Athens scene guide
Athens scene guide — find your venue by sound. Techno lands at SMUT Athens. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Athens’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Techno — if you like Rene Wise: SMUT Athens, AUX Club, Universe Athens
- Club — if you like TEDESCO: SMUT Athens, Plex, Samis Bar
- Electronica — if you like Autechre: Universe Athens, Ace Hotel & Swim Club Athens, Athens Conservatoire - Ωδείον Αθηνών
- Acid — if you like Deherian: 2ten, Romantso, BÒTOXE Club Athens
- Deep House — if you like Nikolas Gale: Vrachon Theater, Temple Athens, Skull Bar
- Trance — if you like Amor Satyr: Universe Athens, AUX Club, BÒTOXE Club Athens
- Downtempo — if you like Satori: Ace Hotel & Swim Club Athens, Temple Athens
Busiest venues
How big is Athens’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 2,288 club nights across 171 venues in Athens, featuring 1,388 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Athens tonight.
Which Athens venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Athens club nights actually start and end?
From the 2,288 listings publishing door times: the median Athens night opens at 22:00 — 41% open before 22:00, 55% between 22:00 and midnight, and 5% after midnight. Of the 209 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 05:00, 63% run past 04:00 and 41% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Athens cost?
Across the 115 listings publishing prices (5% of all nights): the median advance ticket is €10, with half of all nights between €0 and €12. 32% of listed nights are free.
When does Athens go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (39% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 66% of the week. The busiest month of the year is May.
What does Athens sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 38% · House 25% · Electro 8% · Disco 7% · Tech House 7% · Trance 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
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