Colour Day Festival is a summer festival in Greece, Albania with music and coloured powder. It takes place on a weekend in June, from 12 noon to 11 pm. Colour Day Festival is one of the most famous festivals in Greece, with more than 40,000 attendees. Colour day festival is more popular amongst junior high school kids.
Beginnings
Colour Day Festival first took place in Athens in June 20, 2015 with more than 32,000 attendees. The first Festival was held in OAKA Stadium. During the Festival, there were three throwings of coloured power, starting at 5 pm. At the end of the night, everyone is being covered with colour. According to news.gr, more than 100,000 bags of colour were used at the first Colour Day Festival.
Growth
In 2015 the inaugural Colour Day Festival gathered more than 32.000 attendees. The second Colour Day Festival was held in June 18, 2016 at OAKA, with more than 40.000 attendees. Colour Day Festival 2017 was held in Athens on June 17, 2017. Colour Day Festival 2018 was held in Athens on June 30 & July 1 and the second day was dedicated to coloured water. In 2019 Colour Day Festival is set to take place on June 29 & June 30.
How it works
Procedure
The festival begins at 12 noon. The first guests arrive and some local warm-up DJs are performing. Each of the acts plays for about 20–30 minutes. –2 hours. At 5 pm everyone comes together for the first simultaneous colour throw of the day. This is then repeated twice. At about 11pm the event is over and the music stops. The festival usually takes place on a Saturday. An aftermovie video is produced after each event and onsite photo team follows each event, publishing pictures on the respective Facebook pages.
Set Up
There is one large stage where the DJs or the artists perform. There are also kiosks for food and drinks and kiosks for medical care. The colour powder is provided with the ticket, but can also be bought at the festival as well, along with various merchandise products, like T-shirts and hats.
Line Up
2015 {{Cite web|url=https://www.getgreekmusic.gr/kallitexnes-colour-day-festival/|title=Το line-up των καλλιτεχνών που θα εμφανιστούν στο Colour Day Festival GetGreekMusic|date=2015-06-05|language=el-GR|access-date=2016-09-20}}
Agent Greg Dino MFU DJ Marnick DJ Young & Tay GOD IS A DJ.GR HouseTwins Instamix Michael Tsaousopoulos Mossel Robin Skouteris Live Act: Melisses
Special Guests
Playmen Sad Puppy DJ The Boy B-Sykes Yalena Ermal Mamaqi
2016
A Flow Mobz Anastasio Arva & Anastasios Rammos Asterios Haritos Dino MFU George Siras HouseTwins Michael Tsaousopoulos Mossel Playmen Sysex The Mode Xenia Ghali Live Act: Melisses
