Thessaloniki Song Festival

Thessaloniki Song Festival
Thessaloniki Song Festival
Genre	Greek music
Dates	Variable
Location(s)	Athens, Greece (1959–1961); Thessaloniki, Greece (1962–1997, 2005–2008)
Years active	1959–1997; 2005–2008

The Thessaloniki Song Festival (Greek: Φεστιβάλ Τραγουδιού Θεσσαλονίκης, IPA: [festiˈval traɣuˈðʝu θesaloˈnicis]), officially the Greek Song Festival (Greek: Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Τραγουδιού, IPA: [festiˈval eliniˈku traɣuˈðʝu]) was a Greek song festival hosted between 1959–1997 and 2005–2008. The host city of the event was initially Athens (1959–1961) but the contest was later moved to Thessaloniki, from which it got its name.

The festival was usually hosted at the Alexandreio Melathron in Thessaloniki.^[1]^[2]

^ Tasos Kritsiolis (2 November 2006). "ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ". www.musiccorner.gr. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ "Αλεξάνδρειο Αθλητικό Μέλαθρον". www.alexandreiomelathron.gr. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[corner-1] Tasos Kritsiolis (2 November 2006). "ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ". www.musiccorner.gr. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[2] "Αλεξάνδρειο Αθλητικό Μέλαθρον". www.alexandreiomelathron.gr. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

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