi
Sin Boy
Rec
Mikolas Josef
Kazka
Saske
Solmeister Ft Wnc
Otherview Ft Josephine
The Players
Claydee
Prince Karma
Slogan
Mente Fuerte
Goin’ Through Feat Family
Havana
The Mode
Steve #Onemanshow
Bobito Ft Lila Trianti
Showtime Party
Djs
Michael Tsaousopoulos
Consoul Trainin
Bang La Decks
Ace 2 Ace
Dino Mfu Ft Andrea Casta
Xenia Ghali
George Siras
Antonis Dimitriadis
Mossel
Mark F Angelo
Chris Child
Steve Kis
John Toubanos
Herc Deeman
Dim Chord
Nikko Sunset
Sergio T
Delacruz
Michaelo Mike
Roni Iron
Dj Mak
Dj Syna
References
- "Colour Day Festival 2016 - H πιο ξεχωριστή, πολύχρωμη, καλοκαιρινή γιορτή!". www.zougla.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- http://www.godisadj.gr, NetPlanet. "Colour Day Festival! 32000 χαρούμενοι fans απογείωσαν την Αθήνα!". www.godisadj.gr. Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- "Colour Day Festival: Γεμίζουμε χρώμα τον ουρανό της Αθήνας! - news.gr". www.news.gr. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- "Colour Day Festival: Γεμίζουμε χρώμα τον ουρανό της Αθήνας! - news.gr". www.news.gr. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- ©, ToraTora (2016-11-29). "Έρχεται το Colour Day Festival 2017!". ToraTora (in Greek). Retrieved 2016-12-15.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival. "Aftermovie 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival. "Best Memories 2016 - Explore - colourdayfestival.com". www.colourdayfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- http://www.colourdayfestival.com, Colour Day Festival. "Facilities". Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- "Το line-up των καλλιτεχνών που θα εμφανιστούν στο Colour Day Festival | GetGreekMusic" (in Greek). 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- http://www.godisadj.gr, NetPlanet. "Colour Day Festival! Δείτε το line up αναλυτικά!". www.godisadj.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-20.