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Technopolis City of Athens

Open-air concert venue·Gazi·€€

Home of Athens Jazz

The old Gazi gasworks, now an open-air concert courtyard and home of the Athens Jazz festival.

A packed summer concert in the main courtyard of Technopolis, beneath the old gasworks chimneys — Photo Credit
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Technopolis by night from above, the concert stage glowing between the gasworks chimneys — Photo Credit
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A brass band on the Athens Jazz stage at Technopolis — Photo Credit
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A trumpet and flugelhorn resting on stage at Athens Jazz, the red-lit chimney beyond — Photo Credit
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Two saxophonists play to the crowd at Athens Jazz in the Technopolis courtyard — Photo Credit
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A singer greets the crowd from the Athens Jazz stage, the floodlit chimney behind — Photo Credit
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Concert-goers raise their hands before the arched stage at Technopolis — Photo Credit
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A trumpeter on stage during Athens Jazz at Technopolis — Photo Credit
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About Technopolis City of Athens

The city’s old gasworks in Gazi has been reborn as Technopolis, a cultural park of brick halls and towering chimneys that the city says draws more than a million visitors a year. In late spring its central courtyard hosts Athens Jazz, the city’s longest-running music festival, held every year since 2001: seven days of international and Greek jazz on an outdoor stage. Through the summer the same courtyard holds large concerts, with the floodlit chimneys as the backdrop. Our advice: arrive early for Athens Jazz to find a spot near the stage, and look up the industrial gas museum on site before the music starts.