In the 2007 Athens and Epidaurus Festival, young interesting and promising Greek artists were invited to show their work, opening the Festival up to contemporary Greek dance, to young Greek directors and to the widest range of musical genres. It had also kept in touch with cutting-edge trends in the performing arts around the world trying to fall into step with its most important counterparts around Europe. The response of audiences, artists and state was unique. The Athens Festival wagered on slowly finding its niche on the map of European cultural events.

Among the artists that participated were the following:

• Théâtre Atelier de Piotr Fomenko (War and Peace)
• Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
• Kretakor Theatre of Budapest (The Seagull, A. Chekhov)
• Paradoxon (choreographies by Jiri Kylian)
• Atelier 31 (Medea, Euripides, dir. Mikel Kalemi)
• La Compagnie Dos à Deux
• RootlessRoot Dance Company
• Jan Lauwers & Needcompany (Isabella's Room, dir. Jan Lauwers)
• Laurie Anderson
• Blue. Rare. Medium. Charred. (dir. Rodrigo Garcia)
• National Ballet of China (Raise the Red Lantern, dir. Zhang Yimou)
• Volksbuhne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
• Théâtre du Soleil (Les éphémères, dir. Ariane Mnouchkine)
• Vienna Boys' Choir and Chamber Orchestra
• Ensemble intercontemporain
• Wilbi in Concert (Perspective)
• Lyon Opera Ballet (Limb's Theorem)
• Musica Aeterna
• TYPANA Percussion ensemble
• Sylvie Guillem & Akram Khan
• DissonArt Ensemble
• A Tribute to Maria Callas - Gala
• An evening of Afro-American sacred songs and Sufi devotional music
• Heiner Muller (Quartett, dir. Robert Wilson)
• The Forsythe Company
• Fairouz in Concert
• Boris Charmatz association edna
• Royal Ballet of Flanders
• Elvis Costello and the Allen Toussaint Band & Horns
• The Semara Ulangun Troupe from Bali
• Cie Trafic de Styles
• Aynur in Concert
• Ali Akbar moradi
• Muamar Ketencoglu and his Zeybak Ensemble
• Istanbul Music and Sema Group
• Les Arts Florissants
• Synch
• Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Norah Jones in Concert
• Pockemon Crew
• The Myths of Durrenmatt
• The Porcelain Project
• Luigi Cherubini (Medea, dir. Yannis Kokkos)
• Franfurt Schauspiel Thetra (Aeschylus, dir. Karin Neuhauser)
• National Theatre of Great Britain (s. Beckett's Happy Days, dir. Deborah Warner)
• Greek National Theatre (J. Racine's Andromache, dir. D. Mavrikos)
• Nea SKINI (Sophocles' Antigone, dir. Lefteris Vogiatzis)
• State Theatre of Northern Greece (Aristophanes' Lysistrata, dir. Y. Ververis)