The first Christian-traditional act of the year is the the water consecration in the port on 6th of January. The Orthodox Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus on the day of the Lord's manifestation (epiphany). The ceremony consists of a procession to the port, at the end of which the chief priest of the city throws an orthodox cross into the seawater. To catch the cross exclusively some young men jump into to water, regardless of the icy temperatures of the year. Whoever is the first to find the cross receives the separate blessing.

On every last Saturday of the nationally specific carnival period is staged a shrovetide event on the main road and places of Gythio. This is mainly a disguise fun for children, but also adults have their pleasure with the masquerade.

The 25th of March is a great national holiday to the liberation of the Greeks from the Ottoman Empire. In the schools, pupils recite poems, and there is a parade with the pupils of all the schools of the city, as well as of the army, the war veterans and other associations.

The feast of all feasts is for the all Greeks Easter. In Holy Week everybode goes diligently to the church. A highlight is the procession on Good Friday evening through the whole city of Gythio (see Youtube video) , with all the processors holding a burning candle, then the midnight fair from Saturday to Easter Sunday in the central church of Agios Jorgios with subsequent proclamation of the resurrection of Christ by the priest on the central square. A questionable ceremonial, since the whole thing takes place under real dangers and deafening noise by the serial inflammation of firecrackers by the young people.

On the 20th of July every year many people rise to the highest peaks of the country, here in the south of the Peloponnese it is the "Profitis Ilias" of the Taygetos mountains. Pilgrims from the villages of Laconia and the Mani, who present themselves at dusk in the simple chapel of the prophet, to perform their all-year vows.

From July of each year on, various events take place during the summer: Live concerts by well-known Greek singers, comedies and tragedies of traveling amateur drama groups, some performanced even in the small Roman amphitheater of Gythio, as well as beach parties. The programme is issued as a booklet for each summer, available in the cultural center of Gythio.
As the crisis in Greece continues and is always a more tragic impact, the performances regrettably are becoming poorer every year.

Dormition of Mary - after Easter the second most important religious festival in Greece at all. In many villages in the vicinity of Gythio there are corresponding night-time festivals with loud Greek live music, which is danced extensively.

Always in the second week of September in Gythio a ten-day market takes place. The central one-way streets in Gythion's business district fill up with sales booths, instead of the parking cars. Flying traders from all over the world offer a lot of things, what low-cost countries are producing. For the inhabitans of Gythio and the local farmers from the surrounding villages is this an opportunityto buy the family's annual necessities at household goods, clothes, laundry, small tools etc. cheaply.
To western buyer's hearts the offer certainly do not make beat it higher, but - which is far more healthy - guaranteed to laugh.

The 30th of September is celebrated in the port of Gythio as the day of "Marida" (= small stinging fish) with free portions of these fishes in fried form plus wine for each visitor.

On 28th October is in Greece the second major national holiday of the year, celebrated with march music and military parades in many towns as well as in Gythio. It is the historical day, when in the year 1940 Metaxa as government leader in agreement with all oppositions and the Church prevented the free entry of the nazi-allied Italians to Greece.