Skiathos Gay Seduction Festival
July
This festival debuted in 2012 and features model shows, parties and the like, as Skiáthos sheds its former reputation as ‘the straight Mýkonos’.
Maritime Week
July
This somewhat modest event commemorates the island’s long seafaring history, which includes both facilities for modern yachties and wooden caique-building yards.
July–August
Each summer there are a range of theatre and music events, plus exhibits at this small medieval island fortress, which has an open-air theatre and is now linked to Skiáthos Town by a causeway.
Feasts of the Virgin (Panagía)
14 August, 21 November
Evangelístria Monastery is the setting for the funeral procession of the Virgin on the evening of 14 August, while 21 November sees Kounístra Monastery play host to the Presentation of the Virgin.
Katsonia Festival
6 September
The lives of the crew who died when Greek submarine Lambros Katsonis was torpedoed on patrol from British Egypt are commemorated at Kástro, which is the old medieval capital of Skiáthos that lies on the north coast of the island.