Festivals in Croatia 2026-2027: Dates and Where to Go

The festivals in Croatia to plan around are the autumn 2026 food and trade fairs still ahead, such as the Zigante Truffle Days in Livade (weekends from 3 October to 1 November 2026), the Good Food Festival in Dubrovnik (5 to 18 October 2026) and Interliber in Zagreb (10 to 15 November 2026), and the 2027 summer season, which already has confirmed dates for INmusic in Zagreb (27 to 29 June 2027), Hideout on Zrće Beach (29 June to 2 July 2027), Hospitality on the Beach in Tisno (30 June to 5 July 2027), Ultra Europe in Split (9, 10 and 11 July 2027) and Outlook Festival at The Garden in Tisno (22 to 26 July 2027). Every date below was checked against each festival’s official site in September 2026, and four things changed for this season: Sonus skipped 2026 and returns in 2027 at a new location, Seasplash continues as the Sea Sound Festival, the Motovun Film Festival now runs as Cinehill in Gorski kotar, and We Love Sound’s own open-air, last held in 2021, is no longer listed. Where 2027 dates were not announced at the time of writing, the usual month is given so you can block the week.

Croatia has used the euro since 2023, so every price below is in euro with approximate US dollar and pound sterling equivalents. For the rest of the trip, the Croatia travel guide covers regions, itineraries and costs.

The festival calendar for the rest of 2026 and for 2027 is summarised below, in date order.

Every date in the table comes from the festival’s own website, the organising tourist board or the fair operator, checked in the first week of September 2026, and each section names its source. Festivals announce their next edition at different times: the large club festivals on Pag and in Tisno publish dates 10 to 12 months ahead, the trade fairs in Zagreb a year ahead, and the reenactments, food festivals and Zagreb Pride only 2 to 4 months ahead. Treat “usual month” as a planning window, not a booking date, and confirm on the official site before you pay for flights. Cross-check the dates against the public holidays in Croatia, because festival weekends that fall on a bank holiday, such as Assumption Day on 15 August in the Sinj and Split week, are the ones where ferries and hotels fill first.

Listed below are the 5 festivals in Croatia that anchor the 2027 season, in calendar order.

1. INmusic Festival. INmusic Festival is Croatia’s largest open-air music festival, held on the Isle of Youth in Jarun Lake, Zagreb, since 2006. The 19th edition runs from Sunday 27 to Tuesday 29 June 2027, a week later than usual, after the 2026 anniversary edition brought Jack White, Gorillaz and Kings of Leon to Jarun. Camping is on site and the festival is 30 minutes by tram from the main square.
2. Hideout Festival. Hideout Festival is a 4-day house, techno and bass festival in the open-air clubs of Zrće Beach on Pag island, held since 2011. The 2027 edition runs from 29 June to 2 July 2027, and the 2026 edition sold out in one hour, so the accommodation-and-ticket packages released in summer 2026 are the safest way in.
3. Hospitality on the Beach. Hospitality on the Beach is Hospital Records’ 5-day drum and bass festival at The Garden Resort in Tisno, running from 30 June to 5 July 2027 with 5 stages and more than 150 artists. Festival tickets cost £225 (about €260, $300) and a combo with the 4 afterparties at Barbarella’s costs £275 (about €320, $370).
4. Ultra Europe. Ultra Europe is the European edition of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival and takes place at Park Mladeži in Split on 9, 10 and 11 July 2027. The organisers report more than 140,000 festival-goers from over 100 countries across the 3 days, and the early-bird 3-day ticket at €199 (about $229, £171) sold out within weeks of going on sale.
5. Outlook Festival. Outlook Festival is the bass music and sound-system festival that started at Fort Punta Christo in Pula in 2008 and now runs at The Garden in Tisno. The organisers announced the 2027 dates in August 2026: Thursday 22 to Monday 26 July 2027.

1. Ultra Europe

Ultra Europe takes place on 9, 10 and 11 July 2027 at Park Mladeži in Split, according to the festival’s official site, and tickets went on sale in summer 2026. Ultra Europe is the European edition of Ultra Music Festival and the largest electronic dance music event in Croatia. Split is Croatia’s second-largest city, and Park Mladeži sits about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the old town, next to the Poljud football stadium.

Ultra Europe debuted in 2013 as a 2-day festival on 12 and 13 July, with a closing day on Hvar island on 14 July, and the organisers reported more than 100,000 attendees at that first edition. The festival has since grown into Destination Ultra, a week of events across Split and the Dalmatian islands, and the organisers report more than 140,000 festival-goers from over 100 countries at the main 3-day event. The festival runs 4 stages, the Main Stage, Resistance, the UMF Radio Stage and Arcadia Spider, with Resistance dedicated to house and techno. Headliners over the years have included Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Hardwell and DJ Snake. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing; Ultra publishes its lineup in phases between winter and spring, and the 2026 edition ran in July 2026 with a 2-phase lineup published on the official site.

Getting to Ultra Europe by public transport is straightforward. Local bus lines 12 and 15 stop at Poljud, a short walk from Park Mladeži, and Uber operates in Split. Hotels, apartments, hostels and rooms are available within walking distance or a short bus or taxi ride of the stadium, and they sell out months ahead for the festival weekend, so book a hotel in Split as soon as the dates suit you. Beachville, the official campsite next to Park Mladeži, provides tent pitches, camper spaces, lockers, showers and food stalls. Parking garages and lots near the stadium fill early, and the city closes some streets around the venue during the festival.

Tickets for Ultra Europe 2027 are sold on the official site in tiers. The early-bird 3-day general admission ticket was listed at €199 (about $229, £171) and sold out, the early-bird Fan Pit ticket, a reserved area in front of the Main Stage, was €299 (about $344, £257), and a payment plan splits the price into a €39 (about $45, £34) deposit followed by 3 monthly instalments. VIP and VVIP table prices for 2027 are released later in the sales cycle; in 2024 the top VIP packages reached €3,750 (about $4,313, £3,225).

