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The Sacrifice Road Race is a race held annually, the day before Easter, to honor the fighters of Messolongi, in which the runners actually take the reverse route, followed by the Free Besieged.
Athletes from across the country take part each year in this race which begins from the monastery of Ai Symios. The finish line is in the Garden of Heroes, and the total distance being covered is 9,800 meters.
In April 1946, on the initiative of a gymnastics trainer from Palamaiki School, Giorgos Polichronopoulos, the first race took place. The organization of this race is always held by the Gymnastic Association "Charilaos Trikoupis".
The Carnival of Messolonghi is an institution that counts 32 years now.
The official events of the carnival begin in February with a plethora of carnival events such as carnival dances, costume parties and the hunting of the hidden treasure.
The city continues to live in the carnival rhythms until the last weekend of Carnival, with the night parade of the crews on Saturday and the great parade on Sunday.
The parade takes place all along the Street of the Free Besieged, which is flooded with young and old people who dance to the carnival music.
The celebration continues on the main square of Messolonhgi, where all groups give dance shows, until the burning of King Carnival and the throwing of the fireworks.
Every year, the feast of Ai Giannis in Evinochori (Bohori) is conducted on June 23rd and 24th, on the Eve and Day of the Beheading of John the Baptist, or else called, Ioannis Prodromos of Riganas.
The feast of Ai Giannis has its roots in the Ottoman period, and particularly in the period of “klephtes and armatoloi", the main armed forces against the oppressor. During the Turkish occupation, the chapel of Ai Giannis played a major role for the region and is connected with the Siege of Messolonghi. It was located at the foot of Arakynthos, where Ancient Calydon is today, in an area that connected Bohori with Messolonghi and the wider region.