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Every year on the second Saturday in September, the Armada Festival takes place. On the central port of the island there are festivities in commemoration of the Naval Battle of Spetses (1822), as well as the destruction of a replica of the Turkish Armada and fireworks display.

Every summer, the municipality of Herakleion organises a wide range of cultural events at the Manos Hadjidakis and Nikos Kazantzakis Garden Theatres as well as at the facilities of other departments of the municipality. The objective of these artistic manifestations is to promote local archeological and cultural heritage and safeguard traditional forms of art. Moreover, the municipality of Herakleion hosts speeches, lectures, theatrical performances. Evening concerts of traditional Cretan music by Loudovikos of Anogia and the Chainides band can always be enjoyed in Herakleion.