Athens Music Week (AMW) is a Βοutique conference & showcase festival, which takes place in the City of Athens, each June, set in several locations, sites, and venues, such as the “Technopolis” hub of cultural events. It is an alternative destination, where music fans and industry experts from “Eastern Med” countries meet to interact, share diversified music experiences, and exchange knowledge regarding contemporary multi-cultural market directions.
AMW
Connecting Cultures – Inspiring Innovation
Our Story
What is AMW?
Our vision
Athens Music Week was founded in 2018, with the vision to offer a one-of-a-kind cultural and musical experience for music fans and industry insiders alike.
Its main goal is to foster connections among music and art professionals from international markets and allow them to:
Promote
their regional music on the global market
Exchange knowledge
and discover innovation without boundaries
Explore
the contemporary Greek lifestyle
A weeklong festival
Interact and network
To this end, Athens Music Week organizes an international Festival and a Conference, over 7 consequent days. Designed with a focus towards the needs of upcoming artists, independent promoters, music industry experts, and entrepreneurs from South-Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean & the Balkan regions, Athens Music Week is an alternative destination, where music fans can interact with upcoming bands, and grass-root talent can seek assistance in a broad range of music business-related matters.
A perfect balance
Βοutique conference & showcase festival
Combining a Showcase Festival philosophy with the “problem-solving” orientation of a Music Conference, Athens Music Week encompasses arts, heritage, innovation, technology, and urban/folk culture, along with various entertainment-driven topics. All, perfectly balanced within a hybrid environment which accelerates entrepreneurship, collaboration, and meaningful social interactions.
A living music lab!
Technopolis
The legendary historic capital of Greece is one of Europe’s most vibrant hotspots, counting hundreds of music bars and open stage/in-venue shows.
Technopolis, housed within the historic former gasworks plant of Athens, is a unique industrial cultural multi-space, receiving more than 1,000,000 visitors per year.
Every year*, Technopolis is transformed into a “living music lab”, featuring numerous workshops, panels, seminars, interviews, screenings, and VIP roundtables on a daily basis, as part of the annual Conference. And when the night comes, Athens Music Week Festival hosts top-notch Live Shows, meet & greet gigs, networking dinners, cocktail parties, and other authentic experiences around the city which just so happens to be one of the most popular summer destinations worldwide.
* Most likely, due to the pandemic restrictions, Athens Music Week 2021 will be exclusively hosted in Technopolis, right in the heart of Athens.
Where the East meets the West
Why in Athens?
Nestled in between the Asian, African and European continents, Greece is positioned at the crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations, creating a unique advantage and opportunity for Athens Music Week to sync great cultures, blend multi-ethnic talent pools, and eventually connect market experts from the private and public music sector.
Organizers
Athens Music Week is organized by Technopolis City of Athens and NPO MESO Music Events.
Athens Music Week
Testimonial
Athens Music Week is a hidden gem for the music sector, that agitates innovation and creativity in healthy debate, proving that a better world is possible and this may start from Athens, the cradle of occidental culture.
Celia Carrillo Castillo – Chief Marketing Officer (Ticketmaster, ES)
The real strength of music conferences lies in bringing people closer together. The reason one goes to conferences is to get inspired from the way other markets function, to discover new talent, and to become part of the gang! AMW has achieved all of this!
Jeff Thompson (Un-convention, UK)
Athens Music Week plays an important role to the music market of the region. Getting in touch with colleagues from Greece and other neighbouring countries to share thoughts about the state of the music industry is invaluable to me, since all our markets share similar issues and have the same concerns.
Serhan Lokman (Gulbaba Music, TR)
In the new and globalized environment of music, Athens Music Week identifies and highlights the prevailing trends, while observing the evolving connection of music with society and the contemporary human experience.
Dimitra Terranona – Radio Producer (Melodia 99.2, GR)