18th Kastav Summer Festival: 5th FESTIVAL OF CHAKAVIAN CHANSONS

This oldest summer festival in the Kvarner region dates back to the early 1990s, 1992 to be exact. It was then that a group of enthusiasts, led by Milivoj Jelovica who today is honorary president of the Society, organized the first Summer, which included a drama programme by local playwrights and performers. The excellent public reception led to the organization of a larger festival the following year and, since “three’s a charm”, in 1994, the programme was further expanded to include drama, art and exhibits and classical and popular music. From year to year, the content, quality and quantity of the summer festival keeps growing and growing and, with the participation of numerous foreign performers, the festival has taken on an international character. To date, excellent artists have come from all over the world: Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Holland, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, United States and the United Kingdom.

The international character of the festival was certainly confirmed and enriched in more ways than one with the introduction of the Guitar Festival in 1997.

01.07. srijeda / Wednesday
7 p.m., Matko Laginja Square
music programme
Spinčići Music Society orchestra

01.07. Wednesday
8:30 p.m.
Opening ceremony

01.07. Wednesday
9 p.m., Crekvina
music programme
Klapa Kastav women’s vocal group & surprising guest

02.07. Thursday
7 p.m., Lokvina Square
ethno music programme
INTI RAIMI
INTI RAIMI

02.07. Thursday
9 p.m., Crekvina
music programme
NINA BADRIĆ & orchestra

04.07. Saturday
9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc , Rijeka
Wiliam Shakespeare “Taming of the Shrew”

07.07. Thursday
9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Rugantino Theatre, Zagreb
Yasmina Reza: “The God of Carnage”

10.07. Friday
9 p.m., Crekvina
music programme
Zoran Predin & orchestra

12.07. Sunday
9 p.m., Crekvina
ethno music programme
Zamballarana, Italy

13.07. Monday
9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl.Zajc, Rijeka
Oliver Frljić “Turbo-folk”

23.07. Thursday
9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Sisak Town Theatre & Zijah A. Sokolović
Robert Holman „Jonah i Otto“

24.07.2009
9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Zijah A. Sokolović “Interludes 0-24”

26.07. nedjelja / Sunday
9 p.m., Crekvina
classical music programme
Stefan Milenković - violin
Srebrenka Poljak - piano

27.07. Monday
9 p.m., Crekvina
music comedy programme
LADO Croatian Folk Song and Dance Ensemble

30.07. četvrtak / Thursday
9 p.m., Crekvina
music programme
Karin Kuljanić & guests: Mario Battifiaca, Mirjana Boboš, Robert Grubišić, ?ani Maršan & family Veljak

01.08. subota / Saturday
9 p.m., St. Jelena Križarica church
classical music programme
Renaissance Ensemble, Serbia

04.08. Tuesday
9 p.m., Crekvina
ethno music programme
Quartet Gubec

07.08. Friday
21,00 sati, Crekvina / 9 p.m., Crekvina
drama programme
Kastav Folk Theatre
Vjeko Alilović: “Welcome…Newcomers”

08.08. subota / Saturday
7 ART WORKSHOP

28.08. petak / Friday
20,00 sati, Crekvina / 8 p.m., Crekvina
5th FESTIVAL OF CHAKAVIAN CHANSONS, KASTAV