2. Sea Star Festival

Sea Star Festival ran from 28 to 31 May 2026 at the Stella Maris resort in Umag, according to the festival’s official site, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Sea Star Festival usually falls in the last week of May, so pencil in late May 2027 and watch the official site and social channels for the announcement. Umag is the northernmost town on Croatia’s Istrian coast, close to the Slovenian border, and the Stella Maris complex, which also hosts the ATP Croatia Open tennis stadium, lies on the northern edge of town.

Sea Star Festival was launched in 2017 by the team behind Serbia’s EXIT Festival, which lists Sea Star among its family of festivals. The 2026 lineup mixed techno, trance, house and rap across the Stella Maris lagoon stages, with Boris Brejcha, Xzibit and Satori among the names announced by the organisers. The official site lists 28 to 31 May 2026 as the festival dates, with the main programme concentrated on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 May. The festival site is built around a lagoon, with the Main Stage on the shore and smaller stages, including the Nautilus Arena for hip-hop and alternative electronic music, spread through the resort.

Getting to Sea Star Festival is easiest by car or coach, because Umag has no airport of its own. The nearest airports are Pula, to the south, and Trieste in Italy, to the north, both of which have coach links to Umag, and you can compare flights to Pula and Trieste before you pick a side of the border. Umag has hotels, apartments, hostels and campsites within a few kilometres of the festival, the festival campsite sits next to the site, and free public parking areas serve the Stella Maris complex.

Tickets for Sea Star Festival 2026 were listed from €40 (about $46, £34) for a regular ticket and from €90 (about $104, £77) for VIP, with a camping ticket at €39 (about $45, £34), all at an early-bird discount on the official site. Sea Star sells through the ticket page on its official site, and 2027 pricing will appear with the date announcement.

3. INmusic Festival

INmusic Festival #19 takes place from Sunday 27 to Tuesday 29 June 2027 on the Isle of Youth (Otok hrvatske mladeži) in Jarun Lake, Zagreb, according to the festival’s announcement in August 2026. INmusic Festival is Croatia’s biggest international open-air music festival, and the 2027 edition falls a week later than usual and, for the first time, starts on a Sunday. Jarun Lake is in the south-west of Zagreb, about 30 minutes by tram from the main square, Ban Jelačić Square.

INmusic Festival debuted in 2006, organised by the NGO Multikultura, and moved to its current Jarun Lake site in 2007. The festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with its 18th edition from 22 to 24 June 2026, when Jack White opened the festival, Gorillaz headlined the second night and Kings of Leon closed it, in front of tens of thousands of visitors each night according to the organisers. INmusic has hosted Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Florence + The Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand, The Prodigy and The Smashing Pumpkins in earlier years. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing; INmusic normally confirms its first headliners in the autumn and fills the bill through the spring, and fans can send a wishlist through the official site.

The festival site at Jarun Lake is reached by tram from the centre of Zagreb. Tram lines 5 and 17 run to Jarun, from where it is a 10-minute walk to the festival entrance, and the trams connect with the main railway and bus stations. The INmusic campsite next to the festival site takes tents and campers, and hotels, hostels and private apartments in central Zagreb are 20 to 30 minutes away by tram.

Tickets for INmusic Festival 2027 had not been priced at the time of writing. The festival sells a 3-day pass with a separate campsite ticket, releases limited single-day tickets closer to the event and offers student and high-school discounts, all through the official site. The festival regularly sells out, so buy early once sales open. INmusic runs a cashless payment system on site and a campsite programme called INmusic campIN’, and the official site’s info pages cover festival rules, how to get there and student benefits.

4. Hideout Festival

Hideout Festival runs from 29 June to 2 July 2027 on Zrće Beach on the island of Pag, according to the festival’s official site. Hideout Festival is a house, techno and bass music festival staged in the open-air clubs of Zrće, and the 2026 edition sold out in one hour, so the festival released a small run of accommodation-and-ticket packages in summer 2026 ahead of the November ticket rush. Novalja is the nearest town, 4 km (2.5 mi) from the beach, and it is where most festival-goers stay.

Hideout Festival began in 2011 and quickly became one of the fixtures of the European festival summer, drawing around 20,000 visitors a year. Zrće Beach is often called Croatia’s Ibiza because of the open-air clubs that line the beach, and Hideout uses 5 of them as stages, with Papaya, Aquarius, Kalypso and Noa the main venues. Past lineups have included Jamie Jones, Skream, CamelPhat, Alan Fitzpatrick, Patrick Topping, Hybrid Minds, Folamour, Bicep, The Streets and Joel Corry, with daytime pool and boat parties feeding into the club sets at night. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing; Hideout publishes it in the autumn before general ticket sales.

Most Hideout visitors fly into Zadar Airport and take the festival shuttle to Novalja, which cost £42 (about €49, $56) in 2026 and is booked through the customer dashboard. Buses and ferries from Zadar, Split and Rijeka also reach Novalja. Once in Novalja, shuttle buses run between the town and the beach venues through the night. Novalja has hotels, apartments, villas, hostels and campsites, and the festival’s own accommodation packages bundle rooms with tickets and airport transfers.

Tickets for Hideout Festival 2027 went on sale on 7 July 2026 for people who signed up in advance, with payment plans available. Standard tickets, VIP tickets and travel packages are released in stages through the official site, and prices for the general sale had not been published at the time of writing. VIP holders get priority entry, fast-track wristband collection and access to the VIP areas inside the clubs, according to the festival’s FAQ, which is worth the difference on the busiest nights at Papaya and Aquarius.

5. Dimensions Festival

Dimensions Festival ran from 27 to 31 August 2026 at The Garden in Tisno, according to the festival’s official site, and full festival passes sold out. Dimensions Festival is a 5-day gathering of around 150 artists focused on house, techno, electro and breaks, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Dimensions usually takes the last week of August into the first days of September, and the organisers confirmed the 2026 dates in October 2025, so expect the 2027 announcement in autumn 2026. Tisno is a small town on the Adriatic 80.4 km (50.0 mi) from Zadar and about 2 hours by road from Split.

