Greece's islands tune up for summer events

If the countdown to your summer vacation has already started and you're having a tough time deciding where to go, a last-minute solution is to let the music (and dancing) guide you: From Hydra to Cephalonia, just about every niche imaginable - including a few eccentric options - is represented.

Make your first stop Corfu Town (Kerkyra), where Free Fall is organizing the 8th International Contemporary Dance Festival, this year taking place under the banner "A Small Step," until August 5. Dancers and choreographers from all over Europe are staging performances in public squares, streets and architecturally intriguing buildings, also in a bid to encourage people to make use of these locations for creative activities (www.enamikrovima.eu).

From August 27 to 29, the 2nd Anemi Festival (facebook.com/anemijazzfestival) will be taking place on Folegandros, with special guests...