After the completion of the Grand Parade of the Patron Carnival, on Sunday March 17, at 9 p.m. all roads lead to the pier of Agios Nikolaos where thousands of Patron Carnival goers and visitors will gather to say goodbye to the great celebration of Patras.
The last big date of the Patrinos Carnival 2024, the Carnival of all Greece will be given at the Closing Ceremony, where the Mayor of Patreon, Kostas Peletidisaccompanied by president of KEDIP-Carnival of Patras, Hera Kouriwill preach the end of the 2024 Patron Carnival and at the same time the start of the next one, the 2025 Patron Carnival.
The Burning of the Carnival, central element of the ceremony, through his ashes will transmit the messages of rebirth and hope. Immediately following, fireworks will light up the sky, brightening the carnival night that will vibrate with the sounds of music.
Will follow for a one-hour Heaven on Mars concert, one unique show full of music and dance that will take the audience on a journey to the beautiful and magical decade of the 80’s with well-known pop-rock tracks that left an era. With unforgettable tracks from bands and artists such as A-HA, Madonna, Tears For Fears, Samantha Fox, Simple Minds, Def Leppard, etc., they will make sure to send the fun soaring. Heaven on Mars consists of Kostas Gavakos (vocals), Eleni Vryonis (vocals), Vangelis Gialamas (bass), Manos Vlavianos (drums), Yannis Konstantinidis (electric guitar) and Saki Bola (keyboards), all of them with rich resumes and important scrolls. In the summer of ΄24, their album entitled “Space Hunters” will be released, with record companies from Germany and France that will undertake its promotion.
The party will continue until the early hours with the distinguished Djs Michalis Tsausopoulos and Costas Zikos to excite the crowd with their musical choices. Michalis Tsausopoulos, General Manager of the three leading radio stations in Athens (95.2 Athens DeeJay, 96.9 Rock FM and 92.3 Lampsi), since 2004 presents the show “Breakfast on FM with Michalis” in the morning zone of 95.2 Athens Dee Jay (No. .1 show according to official radio metrics) and Saturday the No.1 Dance show on radio The Dancemasters.
Kostas Zikos, with a long career on the radio stations Top FM, Klik FM and Nitro Radio, now maintains a daily two-hour show on 95.2 Athens Deejay and 969 Rock FM. He has done the music editing in many television shows (serials and shows) and in plays. He has played as a guest DJ in major clubs in Greece, the Netherlands and Bali.
Presenters of the Closing Ceremony will be Dimitris Moulinos and the Celebrant of the Patronus Carnival 2024 Maria Agouridiswho will do a flashback to top moments of this year’s event.
This year the Closing Ceremony will be “accessible” for the deaf/hard of hearingsince there will be parallel interpretation in Greek sign language, by the official interpreter Lambrini Papaprokopiou.
Co-organizer: Regional Union of Municipalities of Western Greece
Main sponsor: PDE
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