Belgrade Summer Festival - BELEF 2016

Belgrade Summer Festival - BELEF takes place for the 25th time from June 22 to July 30^th.

Rich festival program includes 30 concerts and theater plays. This year's BELEF present two national theater ensembles - Serbian National Theater from Novi Sad with Carlo Goldoni's play "The Servant of Two Masters" and opera section of National Theater from Belgrade, whose soloists will hold concert on June 29.

Children Choir Kolibri, who has just achieved tremendous success in Belgium by winning the 1st place among 128 choirs, will hold its first concert on BELEF. Visitors will have the opportunity to see special guests from The Netherlands - Amsterdam Youth Symphony Orchestra and enjoy in concerts of Italian ethno ensemble Moresca Nova, artists from France and Russia. Among regional guest are troubadour Ibrica Jusić, Matija Dedić and Zoran Predin.

BELEF's program will feature 3 kids plays and performance of excellent musicians LP Duo, Vasil Hadžimanov and gipsy band Odjila and many more.

The grand finale of the Belgrade Summer Festival will be on June 30 when Russian dance troupe Beryozka will perform at the Tašmajdan Stadium.

More information HERE.

Welcome to GUCA!

Do not miss Guca Trumpet Festival which will take place in Guca from 11-13^th August, 2016.

The village of Guca in the Dragačevo district is a peaceful, scenic and colorful part of western Serbia.  It has gained world fame owing to its Assembly of Trumpet Players, the largest trumpet and brass band event on the planet. 

The sound of the trumpet traditionally accompanies every major event in Serbia's rural and small-town life: births, baptisms, weddings, Slava (family patron saint day), farewell parties for those joining military service, state and church festivals, harvesting, reaping. Appropriate music is played on these occasions, thus preserving the spirit of the existing tradition.  The music is very diverse: from indigenous melodies via the kolo marches and characteristic southern Serbia cocek dances, all the way to tunes that have emerged more recently, always taking care to honor the traditional harmony. 
This music has won over the hearts of not only the local population, but has also warmed the hearts of visitors and foreigners.

As an internationally recognized trumpet capital, and a singular corner of positive energy, a place with accumulated joy, gaiety and spontaneity, coupled with the piercing yet gentle sound of the trumpet, Gucha is a place of catharsis of the heart and soul while the festival lasts. All this is more than enough to attract visitors to Gucha. The names of Boban Markovic, Milan Mladenovic, Ekrem Sajdic, Elvis Ajdinovic, Fejat and Zoran Sejdic have carried the glory of the Serbian trumpet across the world.

More info HERE. 

Zajecarska Gitarijada

Gitarijada festival  is a guitar music festival held in Zaječar, Serbia. Held since 1966, Zajecarska Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and the largest festival of young and anonymous bands in South Eastern Europe. Apart from the competition of anonymous bands from the region of former Yugoslavia, the festival program includes performances of established musicians.

Apart from the musical program, this festival will have open air cinema every night which will be broadcasting movies with rock theme . Gitarijada is one of the most important musical events in the region, known for its quality of sound and excellent nightlife.

More information HERE.

Nisville Jazz Festival

Save the date for the 22^nd International Nisville Jazz Festival, the largest and most-visited jazz festival in Southeastern Europe. It will be held from 11-14^th August in the City of Nis, as the official cultural event of the city.

In 2016 British daily newspaper „Guardian" listed Nisville among Top 10 European Jazz Festivals. Also, in the EU magazine "New Europe", published in Brussels, the festival has been reviewed as the "European face of Serbia".

Since the first edition of the festival in 1995, Nisville has been promoting the multi-culturism as the inevitable characteristic of the contemporary jazz music. The festival's concept is based on presenting the 'traditional' jazz forms together with their fusion with the world music tradition, with the emphasis on the music from the Balkans.
The main program of the festival is held at two connected stages in the Fortress of Nis, while there are also many free stages in the Fortress and in the city: River, Open, Movie, Welcome, Youth and Jam Session Stage. During the festival days, more than 100,000 visitors are enjoying the musical performances, movies and theatre, art exhibitions and book promotions.

Since 1995, the performers of Nisville festival were Solomon Burke, Tom Harrell, Richard Galliano, Benny Golson, Randy Brecker, Miroslav Vitous, John Patitucci, Candy Dulfer, Roy Hargrove, Sly & Robbie, Mingus Dinasty, The Cookers, Tania Maria, Billy Cobham, Rosenberg Trio, The Original Blues Brothers Band, Ron Carter, Dr Donald Byrd, Ginger Baker, Duško Gojković, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, De Phazz, Jazzanova etc.

More info HERE.