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Guns 'n' Roses at Exit Festival
2012-07-15 23:00 - 2012-07-16 04:00 (Europe/Belgrade) | Petrovaradin fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
The legendary rock band from Los Angeles, Guns ‘n’ Roses, will perform on this year’s EXIT Festival on July 15th on the main stage, performing the cult hits from the 80-ties and the 90-ties, as well as songs from their latest album “Chinese Democracy”.
Festivalgoers will have the opportunity to see the heroes of several generations, the band Guns ‘n’ Roses, on the main stage where they will perform on July the 15th.
Led by the icon of rock ‘n’ roll culture, Axl Rose, the band will perform some of their biggest hits, and songs from the latest album “Chinese Democracy” from 2008.
The band is preparing their seventh album with tons of new material, so the fans can hope for a premier performance of some new hits.
This is not the first time the band is performing in Serbia, GnR held a concert in 2010 in Belgrade Arena promoting the then current album “Chinese Democracy”.

At the moment the GnR are Axl Rose (vocals, piano), Dizzy Reed (keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals), Tommy Stinson (bass, backing vocals), Chris Pitman (keyboards, backing vocals), Richard Fortus (guitar), Frank Ferrer (drums, percussion) and Ron Thal (guitar).
Guns ‘n’ Roses gained world fame in the 80-ties and the early 90-ties with the music that is the mixture of hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal and glam metal. Their debut album “Appetite for Destruction” from 1987 became one of the best-selling debut albums ever. All their albums went platinum with success, and there aren’t many people who at least for a while didn’t adore hits such as Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door…

Photo: c32/Flickr

Exit Festival 2012, Day 4
2012-07-15 19:00 - 2012-07-16 06:00 | Petrovaradin fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
The last day of Exit brings us the true spectacle – the performance of Rock ‘n’ Roll legends, Guns ‘n’ Roses at the Main Stage. Seductive rhythms of kuduro sound luring us to dance are coming from Fusion Stage where the Portuguese sensation Buraka Som Sistema will be performing. A young British band Citizens! is coming to Serbia right across the Channel. The French pioneer of electronic music, Laurent Garnier, will present the local audience in the Dance Arena his new club project.

Main Stage
ŽeneKese
Partibrejkers
Legends of local rock ‘n’ roll scene need no introduction. One of the most influential rock bands has ruled our music scene since 1985, and since then they have published seven albums. Music legends are left for the end, and the band Partibrejkers will be performing at 20.00 on the last day of Exit Festival.
Wolfmother
Guns ‘n’ Roses

Dance Arena
Petar Dundov
Knife Party
Laurent Garnier L.B.S.
This music producer and DJ has always moved the boundaries of the electronic music, and this year he’s coming to Exit with new club project L.B.S. as a part of his world tour. This project includes Laurent Garnier, Benjamin Rippet and Stephane “Scan X” Dri. Laurent Garnier has been announced as the star of the fourth day at in the Dance Arena where he will be performing at 01.30.
Art Department
Maceo Plex
Marko Nastić, Dejan Milićević & Marko Milosavljević

Fusion Stage
Dandelion Children
Zemlja Gruva
At the moment one of the most popular bands at the local music scene, this band has given us some of the best singles that have reached the unforgettable popularity. The uniqueness of Zemlja Gruva and their different music styles and recognizable sound have celebrated them long time ago and reached over a million of views on the You Tube.

Dječaci
Little Dragon
Batucada Sound Machine
Buraka Som Sistema
This amasing project of electronic dance music is coming from Portugal with its unique sound as a mixture of kuduro sound and multi-ethnic ghetto funk rhythms. Now kuduro is wildly popular in Portuguese pop music, and its leading proponents are Buraka Som Sistema. Organizers promise us a memorable performance, and fans claim that their performance leaves no one indifferent. This electronic dance sensation will be performing at 1:30.

Citizens!
Pop spectacle from the Great Britain is coming with singles like True Romance and Reptile. The fans of British pop sound will enjoy this band’s music at 02.50. Protégés of Alex Kapranos from the band Franz Ferdinand who discovered their talent, will be promoting their debut album published this May.

