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Join Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Chantilly, VA for its 2026 Greek Festival on May 16–17. Enjoy Greek food, music, dancing, and family fun. Click here for details!
Join us May 15–17, 2026 for Saint Sophia Cathedral’s annual Greek Festival in Washington, DC. Enjoy authentic Greek food, pastries, live music, dancing, cathedral tours, kids activities, and more under the big tent. Click here for details!
St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Bethesda, MD invites you to its Greek Festival 2026 on June 6–7! Enjoy Greek food, pastries, dancing, live music, marketplace, tours, and more! Click here for details!
The Hellenic Society Prometheas invite you to its Annual Picnic in the Park on Saturday, 5/9/26, at Cabin John Park in Potomac, MD. Tickets now on sale at DCGreeks.com through 5/6/26! Click here for details!
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05/02New Event: St. Katherine's Spring 2026 Greek Festival from 6/5/26 - 6/7/26 in Falls Church, VA
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05/02New Event: Saint Sophia's Greek Festival 2026 from May 15-17, 2026 in Washington, DC
05/02New Event: Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival 2026, Saturday-Sunday, May 16-17, 2026, in Chantilly, VA!
04/18Tickets are now on sale for Picnic in the Park 2026 Presented by The Hellenic Society Prometheas on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at Cabin John Park in Potomac, MD!
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St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church invites you to its Spring 2026 Greek Festival, Friday, June 5, to Sunday, June 7, in Falls Church, VA. Click here for details!

Eirini Mercouri and Sarmbel Delight Hundreds at Clearwater, FL Show

June 1, 2005

It’s a rare opportunity when we actually get to give our readers a preview of a one-night-only concert in DC. Based on last weekend’s show in Clearwater, this Friday’s concert headlined by Eirini Mercouri and Sarmbel may well just be one of the best shows to come through DC in a while, both for the chemistry that these entertainers had with the crowd but also because of the chemistry they had with each other.

While technically not on the marquee for this show, the opening act, simply known as Vanessa, nearly stole the show with just the right mix of engaging the crowd with just a small dose of aloofness to keep the guys in the audience fascinated and looking forward to her returns on stage with Sarmbel. Sarmbel’s energy and non-threatening boy-bandish good looks had the women in the audience going nuts and drew the evening’s first crowd of women dancing on the tables. His dance moves were definitely the talk of the beach the next day. Mercouri herself took the stage and continued the trend of captivating the audience with a range of songs. Sarmbel joined her as Vanessa had joined him earlier for the occasional sensual ballad. For an amazing three hours the crowd was dancing, swaying, and singing along to both the artist’s own songs and covers. 

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Click here for a 4-minute video of Eirini Mercouri’s opening number from her 5/28/05 Clearwater, FL show.

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Click here to purchase WILL CALL tickets to the Washington, DC show, and avoid the rush of people paying at the door.

Check back in the coming days for photos from the Clearwater, FL show.

 


 

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