Festival 2026
Food Demonstration with Penny
Flavours of the Aegean: Traditional Dolmadakia Making with Penny @ Exis Join us at Exis, beautifully located on the vibrant platea facing the Aegean Sea, for an exclusive, hands-on culinary workshop celebrating authentic Greek flavours. Led by the wonderful Penny, this special gathering invites you to master the beautiful art […]
Ohana Ranch Open Day & BBQ (sign-up)
Ohana Ranch Open Day & BBQ You’re invited to come & join us on our land. We’ll share & enjoy a BBQ together, sit by the small pool, play some music and spend time with the animals on our beautiful ranch. Ohana is a Queer, political, spiritual and feminist collective […]
Dr Rebecca – Basic Life Support ’26
This workshop, led by Dr. Rebecca, will cover critical techniques for Basic Life Support (BLS), including how to assist in cardiac arrest and choking incidents. A key component will be hands-on training with our village’s Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) machine, which is located outside Sappho Travel. Through a combination of […]
Alison Child – Paper Wings
Paper Wings: A Tribute to the Writer & Activist Maureen DuffyPresented by Alison Child in tribute to the novelist, playwright and poet Maureen Duffy who died in May we present ‘Paper Wings’ a multi-media performance of love poems, dedicated to Sappho and set to paper by Liz Mathews.Maureen Duffy was […]
Retro D’iren
Retro D’Iren — Closing Night Concert! We are going out with a bang! Closing Night is Party Night, and for that we need a bold, joyful sound packed with colour, rhythm, and infectious energy. We are delighted to welcome Retro D’Iren to the festival stage. Made up of Iren, Annita, […]
Give Me The Ball!
Give Me the Ball! — Special Festival Screening We are delighted to present a special festival screening of Give Me the Ball! on Thursday 10 September. Sappho Women has been fortunate to secure this multi-award-winning documentary before its general release, giving our festival audience a rare opportunity to experience it […]
BETTY
BETTY Live in Skala Eressos! We are thrilled to welcome the legendary indie-rock power trio BETTY to the International Eressos Women’s Festival. For many of us, BETTY are instantly recognisable as the band behind the iconic theme song for The L Word. But Elizabeth, Amy, and Alyson are so much […]
Hack & Bashit Go Caving
Hack & Bashit Go Caving (in the Nether Regions) In this quirkily surreal tale, DIY (Dyke-It-Yourself) experts and enthusiasts, Hack & Bashit, are summoned by mysterious female forces from afar. A mystical Greek beetle leads the pair on a journey across Europe to the isle of Lesvos where a vulvic […]
Clay – Aegean Flow Yoga
An open-level Yoga class designed to create waves in your spine, space in your body, and strength in your muscles, joints & bones. Every posture is an invitation to witness the sensations inside the body, to be fully in the present moment, and fill the body with life force. About […]
Alison Child – Foot Massage Workshop
A foot massage is an effective, non-invasive way to relieve stress, improve blood circulation, release endorphins and promote deep relaxation. If you like giving and receiving foot massages this hands-on workshop will teach you four techniques guaranteed to make you even better at it. About Alison Alison lives full time […]
Esther Engel – Body Stability
The aim of Body Stability is posture improvement. This will be achieved by dedicated training of the muscles responsible for an upright posture combined with stretching to enhance body mobility. You don’t need any previous experience and all levels of fitness are welcome to join. About Esther From Germany and […]
Ina Wolf – How to Support FLINTA Refugees
FLINTA: (Female • Lesbian • Intersex • Non-binary • Transgender • Agender) This workshop will cover the current situation in Germany AND other EU members, including at the political level, and the latest integration project will be presented, which focuses on the arrival of queer refugees in Germany. Topics such […]
Beach Clean With Lady Mac
The Great Festival Beach Clean with the AMAZING Lady Mac!It simply wouldn’t be the festival without our annual tradition! Can you spare just an hour to help us care for our beautiful beach? It’s surprisingly fun, a brilliant way to mingle with fellow festival-goers, and a wonderful chance to give […]
ASH – Ecstatic Dance
Ecstatic Dance — “Let’s Dance Our Six Senses” Ecstatic Dance workshop is a free-form movement practice where choreography, set steps, and expectations fall away, and something truer takes their place. In this workshop, we open to all six senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and intuition in movements to […]
Alternative Fashion Show
Alternative Fashion ShowGet ready for one of the biggest, busiest, and most joyfully unruly nights of the festival.Under the stars at the Open-Air Cinema, the Alternative Fashion Show throws out the traditional fashion rulebook and replaces it with community, creativity, laughter, self-expression, and a whole lot of heart.Expect exceptional staging, […]
Candace Walsh – Sapphic Stanza Poetry
In this workshop, participants will learn how easy and satisfying it is to write Sapphic stanzas (4 lines long). I’ll share Sapphic stanzas by poets over time, including my own queer love poems published in journals, and in my poetry book by Yellow Arrow Publishing.Participants will leave with their creations, […]
Dale Ducillo – Biodanza
This Biodanza class fosters connection and community using lively world music, authentic movement, and positive interactive experiences. This somatic movement program also stimulates organic physiological transformations within our bodies. Biodanza is at once a fun and playful ice-breaking activity, that can also be profound and deeply moving. It is a […]
Safe Passage Bags
Come and meet some of the incredible Safe Passage crew on 11th & 12th September. Their amazing items will be for sale from 11.00am throughout the day; please pass by and support them. Lesvos Solidarity At Safe Passage Bags, which is part of Lesvos Solidarity, we upcycle material related to […]
Jen Buffington – Intro to Improv
The Fun & Power of “Yes, And…” I love sharing the joy of “Yes, And!…” Improv games and exercises help us win back a free spirited, open attitude. They help us shake-off the inhibitions that pile up as life happens, as we learn to filter ourselves, as we worry about […]
5-A Side Football Match!
