Our Greek Café Story
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Two cafés.
One stage.
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Girl From Greece presents Our Big Fat Greek Café Tour - a 75-minute live music show woven with the true stories of two Greek-Australian café families.
Mel Lathouras's family ran the Elite Café and Café Royal in Bundaberg from 1920. Katerini Manolatos's family ran Feros & Feros in Byron Bay from the 1920s. Both families fed their towns for decades. Now their granddaughters are bringing those stories to the stage.
Featuring a nine-piece band performing Greco Retro Jazz - jazz standards with Greek lyrics, Greek classics reimagined, and original arrangements - Our Big Fat Greek Café Tour is part concert, part family history, and all heart.
The tour launches on 2 May 2026 at the Thomas Dixon Centre, South Brisbane, as part of Paniyiri Greek Festival's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Following the sold-out success of The Girl From Greece: A Tribute to Nana Mouskouri at QPAC's Cremorne Theatre in 2024, Mel and Kat are taking their music on the road - honouring the Greek café families who helped shape regional Australia.
The Launch
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Rooted in a profound appreciation for family, friendship, and community and an evolving relationship with Greek music, Girl from Greece emerged to celebrate our collective stories through a mixed tape of jazz, folk, 50s-70s pop, and classical music.