Your favorite festival returns with a great and diverse lineup!
More names will be announced soon!
Nightwish / In Flames / Insomnium / Elysion(7/6/23, Plateia Nerou)
Nightwish, the landmark band of symphonic metal will present a set of songs from their entire career, in the biggest show they have ever presented in Greece. Special guests, the great In Flames, and the veterans of melodic death metal, Insomnium. Elysion will be the opening act.
Helloween / Jinjer / Beyond The Black / Silent Winter (17/6/23, Plateia Nerou)
Helloween, the undisputed masters of European power metal return to Athens after a decade-long absence. Alongside them, Jinjer, the magnificent band from Ukraine and the amazing Beyond The Black. Silent Winter will be the opening act.
Rosalía / Central Cee / Tinashe / IAMDDB / Ayra Starr / Sidarta / Kandè (20/6/23, Plateia Nerou + SNFCC Great Lawn)
Release Athens and SNF Nostos join forces to present three electrifying days of concerts on two stages. The headliners of the first day are Rosalía (Plateia Nerou), the ultimate pop icon of our days, and Central Cee (SNFCC Great Lawn), the hottest hip-hop act in the UK. With them, Tinashe (Plateia Nerou), one of the most unique figures of R&B/hip-hop, Ayra Starr (Plateia Nerou), a great talent in black music, and IAMDDB, one of the great up-and-coming acts in hip-hop/trap and neo-soul. Sidarta (SNFCC Great Lawn), one of the biggest stars of the local trap/rap scene, and Kandè, a rapidly rising neo-soul/R&B artist, completes the line-up.
Röyksopp / Tash Sultana / M83 / OMD / Dub Inc / Groundation / Mikro (21/6/23, Plateia Nerou + SNFCC Great Lawn)
Headliners of the second day of Release Athens x SNF Nostos, two internationally acclaimed acts. The Norwegians Röyksopp will take the stage at Plateia Nerou with a spectacular production, while at SNFCC Great Lawn, the musical phenomenon from Australia, Tash Sultana, in their first ever appearance in Greece. With them, M83 (Plateia Nerou), the brainchild of the ingenious Anthony Gonzalez, OMD (Plateia Nerou), one of the most successful synth pop groups of all time, two very important reggae bands, Dub Inc (SNFCC Great Lawn) and Groundation (SNFCC Great Lawn), and the beloved Mikro (Plateia Nerou).
Siouxsie / Interpol / Echo & The Bunnymen / Viagra Boys / Ladytron / The Haunted Youth / In Trance 95 (23/6/23, Plateia Nerou + SNFCC Great Lawn)
The third day of Release x SNF Nostos is dedicated to post punk and rock music in general. Headliner at Plateia Nerou, the legendary Siouxsie will take the stage at Plateia Nerou to remind us why she is considered one of the most influential artists of the last few decades. Alongside her, the greatest band - after The Beatles - to come out of Liverpool, the iconic Echo & The Bunnymen and the leading figures on the electro-pop scene, Ladytron. In Trance 95, the dark wave pioneers of the local dark wave scene, will be the opening act. Headliners at the SNFCC Great Lawn will be the wonderful Interpol, the band that in the early aughts shook up the New York scene and the entire music world, bringing back the post-punk sound with a modern twist. With them, we’ll have the chance to enjoy one of the most exciting post punk bands of our days, the Swedish Viagra Boys and one of the best newcomers of the European indie pop/rock scene, The Haunted Youth.
Madrugada / Wet Leg / Baxter Dury / Pink Vanity (25/6/23, Plateia Nerou)
The beloved band from Norway, with such a large and passionate following in our country, returns after many years to festivals, taking their rightful place as headliners. With them, Wet Leg, the hottest indie-rock band of 2022 and the amazing British songwriter, Baxter Dury, for their first ever show of both acts in Greece. Opening act: Pink Vanity.
Disturbed / Bullet For My Valentine / Nova Twins / O.Y.D. (26/6/23, Plateia Nerou)
Disturbed, the band from Chicago that has dominated the metal scene for more than 20 years, returns to Athens for a special night filled with their greatest songs. Alongside them, Bullet For My Valentine, the leading British metal band of the 21st century and the rapidly rising duet of Nova Twins. O.Y.D. will be the opening act.
Parkway Drive / Soulfly / Triptykon performing Celtic Frost / Skybinder (27/6/23, Plateia Nerou) 
Parkway Drive, one of the best bands of modern metal, Max Cavalera’s Soulfly and Tom Gabriel Fischer’s Triptykon in a special Celtic Frost tribute set focused on the first three releases of the legendary extreme metal band, guarantee a metal night to remember. Skybinder will be opening act.
Amon Amarth / Kreator / Heaven Shall Burn / Bleed From Within (28/6/23, Plateia Nerou)
The undisputed kings of Viking metal, Amon Amarth, the most consistent thrash band, Kreator, the extreme metal masters, Heaven Shall Burn and Bleed From Within, one of the top metalcore bands of our time, on the biggest metal night of this summer.
Stereo Nova / Leftfield / Boy Harsher / Marva Von Theo (15/7/23, Plateia Nerou)
Stereo Nova, one of the most important Greek bands of all time, are headlining a great festival day with an impressive production and a spectacular audiovisual show featuring tracks from their entire discography plus their new single that comes out in early June. With them, Leftfield, the great British electronic music outfit and Boy Harsher, the American ambassadors of dark electronica. Opening act: Marva Von Theo.
Arctic Monkeys / The Hives / Willie J Healey / Green Was Greener / The Vaxtones (18-19/7/23, Plateia Nerou)
Maybe the biggest music event of this summer. After the unprecedented response of the audience for the show of Arctic Monkeys, the biggest rock band of the 21st century, a second day has been added to the festival. With them, for both days, one of the best live groups in the world, The Hives and the rapidly rising Willie J Healey. On July 18th, Green Was Greener will be the opening act, and the next day, July 19th, The Vaxtones.
The Prodigy / Primal Scream / Lip Forensics & more tba (21/7/23, Plateia Nerou)
The Prodigy, the greatest act of the electronic music returns to Greece, after a long time, and together with the legendary Primal Scream, they’ll provide a historic night for the aficionados of music of the last thirty years. Lip Forensics will be the opening act.
Wu-Tang Clan / Ocean Wisdom / TAF LATHOS / Ethismos / Twinsanity / Junior SP (27/7/23, Plateia Nerou)
The biggest and most important hip-hop group of all time in a historic performance that we’ve been waiting for years. They will be joined by electric British rapper Ocean Wisdom and some of the biggest names in the local hip-hop scene. TAF LATHOS, Ethismos & Melow and Twinsanity with DJ Micro will round off a great line-up, while Junior SP. will kick off this historic night with his musical selections.