DUBROVNIK:
LIBERTAS DUBROVNIK SUMMER FESTIVAL: The highlight on
Dubrovnik's social calendar and an international event! 10
July-25 August 2008. OPENING NIGHT GALA EVENT WITH FIREWORKS
10 July. Click on link for full programming of this annual
spectacle. Several events listed below comprise parts of
this year's exciting program. Performers include:
Festival drama
Ensemble EQUINOX 2, 3, 4, 5 August; „ARS LONGA“ HAVANA -
CUBA 3 Aug;
DANIULO ISHIZAKA cello 5 Aug; PORIN QUARTET Marija
Pavlović clarinet 7 Aug; M. Držić: ARKULIN 9, 10,11,12 Aug ;
CONCERT CAPELLA ISTROPOLITANA 12 Aug; XUEFEI YANG guitar
NATALIE KLEIN cello 14 Aug; SUSANNE YOKO violin MONIKA
LESKOVAR cello MILANA CHERNYAVSKA piano 16 Aug; Victory!- A
Story of Držić 16, 17, 18 Aug; ROBERT BELINIĆ guitar 19 Aug;
DUNJA VEJZOVIĆ,
mezzo-soprano 21 Aug; M. Držić: THE MISER 20, 22, 23, 24
August; CROATIAN BAROQUE ENSEMBLE 22, 23 Aug; KREMERATA
BALTICA GIDON KREMER violin, RICHARD JOO piano, ALEXEI
IGUDESMAN violin 25 August; CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE
59th DUBROVNIK SUMMER FESTIVAL St Blaise’s Church foreground
25 Aug midnight
Croatian Statehood Day St.
Blaise’s Church foreground CONCERT OF THE DUBROVNIK BRASS
BAND 8 Aug
National Gratitude Day St
Blaise’s Church foreground CONCERT OF THE DUBROVNIK
BRASS BAND 5 Aug
DUBROVNIK
& ALL CROATIA: The Assumption of Our Lady (15th of August)
PUBLIC HOLIDAY in CROATIA
Julian
Rachlin & friends Chamber Music Festival , late Aug.-early Sept.
Rector's Palace
St Saviour’s Church
CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: DUBROVNIK STRING QUARTET 27 Aug; 29 Aug
DUBROVNIK SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA with special guests at Revelin Fortress 28, 29, 30
Aug
Concerts of the Dubrovnik
Chamber Trio Domino Church 30 Aug
Concerts by the Dubrovnik Wind
Trio Domino Church 31 Aug
DUBROVNIK FILM MEETING
Hotel Dubrovnik Palace 24 Aug 8.30pm
Orlando Youth Club
"REACTION" FESTIVAL OF URBAN CULTURE 1 July - 1 September
LAZARETI LINĐO FOLK ENSEMBLE - Songs and
Dances of Croatia 1, 15, 21, 29 August
LAZARETI Art Fever
Workshops 11 July-30 Aug
Dubrovnik Art Without
Frontiers Puppet exhibit 4-31 Aug
SEBASTIEN GALLERY
Photographic Exhibition: Paintings by Vasilije Jordan 15
July - 6 August; 24 July- 19 Aug Ceramics Exhibit Lucija
Pandzic; Embroidery 4-31 Aug
DUBROVNIK ART GALLERY
Exhibition of Graphics by Pablo Picasso 1 July - 1 September
ISLAND OF LOPUD:
Your
Black Horizon ART PAVILION Olafur Eliasson / David
Adjaye 1st May- 31st October.
SIPAN ISLAND Summer School
4-14 Aug
CROATIAN AIRLINES HALL
Paintings by Ivana Gilla 4-31 Aug
DUBROVNIK-KOLOCEP CHANNEL:
Sailing Regatta 12 July; 30 July- 3 Aug. Friendly Regatta
BABIN KUK Night of the
Dubrava 2 Aug
CAVTAT :The
most popular event is the Day of Our Lady of the Snows (5th of August).
CILIPI:
Traditional Sunday folklore performances and Farmers' Market.
MAKARSKA:
Cultural Summer Festival
- a rich program of drama, Dalmatian singing groups and other folk
traditions; Fishermen's Night and the Night of Kalelarga (night of the town).
HVAR:
Day of St. Stephen the Pope (2nd of
August), with a large procession;
Summer Festival: June- September. One of the oldest festivals of the coast,
lasting 100 days, and drawing from all the arts.
BOL: 5th August: Our Lady of the Carmel.
The folk feast of Our Lady of the Snows ,
Procession
with music and feasting.
SPLIT: SPLIT:
Split Summer Festival June 14-Aug. 14: International festival of
opera, concerts, drama, dance and street theatre. Huge calendar event, with
spectacular program.
SIBENIK
: the Summer Organ School (in the second half of August) and the Sibenik Summer..
TROGIR: Mid June to mid August:
Summer Music Festival, Trogir, classical and folk music.
SALI, DUGI OTOK:
UZANCE Festival Culturally
rich
festival featuring hilarious Donkey Races & celebrating Sali Traditions.
Beautiful island.
PAG: The Assumption of Our Lady (15th of
August): significant local feast, and the summer carnival days, featuring
colorful, original masks
CRIKVENICA:Crikvenica
Festival: Traditional feasts
RIJEKA: the Assumption on the
15th August, and the Nativity of the Virgin Mary on the
8th of August; The Biennial of Young Artists -
international exhibition of young artists - painters, sculptors, alternative
artists (1st of July - 30th of September)
PULA:
Histria Festival 21 June-6 Sept; Arena Art & Music Festival
ISTRIA
& the Brijuni Islands:
ULYSSES THEATRE
summer months in Istria, and on the island
of Mali Brijuni. Classic theatre performances.
ROVINJ:
Rovinj Fiesta
;
Grisia -Outdoor art exhibition featuring Croatian and European artists.
POREC:
JAZZ IN POREC
27 Jun- 29 Aug; FOLKLORE &
TRADITIONAL music
MOTOVUN
Truffle fair, Black
truffle tasting
MALI LOSINJ:
Fishermen's Nights (July to August); Brass Orchestra and the Majorettes - held every week (from
1st of July to 31st of August).
SINJ:
Sinjska Alka first Sunday in Aug. Major event. Traditional knights’
jousting tournament.
OSIJEK:
the Osijek Summer Nights (during June,
July and August): A rich outdoor program of culture and entertainment, with
lavish food and fairs on offer.
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