The city of Elefsina introduces itself to the general public with the Exhibition Mystery 29_Eleusis at the Benaki Museum / 138 Pireos Str. An emblematic project that serves as a precursor to the programme of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, co-organized with the Benaki Museum, about the visible and invisible history of Elefsina.

London 2012 legacy funder, Spirit of 2012 has today announced the award of a quarter of a million pounds to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to develop volunteering in the area, delivering plans set out in its UK City of Culture bid.

Many events for this month of October in Valletta, the European capital of culture for 2018. Among the main events EcocNews points out Altofest.

GO! 2025 - European Capital of Culture is seeking applications from creative and performance designers for the design of various materials and the preparation for their production.

The concert of the world-famous percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the experimental musician from Senta, Szilárd Mezei, will be held on 9 October at the City Concert Hall, starting at 8 p.m. Their concert, which represents an interesting artistic combination, will be an introduction to the last programme arch of the European Capital of Culture – Other? Europe.

The report of the Evaluation Jury was published on the European Union website with the reasons that led Liepāja to be named European Capital of Culture for 2027 in Latvia.

This autumn Trencin 2026 will launch Runway training programmes to help organise the European Capital of Culture project. They are starting with training for cultural managers who want to take their organisation or project to an international level.

The multi-year project of the Salon Concerts is part of the Salzkammergut 2024 program line "Power and Tradition" and starts in October with two dates in the post office building in Bad Ischl. In the concerts on October 22 and 28, compositions by mostly forgotten and/or expelled composers will be performed. The search for "forgotten notes" and the reconstruction of fates is always an adventure with an open outcome. These evenings are to be experienced as homages. 

Tourism is one of the fundamental themes of the competition for the European capital of culture because the title undoubtedly allows cities to be highly visible. And, in our opinion, it is no coincidence that 4 ecoc out of 7 cities have entered the short list to become the European capital of Smart tourism for 2023.

A little over a year ago, the government of the Brussels Capital Region mandated Jan Goossens and Hadja Lahbib to prepare Brussels’ candidacy as European Capital of Culture in 2030.