Dimensions Festival was founded in 2012 as a sister event to Outlook Festival and spent its first years at Fort Punta Christo in Pula before moving to The Garden in Tisno in 2019. The first edition was a 2-day event with Theo Parrish, Joy Orbison and Kyle Hall, and the festival has since hosted Four Tet, Bonobo, Nina Kraviz, Jon Hopkins, Helena Hauff, Peggy Gou, Carl Cox and Jeff Mills. The Garden site puts stages between the pines and the beach, and the programme adds boat parties on the Adriatic, after-parties, a closing party and a secret island party.

Getting to Dimensions Festival means flying into Zadar or Split and continuing by road, because Tisno has no railway station. Zadar Airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes away and Split Airport about 2 hours, and the festival lists official transfers and coach options on its travel page. The Garden Resort offers camping, glamping, mobile homes and apartments on site, and Tisno, Betina and Murter have hotels, villas and apartments a short drive away. Book early, because the resort accommodation sells out with the tickets.

Tickets for Dimensions Festival 2026 sold out in advance, with day tickets and official resale handled through Resident Advisor. The 2026 site opened at 11:30 on Thursday 27 August and closed on Tuesday 1 September, according to the festival’s FAQ, so a 5-day pass covers 5 nights on site plus the closing party morning. Ticket tiers and prices for 2027 will be published with the dates on the official site, which also sells accommodation and travel add-ons.

6. Outlook Festival

Outlook Festival takes place from Thursday 22 to Monday 26 July 2027 at The Garden in Tisno, according to the dates the organisers announced in August 2026. Outlook Festival is the bass music and sound-system culture festival that started in 2008 at Fort Punta Christo in Pula and now runs under the Outlook Origins banner at The Garden, the same resort site as Dimensions and Hospitality on the Beach. Tisno is on the Dalmatian coast between Zadar and Šibenik, and Murter island is joined to it by a bridge.

Outlook Festival was established in 2008 and grew into the largest bass music festival in Europe over its decade at the Pula fort, where stages were built into the moat and courtyards of the 19th-century Austro-Hungarian fortress. The festival has hosted DMZ, Mala, Commodo, Giggs, Skepta, Loyle Carner, AJ Tracey, Sherelle, Pa Salieu, Chase and Status and Shy FX, covering dubstep, grime, hip-hop, drum and bass, reggae and dub. The current format is 5 days and nights with boat parties, after-parties and an opening concert, according to the Outlook Origins site. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing; sign-up for 2027 tickets is open on the official site.

Most Outlook visitors fly into Split or Zadar and continue by road to Tisno, and the festival and third-party operators run coach transfers from both airports. The Garden Resort provides on-site camping, glamping, mobile homes and apartments, and hotels, villas and apartments in Tisno, Murter and Betina are within a short taxi ride. Parking is available on the roads near the resort, but most people arrive by transfer and walk the 20 to 25 minutes between Tisno town and the site.

Tickets for Outlook Festival 2027 are released in tiers to people who sign up on the official site, and prices had not been published at the time of writing. Earlier editions sold general admission, VIP and VIP Deluxe tiers, with the upper tiers adding lounges, express entry and discounts, and boat parties sold separately.

7. Fresh Island Festival

Fresh Island Festival has not held an edition since June 2023, and no 2026 or 2027 dates had been announced on its official channels at the time of writing. Fresh Island Festival is the hip-hop, R&B and rap festival that ran in the Zrće Beach clubs of Novalja, on the island of Pag, and its last documented edition took place over 3 days in late June 2023. Check the festival’s website and social accounts before you plan a trip around it, and treat the notes below as background rather than a booking guide.

Fresh Island Festival began in 2012 and brought hip-hop headliners to the Croatian coast for a decade, with Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Sean Paul, A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent, Chris Brown and Cardi B on past bills. The festival was interrupted in July 2019, when a fire on the beach forced an evacuation of the site, and it returned in 2022 for a 10th-anniversary edition with Central Cee, Digga D, Stefflon Don and NSG. The festival used the open-air clubs Papaya, Aquarius and Kalypso as its stages, with pool parties by day and main-stage sets from midnight until dawn.

If Fresh Island returns, the logistics match Hideout and Sonus: fly into Zadar Airport, take a shuttle to Novalja, stay in the town’s hotels, apartments or campsites and use the beach shuttles to reach the clubs, 4 km (2.5 mi) away. Zrće’s clubs run their own programmes through June and July, so the beach is busy whether or not the festival is on.

Ticket information for Fresh Island Festival is unavailable until the organisers announce a new edition. Past editions sold general admission and VIP tiers, with VIP adding lounges, separate entrances and drink discounts.

8. Sonus Festival

Sonus Festival cancelled its 2026 edition, planned for 16 to 20 August 2026 on Zrće Beach, and the organisers say the festival returns in 2027 at a new location in Croatia, with sign-up for Sonus Croatia 2027 open on the official site. Sonus Festival is a 5-day house and techno festival run by the Zagreb promoter We Love Sound, and it had drawn around 25,000 fans a year to the Zrće clubs since its first edition from 21 to 25 August 2013. The 2027 dates and venue had not been announced at the time of writing; the festival has always run in the third week of August.

Sonus Festival built its reputation on techno lineups: Carl Cox, Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Maceo Plex, Adam Beyer, Nina Kraviz, Joseph Capriati, Dubfire, Chris Liebing, Charlotte de Witte and Reinier Zonneveld have all played. On Pag, the festival used the open-air clubs Aquarius, Kalypso, Papaya and Noa as its 4 stages, with beach parties and boat parties by day. We Love Sound, the company behind Sonus, also ran its own We Love Sound Open Air on Jarun Lake in Zagreb; that event last took place in September 2021 and now appears under past events on the company’s site, so it is no longer part of this list.

