The program for the 58th International Folklore Festival
Lead-up events
Thursday, 4/4/2024
6:00 pm – Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb, Trg Antuna, Ivana i Vladimira Mažuranića 14
Klapa (a cappella group) Ošjak – five decades of song, a forum of the 58th International Folklore Festival
Participating: Klapa Ošjak, Vela Luka: Tonči Miletić, Marko Gugić, Janes Vlašić, Vlaho Oreb and Nikša Tomašić; dr. sc. Vedrana Milin Ćurin, prof. dr. sc. Maja Povrzanović Frykman, prof. dr, sc. Tvrtko Zebec
Friday, 17/5/2024
8:00 pm – Klet, Ilica 73
Lord Čardak’s (Mislav Lešić) exhibition opening and Ukleti dukat’s concert
Tuesday, 11/6/2024
6:00 pm – Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb, Trg Antuna, Ivana i Vladimira Mažuranića 14
Oj, devojko Maro book presentation: A selection of traditional songs from the Festival of Croatian Male Vocal Groups in Ivanić Grad (2002 – 2021)
Friday, 14/6/2024
St Peter’s Church, Zagreb
Veseli se o Marijo! concert of church folk songs of the Šokci people
Bački Monoštor, Female Singing Group “Kraljice Bodroga”; Strizivojna, Female Singing Group “Druge”; Zagreb, Male Vocal Group “Sinovi atara”; Zagreb, Female Vocal Group “Zwizde”.
Saturday, 15/6/2024
9:00 pm, Komedija – Kontesa Theater Club
Concert: Hojsak & Novosel ft. Thanos Stavridis & Christos Tassios
Thursday, 20/6/2024
10:00 am, Markuševac kindergarten, Štefanovec 172 (kindergarten children program)
Presentation of the picture book Priča o jednoj lopti, as well as children’s book presentations Kad bi špence divanilo and Običaji u adventu i Božiću u Drenovcima
Monday, 24/6/2024
7:00 pm, Dubrava National University, Dubrava 51a
Vrijeme nade – umijeće slamarske umjetnosti u Hrvatskoj i Ukrajini exhibition opening
Workshops for learning straw art techniques for making objects and pictures on the 25th and 26th June 2024 at 6:00 pm
Thursday, 27/6/2024
12:00 pm, Croatian Writers’ Association, Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 7
Šokačka rič – bogatstvo u raznolikosti forum
Tuesday, 2/7/2024
12:00 pm, Zagreb City Libraries, Starčevićev trg 4
Fenomen u dva stiha: bećarac photo exhibition opening and introduction of the Museum of Bećarac in Pleternica
8:00 pm – Homeland War Special Police Force Gallery, Trg Žrtava Fašizma 1
Čaje exhibition opening, author: Dražen Bota
Wednesday, 3/7/2024
7:00 pm – Zrinjevac Park
Folk concert of Croats from Perth, Australia
Thursday, 4/7/2024
7:00 pm – Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb, Trg Antuna, Ivana i Vladimira Mažuranića 14
Umjesto tisuću riječi… – fotografije Marijana Jovića photo exhibition opening
City museum of Županja
Friday, 5/7/2024 (postponed for autumn)
6:00 pm – Enzita Kitchen Studio, Zagrebački velesajam
Zalogaj tradicije: tradicijska jela Baranje culinary workshop
Folklore Group “Seljačka sloga”, Gajić
Saturday, 6/7/2024 (postponed for autumn)
12:00 pm – Library and reading room Bogdan Ogrizović, Preradovićeva 5
Book presentations: Štitarska fotospomenica (Mate Dominković), Širi mi se, suknjo moja tanka (Antun Lešić), Bošnjaci
Wednesday, 10/7/2024
7:00 pm – Cultural Centre Travno, Božidara Magovca 17
Vila Lala – comedy, a play by the Slavonski putujući teATAR folk theater
Friday, 12/7/2024
12:00 am – Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb, Trg Antuna, Ivana i Vladimira Mažuranića 14
Šokci i baština round-table discussion
6:00 pm – Library and reading room Bogdan Ogrizović, Preradovićeva 5
Monograph presentations: Kulturno-umjetničko društvo Seljačka sloga Gradište 1923. – 2023. and Naših stotinu godina – Folklore Group “Hrvatska seljačka sloga”, Opatovac, also a book presentation: Kako su stari pripovidali – Gradište local speech and speech dictionary
Saturday, 13/7/2024
9:00 am – Trg Petra Preradovića
Announcement of a book presentation on bećarci (traditional Croatian folk songs), providing entertainment and Slavonian delicacies
Performing: Folklore Group “Orljava”, Pleternica
12:00 pm – Library and reading room Bogdan Ogrizović, Preradovićeva 5
Knjiga bećaraca book presentation – bećarci of the visitors of the Museum of Bećarac in Pleternica
Sunday, 14/7/2024
7:00 pm – procession from the Chapel of the Wounded Jusus to the Stone Gate
Zibala majka zipkicu – a concert of Marian folk songs
Croatian crafts and workers’ cultural and artistic society “Golub”, Bjelovar; Folklore Group “Sloga”, Miklouš; Folklore Group “Prigorje”, Križevci
Monday, 15/7/2024
7:00 pm – Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Savska cesta 18
