The 2nd Panhellenic Truffle Festival begins tomorrow, Thursday, October 10, in Kalambaka. The events will take place at the Riga Feraiou Square and will last until Sunday, October 13. The festival is organized by the Meteora Natural History Museum and Mushroom Museum in cooperation with the Municipality of Meteora, while the events are supported by the Region of Thessaly.
During the event, visitors have a lot to learn, through participation in seminars on trout and mushrooms, while on Friday and Saturday they will be entertained respectively by Evita & the Val Boys and Manitarock.
On Sunday they will enjoy some of the best local dance clubs, while special emphasis is placed on entertaining the little ones throughout the days of the Feast, with Magic Castle Entertainment.
Also, throughout the event, truffle growers and hunters will be on hand to inform and answer visitors’ questions at the booths they will have on-site.
The highlight day of the Festival is Saturday when some 40 chefs will cook truffle dishes for visitors at the Square, while two leading figures in the field of gastronomy, Ilias Mamalakis and Nikos Sarantos, will be honored.
It should be noted here that everything is offered FREE to guests.
Program of the 2nd Panhellenic Truffle Festival Kalambaka,
10-13 October 2024 Riga Feraio Square
Thursday 10/10/2024
Nitsa Liapi Hall
19:00 1st Seminar on: Growing Truffles
Speakers: Nola Katerina and Mylonas Vassilis, truffle farmers
19:30 2nd Seminar on: Training dogs to find truffles
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Speaker: Tsilis Nikos, dog breeder and trainer, truffle hunter
Friday 11/10/2024
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Opening date: 11/11/2012
Opening date: 11/11/2012
17:30 Installation at Riga Feraio Square of sculptural creations by artist Ilias Kotsira, inspired by the Museum’s exhibits
18:30 Face painting for young and old
19:00 An impressive stilt entertains the visitors
20:00 Dance school “Dance and Expression” Dimitra Kanata
21:00 Concert with the young band Evita & the Val Boys
Saturday 12/10/2024
09:30 Truffle hunt in the forest (departure from Riga Feraio Square)
11:00 – 12:30 Face painting and the beloved Maya the Bee (Mascot)
11:00-13:30 Children learn by cooking truffles and mushrooms
18:00-20:30 Magic Show and interactive animator program with mascot and lots of games for the whole family and an impressive stilt walker is photographed with guests
18:00 Start of truffle and mushroom cooking. Dozens of chefs cook for guests
18:45-19:15 Nitsa Liapi Hall
1st Seminar on: Truffles in Greece
Speaker: Kaunas Vassilis, member of the Board of Directors of the Mushroom Friends of Greece
2nd Seminar on: Linking nutritional and commercial value of mushrooms and truffles
Speaker: Olga Gortzi, Professor, University of Thessaly
19:40-19:45 Greeting by Mr. Nikos Pallas, Director of the Museum
Nikos Pallas.
19:45-19:50 Greeting by Mr. Lefteris Lazaros, President of the Organizing Committee for the Truffle Festival
19:50- 19:55 Greeting by Mr. Dimitris Koureta, Regional Governor of Thessaly
19:55-20:00 Greeting by the Mayor of Meteora Mr. Lefteris Avramopoulos
20:15-20:45 Awards to top personalities of gastronomy: Mamalakis Elias, Sarantos Nikos
20:45-21:30 Cooking by distinguished chefs in honour of the award winners
20:45-21:30 Dance Club of Trikala
21:30 Concert with Manitarock
Sunday 13/10/2024
11:00 Sweet tastes for young and old
11:00 Cultural and Dancing Association “METEORON PAREA” children’s sections
11:30 am Recreational and Cultural Association of Vlahava “The Palaeopanagia” children’s and adults’ sections
Noon Brotherhood of Sklivanites of Ioannina
12:30 “CHOROZIN” Dance and Culture Workshop of Trikala
12:45 Cultural and Recreational Association “The VLYZAS”
13:00 Cultural Association of Petrotos “Agios Georgios”
13:30 Cultural Association of Petroporos “Agia Paraskevi”
14:00 Closing of the Festival
