About the festival
MPArt (formerly Mill of Performing Arts) is an annual festival for the performing arts.
MPArt takes place every September in Larissa, Greece. From 2014 to 2024, it was hosted at the historic industrial monument Mill of Pappas. Since 2025 and the EXIT edition, the festival has expanded into a variety of public and private spaces, with the SYNERGEIO Culture Space at its heart.
The aim of this cultural festival is to highlight the contemporary trends of the performing arts, to promote inclusivity, accessibility, artistic diversity, original creation and bring artists and audiences into creative dialogue, while turning challenges into opportunities.
The program of the festival includes theater, dance, music, dance theater, music theater, performance art, contemporary circus, puppetry, stand-up comedy, exhibitions, installations, fine arts, photography, seminars, workshops, concerts, screenings, street arts, interactions, symposia etc.
From 2014 to 2024, MPArt (as Mill of Performing Arts) was an initiative of SMouTh (Synergy of Music Theatre), co-organised with the Mayoralty of Culture and Science of the Municipality of Larissa. From 2025, it is organised exclusively by SMouTh, adopting its new identity with a focus on networking and empowering performing arts groups from the Greek periphery.
Since 2017 a part of the festival has been dedicated to the inclusion and accessibility, and in 2020 it became fully accessible.
what’s new?
Starting with its 11th edition, MPArt shifted its focus towards the production of performing arts in the Greek periphery. In its following 12th edition, with the theme EXIT, the festival made networking and the empowerment of the Greek periphery its core priority.
how to apply?
Applications for 2025 are closed. For proposals and submissions concerning performances, concerts, exhibitions, installations, workshops, film and video screenings, an open call will be announced again in December 2025.
WHO WE ARE?
SMouTh (Synergy of Music Theatre) is the eldest and more active music theatre company in the Greek Region. Synergies are its core principle and driving force; since 2014, SMouTh has initiated and organised MPArt Festival, fostering collaborations with a wide range of groups and artists from Greece and across Europe.