Thievery Corporation is the Washington DC duo that built a two-decade catalogue out of dub, bossa nova and downtempo, and turned it into one of electronic music's more durable live bands. The Thievery Corporation Thessaloniki date lands at Moni Lazariston on 15 July 2026, a 30th-anniversary show built around a best-of run through that catalogue rather than a single new record.
The Show: What, When and Where
The concert is a 30th-anniversary live set, the group marking thirty years since Rob Garza and Eric Hilton first met in 1995. It runs on Wednesday 15 July 2026 at Moni Lazariston in Thessaloniki, with Thievery Corporation's full touring band on the bill. The date is listed on Mood as Thievery Corporation's 30th-anniversary show.
Moni Lazariston is one of the rooms carrying Thessaloniki's July calendar. The Moni Lazariston venue page on Mood collects its upcoming dates alongside the rest of the season.
Who Thievery Corporation Are
Thievery Corporation formed in the summer of 1995 at the Eighteenth Street Lounge, the DC club Eric Hilton co-owned; he and Rob Garza were drawn together over a shared record collection of dub, bossa nova, reggae and jazz. The club gave its name to their label, ESL Music, which put out their debut, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi, in 1996.
From there the catalogue widened with each record. The Mirror Conspiracy (2000) brought in live instrumentation and guest vocalists, The Richest Man in Babylon (2002) and The Cosmic Game (2004) pushed the sound darker and more political, and Saudade (2014) turned almost entirely to bossa nova. Across all of it the method stayed the same: dub and downtempo as the base, with acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern and Brazilian threads layered on top. It is a sound that helped define the late-90s and 2000s downtempo wave alongside acts like Zero 7 and Bonobo.
What to Expect on the Night
Live, Thievery Corporation are closer to a band than a DJ set. The studio duo tours with a full group - drums, sitar, guitar and percussion - and a rotating cast of vocalists who cover the many languages and styles the records move through. A 30th-anniversary set points toward the catalogue's best-known material rather than a new album, though the band has not published a Thessaloniki setlist and no support act is confirmed.
In Mood's data the show reads 0.35 on tempo, near the bottom of Thessaloniki's July board - the city average sits closer to 0.56 - which matches a downtempo, dub-led act rather than a peak-time floor. It also reads 0.80 on selectivity, the top of that July scale against a city average around 0.21, the mark of a single-name, curated booking rather than a broad multi-act bill. And it reads 0.60 on undergroundness, roughly double the month's 0.30 average. Together the three point to a seated, groove-led evening rather than a high-tempo club night.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is playing at the Thievery Corporation Thessaloniki show?
The bill is Thievery Corporation, the Washington DC electronic duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, performing with their full touring band. Live. That means multiple musicians and rotating vocalists rather than the two founders alone. No support act has been confirmed for the Thessaloniki date.
When and where is the concert?
The show runs on Wednesday 15 July 2026 at Moni Lazariston in Thessaloniki. It is billed as a 30th-anniversary live set, marking thirty years since the group formed in Washington DC in 1995.
What kind of music does Thievery Corporation play live?
Their sound is built on dub and downtempo, with acid jazz, reggae, bossa nova and Middle Eastern - Indian elements layered in. Live shows lean on the full band and guest vocalists, which is why the set reads low on tempo and high on selectivity in Mood's data - a groove-led evening rather than a peak-time floor.
How do I find the show and others like it?
The 30th-anniversary date is listed on Mood with venue, time and a link to the official ticket provider. For the rest of the season, Thessaloniki's events on Mood collect concerts and club nights across the city in one calendar.
Find It on Mood
A 30th-anniversary set from one of downtempo's defining acts is the kind of date worth planning around. The show, the venue and the rest of the city's summer programme all sit on Mood's Thessaloniki events page - one calendar for what's on, with dates, lineups and links out to tickets.
