AEF2025: Hip Hop Battle & All Styles Battle

The Athens Epidaurus Festival celebrates its 70th edition in 2025, with 95 days of artistic brilliance featuring over 3,000 artists from 14 countries. From iconic venues in Athens like the Herodeion, Pireos 260, and the revived City of Athens Lycabettus Theatre, to the grand finale in Epidaurus, the festival brings the world’s top performances to Greece’s stages.

This year’s programme includes world premieres, new commissions, and exciting artistic strands such as Contemporary Ancients, which reimagines Greek tragedy, and Fierce Women in Performance, exploring gender and power. The GRAPE – Greek Agora of Performance platform highlights emerging Greek talent, while the Subset Festival brings experimental sounds to the stage. Cycles Roots revisits folk traditions with a fresh twist.

Check out our curated picks from this year's programme here.

The AEF Urban Dance Contest celebrates five years of epic battles, raw talent, and non-stop energy with a double dose of dance over two jam-packed nights. 

Curated by Elias Hadjigeorgiou and Periklis Petrakis, this anniversary edition brings together top hip-hop and street dancers from Greece and beyond. Expect sharp moves, head-to-head showdowns, and plenty of heat in the 1vs1 Hip Hop and 2vs2 All Styles battles. With SifuVersus hyping the crowd, DJ Greetana and DJ Amaze Me on the decks, and an all-star panel of judges who’ll also hit the stage for special showcases, this is a full-on celebration of the scene.

And when the battles are over? The after-parties kick off.