Eyesburn
Suba Stage
Projekcija filma „Gold Along the Banks“
It’s a Dubstep Thing
The Middle Beast
The Playground Syndicate

Explosive
Putrid Blood
The Outer Limits
Concrete Sun
NadimaC
Narednik Lobanja i Vod Smrti
Annathema
D.R.I.
Proleće
Nominal Abuse

Power plant (Elektrana)
A Terrible Splendour
Datachments
Franz & Shape

Exit festival 2012, Day 3
2012-07-14 19:00 - 23:00 | Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
Queen of neo-soul, Erykah Badu, is the star of the night on Saturday, July 14th, at the Main Stage, where she will be joined by the popular British rapper Plan B and the American hardcore band, Suicidal Tendencies. Električni Orgazam and Obojeni Program will be performing at the Fusion Stage, while Tijana T & Maja Uzelac will be burning some vinyl at the Dance Arena.
Main Stage

Reflections of Internal Rain
Suicidal Tendencies
Once again at Exit, the leaders of skate punk and crossover trash music genre, will be performing in front of much more numerous audience at this year’s Exit at 21.00. This “American institution” of hardcore punk, led by famous Mike Muir, has eight albums under their belt, while the ninth album is expected to be published this year. The band, whose performances were even banned for alleged links of its members with the violence, guarantees a unique spectacle for fans of “harder” sound.

Plan B
The British “The Guardian” wrote about him, and the song III Manors and the video for that song started a revolution in music blogosphere on the Island. Young Brit Ben Drew, better known as Plan B, is known as a famous rapper, songwriter, actor and film director. A unique combination of his music and film interests came true in film III Manors that he directed. The film is named after his song of the same name that is at the same time the film soundtrack. According to critics, Plan B is best when he writes about social alienation, and that style has won the music scene. Plan B will be performing at 22.30.

Erykah Badu
Four time Grammy-winning queen of neo-soul brings us some of her biggest singles, as well as some new hits from her latest album. Midnight is reserved for rhythms of American blues, jazz, funk and soul that will shake the Main Stage. Writing the pages of the history of soul music, since her debut album Baduism from 1997, Erykah Badu has won the hearts of millions of fans around the world, and her performance guarantees us an unforgettable fun. This soul diva has announced exclusively 2 new albums for this year.

Borgore
JD Ahmaad & MC Shpira

Dance Arena
Lea Dobričić & Kristina Lalić
Tijana T & Maja Uzelac
Well known Belgrade’s clubbing duo guarantees us certainly the most attractive performance at this year’s Exit. Great atmosphere of their performances in always crowded Belgrade’s clubs is moving to the Dance Arena, where Tijana T & Maja Uzelac enter the stage at 22.00.
Benoit & Sergio
Azari & III Live
Miss Kittin
Richie Hawtin
Claude VonStroke
Tobi Neumann & Geddes

Fusion Stage
Dž!Dž!
In-The-Go
IKA
Death By Chocolate

Električni Orgazam
32 years of tradition continues through the unique sound of Električni Orgazam. The founders of the New Wave and one of the most productive bands in the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the exYU region will be performing at 22.30, led by the legendary Srdjan Gojković “Gile”.
Hatebreed
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Obojeni Program
Goribor

Suba Stage
Elektra Monsterz
Ishome
Stoned Boys
Mark Schedrin & Leonid Lipelis

Explosive
Toxic Trace
Formless Terror
Farcry
Infest
Sarcasm
Sodom
Inquisition
Bane

Power plant (Elektrana)
Johan Agebjorn (Sally Shapiro)
The Tapeaters
Dat Politics

