Music of Thessaly

Music of Greece
General topics
Ancient Byzantine Néo kýma Polyphonic song
Genres
Entehno Dimotika* Hip hop Laïko Punk Rock
Specific forms
Classical Nisiotika Rebetiko Skiladiko
Media and performance
Music awards	Arion Awards MAD Video Music Awards Pop Corn Music Awards
Music charts	Greek Albums Chart Foreign Albums Chart Singles Chart
Music festivals	Thessaloniki Song Festival
Music media	Difono MAD TV (MAD World, Blue) MTV Greece
National anthem	"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
Related areas	Cyprus
Regional styles	Aegean Islands Arcadia Argos Crete Cyclades Dodecanese Islands Epirus Ionian Islands Lesbos Macedonia Peloponnese Thessaly Thrace

Music of Thessaly, is the music of the geographic and historical region of Thessaly (Greek: Θεσσαλία) in Greece. Folk dances from Thessaly are slow and stately, and include: Kalamatianos, Thessalikos, Dionysiakos, koftos, Sirtaki, Kalamatiano, Tsamikos, kleistos, kangeli, gaitanaki, tsamikos, Pilioritikos, svarniara, sta tria, karagouna, Kleistos, zeibekiko, Rougatsiarikos, Tsamiko of Deskati, antikrystos and galanogalani.

Also, every year in Tyrnavos occurs the Phallus Festival before Easter, a pagan fertility festival in honour of the god of Mount Olympus, Dionysus which locates in ancient Greece and is one of the most famous worldwide. There is also, a long-standing tradition of a cappella music in Thessaly, including in dance music.

See also

• Music of Greece
• Greek folk music