Sea Star Festival Umag

For the past two years, the Sea Star Festival has held the title of the second most visited festival in Croatia, and since its first edition, which took place in 2017, it has been building the trust and love of the audience that comes to Umag from as many as 40 different countries with its brilliant and precisely designed list of performers.

The combination of fantastic music in top production, the ideal landscape of the Istrian city of Umag, the Adriatic Sea, untouched natural beauty and superb gastronomy are the perfect recipe for the start of summer.

Already the first edition of the festival in the lagoon brought over 70 performers who performed on six brilliantly designed stages and put Umag and Istria on the music and festival map of the world. Over the years, the rich list has included various names of the world music scene, including the most important electro punk band of all time The Prodigy, New York rap icons Wu-Tang Clan, one of the world's best DJs Nina Kraviz, legend of the electronic scene Fatboy Slim, attractive DJ Robin Schulz and many others. Together with them, local and regional performers such as Dubioza kolektiv, Urbano, Kawasaki 3P, Nipplepeople, Eda Maajka and others performed. The first edition of the festival won the Ambasador music award as the Best New Festival and entered the Top 10 at the European Festival Awards in two categories - Best New and Best Medium Festival. Sea Star is officially part of the ‘Exit family’ group of festivals – the largest of these is, of course, Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.

This year's edition will feature world-renowned performers, among whom the attractive DJ duo Ofenbach, global hitmaker John Newman (Hybrid DJ set), the most famous British DJ Hot Since 82, electrifying INIKO, Italian techno queen Deborah De Luca, Ukrainian tech -house grandmasters ARTBAT, top DJ Ian Asher and regional concert sensations Joker Out and Butch Cassidy. As before, this year's festival lineup includes a trap-gang program led by the biggest names in the regional trap and hip-hop scene. So far, Senidah, Devito, Grše, Kuku$, Jymenik & Tam, Rouzi, Zevin and Thicc Boi have been announced.

The 6th edition of the Sea Star Festival will open the summer and summon the sun with unique performances in the wonderful Stella Maris lagoon. The first and last days of the festival will be reserved for Welcome Day and After Party, while Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25 will represent the two main days of Sea Star. With swimming and sunbathing during the day, and dancing in the evening that will last until the early hours of the morning, Umag is an ideal choice for the beginning of summer. The magical lagoon will shine again this year with the May sun and the performances of numerous performers.

Stunning location, world renowned artists and outstanding productions make this festival a must see!