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"The oldest and most respected klapa competition in Croatia, held since 1967 in Omiš's stone courtyards, celebrates the UNESCO-protected Dalmatian a cappella tradition across ten evenings."

Festival dalmatinskih klapa Omiš

"A long-running series of evenings gathering Croatia's finest klapa ensembles in the historic fortified villages of Kaštela to preserve the UNESCO-listed multipart singing tradition."

Večeri dalmatinske pisme

"Vela Luka on Korčula island stages weekly summer performances of the Moreška, a dramatic costumed sword dance of Moorish origin unique to this island tradition, in an open-air setting by the waterfront."

Moreška sword dance, Vela Luka

"The inland village of Blato on Korčula presents the ancient Moreška sword dance in its own community tradition, separate from the better-known Korčula town staging, offering an authentic village-scale encounter with this living Dalmatian heritage."

Moreška sword dance, Blato

"The medieval hilltop art-colony village of Grožnjan, with a year-round population of only a few hundred, transforms each mid-July into an open-air jazz stage where international musicians perform in its stone-walled squares and courtyards."

Jazz is Back BP Festival

"Sali's 50-year-old island festivity centres on Tovareća mužika, a unique donkey-inspired percussion tradition listed as Croatian intangible cultural heritage, alongside donkey races, fishermen's nights, and harbour feasting on Dugi Otok."

Saljske užance

"On the eve of the Assumption, the hilltop village of Vižinada fills its old-town square with the aromas of traditional Istrian sweet pastries and cakes, celebrating a craft pastry heritage rarely found outside local homes."

Slatka Istra

"A weekend of old crafts, ethno music, and ecology in the open-air village museum setting of Kumrovec, combining living demonstrations of traditional Zagorje skills with the Bučnica Fest cooking competition."

Eko, etno, fletno festival Kumrovec

"Every 18 August Omiš harbour erupts into a spectacular re-enactment of the medieval pirate battles between Omiš corsairs and the Venetian fleet, complete with costumes, pageantry, and street food."

Bitka Omiških gusara

"Barban's centuries-old ring-tilting race, first recorded in 1696 and revived in 1976, sees sixteen horsemen in Istrian folk costume galloping a 150-metre track to spear a hanging iron ring in just twelve seconds."

Trka na prstenac

"A competitive cook-off and tasting festival celebrating bučnica, the beloved Zagorje pumpkin-and-curd strudel, with the coveted Zlatna buča award presented to the best recipe of the year."

Bučnica Fest

"Croatia's most celebrated klapa ensemble, Tomislav Bralić i Klapa Intrade, performs at the open-air Veneranda summer stage in the walled old town of Hvar on a warm August night."

Hvar Summer Festival: Tomislav Bralić i Klapa Intrade

"International hot-air balloon competition and night-glow spectacle above the Drava riverside meadows of small-town Prelog, drawing teams from as far as Australia and the Americas."

Festival balona na vrući zrak

"Founded in 1969 and held in the small hilltop town of Požega, this is Croatia's oldest and largest tamburitza music festival, drawing over 40,000 visitors to four days of competitions, concerts, folk singing, and wine tasting in the heart of Slavonia."

Zlatne žice Slavonije

"A village-scale three-day cultural and folk tradition festival in Tenja celebrating Slavonian harvest customs, folklore performances, and tamburitza music under the open sky."

"Slavonijo u jesen si zlatna", kulturno-tradicijska manifestacija

"Registered with the International March League, this annual walking festival winds through Otočac's Gacka River valley and on to Gospić, attracting walkers from the Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, and beyond for multi-distance routes through some of Lika's most unspoilt river landscapes."

Hrvatski festival hodanja

"Week-long celebration of the Kajkavian dialect and Zagorje heritage in its cultural capital, culminating in a festival of newly composed songs performed by leading Croatian musicians."

Tjedan kajkavske kulture

"Poreč revives its Venetian-era heritage each mid-September with the historic Giostra festival, featuring medieval costumes, traditional games, and period music in the old town's streets and squares."

Giostra

"A centuries-old white-wine fair rooted in the 1400 Kastav town statute, Bela nedeja celebrates the first pressing of belica, the indigenous Kastav white grape, with craft stalls, folk traditions, old trade demonstrations, and a lively village market in the medieval old town."

Bela nedeja

"A small-town St Barbara's Day producers' market on the riverside promenade of Mursko Središće, showcasing local Međimurje food and craft traditions on the feast day of the miners' and vintners' patron saint."

Sajam proizvoda na šetnici Sv. Barbare

"An intimate seaside klapa evening in the small Dalmatian town of Vodice, where UNESCO-protected a cappella harmony spills out over the harbour under warm summer skies."

Večer dalmatinskih klapa Vodice