🎭 Rethymno Events Calendar: Apokries & Carnival Season 🎉
Discover the latest events in Rethymno! From live music and traditional festivals to food markets, theatre, and cultural happenings — we update this calendar regularly so you always know what’s going on in town. Scroll down to see what’s coming up this month.
🎭 February 2026 Events in Rethymno
Masks, music, parades, and the wild spirit of Carnival.
🎭 February 2026
🎭 Events in Rethymno – February 2026
🎭 Annual Dance of Kamaritis Dance School (with Nikos Manioudakis)
📅 Date: February 1, 2026 • 1:30 PM
📍 Location: “Lydias” Entertainment Center, Genna, Rethymno 740 52, Greece
📝 Details: Annual dance event featuring live music—see the event page for the full program.
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🎭 Annual Dance of the Rethymno Prefecture Plumbers Association (with Grigoris Samolis)
📅 Date: February 1, 2026 • 2:00 PM
📍 Location: “Megaro” Venue, Xerokampos, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Annual association dance with live music—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Alexandros Tzanakakis Live at “Ofto”
📅 Date: February 1, 2026 • 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Ofto, Arkadiou 6, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music performance—see the event page for the lineup and details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Vibes All Day Coffee & Bar
📅 Date: February 7, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Vibes All Day Coffee & Bar, Kountouriotou 137, Rethymno 741 00, Crete, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Restaurant Corina
📅 Date: February 7, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Restaurant Corina, Salaminos 13, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Sky Park
📅 Date: February 9, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Sky Park, Machis Kritis 160, Rethymno 741 32, Crete, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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📚 Scientific Conference: “The Theatre of Rémi De Vos & the Challenges of the 21st Century”
📅 Date: February 11, 2026 • 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
📍 Location: Student Dormitory – XENIA Cultural Center, Psarrou 46, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Talks and discussions—see the event page for the full program and speakers.
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📚 Talk: “How to Travel Safely on the Internet” (Adele)
📅 Date: February 11, 2026 • 6:00 PM
📍 Location: “Kostis Giampoudakis” Cultural Center, Adele, Rethymno 741 50, Greece
📝 Details: Public awareness talk—see the event page for details and organizer info.
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🏀 Carnival League: Carnival Basketball Tournament
📅 Date: February 11, 2026 • 3:00 PM–8:00 PM
📍 Location: University of Crete (Rethymno Campus), Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Tournament details and schedule are on the event page.
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🖼️ Exhibition: “Explore Photobooks” (Public Central Library of Rethymno)
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 8:30 AM–2:30 PM
📍 Location: Public Central Library of Rethymno, Mpiri 6, Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Exhibition open to visitors—see the event page for hours and info.
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🖼️ Costume Exhibition – Rethymno Carnival 2026
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 9:00 AM–9:00 PM
📍 Location: House of Culture, Vernardou 10, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Exhibition open all day—see the event page for details.
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📚 Orientation Day: Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters “Resilience in Educational Contexts”
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 9:30 AM
📍 Location: University of Crete (Rethymno Campus), Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Welcome/orientation event—see the event page for the schedule.
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🖼️ Exhibition: “Women — Conversations of Greek Female Creators Through Time”
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
📍 Location: Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Mesologgiou 32, Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Major exhibition featuring works by Greek women artists—see the event page for details.
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🎭 Rethymno Carnival 2026: “Karagiozis’ Carnival Dream”
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 7:00 PM
📍 Location: House of Culture, Vernardou 10, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival-themed show—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Taverna “Marmita”
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Taverna Marmita, Roussospiti, Rethymno 741 50, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎭 Theatre Performance: “Spasmena Takounia” (Cineland Pantelis)
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 9:15 PM
📍 Location: Cineland Pantelis, Emmanouil Portaliou 3, Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Theatre night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Rebetiko Night at Delina (Anogeia)
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 9:30 PM
📍 Location: Delina Mountain Resort, Anogeia, Greece
📝 Details: Rebetiko live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Aschetoi Club” (at Lux)
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 9:30 PM
📍 Location: Lux Cafe, Eleftheriou Venizelou 65, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Meze Restaurant 50/50
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Meze Restaurant 50/50, Pl. N. Plastira 6, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Dionysis Spanoudakis & Michaela Vrythia Live at Cul De Sac
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Cul De Sac, Titou Petychaki 7, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎉 “50 Shades of Satyrs” Vol. 5 — Carnival Party (at Bonobo)
📅 Date: February 13, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Bonobo Bar, Eleftheriou Venizelou 47, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Mezedopoleio Mpakalogatos
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Mezedopoleio Mpakalogatos, Titou Petychaki 15, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Restaurant Corina
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Restaurant Corina, Salaminos 13, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Vaso Kamariti & Sifis Katsamas Live at UPANO
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: UPANO, Machis Kritis 149, Platanias, Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Cretan Music Night with Michalis I. Kounalis & Lefteris Georgiladakis
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Meze Restaurant Allou g’Allou, Nikolaou Plastira 2, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live Cretan music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Vibes All Day Coffee & Bar
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Vibes All Day Coffee & Bar, Kountouriotou 137, Rethymno 741 00, Crete, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Greek Folk Music Night at ADAMA
📅 Date: February 14, 2026 • 10:30 PM
📍 Location: ADAMA Restaurant Bar, Titou Petychaki 33, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Greek folk (laïkó) night—see the event page for full details.
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📚 Awareness Day Event: “Life Is in Your Hands—Donate It” (World Childhood Cancer Day)
📅 Date: February 15, 2026 • 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
📍 Location: XENIA Cultural Center, Psarrou 46, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Talks/activities for awareness—see the event page for the full program.
