Potato Festival

Potato Festival

The Cycladic island of Naxos is famous for its potato crop which is the trademark of the land. Every August the villagers is celebrating the “blessing” of the island with the “Potato Festival’ which is taking place in the region of Agia Anna, in Kapares of Naxos organized by the Naxos Agricultural Cooperative Association.

There is an enormous attendance every year, where thousands of people of all ages, locals and guests, taste the delicious potato of Naxos cooked with passion and imagination, drink local wine, have fun and dance to the sounds of folklore music in a Festival dedicated to the tradition of the place and the magical ‘seed ‘.