Špancirfest in Varaždin

Saying goodbye to the summer in style with Spancirfest which will be held from 23rd of August to 1st of September. It brings more than 500 programs; concerts, performances, plays, musical, culinary and children's workshops to small, unexpected surprises on the city streets.

Špancirfest, a cultural and tourist symbol of Varaždin, is the most popular festival in Croatia. It is the first street festival in Croatia and today it is one of the most visited national festival events. The beautiful historical core of Varaždin will once again turn into a big stage full of concerts, plays, street performers, fine and fragrant things, but also works by great designers and artists and products of numerous exhibitors. Špancirfest lives and breathes in Varaždin’s streets and squares, and the street program is still a solid link to today's festival with its roots. Apart from the historical core of Varaždin, whose facades, roofs, towers, streets, squares and parks create an irreplaceable scene, the program of the festival takes place in some streets that have their own special program. The whole pedestrian zone of the city, its streets, squares and parks will turn into a large open-air stage.

Varaždin's streets will be resounded with diverse tones, and music will permeate almost all segments of the festival, offering a variety of genres, interpretations and creations, which will further highlight Varaždin's title as the first Croatian UNESCO City of Music.

Varaždin during Špancirfest offers brings more than 200 musical programs that will take place on two larger and several smaller stages and on the streets and squares of the historical core of Varaždin. On the PAN stage, Stari Grad, visitors can expect 10 concerts. Along with the nation's favorite Baby Lasagna, the audience will be entertained by the established names of the Croatian music scene Prljavo kazalište, Goran Bare & Majke, Tony Cetinski, M.O.R.T., Perfect Marginalci and Psihomodo pop, 50 performers of the international symphony orchestra, big band and choir in the spectacular Rock Opera, the largest symphonic rock spectacle in these areas and the Varaždin forces The Fakin' Lajsne and Dodger Artfool.

During Špancirfest, Varaždin offers an unsurpassed spirit of connection between the festival, the city and thousands of visitors who daily enjoy everything this unique festival has to offer and return to it year after year.