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THE OLYMPUS FESTIVAL The Festival of Olympus has been established here for 30 years now, and is the summit of the year's cultural activities. It embraces Pieria, Macedonia and Thessalia and has the widest range of cultural activities in the Balkans. The programme includes productions of plays from the Ancient and Modern Greek and Foreign repertoire, ballet, opera, classical and folk concerts, as well as talks on the archaeological significance of the area. The performances take place in the ANCIENT THEATRE OF DION and the CASTLE OF PLATAMON during the months of JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER and attract audiences in excess of 40,000 each year. I Was There