Melitzazz Festival 2014

The festival which will take place from July 3rd to July 7th, includes not only artists, but also chefs, who along with musicians and dance groups contribute to the festival's unique atmosphere.

Events take place in the streets, at squares and in the chateaus of the picturesque traditional village of Leonidio, while numerous open stages are set up throughout the city. The streets of Leonidio are transformed into open air bars and street food goes to a new dimension, where music and dances tangle with scents and flavors of local and international gastronomy. The festival is dedicated to the famous Tsakonian eggplant of Leonidio.

Leonidio and Tsakonia celebrate, highlighting their rare qualities, the Tsakonian language with its foundations in the Doric dialect, the Tsakonian dance with its roots in the myths of Apollo, the local tradition, hospitality and excellent natural environment.
This year the extrovert Tsakonian eggplant travels far away to Latin America, to the homeland of its "best friends", the potato from Peru and the tomato from Mexico, ingredients we can find in different dishes such as briam, tourlou, moussaka and many sauces as well.  Moreover, it meets many other Latin American "friends", such as corn, cocoa, chocolate and coffee.