Kad se spremim i malo naredim exhibition opening – folk costumes of Pannonian Šokci people from the Traditional Cultural Heritage Centre collection
Tuesday, 16/7/2024
7:00 pm – Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb
Suvremeno odijevanje Šokica project presentation
Marija Gačić and Sonya Darrow (Czechia)
Festival part of the program
17 – 21/7/2024
Wednesday, 17/7/2024
7 pm – Cultural Centre Travno, Božidara Magovca 17, Mamutica plateau
(hall of the Cultural Centre Travno in case of rain)
UNESCO Folklore Promenade –Mreža UNESCO-ovih kulturnih prostora Erasmus+ Project presentation
Performances of foreign folklore groups
Thursday, 18/7/2024
10 am – 11am – city centre
Folklore Promenade
7 pm – Zrinjevac stage
Performances of folklore groups
9 pm – Trg bana Josipa Jelačića stage
Concert: Škura ura
Ethno group Veja
8 pm – Sv. Nedelja, stage by the Kipišće lake, Strmec
IFF Zagreb outside of Zagreb
Performances of folklore groups – Erasmus+ project participants
UNESCO cultural locations:
Latviaa: Alsunga, Suiti women of Alsunga; Suitu dūdenieki/Suiti Bagpipers; North Macedonia: Kičevo KUD Racin ;
Other ensembles from abroad: Brazil: Cuiaba Flor de Atalaia Group, Peru: Lima Elenco Artistico Peru Multicolor; Canda: Winnipeg Sopilka Ukranian Dance School
Friday, July 19, 2024
10 – 11 am, city center
Folklore Promenade and the Šokci wedding carriages of the Sikirevci Horse Breeding Association
Performances of folklore groups on the Jelačić Square stage
7 pm, Zrinjevac stage
Performances of folklore groups
9 pm, Jelačić Square
Formal Event of the 58th International Folklore Festival – Šokadijo sve ti je na glasu – folklore traditions of the Šokci in Pannonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Oštra luka, Bok: Ana Zlatunić i Maja Filipović; Serbia: Bački Monoštor KUD Hrvata Bodrog; Croatia: Davor, KUD Matija Antun Relković; Donje Novo Selo Muška pjevačka skupina Spačva, Drežnik, KUD Drežnik; Draž, KUD Baranjski Šokci; Gradište, KUD Seljačka Sloga; Ladimirevci, KUD Šokadija; Našice HKD Lisinski, Hungary: Pečuh KUD Tanac, Croatia: Pleternica, KUD Orljava, Podcrkavlje, KUD Krešimir Šimić, Prekopakra, KUD Seljačka sloga, Semeljci, KUD Lipa, Stari Mikanovci, KUD Šokadija, Strošinci, KUD Seljačka sloga; Tovarnik, KUD A.G. Matoš, Trnjani, KUD Lovor; Valpovo, HKUD Valpovo 1905, Voćin, KUU Voćin
10:30 pm, Dance with us! Dance workshop
Saturday, July 20, 2024
10 – 11 am – city center
Folklore Promenade and the Šokci wedding carriages of the Sikirevci Horse Breeding Association
Performances of folklore groups on the Jelačić Square stage
10 am, Zrinjevac
Workshop for children: Pixel – x– circle – Marija Gačić
12am, Multimedia hall of the City Library, Starčevićev trg 4
Project presentation Contemporary dressing of Šokac women
Marije Gačić (Hrvatska) i Sonye Darrow (Češka)
6 pm, Zrinjevac
Workshop for children and adults: Bećarac bags – Marija Gačić
7 pm, Zrinjevac stage
Performances of folklore groups
8 pm, Zrinjevac stage
Mišina Orchestra concert – bagpipe and duda traditions of Pannonia
9 pm, Jelačić Square
Performances of folklore groups
Canada: Winnipeg, Ukrainian diaspora;
– participants of the Erasmus+ project UNESCO Cultural Spaces:
Latvia: Gudenieki Suiti, Suitu dūdenieki/Suiti Bagpipers; Suitu sievas; Croatia: Otočac, Otočac folklore group, Gacka Open University; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Posušje, HKUD Fra Petar Bakula; Croatia: Tovarnik, KUD A. G. Matoš; Trnjani, KUD Lovor; Raša; RKUD Rudar, Pridvorje, KUD Stjepan Radić; Podcrkavlje, KUD Krešimir Šimić; Hungary, Pecs, KUD Tanac; Brazil, Cuiab, Flor de Atalaia Group.
10:30 pm, Jelačić Square
Dance with us! Dance workshop
7 pm, Pleternica
The Zagreb International Folklore Festival outside of Zagreb
Performances of folklore groups: N. Macedonia: Kičevo, KUD Racin; Indonesia: Jakarta, PPST Kencana Mas; The Netherlands: Nijmegen, Kansemble
8 pm, Vrbovec
The Zagreb International Folklore Festival outside of Zagreb
Performances of folklore groups: Peru: Lima Elenco Artistico Peru Multicolor; Draž, Baranjski Šokci.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
10 – 11 am – city center
Folklore Promenade and the Šokci wedding carriages of the Sikirevci Horse Breeding Association
Performances of folklore groups on the Jelačić Square stage
7 pm, Zrinjevac pavilion
Performances of folklore groups
8 pm, Zrinjevac pavilion
AnnaDel, World music concert of Ukrainian songs
9 pm, Jelačić Square
Concert – performances of folklore groups
Canada, Edmonton, Ukrainian diaspora,
The organizer has the right to change the programme do to unexpected circumstances.