HNS Stage
Space Dimension
Controller
Teengirl Fantasy Live
Pariah
Lone
The Chain

European Film Festival Palić
2012-07-14 17:00 - 2012-07-20 22:00 | Palić, Subotica, Serbia
At several locations in Subotica and Palić, from 14 to 20 July, the 19th European Film Festival Palić is being held.
This year’s special guest of the festival is Anthony Giddens, one of the most important sociologists of modern day. He will participate in the debate on “Climate Change and Politics,” which takes place 15th July in Conference Room Small inns in Palic, at 10 hours.
Films will this year be shown in several selections: Official selection, Parallels and Encounters, Young spirit of Europe, Underground Spirit Award, New Swedish Film, New Hungarian Film, Eco Documentaries, Children’s Program, Hommage Program and Special Screening.
The Official selection will present films of such great directors like Christian Petzold, Srdjan Dragojević, Cristian Mungiu, Timo Vuorensola, Ulrich Seidl and others.
The Parallels and Encounters program brings a very successful film “Clip” by a young Serbian director Maja Miloš, the latest film by a famous Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska, but also promising new works of authors like Rainer Sarnet from Estonia or Gabriel Achim from Romania.
The highlight of this year’s “New Swedish films” program is a film named “Beyond”, a directoral debut of a celebrated Swedish actress Pernilla August with incredible Noomi Rapace, while “New Hungarian Film” brings the lastest film by a legendary director Istvan Szabo and great filmmakers like Atila Till, Marcell Jankovics, Judit Elek, Peter Bergendy and others.

Palić International Film Festival was founded 20 years ago. From the earliest small and unpretentious film screenings in Palić, through the persistent attempts to create a serious regional film festival in hard times and the first attempts at getting closer to the cinematography of the former Yugoslav republics, it has grown into an important destination on the map of film festivals in Europe. In the year 2003, with its 10th edition, it became a European Film Festival and a member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals.
Today the European Film Festival Palić is one of the most important film festivals in this region and one of the few in the world with 100% European content.

Rafting on the Ibar "Race without borders 2012"
2012-07-14 10:00 - 2012-07-15 21:00 | Ibar River, Leposavić, Serbia
Rafting on the Ibar River “Spust bez granica” (Race without borders) will take place on July 14th and 15th. This exciting manifestation starts with the opening of the camp on Saturday July 14th, 2012, at 10 am.
Afterwards, numerous manifestations will be held – sports competitions, Games without borders at the pool in the camp, the competition in preparing fish soup, and the concert of a local band. The race starts on Sunday July 15th, at 10 am. First three rafts or boats to reach the finish in Raška will win the cups for the fastest rafts.
Rafting manifestation has been conceived as the joined idea of the organizers from the municipalities of Leposavić and Raška. This manifestation sends nonviolent and friendly message about unnatural concept of borders to everyone setting the borders on the places where they shouldn’t exist.

Beside great fun and the sense of freedom of borderless friendships, participants can enjoy the natural beauties of the region. The nearby Mt. Kopaonik is beautiful on a hot summer day, and there are also numerous spas – Banjska, Vučanska Banja, where you can rest after the race. The remains of the medieval cities of Galič and Brnjaci and the fortress at Zvečanski vis will greet the participants of the race.

Summer in Lido 2012
2012-07-14 - 2012-08-31 | Lido, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
Summer in Lido features rich sports and recreational programs that will take place during the summer season at the Lido beach till August 31st. The manifestation includes the performances of young unestablished bands, performance and dance companies.
On Saturday, July 14th, the members of the dance school “Baila con Migo” will be dancing salsa on the sandy beach of Lido. In the evening, visitors will have the opportunity to participate in the public lesson of Zumba at 6 pm. Milenko Ćurčin will host the program.
The dance school “Baila con Migo” performs again on Saturday, July 21st, with the beginning at 15 o’clock, while a “Zumbatomik” is being organized for the youngest ones on the beach from 17.30 till 15. The period between 18 and 18.45 is reserved for “Zumba fitness” for adults. Violeta Todorović is the host of this program.

