The 2nd Panhellenic Truffle Festival starts tomorrow, Thursday, October 10, in Kalambaka. The events will take place in Rigas Feraios Square and will last until Sunday, October 13. The Festival is organised by the Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum in cooperation with the Municipality of Meteora, while the events are supported by the Region of Thessaly.

During the Festival, visitors have a lot to learn, through participation in seminars on truffles and mushrooms, while on Friday and Saturday they will be entertained by Evita & the Val Boys and Manitarock.

On Sunday, they will enjoy some of the best local dance clubs, and there is a special emphasis on entertaining the little ones on all days of the Festival, powered by Magic Castle Entertainment. 

Also, throughout the Festival, truffle cultivators and truffle hunters will be on hand to provide information and answer visitors' questions at their stands on site.

The highlight of the Festival is Saturday, when some 40 chefs will cook truffle and mushroom dishes for visitors in the square, while two leading figures of gastronomy, Elias Mamalakis and Nikos Sarantos, will be awarded.

It should be noted here that everything is offered FREE of charge to visitors. 

See below the program of the Festival:

Program of the 2nd Panhellenic Truffle Festival 

10-13 October 2024 Kalambaka, Rigas Feraios Square


Thursday 10/10/24

Location: “Nitsa Liapi” Hall

19:00 1st Seminar on: Cultivation of Truffles

Speakers: Nola Katerina and Mylonas Vassilis, truffle cultivators 

19:30 2nd Seminar on: Training dogs to find truffles 

Speaker: Nikos Tsilis, dog breeder and trainer, truffle hunter


Friday 11/10/24

17:30 Location: Rigas Feraios Square 

Installation of a sculptural creation by the artist Ilias Kotsiras inspired by the Museum's exhibits

18:00-20:00 Children's events at Rigas Feraios Square (balloon constructions - face painting)

20:00 Dance School "Dance and Expression" Dimitra Kanata

21:00 Concert with Evita & the Val Boys


Saturday 12/10/24

09:30 Truffle hunt in the forest (departure from Riga Feraios Square)

11:00-12:30 Children's activities at Rigas Feraios Square (face painting - balloon construction)

11:00-13:30 Children learn by cooking truffles and mushrooms

18:00-20:30 Children's events at Rigas Feraios Square (Magic Show - Stilts - Face painting)

18:00 Start of truffle-mushroom cooking. Dozens of chefs cooking for the guests

18:45-19:15 Location: “Nitsa Liapi” Hall

1st Seminar on the topic: Truffles in Greece 

Speaker: Vassilis Kaunas, member of the Board of Directors of the Mushroom Friends of Greece

 19:15-19:45 Location: “Nitsa Liapi” Hall

2nd Seminar on: Linking nutritional and commercial value of mushrooms and truffles

Speaker: Olga Gortzi, Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece


19:40-19:45 Greeting by Mr. Nikos Pallas, Director of the Museum

19:45-19:50 Address by Mr. Lefteris Lazarou, President of the Organizing Committee for the Truffle Festival

19:50-19:55 Greeting by Mr. Dimitris Kouretas, Regional Governor of Thessaly 

19:55-20:00 Greeting by the Mayor of Meteora, Mr. Lefteris Avramopoulos

20:15-20:45 Awards to top figures of gastronomy: Mr. Mamalakis Elias & Mr. Sarantos Nikos

20:45-21:30 Cooking by distinguished chefs in honor of the award winners

20:45-21:30 Trikala Dance Club

21:30 Concert with Manitarock


Sunday 13/10/24

11:00 The sweets of Kalambaka (free sweets from the local pastry shops)

11:00-14:00 Traditional dances from local groups

14:00 Closing of the Festival


9/10/2024