Hvar Summer Festival: Tomislav Bralić i Klapa Intrade
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.
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"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
"In this tiny Dalmatian coastal village, locals race donkeys through narrow cobblestone streets in a knockabout tradition that began in 1952 as a tribute to the working animals of island life, accompanied by food stalls and live music."
Magareće trke u Tribunju
"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
"Every 18 August Omiš harbour erupts in a full-scale re-enactment of the medieval sea battle between the notorious Omiš pirates and the Venetian fleet, with period costumes, cannon fire, street food, and live klapa music."
Gusarska Bitka
"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
"Six local klapa groups serenade the village square in front of the medieval Tar castle in a single open-air evening that distils the a cappella tradition of Dalmatia into an intimate Istrian setting."
Večer klapskih pjesama
"In a uniquely Adriatic twist, musicians perform from the ornate balconies of Mali and Veli Lošinj's 19th-century captain's villas each mid-August, turning the island streets below into a natural open-air concert hall."
Festival Balkona Lošinja
"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
"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