Odeon Richmond's LAIKON PRESENTS series proudly focuses on premier Greek artists and products.

As part of Leaps and Bounds Festival 2025, this series will proudly present 'EORTI' (celebration) of Greek culture - live music, rare 78 rpm Rebetika recordings, a 5.1 Surround Sound event, Greek DJ for dancing, Greek BBQ and complimentary meze with tastings of top tier Hellenic organic wine, spirits and liqueurs. Everyone is welcome at "EORTI' (celebration).

Fri 25 July

* Peter Stathopoulos (Vicious Sloth Collectables) plays and discusses original 78 rpm Greek music recordings.

* Live band - A night of Greek Song featuring Irini Vela, Anthea Sidiropoulos and 'Anatreptix' performing a melancholy mix of soulful songs that take you on a Boite style breathtaking musical journey of timeless storytelling, song and dance.

* Complimentary meze and tasting of top shelf Hellenic organic wine, spirits and liqueurs.

* DJ Randy Lipz XXX will keep you dancing with Greek anthems pre-, between and post-performances.

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IRINE VELA

Irine is a multifaceted arts worker - a director, composer, musician, sound designer, librettist, producer and teaching artist.  Born to refugee and immigrant parents of mixed faiths – Muslim and Orthodox - resulted in an arts practice and body of work that acknowledges and celebrates the tensions and vitality that diverse and ghettoised voices and forms bring to the Australianarts.  She has collaborated with many of Australia’s finest performers, writers, directors and theatre companies. Irine is producer and artistic director for Outer Urban Projects and a founding member of 'the haBiBis' whose CD 'Intoxication" received an ARIA award for Best World Music Album. She also performs with Saray Iluminado.  Her film and television credits include: 'Head On' (feature film), 'Remembering Country' (documentary drama SBS), and the mini-series 'The Slap' (ABC). She received the 2012 APRA Screen Music Award for Best Soundtrack Album.

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ANTHEA SIDIROPOULOS

Born and raised in Naarm/Melbourne, Anthea is an award winning international singer-songwriter whose music is a reflection of her life experiences. Through her soul-stirring renditions of blues, soul, and rock n roll, her stories resonate with listeners on a deep level. Anthea 'Jewels' strikes a nostalgic chord singing songs she grew up with from her parents homeland in Greece, to songs she writes from the deepest darkest, lightest and funnier side of life, whilst expressing a voice for human rights.  Her projects have included Costas Tsicaderis's AMRAP, Arnold Zable's The Fig Tree, and her CD launch "Full Circle". Anthea has performed in Greece, Cyprus, New Orleans, San Francisco as well as throughout Australia.

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'ANATREPTIX'

(meaning 'subversive') play Rebetika, music of the Greek underground from the 1930s- ‘50s. Songs of sorrow, poverty, loss, grief, displacement and death are the content of this stirring music that touches the core of the human condition.  Maria Antaras- Dalamagas (accordion, guitar, vocals), Kat Stevens (violin, baglama), and Paul Dounias (bouzouki, vocals).