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What’s on in the city

Thessaloniki events: dates and practical stay guides

Choose a Thessaloniki event, then plan your base, arrival and return around the visits you will actually make. Each guide separates confirmed dates from details to check with the organiser.

What’s on in the city

Current and upcoming events

Check the dates, then read the guide for where to stay, how to arrive and how to get back after the event.

Thessaloniki Baroque Music Festival 2026

Plan for four Baroque Music Festival concerts, 6–15 November 2026, at Thessaloniki Concert Hall M2 on the eastern waterfront.

Place
Concert Hall M2 · Emilios Riadis Hall

Food & Drinks Thessaloniki 2026

Plan around Food & Drinks by Detrop, 13–15 November 2026 at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, alongside Philoxenia–Hotelia.

Place
TIF-Helexpo · International Exhibition Centre

Philoxenia–Hotelia Thessaloniki 2026

Plan around Philoxenia–Hotelia, 13–15 November 2026 at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre; public entry is available on specified days.

Place
TIF-Helexpo · International Exhibition Centre

Voxxed Days Thessaloniki 2026

Plan a stay for Voxxed Days Thessaloniki, 20–21 November 2026, at the Ioannis Vellidis Convention Center near the fairgrounds.

Place
Ioannis Vellidis Convention Center

Beauty Macedonia Winter 2026

Plan a professional visit to Beauty Macedonia Winter, 21–23 November 2026, at HELEXPO Pavilion 13 in Thessaloniki.

Place
HELEXPO · Pavilion 13

Open House Thessaloniki 2026

Plan Open House Thessaloniki, 21–22 November 2026, with parallel events from 14 November: choose a walkable central base for a weekend of free building tours.

Place
Thessaloniki · open buildings citywide

Map of Flavours Thessaloniki 2026

Plan around Map of Flavours, 28–30 November 2026 at the Ioannis Vellidis Congress Centre, with public wine tastings and trade sessions.

Place
Ioannis Vellidis Congress Centre · HELEXPO

Zootechnia 2027 in Thessaloniki

Plan for Zootechnia, 28–31 January 2027 at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, with practical advice for a fairground-focused stay.

Place
TIF-Helexpo · International Exhibition Centre

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2027

Plan the 29th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 4–14 March 2027: compare central and port bases for screenings and the Carnival overlap.

Place
Olympion and Port Warehouses

Forward Green & Renewable EnergyTech 2027

Plan the Forward Green and Renewable EnergyTech exhibition weekend, 5–7 March 2027 at Thessaloniki’s TIF-HELEXPO grounds.

Place
TIF-Helexpo · International Exhibition Centre

Infacoma 2027 in Thessaloniki

Plan around Infacoma, 5–7 March 2027 at TIF-HELEXPO, and the other events sharing its fairground weekend.

Place
TIF-Helexpo · International Exhibition Centre

Alexander the Great Marathon 2027

Plan the Alexander the Great Marathon on Sunday 4 April 2027: choose a base for the waterfront finish, the early transfer to Pella and the tired walk back.

Place
Pella to the Thessaloniki waterfront