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🎉 Disco Latin Party – Carnival Group “Tzitzikotríhides”
📅 Date: February 17, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Store 311 All Day Bar, Eleftheriou Venizelou 73, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: Latin + disco carnival party night with DJ Petros Klapsinos.
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🎉 Party – Carnival Group “Stríngles”
📅 Date: February 18, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Antika Irish Bar, Arambatzoglou 42 (Old Town), Rethymno
📝 Details: Carnival party night in the Old Town — bring your best Apokries energy.
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🏝️ Aloha Beach Party (Winter Edition) – “Anemómyaloi Club”
📅 Date: February 18, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Bonobo Bar, Eleftheriou Venizelou 47, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: Beach vibes… in winter. Think tropical theme, carnival mood, big party night.
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🎉 Party – Carnival Group “Agapoúlides” at LUX
📅 Date: February 18, 2026 • 9:30 PM
📍 Location: Lux Cafe, Eleftheriou Venizelou 65, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: A classic Apokries party night — expect costumes, music, and full carnival chaos.
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🎉 Party – Carnival Group “Ta Partália”
📅 Date: February 18, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Store 311 All Day Bar, Eleftheriou Venizelou 73, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: Carnival party night — perfect warm-up for the big parade weekend.
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🎭 “Sto Treximo” — Stand-Up Comedy with Spilios Floros
📅 Date: February 19, 2026 • 8:30 PM
📍 Location: Cineland Pantelis, Emmanouil Portaliou 3, Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Stand-up comedy night—see the event page for full details.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Rakodikasmenoi”
📅 Date: February 19, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Figaro, Vernardou 21, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Potagonistes”
📅 Date: February 19, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Bar Fraoules, Eleftheriou Venizelou 62, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Oi Ypoloipoi”
📅 Date: February 19, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Lux Cafe, Eleftheriou Venizelou 65, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎶 Rethymno Carnival 2026: Cretan Serenades in the Old Town
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 7:30 PM–9:00 PM
📍 Location: House of Culture (starting point / info), Rethymno, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival serenades in the Old Town—see the event page for route and schedule.
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🎉 “White Dance” — Carnival Party by Daktylodeichtoumenoi
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Vibes All Day Coffee & Bar, Kountouriotou 137, Rethymno 741 00, Crete, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for the dress code/theme and info.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Taverna “Marmita”
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Taverna Marmita, Roussospiti, Rethymno 741 50, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎶 Live Music Night at Mezedopoleio Mpakalogatos
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Mezedopoleio Mpakalogatos, Titou Petychaki 15, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Live music night—see the event page for full details.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Mboympounes” & “Skaravaioi”
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Queens Room, Eleftheriou Venizelou, Rethymno 741 31, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🎉 Carnival Party by “Mallia Kouvária”
📅 Date: February 20, 2026 • 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Bonobo Bar, Eleftheriou Venizelou 47, Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Carnival party night—see the event page for theme and info.
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🥁 Rethymno Carnival 2026: Children’s Parade + Night Parade & Celebration (with Grigoris Samolis)
📅 Date: February 21, 2026 • 4:30 PM–11:30 PM
📍 Location: Rethymno (city route), Rethymno 741 00, Greece
📝 Details: Parades and carnival festivities—see the event page for route, meeting points, and schedule.
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🎉 “Little Red Riding Wolf” – Carnival Party by “Periigites”
📅 Date: February 21, 2026 • 10:00 PM (after the Night Parade)
📍 Location: Periigetic Club Hall, Agiou Fragkiskou 2 (Old Town), Rethymno
📝 Details: One entry fee, open bar style (“pay once, drink as much as you want”) + surprises all night.
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🥁 Rethymno Carnival 2026: The Grand Parade
📅 Date: February 22, 2026 • 2:00 PM–8:00 PM
📍 Location: Parade route starts at Theotokopoulou Roundabout, Rethymno
📝 Details: The main Carnival parade with floats and groups — plus fireworks by the waterfront at 7:30 PM.
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🎭 Theatre: “The Last Sea” at The Garage Theatre
📅 Date: February 27, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: The Garage, Dimokratias 53, Rethymno, 74132
📝 Details: Premiere night of a thriller play inspired by a real historical story (Mykonos, late 17th–early 18th c.).
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🎶 Live: Giannis Van Angelopoulos & Fotis Siotas at Tzepeto
📅 Date: February 27, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Tzepeto Cooperative, Katechaki & Cheimaras (Old Town), Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: A hybrid acoustic/electronic duo night blending Greek tradition, improvisation, and modern soundscapes.
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🎭 Antivaro Festival: “Ismene” (with Ilektra Fragkiadaki)
📅 Date: February 27, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Antivaro Theatre, Kritovoulidou 15–17, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: Festival opening performance — a powerful modern monologue giving voice to Ismene from the Antigone myth.
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🎬 Documentary Screening: “The Heart of the Bull” (CineDoc) at “Simeio”
📅 Date: February 28, 2026 • 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Cultural Space “Simeio”, Patriarchi Athinagora 17, Misiria, Rethymno, 74133
📝 Details: CineDoc screening (general entry €6). A behind-the-scenes portrait linked to Dimitris Papaioannou’s “Transverse Orientation”.
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🎭 Theatre: “The Last Sea” at The Garage Theatre
📅 Date: February 28, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: The Garage, Dimokratias 53, Rethymno, 74132
📝 Details: Continuing performances of the new thriller production.
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🎭 Antivaro Festival: “Ismene” (with Ilektra Fragkiadaki)
📅 Date: February 28, 2026 • 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Antivaro Theatre, Kritovoulidou 15–17, Rethymno, 74100
📝 Details: Festival performance night 2 — the same acclaimed monologue as part of the Antivaro Festival program.
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