Photo: www.e-zemun.rs

Photo exhibition "Inside Film"
2012-07-13 20:00 - 2012-08-08 22:00 | Artget Gallery, Belgrade
From August 8th, film and photography fans will have the opportunity to see interesting moments from behind the film camera immortalized by photographer Vladimir Andjić who is bringing us this rare “insider” view on film. Different connections between photography and film represent the core of this exhibition.
Aleksandar Andjić has worked as photo reporter in numerous daily newspaper and has never been an official film photographer, but the curious nature of photo reporter took him to numerous film sets of our feature and documentary films where he managed to catch numerous moments, the same way he did in other spheres like politics, economy, culture, art, public and private life.
This “unexpected guest” at film sets of films by Slobodan Šijan, Goran Paskaljević, Miloš Radović, Goran Marković, Boris Mitić and Dragan Marinković, has managed to capture “the essence” of film making and to make a photo exhibition worth of seeing.

Photo: www.kcb.org.rs

Exit festival 2012, day 2
2012-07-13 19:00 - 23:00 | Petrovaradin fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
New Order, one of the most significant electro-pop bands of all times, tops the line up of Exit festival’s second day, July 13th. On the same day Exit Festival will also host Hercules and Love Affair, The Toy Dolls, Goblini, Lollobrigida and others, while the Dance Arena will present Luciano, Reboot Live, Kenny Larkin, Robert Dietz, Mayaan Nidam as a part of special Cadenza Records program.

Main Stage
Ola Horhe
The Duke Spirit
Hercules and Love Affair
New Order
Midnight is when we’ll see a performance of this band from Manchester that won itself an army of fans all around the world with its unique mix of rock and pop with electro and dance music. From the legendary and the most popular single “Blue Monday”, the band has been setting the standards at the music scene.

This year the band will perform the hits from the Joy Division days but they have also announced a big surprise for their fans.

Netsky feat MC Dynamite
Drumsound &Bassline Smith feat MC Dynamite

Dance Arena
Matthew Hoag
Siniša Tamamović & Mladen Tomić
Robert Dietz
Reboot live
Kenny Larkin
Luciano
A Chilean DJ and producer will perform 3.30 am bringing his unique sound – a mixture of deep techno and electro music combined with recognizable groovy and minimal rhythms.
Maayan Nidam
Fusion Stage
Grimus
dreDDup
Jarboli
Lollobrigida
One of the most popular bands in former Yugoslav countries will perform 22:50h. This Croatian-Slovenian disco punk band is well known to local audience for their single “Volim te” (I love you) that reached a million of views on You Tube.
The Toy Dolls
Goblini
Sve Barabe

Suba Stage
BMKLTSCH
Records

Explosive
BlekBox
Close At Hand
Planet of Zeus
Grandpa Candys
No Way Back
The Bridge
Cruel Hand
Armageddon
Crysalys

Power plant (Elektrana)
Nikonn
Sneaky Sound
System
Thieves Like Us (DJ Set)

HNS Stage

Locked Groove
George Fitzgerald
Jimmy Edgar (Live AV!)
Sigha

Mowing on Mt. Rajac
2012-07-13 - 2012-07-15 | Unnamed Venue, Mt. Rajac, Serbia
Tourist manifestation “Mowing on Mt. Rajac” with traditional cultural and artistic program, traditional country party and the exhibition of agricultural machines, will gather guests from different parts of the country and from abroad from July 13th till July 15th. The manifestation “Mowing on Mt. Rajac” was created in order to treasure the Serbian tradition of the mowing meadows on Mt. Rajac.
This manifestation symbolizes the end of hard and tiresome work on mowing mountain meadows and it is being held every year, on the first Sunday after St. Peter’s Day.
After the opening ceremony, scythesmen, accompanied by brass band, water bearers and singers, will head for the slopes of Mt. Rajac where they will be competing for the “Golden scythe”, and this year “master of scythe” will officially be announced for the first time. After the winner is voted follows the scythesmen lunch on the meadow.
Large number of competitors from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia will enter the competition.
Mt. Rajac is one of the most beautiful mountains of the Valjevo mountain range that has always lured visitors. This mountain, that the travelers named “Paradise on Earth” for its exceptional beauty, is located in the Northwestern Serbia. There is also a modern tourist center with numerous accommodation and support facilities that will meet all visitors’ needs on Mt. Rajac.

