Kefalonia Local Events

Kefalonia has many religious festivals and celebrations taking place throughout the year, especially during the warmer summer months. Most of these festivals and events are organised in Keflonia's picturesque villages and in its capital city, ensuring you are easily able to participate in the festivities.

Listed below are the upcoming Kefalonia events and festivals, but please visit this page regularly for an updated list of fesival and events in Kefalonia. As you plan your visit for one of the events listed below, be sure to book ahead with one of our Kefalonia hotels.

A Day Celebrating the Saviour's Metamorphosis

This is a day celebrating the Saviour's Metamorphosis, a day of garlic-sauce (skordalia) and codfish at 21:00 at The Porto of Lixouri.

Dormition of the Virgin in Markopoulo

The Dormition of the Virgin is celebrated all over Greece, but there is something special happening in a small church called "Panayia Lakouvarda" or "Fidousa", in Kefalonia