Events and customs
When Arta celebrates: from Agia Theodora and the Women's Carnival to the Philhellenia of Peta and the Tzoumerka Theatre.
- March
- Agia Theodora, 11 March
- June
- Liberation of Arta
- August
- Komeno, Selitsou, Tzoumerka Theatre
- October
- Chestnut and tsipouro festival in Rodavgi
The dates here come from the Greek Wikipedia article and are approximate. Many festivals change from year to year; the municipality or the organiser announces the programme each time.
In town
The feast of Agia Theodora is on 11 March. The liberation of Arta is celebrated in the third ten days of June, and the Women's Carnival has been held since 1982. On 27 September there is a trade fair. On Holy Thursday a fire is lit at Agia Theodora, one of the customs of Arta.
In the regional unit
Komeno honours the victims of 1943 with a memorial on 10–16 August. The Selitsou Monastery holds events that peak on 23 August. Peta hosts the Philhellenia, in memory of the battle of 4 July 1822, and the Karaiskakeia. The Aracheio Tzoumerka Theatre Festival has run since 2006 in early August, and Rodavgi holds a chestnut and tsipouro festival in mid-October.
Customs
In Peta the Barbarousa custom survives, and across the unit the Lazarus carols are sung.
