Since 2011, the Matala Beach Festival has taken place in Crete (except for the “Corona years”). The Matala Beach Festival takes place right on the beach – but eventually runs through the whole place. There are bands from the Greek and international music scene. The entrance to the area is free.

The Matala Beach Festival includes events for children and adults. Worth seeing is the annual “Street Painting” – when the streets in the village become a huge painting (on the Sunday before the festival). The concerts on the beach and the beach parties are certainly the highlight and suitable for all audiences.

The story:
In June 2011 South Crete Community in Greece threw a festival on the beach to celebrate the launch of the ‘Myth of Matala’ book featuring photos of the hippie cave residents during the '60s & 70s.
It was a hippie reunion. 35k people heard about it and flocked to Matala Beach.

In June 2012 over 58 k people visited the festival weekend and the word is quickly spreading.

It was a huge success as free events which brought together music and arts fans from all generations on the beach beneath the caves to celebrate peace, love, and happiness.
Matala Beach Festival 2013 introduced to 70k people the meaning of Life.

Matala Beach Festival is today an amazing international event with more than 100 k fans!!!

Timings and durations:
You'll arrive at Matala around 6 p.m. without hustle and stucked into traffic since you go directly to the scene with the coach.

Then you are free to go to explore the whole area.

At midnight you are kindly requested to come back to the coach to ride back to the hotels with unforgettable memories.

Together it makes a difference!
Events & Details
2 Concert stages (Main Stage / Cave – Square Stage )
More than 30 concerts
Matala Street Painting Projekt
The Craftsman Projekt
Bar fascilities
Familiy areas
Camping project

Be there to share the Love! ❤️The main live acts as following:
The program will be released soon❤️❤️❤️

Be a member of love, peace and happiness and share it at the Matala Beach Festival.