Travel details for Sonus 2027 depend on the new location, which the organisers will announce with the dates. On Pag, festival-goers flew into Zadar Airport and took shuttles to Novalja, booked rooms through the festival’s ticket-and-accommodation packages and used the beach shuttles to reach the clubs. Expect similar packages, and the same advice to book as soon as the venue is confirmed, wherever the festival lands in 2027.

Ticket prices for Sonus Festival 2027 had not been published at the time of writing. The festival sells general admission and VIP tiers, with VIP adding fast-track entry, lounges and viewing areas, and it sells the boat parties separately.

9. Spring Break Island

Spring Break Island ran from 21 to 25 May 2026 at Kalypso Club on Zrće Beach, according to the festival’s official site, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Spring Break Island is a 5-night festival for students and young travellers, held on Pag island since 2013, and it usually opens the Zrće season in the last 10 days of May. Novalja is the nearest town, 4 km (2.5 mi) from the beach.

Spring Break Island describes itself as the original Zrće spring break and has been running since 2013, with Salvatore Ganacci, Alan Walker, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike and Maddix among past headliners. The 2026 programme consisted of 5 club nights, each hosted by a different party brand, from a rave opening night and a techno night to an Afrohouse night and a closing after-party, plus 3 after-beach parties and all-inclusive boat parties. Kalypso Club, the oldest club on the beach and recently rebuilt, is the main night venue, and Tattva Beach Club hosts the daytime sessions. A separate event, Zrce Spring Break, runs on the same beach over 2 weekends in 2027, from 27 to 30 May and from 3 to 6 June 2027, according to its organisers, so check which one you are buying.

Most Spring Break Island guests fly into Zadar Airport and take a shuttle to Novalja, or drive to Pag over the bridge from the mainland. The festival’s packages bundle tickets with apartments close to the clubs, and Novalja has hotels, private apartments, villas and campsites for anyone booking separately. Shuttles run between Novalja and Zrće Beach through the night.

Tickets for Spring Break Island 2026 were sold from about €70 (about $81, £60) for a festival ticket and from about €140 (about $161, £120) per person for a package with accommodation, with extras such as boat parties sold on top. Prices for 2027 will follow the date announcement on the official site.

10. Hospitality on the Beach

Hospitality on the Beach takes place from 30 June to 5 July 2027 at The Garden Resort in Tisno, according to the festival’s official site, and tickets are on sale with payment plans. Hospitality on the Beach is Hospital Records’ 5-day drum and bass festival, with 5 stages, more than 150 artists, boat parties on the Adriatic and 4 after-parties at Barbarella’s Discotheque. Tisno town is a 20 to 25 minute walk from The Garden site.

Hospitality on the Beach debuted in 2018, when Hospital Records took its Hospitality club brand to the Croatian coast for a full festival, and it has returned every summer since. The programme covers the whole of drum and bass, from liquid and rollers to jungle, jump-up and neurofunk, and past lineups have included Camo and Krooked, Wilkinson, Dimension, DJ Marky, Noisia, Netsky, High Contrast, Sub Focus, A.M.C, Alix Perez and LTJ Bukem, with labels such as 1985 Music and Critical Music curating stages. Days are for swimming, boat parties and the wellness zone, and the stages run from the afternoon until sunrise. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing.

Most Hospitality on the Beach visitors fly into Split, about a 2-hour drive from Tisno, or Zadar, about 1 hour 15 minutes away, and the festival says official airport transfers from both go on sale in early 2027. Zagreb Airport is about 3 hours 45 minutes by road. The Garden Resort has apartments, mobile homes and glamping among the fig and olive trees, and the festival’s booking page also lists hotels, villas and apartments in Tisno and nearby through Booking.com.

Tickets for Hospitality on the Beach 2027 cost £225 (about €260, $300) for all 5 festival days, or £275 (about €320, $370) for the festival plus all 4 after-parties, excluding booking fees, and boat parties are sold separately. Payment plans are available, and the resort accommodation is booked through the same site.

11. Lighthouse Festival

Lighthouse Festival ran from 3 to 7 June 2026 on the Lanterna peninsula near Poreč, according to the festival’s official site, and the organisers have posted a save-the-date for 26 to 30 May 2027 on their social channels. Lighthouse Festival is a boutique electronic music festival with a daily capacity of around 3,000 people, and its 2027 tickets had not gone on sale at the time of writing. Poreč, the nearest town, is 8 km (5.0 mi) from Lanterna.

Lighthouse Festival began in 2013, when a crew from Vienna and Munich took their club scene to the Croatian coast for what the organisers describe as electronic music on vacation, and the brand now also runs a winter edition in Bad Gastein, Austria, and a gathering in Zanzibar. The Croatian festival keeps a deliberately small, intimate format, with stages on the beaches of the Lanterna resort and a night venue called The Lighthouse, plus boat parties during the day. Past lineups have included Âme, Dixon, Tale Of Us, Peggy Gou, Seth Troxler, The Black Madonna, Hunee, Job Jobse, Gerd Janson, John Talabot, DJ Koze, Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson and DJ Seinfeld. The 2027 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing.

Most Lighthouse visitors drive from Austria, Germany and Italy, or fly into Pula, Trieste or Venice and take a pre-arranged shuttle or bus to Poreč. The Lanterna resort, run by Valamar, provides apartments, mobile homes and camping pitches that are booked as part of festival packages, so guests sleep a few minutes from the stages, and Poreč has hotels and private apartments for anyone commuting in. Parking is available at the resort.

Tickets for Lighthouse Festival 2027 are sold as festival tickets and accommodation packages through the official site, which offers a 20% down-payment option, and prices had not been published at the time of writing. The festival allows guests to bring their own food and drinks onto the grounds, which is rare and keeps the costs down.

12. Beach Bites Beats

Beach Bites Beats last published festival dates for 5 to 9 June 2024, when it ran in the Papaya, Kalypso, Cocomo and Nomad clubs on Zrće Beach, and its organiser, the Zrce.eu agency, had not listed 2026 or 2027 dates at the time of writing. Beach Bites Beats is a spring-break-season festival built around DJ villas, where guests share a villa with the DJs playing that week, and it sits in early June when it runs. Novalja is the nearest town, 4 km (2.5 mi) from the beach.

