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Until 2004, south Kallithea ( Tzitzifies ) housed the only horse track in Greece ( Ippodromos-Hippodrome ), which later moved to Markopoulon, near Eleftherios Venizelos Airport.

The same area of the city, Tzitzifies, is associated with the development of Greek folk music, particularly rebetiko and later laïkó ).

Popular composers and singers once performed here ; Markos Vamvakaris, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Yannis Papaioannou, Marika Ninou, Sotiria Bellou, Manolis Chiotis, Mary Linda, Giorgos Zampetas, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Poly Panou, and Viki Moscholiou.