Street Mode Festival is an annual music, art and sports festival held in Thessaloniki since 2009. It is the largest festival of its kind, in Greece , reaching more than 40.000 visitors in a 4-day long program involving musical performances and street events. All forms and modes of urban music and culture have a place in the line-up of Street Mode Festival, a program that involves live gigs in 5 stages and more than 15 shows and contests of street art, street dance, parkour and action sports.
History
The first Street Mode Festival was organized in September 2009 in the Central Square of Thermi, a suburb in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event was conceptualized, organized and produced by Giannis Efstathiou, and during its first year it offered a graffiti jam, a skate contest, and a live musical performance by “Vodka Juniors”. During the next years, a big amount of bands was added to the program, along with new events such as street dance battles and parkour jams. The Central square of Thermi remained the venue of the festival for 5 years, from 2009 to 2013, where artists from all over Greece were invited to perform in front of the constantly growing audience. In 2014, the festival moved to a bigger venue, Pier A & Warehouse C at the port area of Thessaloniki. The addition of the reggae icon “Alpha Blondie” and the legendary hip-hop band “Sugar Hill Gang” to Street Mode 2016 signaled the first international entries to the festival’s musical line-up. Numerous internationally acclaimed acts additions followed the next years such as Ska-P, New Model Army, Turbonegro, Phil Campbell, Max Romeo, Pussy Riot, Looptroop Rockers and Dubioza Kolektiv. The year 2017 was a turning point in the history of the festival, as it moved to a bigger venue giving space to more than 80 bands from all over the world to perform in 5 stages during a 3-day long program. The significant increase in not only the amount but also the variety in musical acts and other events since 2016, contributed to shape a new character to the festival and from that point and on, Street Mode established a reputation as a major-type festival. In 2019, it returned to the port area of Thessaloniki, but this time at Pier B & Warehouse 8.
Artists
The following artists have appeared in Street Mode Festival. International Music Artists Algiers, Alpha Blondy & The Solar System, Art Brut, Asian Dub Foundation Soundsystem, Balothizer, Che Sudaka, City Of The Sun, Conquering Lion, Delinquent Habits, Dog Eat Dog, Doll Skin, Dope D.O.D., Dub Inc, Dub Pistols, Dubioza Kolektiv, Dwarves, Electric Six, Gang Of Four, Jaya The Cat, Kalamata, L’Entourloop, Lionize, Looptroop Rockers, Green Lung, Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg, Max Romeo, Monkey3, Moscow Death Brigade, My Sleeping Karma, Nebula, New Model Army, Nick Oliveri’s Death Electric Band, Nova Twins, Ocean Wisdom, Oferta Especial, Pe4enkata, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Prop Dylan, Punkreas, Pussy Riot, :nl:Raketkanon|Raketkanon, Repetitor, Replicunts, Roadkillsoda, Samsara Blues Experiment, Satanic Surfers, Senser, Shahmen, Ska-P, Skiller, Somali Yacht Club, Soulside, :de:Stoned Jesus|Stoned Jesus, Subcarpați, Talco, Taiwan MC, The Fuzztones, The Godfathers, The Great Malarkey, The Herbaliser Soundsystem, The King Blues, The Original Sugar Hill Gang, The Rumjacks, The Skints, Therapy?, :de:Thundermother |Thundermother, Too Many T’s, Turbonegro, Warrior Soul, Yawning Man, Zion Train, 4Questions. National Music Artists :el:12ος Πίθηκος|12os Πίθηκος, 1000mods, 63 High, Άγνωστος Χειμώνας, Άλλος Κόσμος, Αντίποινα, :el:Αρνάκια|Αρνάκια, Above The Hood, Allergic, Anima Nation, Anser x :el:Eversor|Eversor, Βέβηλος, :el:ΒήταΠεις|Βήτα Πεις, Bad Movies, Baildsa, Bailemos, Bangies, Banksters, Bazooka, Beggars, Big Nose Attack, Blend Mishkin & Roots Evolution, Bloody Hawk, Bonzai, Bunta Planedo, :el:Γιάννης Αγγελάκας|Γιάννης Αγγελάκας & 100°C, Chasing Attractors, Complex, Coretheband, Coyote’s Arrow, Deaf Radio, Despite Everything, Dirty Fuse, :el:Εισβολέας|Εισβολέας, :el:Ευθύμης Μπίλιος|Ευθύμης, Embargo, Fuel Eater, Halocraft, Hatemost, :el:Ημισκούμπρια|Ημισκούμπρια, Θραξ Πανκc, Imitate Your Mother, :el:Ιratus|Iratus, Jaw Bones, Joker / Two-Face, :el:Κακό Συναπάντημα |Κακό Συναπάντημα, :el:Κανών|Κανών & Θύτης, :el:Καταχθόνιος|Καταχθόνιος, Κροταλίας, Kareem Kalokoh, Kepe, Koza Mostra, :el:Λεξ |Λεξ, Λευκή Συμφωνία, Λόγος Τιμής, Λοco, Locomondo, Long Three, Μέμφις, :el:Μιθριδάτης |Μιθριδάτης, :el:Μικρός Κλέφτης|Μικρός Κλέφτης, M.A.t.E, Mpelafon, :el:Νέγρος του Μοριά|Νέγρος Του Μοριά, N.O.E., Naxatras, Nightstalker, Noise Figures, Oldschool Rednex, Overpower, Muddy Vibez, Πάνος Φραγκιαδάκης, :el:Παύλος Παυλίδης|Παύλος Παυλίδης & B-Movies, Πελίνα, :el:Panx Romana|Panx Romana, Planet Of Zeus, Project Theory, Puta Volcano, :el:RNS |RNS, Roundlights, :el:Μωρά στη Φωτιά|Στέλιος Σαλβαδόρ – Μωρά Στην Φωτιά, :el:Στίχοιμα|Στίχοιμα, SKG’s Dub Alliance, Sleepin Pillow, Social Waste, :el:Solmeister|Solmeister, Ταφ Λάθος, Τζαμάλ, :el:The Last Drive|The Last Drive, Tiny Jackal, Trouf, Tuber, Twinsanity, :el:Villagers of Ioannina City|Villagers Οf Ioannina City, Vlospa, Vodka Juniors, Void Droid, Φι Βήτα Σίγμα, Fer De Lance, Folk ‘n’ Roll, Fundracar, Χατζηφραγκέτα, Χατ Τρικ, Χι Ταφ Πι, Ζήνων, Zoro & Buzz, Wish Upon A Star, WNC. Side Events Performers & Artists More than 500 artists from Greece and abroad have participated in the festival's side events.