Beach Bites Beats works differently from the other Zrće festivals: instead of a campsite, the organiser rents villas with pools in and around Novalja, guests book a bed in a villa, and each villa hosts one of the week’s DJs. The 2024 lineup included Mike Candys, Honk!, Liah, Zenemy, Kimberly and Ghost, Ragunde and Blvckfire and Dillon Rune, playing a club on the beach or in Novalja every evening. A festival wristband gives free entry to the clubs each night, skips the queue and adds drink coupons, and the organiser says club-door prices are at least 20% higher than the advance ticket.

Getting to Beach Bites Beats means the same routes as the other Pag festivals: coaches from Germany and Austria organised by Zrce.eu, or a flight into Zadar Airport and a shuttle to Novalja. Villas, apartments and hotels in Novalja are booked through the organiser, and shuttles connect the town with the beach.

Ticket prices for a future Beach Bites Beats edition had not been published at the time of writing. Because the organiser’s own calendar showed no 2025 or 2026 edition, confirm the festival is running before you book a villa around it.

13. Sea Sound Festival (formerly Seasplash)

Sea Sound Festival held its third edition from 16 to 19 July 2026 at Martinska, across the bay from Šibenik, according to the festival’s official site, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Sea Sound Festival is the direct successor of Seasplash, the reggae, dub and bass festival that ran for 21 years before the organisers relaunched it under the new name, and it has held every edition in the third week of July. Šibenik is the nearest town, a short boat ride across the bay.

Seasplash began in the early 2000s and spent most of its life in Pula before moving to Martinska in 2019; after 21 editions, the organisers launched Sea Sound in 2024 with the same mission, celebrating bass music and sound-system culture on stages fitted with hand-built sound systems. The 2026 programme mixed concerts, live acts and DJ sets from the Croatian, regional and European scene over 4 days, and the festival has drawn between 5,000 and 10,000 people a day at Martinska. Sea Sound’s parent organisation also runs the Wintersplash club events and PDV Records.

Getting to Sea Sound Festival is easy from Šibenik, because the Avalon circular boat line connects the town with Martinska from mid-June to mid-September, and the festival publishes the timetable. Šibenik has hotels, apartments, hostels and campsites, and every visitor with a 4-day festival ticket can camp free on site, although the campsite has limited capacity and fills early. Parking is available on the Martinska peninsula, and Split and Zadar are the nearest airports.

Tickets for Sea Sound Festival 2026 started at €45 (about $52, £39) for the blind early-bird tier, sold before the first artists were announced, with weekend and single-day tickets released later through Stereoticket, Entrio and Core Event. Prices for 2027 will follow the date announcement.

14. Zagreb Pride

Zagreb Pride held its 25th Pride March on Saturday 6 June 2026, according to the organisers, and the 2027 date had not been announced at the time of writing. Zagreb Pride is the largest LGBTIQ+ pride event in Croatia and one of the largest in south-east Europe, and the march has taken place in early or mid June every year, so expect a Saturday in June 2027. The march moves through the centre of Zagreb, usually from Ban Jelačić Square to Zrinjevac Park, where speeches and performances follow.

Zagreb Pride began in 2002, when around 300 people marched through the city as Croatia’s first pride event, and the organisation has run the march every year since, with attendance peaking at around 15,000 in 2013 during the campaign against a referendum on same-sex marriage. The march is preceded by Pride Month, a programme of film screenings, panels, workshops and banner-making that the organisers publish in May, and in 2026 the City of Zagreb raised rainbow flags on its flagpoles for the first time. Zagreb Pride is a march and festival of rights and visibility rather than a music event, so there is no artist lineup; the stage programme features local performers and activists.

Zagreb Pride takes place in the city centre, so trams and buses to Ban Jelačić Square or Zrinjevac are the simplest way to arrive, and Zagreb’s hotels, hostels and apartments are all within walking distance of the route. The march is free and open to everyone, with no tickets or entry fees, and volunteers act as stewards along the route.

15. Days of Diocletian (Stories of Diocletian)

Days of Diocletian ran from 27 to 30 August 2026 in Diocletian’s Palace in Split, staged by the Split tourist board as Stories of Diocletian, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Days of Diocletian is the annual Roman-heritage festival of Split, formerly billed as Nights of Diocletian, and it has settled into the last weekend of August. Split is the largest city in Dalmatia, and the festival takes over the Peristyle, the Vestibule and the cellars of the palace that Emperor Diocletian built around 300 AD.

The 2026 programme published by the tourist board opened on Thursday 27 August at 20:00 with an imperial procession on the Peristyle, followed over 3 days by an emperor’s audience tour of the palace, a Roman-themed street performance, a re-creation of ancient sport called Harpastum on the Peristyle, a piece about Diocletian’s wife Prisca and a closing performance on Sunday 30 August. Costumed professionals and students bring the era to life, and the format is interactive rather than a battle reenactment. The organisers describe it as a 4-day event, and the 2027 edition should follow the same late-August slot.

Split is easy to reach by air, road and ferry, and the palace is in the pedestrianised old town, so walk or take a local bus to the Riva waterfront. Split has hotels and apartments inside and around the palace, and coastal towns such as Trogir, 27 km (16.8 mi) away, are a short drive. Parking in the old town is very limited, so use the public garages on the edge of the centre.

Days of Diocletian takes place on public streets and squares, and the street programme is free; some associated events in museums or the cellars may charge entry, and the tourist board publishes the programme as a PDF each summer.

16. Cinehill (formerly Motovun Film Festival)

Cinehill, the festival founded as the Motovun Film Festival, held its 28th edition from 21 to 26 July 2026 in Fužine in Gorski kotar, according to the festival’s official site, and the 2027 dates had not been announced at the time of writing. Cinehill is one of Croatia’s most popular film festivals, dedicated to independent films from small cinematographies, and it moved out of Motovun to the mountains of Gorski kotar for its 25th edition, so the hilltop town in Istria no longer hosts it. The festival usually runs for 6 days in the second half of July.

