NSW
New Year’s Eve at the Greek Community Club
Head to the Greek Community Club Lakemba for a New Year’s Eve celebration featuring live music from Vasilis Metaxas, Thanasis Pylarinos and Giorgos Nikolopoulos.
Five course meal and cutting of the Cutting of the Vasilopita with a special gift for the lucky winner.
$85 for adults and $40 for kids. Drinks sold separately.
When: Tuesday December 31, 9pm to 2am (Doors open 8.30pm)
Where: Greek Community Club, 206-210 Lakemba St, Lakemba 2195
Bookings: Call 02 9740 6022 or 0451 104 980 | 0450 591 192
2024/2025 Bay Greeks New Year’s Eve
After a brief hiatus, New Year’s Eve at the Bay is back as Batemans Bay Greek Community present their NYE party.
DJ James Maestro, from Sydney, will be back once again to keep the dancing going all night long.
With Souvlakia/Greek salad and pita bread, fresh oysters and prawns and a selection of dips and mezes with a full bar.
Tickets must be pre-booked with none available at the door.
When: Tuesday December 31, 7.30pm to 2am
Where: Greek Community Centre, 6 Clyde Road, Batemans Bay 2536
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1314050
St Paraskevi New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance
The Hellenic Orthodox Parish and Community of Blacktown and Districts (St Paraskevi and Barbara) are celebrating the new year.
It will a night of fun and an opportunity to join them to welcome the New Year, with family, friends and the community.
With DJ Entertainment and a new Mediterranean menu including lamb on the spit. There will also be the Cutting of the Vasilopita.
When: Tuesday December 31, 7pm
Where: Fontana Amorosa Blacktown, 47-51 Balmoral Street, Blacktown 2148
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1311941
VIC
XYLOURIDES
Xylourides return to Melbourne.
This group are the youth brigade of Cretan Folk. Descendant of Cretan legends Nikos Xylouris, Psarantonis, Psaragiorgis and hailing from the epicentre of the movement in Anogeia in the mountains of Crete.
Xylourides is Adonis, Nikos and Apollonia Xylouris. Young trailblazers of an ancient art form, steeped in rigid discipline and carried down generations.
They are not just caretakers of Cretan folk music, they are perhaps its finest working exponents. As they have matured from the children of legends and students of the craft, Nikos, Adonis and Apollonia have made it their own, infusing the modes and patterns of their father and grandfather.
Australian Greeks know and love Cretan Folk also and Xylourides immediately sold out both their shows in Melbourne in 2024 and closed the Antipodes Festival to a packed Lonsdale Street where thousands circled the asphalt of an intersection in place of the ancient stone of a village square.
An opportunity to see what happens when the old world collides with the new.
When: Sunday December 29, 6pm
Where: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056
Bookings: www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/xylourides%C2%A0frenzees-greek-folk-band/173444
WA
Club Meraki: Celebrating Five Years
Perth’s signature modern Greek nightclub celebrates five years featuring modern Greek music, Eurohouse, and live instrumentalists as well as local and interstate guest DJs.
Headliners include klarino/saxophone player George Svolos (Sydney), Chris Evripidou (Sydney) on the bouzouki and vocals and Nickos Karagiannis on vocals and toumperleki.
On the decks attendees can enjoy DJ sets by TikTok sensation DJ Pkkay from Sydney and resident Meraki DJs Mikonic and Sal. Elysian Creative Dancers will also give performances.
When: Sunday December 29, 8pm to late
Where: Butterfly 73, 73 Francis St, Northbridge 6003
Bookings: megatix.com.au/events/clubmeraki5years
New Year’s 2025
St Nektarios in WA are hosting a dinner dance to bring in the new year, with live entertainment by Ammos band from Sydney.
When: Tuesday December 31, 7pm-1am
Where: Church of St Nektarios, 22 Dianella Dr, Dianella 6059
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1321110
SA
Culture Shock Stand Up Comedy Australia
Comedian Peter Kypri, known as ‘Cypriot Smurf’, is returning to Australia for a tour across the country.
His show ‘Culture Shock’ is a hilarious stand-up comedy show that promises to take you on a journey of laughter and self-discovery.
Kypri’s brings his unique perspective on life, which is bound to keep you entertained.
He shares his humorous take on everything from growing up in a different culture to navigating the ups and downs of adulthood, with clever anecdotes and side-splitting jokes that will have you in stitches.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! There’ll also be a special appearance from his infamous character, ‘Souvlakis’. This zany and unpredictable character will leave you in tears of laughter with his wacky, and somewhat stereotypical, antics.
Don’t miss out on the comedy experience, hosted at Ammōs Greek Bistro at $90 per head, with food included. Enjoy entrees and mains while you laugh the night away.
When: Wednesday January 29, 7pm-10pm
Where: AMMŌS Greek Bistro, 22 O’Connell St, North Adelaide 5006
Bookings: ammos.au/events
