Release Athens 2024 PULP_THE SMILE

Launched in 2016, Release Athens has become one of the most important summer music events in Athens and across Greece, hosted mainly in Plateia Nerou, a beautiful open – air venue right by the sea within minutes of downtown Athens.
With extroversion and optimism as its main mottos, against the turbulent times where the festival took its form, Release Athens rejuvenated the local entertainment scene, believing in the liberating power of music – from which, after all, it took its name.
Release Athens presents diverse line-ups, beyond limits or boundaries.

Since the first day of its existence, it has presented a multitude of outstanding artists:

Arctic Monkeys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Slipknot, The Prodigy, Liam Gallagher, Pet Shop Boys, Siouxsie, London Grammar, Rosalia, Bauhaus, Echo & the Bunnymen, Primal Scream, Parov Stelar, Judas Priest, Sabaton, Iggy Pop, New Order, Parkway Drive, Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill, Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, Hozier, Manowar, Disturbed, Clutch, Jamiroquai, Interpol, Richard Ashcroft, Thievery Corporation, OMD, Royksopp, Moderat, Archive, Pj Harvey, Beirut, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Bullet for my Valentine, In Flames, Fontaines D.C., Hooverphonic, Blind Guardian, Epica, Amon Amarth, Kreator, Jinjer, Dead Daisies, Sleaford Mods, Anthrax, James, Johnny Marr, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Fu Manchu, Third World, Cigarettes After Sex are some of the acts who have graced the festival with their presence so far, and there is much more to come/ a lot of great names and groundbreaking shows are about to follow.