The Motovun Film Festival was founded in 1999 by Croatian film professionals to show small, independent films at a time when few non-Hollywood titles reached Croatian cinemas, and it screened more than 100 features and shorts a year in Motovun’s squares. For its 25th birthday, the festival relocated to Gorski kotar, the mountainous region between Rijeka and Zagreb, and took the name Cinehill, describing itself as a green-carpet festival deep in the forest. The 2026 edition in Fužine screened more than 100 films, gave its main award, the Propeller, to Fernando Eimbcke’s Flies, presented a 50 Years Award to actor Zijah Sokolović and held panels with directors Rajko Grlić and Goran Marković. Past guests of the festival include Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Jim Jarmusch and Víctor Erice.

Fužine is a lake village in Gorski kotar just off the A6 motorway between Rijeka and Zagreb, so most visitors drive or take a coach to Fužine or nearby Delnice. The festival runs an eco camp for tents and campers and publishes a camper’s guide, and accommodation in Fužine, Lokve and Delnice is limited, so book early. The festival also stages screenings in Zagreb, on the terrace of the Zagreb Dance Centre, at the end of August and start of September.

Cinehill sells festival passes and single-screening tickets, with prices published on the ticket information page before each edition, and the eco camp is priced separately.

17. Dubrovnik Summer Festival

The 77th Dubrovnik Summer Festival ran from 10 July to 25 August 2026, according to the festival’s official site, and the 78th edition is expected on the same dates in 2027, because the festival has kept 10 July to 25 August as its fixed run for decades. The Dubrovnik Summer Festival is Croatia’s oldest and largest arts festival, with theatre, classical music, opera, ballet and dance staged at more than 10 open-air and indoor sites in and around the Old City. The 2027 programme is usually announced in April and May.

The Dubrovnik Summer Festival was founded in 1950, one of the first summer arts festivals in post-war Europe, and it draws between 60,000 and 70,000 people a season. The 2026 festival opened with a ceremony conceived by Leo Mujić and Željka Udovičić Pleština, opened its music programme with Carmina Burana, staged 8 theatre productions including Shakespeare’s Richard III, Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea, Goldoni’s The Chioggia Scuffles and Držić’s Skup, and added extra performances of the sell-out play Mara and Kata for the seventh year running. Guest artists over the decades have included the Vienna Philharmonic, José Carreras, Bobby McFerrin and Sir Derek Jacobi, and in 2026 the Zagreb Soloists with cellist Steven Isserlis. Performances take place at Fort Lovrijenac, Sponza Palace, the Rector’s Palace, churches and squares of the Old City, so the setting is part of the show.

Dubrovnik is reached by air, road, ferry and cruise ship, and the festival venues are inside the pedestrianised Old City, so walk or take a local bus to the Pile Gate. Hotels, villas, hostels and apartments in and around the Old City fill in July and August, and reservations are essential. Parking in the Old City is impossible; use the public garages on the edge of the walls and walk in.

Tickets for the Dubrovnik Summer Festival are sold per performance through the official site and the box office at Od Sigurate 1, with prices that vary by production and seating section, and student and local discounts apply. Popular productions sell out weeks ahead, so buy as soon as the programme is published.

What are the best summer festivals in Croatia?

The summer festivals in Croatia worth planning a trip around are listed below, in calendar order for 2027.

1. INmusic Festival (27 to 29 June 2027). INmusic Festival brings international rock, indie and alternative headliners to Jarun Lake in Zagreb for 3 days, with camping on site, and the 2026 anniversary edition featured Jack White, Gorillaz and Kings of Leon.
2. Hideout Festival (29 June to 2 July 2027). Hideout Festival fills the open-air clubs of Zrće Beach on Pag with house, techno and bass DJs, pool parties by day and club sets until sunrise, and it sold out its 2026 edition in one hour.
3. Hospitality on the Beach (30 June to 5 July 2027). Hospitality on the Beach turns The Garden in Tisno into a 5-day drum and bass holiday with 5 stages, boat parties and after-parties at Barbarella’s.
4. Ultra Europe (9 to 11 July 2027). Ultra Europe packs Park Mladeži in Split with more than 140,000 electronic dance music fans over 3 days, with Destination Ultra island parties on Hvar and Vis around it.
5. Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10 July to 25 August every year). The Dubrovnik Summer Festival stages theatre, concerts, opera and ballet at Fort Lovrijenac, Sponza Palace and the squares of the Old City for 47 days.
6. Outlook Festival (22 to 26 July 2027). Outlook Festival brings bass music and sound-system culture to The Garden in Tisno for 5 days and nights with boat parties and after-parties.
7. Sea Sound Festival (mid July, 2027 dates to be announced). Sea Sound Festival, the successor of Seasplash, gathers reggae, dub and bass sound systems at Martinska near Šibenik for 4 days with free camping.
8. Dimensions Festival (late August, 2027 dates to be announced). Dimensions Festival closes the season at The Garden in Tisno with 150 house, techno and electro artists, and its 2026 edition sold out.

What are the best music festivals in Croatia?

The music festivals in Croatia with the strongest lineups are listed below.

