1st Satzi Bourekia Festival

Satzi bourekia take centre stage in Potami, which is set to host a festival dedicated to this beloved traditional delicacy for the first time. The Potami Women's Cultural Association is organising the 1st Satzi Bourekia Festival on Saturday 31 October, with activities from 16:00 and a programme continuing into the evening with live music.

Visitors will have the opportunity to take part in traditional cooking, watch elioptia and halloumopitta being baked in the wood-fired oven, and learn how trahanas is made. A special highlight of the programme is the bourekia-making workshop with Stelios Karanikolas, from 18:00 to 19:00.

For children there will be a bouncy castle, crafts and painting, while the festival will also feature Greek dances, the village choir and the Royale Dance Education Center.

Schedule

• 16:00: Bouncy castle
• 16:30-17:30: "Baking in the wood-fired oven" - elioptia and halloumopitta
• 16:30-18:30: Children's crafts and painting
• 17:00-18:00: "Making trahanas"
• 18:00-19:00: Bourekia-making workshop with Stelios Karanikolas
• 18:30-18:45: Greek dances
• 19:15-19:30: Village choir
• 19:30-19:45: Dances from the Royale Dance Education Center
• 20:00: Live music with Kyriakos Hatzieandreou and Theofanis Theofanous

Burgers, pizza and souvlaki, coffee and drinks, as well as sweet options such as donuts, crepes, sousioukkos and paluzes, will also be available on site.