(completed)Ikarus rock festival 2010 6/8 στη Χερσόνησο Κρήτης

A New Music Festival on Crete

Mountains, music and masses of young people - it seems like someone should have come up with this idea for a music festival on Crete long before now. And in keeping with the Cretan spirit of hospitality, admission to this one is just 10 Euro, plus a small charge for using the shuttle service from Mallia on the coast.

Scheduled for Friday, August 5th 2010 the rock festival is the brainchild of Avdou native Tasos, who is the lead singer for Black Ocean, Greece's first pro surfer, and who also runs an artist's retreat calledThe Ikarus in his home village of Avdou.

Ikarus Rock Festival Lineup

Barb Wire Dolls (USA/GR), Angwish (USA),organizer Tasos' group Black Ocean(USA/GR), Bad Motherf*cker (USA), Puta Volcano (USA/GR), Mighty Shakers (GR), Xipoliti Stratia (GR), Pulse. (GR), New Kourites All-Star Jam Band (USA/GR), Host MC: Queen Isis (Barb Wire Dolls), and "Very Special Surprise Guests".

What You Should Know about the Ikarus Festival

The Ikarus Festival organizers believe they will have enough parking at a large village festival lot nearby. My advice? Take the shuttle they plan to provide rather than risk trying to find parking along curvy roads once the festival lot has filled up.

If you do drive to Avdou, please take care - even their press information reminds attendees to "Please drive slowly and carefully once entering the viilage, being extremely cautious of older citizens and children." That's good advice throughout Crete - and, for that matter, throughout all of Greece. (I'd add watching out for goats, the street dogs, and unexpected tractors as well.)

While Crete is warm in the summer months, it can get still get cool at higher elevations in the wee hours, so plan accordingly.

IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL
When: Friday, August 5th 2010 beginning at 6pm.
Location: Outside the village of Avdou, on the island of Crete.
Cost: 10 Euro