1. Ultra Europe. Ultra Europe is the biggest, a 3-day electronic dance music festival in Split on 9, 10 and 11 July 2027, with more than 150 DJs across 4 stages, pyrotechnics and visual shows, and the Resistance stage for house and techno.
2. INmusic Festival. INmusic Festival is Croatia’s largest open-air rock and alternative festival, on the Isle of Youth in Jarun Lake from 27 to 29 June 2027, and it has hosted Arctic Monkeys, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Killers and Deftones.
3. Hideout Festival. Hideout Festival is the pick for house, techno and bass fans, on Zrće Beach from 29 June to 2 July 2027, with past sets from Bicep, Jamie Jones, Patrick Topping and CamelPhat.
4. Hospitality on the Beach. Hospitality on the Beach is the drum and bass festival, from 30 June to 5 July 2027 in Tisno, with more than 150 artists from Sub Focus and Wilkinson to Alix Perez and LTJ Bukem.
5. Outlook Festival. Outlook Festival is the bass music, grime and dub festival, from 22 to 26 July 2027 in Tisno, with a history of Skepta, Loyle Carner, Chase and Status and Shy FX.
6. Dimensions Festival. Dimensions Festival is the underground electronic pick, 5 days at the end of August in Tisno with Jeff Mills, Helena Hauff and Four Tet among past headliners, and 2027 dates to be announced.
7. Lighthouse Festival. Lighthouse Festival is the boutique house and techno festival on the Lanterna peninsula near Poreč, saved for 26 to 30 May 2027, with around 3,000 people a day.

What are the best food festivals in Croatia?

The food festivals in Croatia worth travelling for are listed below, with their next dates.

1. Good Food Festival (Dubrovnik, 5 to 18 October 2026). The Good Food Festival is a 2-week celebration of Dalmatian cooking with workshops, special menus in the city’s restaurants and the open-air Dubrovnik Table along Stradun, according to the Dubrovnik tourist board. The festival is the easiest way to taste traditional Croatian food in one place, from black risotto to Ston oysters.
2. Zigante Truffle Days (Livade, every Saturday and Sunday from 3 October to 1 November 2026). Zigante Truffle Days is the truffle fair of Istria, held over 5 autumn weekends in Livade with free entry, truffle dishes at the Zigante restaurant, truffle-hunting demonstrations with dogs in the Motovun forest and stalls selling oils, spreads and fresh truffles. The fair is named after Giancarlo Zigante, who found a record white truffle nearby in 1999.
3. Oyster Festival (Mali Ston, 19 to 22 March 2026; 2027 dates to be announced). The Oyster Festival, Dani malostonske kamenice, celebrates the flat oysters of Mali Ston Bay around the feast of St Joseph on 19 March, when the shellfish farmers say the oysters are fullest, with tastings in Ston, Mali Ston and Brijesta, farm visits, lectures and Pelješac wines. The Mali Ston oyster has held an EU protected designation of origin since 2020, and the tradition is thought to date from the Dubrovnik Republic.
4. Cheese Festival (Svetvinčenat, 19 to 20 September 2026). The Cheese Festival, Festival sira, gathers Istrian sheep, goat and cow milk cheese makers for tastings, workshops and a fair of olive oils, wines and honey in the medieval town of Svetvinčenat, alongside the Miss and Mister Goat selection, according to the local tourist board.
5. Kulenijada (Požega, 26 to 27 June 2026; 2027 dates to be announced). Kulenijada is the festival of kulen, Slavonia’s spicy paprika sausage, and its 46th edition in Požega judged producers from Slavonia and neighbouring regions, with tastings, local wines and a fair on Trg Svetog Trojstva, according to the Požega tourist board. It runs at the end of June each year.

What are the best fairs or trade festivals in Croatia?

The fairs and trade festivals in Croatia with confirmed dates are listed below.

1. Zagreb Boat Show (Zagreb Fair, 17 to 21 February 2027). The Zagreb Boat Show is Croatia’s largest nautical fair, with yachts, speedboats, kayaks, engines, diving and sailing equipment, traditional wooden boats and charter companies, and Zagreb Fair reports around 25,000 visitors a year.
2. Adriatic Gastro Show (Zadar, 4 to 7 February 2026; 2027 dates to be announced). The Adriatic Gastro Show is the trade fair for hotels, restaurants and catering, and it moved from Split to the ŠC Višnjik sports centre in Zadar in 2026, after drawing more than 18,500 visitors and around 1,000 companies to its 2025 edition, according to the organisers.
3. Croatia Nautic Show (Marina Kaštela, 8 to 11 April 2027). The Croatia Nautic Show is a free-entry boat fair near Split Airport with new and used vessels, marine and fishing equipment, premieres and test rides, according to the organisers.
4. Dalmatia Boat Show (Marina Baotić, Seget Donji, 15 to 18 April 2027). The Dalmatia Boat Show is the in-water boat show near Trogir, and the organisers have confirmed the 2027 dates.
5. INOVA (Zagreb Fair, 1 to 3 October 2026). INOVA is the second-oldest invention exhibition in the world, according to its organisers, and the 2026 edition marks its 50th anniversary with prototypes, business plans and international juries, closing with an awards night on 3 October.
6. Interliber (Zagreb Fair, 10 to 15 November 2026). Interliber is the 48th international book fair of Zagreb, with publishers, authors, readings and discounted books over 6 days, according to Zagreb Fair.

What are the best reenactment festivals in Croatia?

The reenactment festivals in Croatia are listed below, with their 2026 dates and the usual slot for 2027.

1. Renaissance Festival (Koprivnica, 20 to 23 August 2026). The Renaissance Festival, Renesansni festival, recreates the late 15th and 16th centuries along Koprivnica’s ramparts with more than 1,300 costumed participants from across Europe, knightly battles, a night assault on the town, medieval food served in wooden and ceramic tableware, nettle beer and mead, according to the organisers. It runs in the third or fourth week of August, and the 2027 dates were not announced at the time of writing.
2. Peasants’ Revolt of 1573 (Donja Stubica, 7 February 2026). Seljačka buna 1573, the Battle of Stubica reenactment, gathers more than 300 participants for the final battle of the peasant uprising led by Matija Gubec, staged in the centre of Donja Stubica on the second weekend of February, according to the organisers, the Knights of the Golden Chalice. Expect the 2027 battle in mid February, to be confirmed.
3. Siege of Sinj 1715 (Sinj, 12 August 2026). The Siege of Sinj 1715 performance restages the 7-day siege in which 700 defenders held Sinj against an Ottoman army of more than 40,000 until 15 August 1715, on the authentic sites of the old town, and the 2026 performance took place on 12 August at the Alkarski dvori, according to the Split-Dalmatia county cultural calendar. It sits in the same week as the Sinjska Alka tournament, held from 7 to 9 August 2026 for its 311th running.
4. Days of Diocletian (Split, 27 to 30 August 2026). Days of Diocletian fills Diocletian’s Palace with an imperial procession, an emperor’s audience, Roman sport and street theatre, staged by the Split tourist board as Stories of Diocletian, and the 2027 dates were not announced at the time of writing.
5. Battle of Samobor 1441 (Samobor, 7 to 8 March 2026). The Battle of Samobor 1441 reenactment, organised by the Samobor Museum, returned to the Vugrinščak meadow for its 21st edition with military camps, knights on horseback, archers and a fair, and it takes place on the first weekend of March, so expect early March 2027.

