Apolonia Festival

A cultural festival staged within the ancient ruins of Apollonia near Fier, using the ancient theatre, Odeon, Temple of Apollo and Archaeological Museum as performance venues for theatrical and artistic programming that recreates Greek and Roman historical stories. Its site-specific staging within genuine ancient ruins distinguishes it from festivals using historic backdrops only incidentally.

Apollonia Festival transforms the largest archaeological site in Albania into a living cultural stage each year, staging musical and theatrical performances directly within the ancient ruins of Apollonia, a city founded in 588 BC by Greek settlers from Corinth and Corfu that grew into a genuinely significant city-state, minting its own currency and later flourishing under Roman rule from 229 BC as a major cultural centre home to a celebrated school of philosophy.