From open-air music festivals to contemporary dance and new cinema releases, there is plenty to see and do across Cyprus this weekend and beyond.
Music
Limassol, Castle Square and historic centre, 6.30pm. The Alliance Française Limassol and Limassol Municipality present Fête de la Musique Limassol 2026, a two-day open-air festival of concerts and musical walks through the historic centre. The programme opens with a parade by percussion group Batukinio, followed on the main stage by French-language duo Avant Tout Duo with Vanessa Megalemou and Vasilis Vourvopolous, the Ηχώ των Μαντολίνων ensemble, the Eirenaios Koulouras Quartet performing jazz standards, and Fuzzy Colors. Free entry.
Nicosia, Aglantzia Academy Park, 9am–12pm; Engomi and The Mall of Engomi, 3–7pm. Make Music Cyprus marks its eighth edition and, for the first time, expands to three days, bringing together more than 500 participants — professional and amateur musicians, students and music lovers — in a festival open to all. Free entry. Information: makemusiccyprus.org | Tel. 70000216.
Dance
Nicosia, Nicosia Dance House, 8.30pm. FALLBACK, a new choreographic work by Diamanto Hatzizacharia, explores questions of community, collapse and renewal. Performers: Georgia Constantinou (Clark), Tzouli Charalambidou, Elina Karakosta, Maria Savva, Tonia Kyriakou, Diamanto Hatzizacharia. Music by Markos Soukiouroglu. Next performance: Limassol, ETHAL TechnoSpace, Sunday June 21, 7pm. Tickets: buytickets.at.
Festival
Nicosia, Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking, June 15–21, screenings from 8pm. The Images and Aspects of Alternative Cinema Festival 2026 returns with tributes to landmark filmmakers, rare screenings, experimental film, animation, queer feminist works and films that challenge the conventions of cinematic storytelling. Free entry. Information: 99407856.
Conference
Nicosia, University of Cyprus, Leventis Building Amphitheatre B108, June 19–21. The University of Cyprus is hosting an international conference honouring Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the most significant writers of the 20th century, with the participation of academics and researchers.
Visual arts
Paphos, Phsifida Art Gallery (26442111). Artist Ira Irakleou presents the solo exhibition Echoes of HER, a new series of paintings exploring unseen dimensions of female experience — vulnerability, memory, resilience, transformation and empowerment. Opening at 7pm. Until August 2.
Theatre
Nicosia, Agaia. Aigaia Theatre presents Ιστορίες Άνω Κάτω, directed by Maria Ioli Karolidou. Saturday June 20, 7.30pm. Tel. 22445757.
Nicosia, Théâtre Ena, 8.30pm. Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley comes to the stage, directed by Andreas Christodoulidis. Performances every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 7pm. Axiotheas Mansion: July 10, 11 and 12, 8.30pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster.cy, 22348203. Suitable for ages 18 and over.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Kartzin SEA Lab x Visual Voices. My Fancy Future by Fotini Michaelidou. Until July 3.
Gloria (22762605). Retrospective exhibition of painter and iconographer Paris Sivakas (1959–2018). Until July 2.
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. Painting exhibition With a Golden Ribbon, featuring works created by children of the Paediatric Oncology Clinic. Until June 26.
Art Seen (22006624). Group exhibition Summer Constellations. Until July 10.
Akamantis Business Centre. Photography exhibition organised by Kinanis law firm as part of the 8th Photography Competition. Until June 19.
Marginalia (99657080). Τραγιά by Pavlos Hambidis. Until June 27.
Apokalypsi (22300150). Group exhibition Code Reconstitution. Until September 12.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia (22668838). Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou. Until July 31.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking. The exhibition Mediterranean features works from the collection of Andreas Nikolaou. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL – 22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists, Agropoiitiki: soils/bodies. Until June 30.
Municipality Square. Water Movement Nicosia, a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30.
Leventis Municipal Museum Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until June 28.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality. Until June 30.
Limassol
The Edit Gallery (25251710). Unfolding Landscapes by Alejandra Atarés. Until July 18.
125 Space (25733994). Group exhibition New Forms, New Voices. Until July 18.
Platres, Minerva Hotel. The Holiday Trilogy by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition Women in Focus. Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging by Leontios Toumbouris. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). INTERIOR by Fanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
PSI Foundation. Bill Viola. Unspoken. Until August 1.
Larnaca
Municipal Art Gallery (24658848). Pancyprian Visual Arts Exhibition Reflections of Clay. Until August 22.
Pierides Museum (22128175). Nina Iakovoy: eyes to see and hands to touch. Until May 6, 2027.
Paphos
Blue Iris Gallery (26822446). Symbolic Presence: The Human Figure in the Art of Glyn Hughes. Until July 31.
Cinema
New releases: How to Make a Killing (directed by John Patton Ford, with Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick), Obsession (directed by Curry Barker, with Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson), Toy Story 5 (animated film directed by McKenna Harris and Andrew Stanton) — RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
Nicosia, Pantheon. Pedro Almodóvar’s new film Bitter Dreams is screening at the Pantheon. The Spanish director returns to his homeland in an autobiographical work. Running time: 111 minutes. June 20, 21, 23–28, 30 and July 1. Daily at 8.30pm; weekends also at 6pm.