What are the top places to visit in Croatia during the festivals?

There are 5 top places to visit in Croatia during the festivals, and they are Rijeka, Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar and Hvar. Firstly, Rijeka hosts the Rijeka Carnival from 17 January to 10 February 2027, the largest carnival in Croatia, with more than 100 carnival groups and the International Carnival Parade along the Korzo on Sunday 7 February 2027, according to Visit Rijeka. The carnival ends with the burial of the Pust puppet on Ash Wednesday, 10 February 2027, and Rijeka has been a full member of the Federation of European Carnival Cities since 1995, which is why groups from across Europe join the parade. Secondly, Dubrovnik turns its Old City into an open-air stage for the Dubrovnik Summer Festival from 10 July to 25 August, with concerts and plays at Fort Lovrijenac, Sponza Palace and the Rector’s Palace, and hosts the Good Food Festival from 5 to 18 October 2026. Thirdly, Split stages Days of Diocletian in the last weekend of August, when the Peristyle and the palace cellars fill with Roman processions, an emperor’s audience and ancient sport, and it is the base for Ultra Europe on 9 to 11 July 2027. Fourthly, Zadar holds the Full Moon Festival, Noć punog miseca, on the Riva waterfront; the 28th edition ran from 6 to 9 August 2026 with concerts and more than 50 food and craft exhibitors, according to the City of Zadar, and the Sea Organ and the Roman Forum are the backdrop. Lastly, Hvar hosts the island parties of Destination Ultra in the Ultra Europe week in July, and its old town is an hour by catamaran from Split. All 5 cities, and the regions around them, are covered in more depth in the guide to the places to visit in Croatia.

How to get around in Croatia during the festivals?

There are 3 ways to get around in Croatia during the festivals, and they are public transport, a rental car and a bicycle. Firstly, public transport is affordable and reliable between cities: the coach network connects most towns, with Arriva (formerly Autotrans), Croatia Bus and FlixBus coaches in Croatia the main operators and the GetByBus and Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb sites for timetables; trains, run by HŽPP, are limited and useful mainly between Zagreb and the coast, while Tisno, Novalja and Umag have no railway station; ferries and catamarans, with Jadrolinija the main operator, are essential for island festivals, and catamaran tickets sell out in July and August, so book online. Festival shuttles from Zadar and Split airports serve Pag, Tisno and Šibenik in the festival weeks, and they are the simplest option if you are not driving. Pag island is reached by road over the Pag Bridge at its southern tip or by the Jadrolinija car ferry between Prizna on the mainland and Žigljen, 10 minutes from Novalja, and the ferry queues run long on festival arrival days. Secondly, a rental car gives the most flexibility for reaching smaller festival towns such as Svetvinčenat, Livade, Koprivnica, Sinj or Fužine, where buses are infrequent, and you can compare car rental in Croatia across the airport and city desks; roads are good, but parking in Split, Dubrovnik and the Zrće clubs is scarce in festival season, so use the shuttles once you arrive. Lastly, bicycles are popular on the islands and along the coast, and tourist offices recommend routes and rentals; keep off the narrow main roads without bike lanes, especially at night around the festival sites. The guide to how to get around in Croatia covers timetables, ferry routes and car-rental rules in more detail.

WonderfulWanderings Pro Tips

The 5 tips below come from checking every festival on this page against its own site in September 2026, and each one corrects a plan that older Croatia festival lists still send readers on.

1. Give up on a train to Tisno, Novalja or Umag. None of the three has a railway station, and Croatian rail is thin outside the Zagreb to coast line in any case. Tisno, which hosts Outlook, Dimensions and Hospitality on the Beach at The Garden, is reached by road or by a festival shuttle from Zadar or Split airport.
2. Check where 3 of these festivals actually take place now. Outlook left Fort Punta Christo in Pula for The Garden in Tisno, Seasplash moved to Martinska near Šibenik in 2019 and continues as the Sea Sound Festival, and the Motovun Film Festival runs as Cinehill in Gorski kotar, so Motovun no longer hosts it at all.
3. Cross Fresh Island, Sonus and Beach Bites Beats off a 2027 plan. Fresh Island has not been held since June 2023, Sonus skipped 2026 and returns in 2027 at a location it has not yet named, and Beach Bites Beats has published no dates since 2024.
4. Take tram 5 or 17 to Jarun for INmusic. The stop leaves a 10-minute walk to the entrance, and the same trams connect with Zagreb’s main railway and bus stations, about 30 minutes from Ban Jelačić Square. Older guides name the Mihaljevac stop, which is on the opposite side of the city.
5. Reach Pag early on the first festival day. The island is reached over the Pag Bridge at its southern tip or by the Jadrolinija car ferry from Prizna to Žigljen, 10 minutes outside Novalja, and the ferry queue runs long on arrival days for the Zrće festivals.

About the author. This guide is written and maintained by the Wonderful Wanderings editorial team. Wonderful Wanderings was founded in 2012 by Sofie Couwenbergh, and the dates in this post were checked on each festival’s official website in September 2026. The team covers Croatia for independent travellers, including the festivals, public holidays, places to visit, food and transport worth planning around, and updates this page when dates, prices and rules change.