The Annual 5-A Side Football Match! Whether you’re a seasoned striker or you can barely dribble without tripping, everyone is welcome to join our friendly annual kick-about! We are heading down to the beautifully renovated Papanikolis pitch for a day of fun and laughs. If playing isn’t your thing, we […]
Elizabeth Day – Lesbian Widows
Finding Support When Your Partner Has Died I run an international self-organised group for lesbians whose partner/wife has died. We currently have 715 members from across the English-speaking world. I am a family and relationship psychotherapist with over thirty years experience of therapy and facilitating groups. I am part of […]
Heather Summers – Feel The Beat
This is a high energy, fun workshop using body percussion to create physical music together – from body beat sequences and cup rhythms to poly rhythms as we make a samba band. We may even do some gumboot dancing without the wellies! It’s a great way to learn about and […]
Sandy Rakowitz – Animal Communication
Animal Communication with Sandy Rakowitz.Learn to tune-in, connect and communicate with your animals at home while at the festival.You’ll get walked through practical, easy to follow steps to open and expand your sensory, intuitive and psychic sensing to connect, receive and send messages with your animals.About Sandy:I’ve been teaching animal […]
Andrea & Claire – Scottish Ceilidh Dancing
LAUGH ALONG THE WAY! Come and join this fun, two-hour workshop to learn a basic Scottish ceilidh dance. There will be two of us taking you through the steps and at the end we hopefully will produce a dance from a Scottish wedding. Bring as much tartan as you want, […]
Heeyoung 희영 – A Korean Lesbian Story
We are proud to welcome Heeyoung to the International Eressos Women’s Festival 2026 for a special conversation exploring lesbian visibility, LGBTQI+ experience and community in South Korea. From Seoul to Sappho, this talk offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from Heeyoung: an activist, influencer, content creator, tattoo artist and […]
Agapi Apostolopoulou – Return to the Heart
When we arrive on this Earth, we meet life through the space of the heart. We are open. Sensitive. Vulnerable. And at the same time deeply powerful in our authenticity and truth. As we grow, we are taught how to be. How to speak. How to sit. How to express […]
Esra Kayıkçı Ladies Trio
We are delighted to welcome Esra Kayıkçı Ladies Trio to the International Eressos Women’s Festival 2026. After two years of conversations, we are especially happy that this exceptional all-female jazz trio will finally be joining us in Skala Eressos. Bringing together three of Turkey’s finest contemporary musicians, the trio offers […]
Parta Flora
We are thrilled to welcome Parta Flora to the International Eressos Women’s Festival 2026. This performance is especially meaningful for us, as it marks a long-held dream of inviting a local band to perform here in Skala Eressos. Hailing from our beautiful island home of Lesvos, Parta Flora are an […]
Charlotte Brandi
We are delighted to welcome Charlotte Brandi to the International Eressos Women’s Festival 2026. German singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and author Charlotte Brandi creates music that moves between intimate vulnerability and powerful, expansive art-pop. Her work is bold, emotionally precise and difficult to categorise, blending indie-pop sensibilities with experimental storytelling, […]
Nama Dama
We’re excited to welcome Nama Dama to this year’s programme — a performance that brings something entirely new to the festival. Nama Dama (Anastasia Demetriadou) creates what she calls “Pagan Soul” — a distinctive sound rooted in her Cypriot and Ukrainian heritage. Her music moves between traditional folk, ancient storytelling, […]
Kids With Buns
We’re proud to welcome the outrageously talented Kids With Buns to the stage in Skala Eressos this September!After an impressive debut with Out of Place and sold-out release shows in iconic venues such as Ancienne Belgique (Brussels) and De Helling (Utrecht), Kids With Buns return with their long-awaited second album.The […]