Starry Summer in Karlovac

Starry Summer Karlovac 2023, the event of the Karlovac City Day celebration, begins on Friday, June 23, with a grand opening in front of the City Theater Zorin dom and lasts until the birthday of the city of Karlovac, Thursday, July 13.

In the three weeks of the program, everyone will find something for themselves because there will be everything from music, theater, exhibition, sports, film, dance and many other events, and the whole city will become a big stage.

The opening ceremony of the Karlovac Starry Summer will be marked by Sandra Bagarić's performance, followed by a 244-year-old tradition, the Midsummer bonfire on the banks of the Kupa River, which brings thousands of visitors.

The International Folklore Festival and the Flavors of the World festival bring representatives of Georgia, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, North Macedonia and Burundi, who will bring the sounds of their traditional music, the colorfulness of their folk costumes and the indigenous tastes and smells of their cuisines through the streets of Karlovac. And fans of dance art will enjoy the summer edition of the Karlovac Dance Festival and contemporary dance performances by local and foreign dance groups, while the Good Fun Festival ArtiKA, PARKIRANJE and Green Festival will bring together different artists and expressions on various, interesting, but also educational, urban themes and workshops open to citizens.

The Karlovac Open Air Tribute Festival is a three-day international music event that will host the world's best tribute ensembles (Guns’n’Roses, Rolling Stones i Abba). It is conceived as an urban cultural event in the city of Karlovac that will attract all generations of visitors from Croatia and next door countries who are lovers of world pop and rock music.

The highlight of the celebration is the Birthday Ball, the great birthday party Karlovac on July 13 when Karlovac celebrates its 444th Birthday when  as many dancing couples will dance a waltz in honor of their city. Karlovac is one of the few cities in Croatia that knows the exact date of its creation - July 13, 1579. The birthday will be enhanced by the concert of Jelena Rozga.

All events are in various outdoor city locations, parks, squares, streets, ditches and river banks, and are completely free for all visitors.

Visit Karlovac, celebrate the beginning of summer and enjoy the city on 4 rivers under the starry sky at the Starry Summer.