Exit festival 2012, day 1
2012-07-12 19:00 - 23:55 | Petrovaradin fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
Duran Duran, Gossip and AVICII are headliners of the first day of Exit festival 2012! They will perform on Thursday July 12th at Petrovaradin Fortress with another 38 bands expected on 7 different stages.
Main stage
Kriške
Skindred
Gossip
The long awaited return of Gossip starts at 22:30pm. Charismatic Beth Ditto, recognizable by her unique stage dance and style, with bring with her crew the latest album of the band – “A Joyful Noise” from 2012.
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Duran Duran
Pop and new wave legends coming from the Island will step onto the Main Stage at midnight. After the spectacular concert held in Belgrade in 2006, Duran Duran will be presenting fans their latest 13th album – “All You Need Is Now”.
Over two decades of existence and more than 80 million sold records promise us an unforgettable spectacle with good oldies like Hungry Like the Wolf, A View to Kill, Come Undone, and some new hits like Girl Panic!
Sub Focus DJ SET & MC ID
MistaJam

Dance Arena
Stojche
Eats Everything
Totally Enormous
Extinct Dinosaurus
Live
Jacques Lu Cont

AVICII
Young Swedish DJ and producer, who became one of the biggest stars in electro dance music in last four years, performs at the Dance Stage at 3.30 am. Tim Bergling, better known as AVICII, included Exit and Novi Sad in his world tour.

This popular DJ established his name in electronic dance music with a string of hit singles like Ridvan, Rapture and Levels. Over 2 million followers on Facebook and dozens of millions views on You Tube guarantee us an exclusive performance that will definitely be remembered.

Felix Da Housecat
Brodinski

Fusion Stage
Twisted Piglet
Pompeya
HYPE!
Block Out
Kamp!
D.A.F.
Edo Majka

Suba Stage
Vienna in Love
Volkova Sisters
The Zombie Kids
Idemo na Mars (FLIP & MKDSL)
Banda Panda

Explosive
Garlic
As I Fall
ZerOOne
Nothing Left
Ground Zero
Red Union
Street Dogs
Potres
The Bayonets

Power plant (Elektrana)
Christian Strobe
When Saints Go Machine
Solardip

HNS Stage
Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka
Trevino
Jon Convex
Addison Groove

Tvrđava teatar 2012 (Fortress theater)
2012-07-11 18:00 - 2012-07-20 23:00 | Smederevo fortress, Smederevo, Serbia
This year’s ambient theater festival “Tvrđava teatar” (Fortress Theatre) is being held from July 11th till July 20th under the slogan “Pan teatricum”.
Plays created in a variety of modern, authentic directorial approaches and manuscripts, and based on texts of all genres of drama in the time span of half a millennium, will be performed at the Smederevo Fortress under the clear night sky.
The play “Transition” performed by the theatre Pan opticum from Germany is opening the Festival on July 11th.
It is being followed by the plays “Kanjoš Macedonović” by the Belgrade National Theatre, “Noć u kafani Titanik” (Night at the Titanic pub) by the theatre from Kragujevac, “Zbogom SFRJ” (Goodby SFRY) by Atelje 212, the play “Bunar” (Well), “Višnjik” (The Cherry Orchard) by Chekhov and “Ja sam vetar” (I am the wind) by Jun Fose and directed by Stevan Bodroža.
Awards for the best play, direction and actor will be awarded at the festival.
The Festival also gathers young people from France, Germany and Serbia who will be working with the French director Alban Varet on the international youth production of street theatre on the theme of cultural diversity as a wealth of European identity. The play is a part of the project IDEAL supported by the European Union through the program “Podrška civilnom društvu” (Support to civil society).
Plays will be performed at the Small and the Big Town at the Smederevo Fortress and at Republic Square. Street theatres from Italy and Austria will perform artistic-juggling performances, mostly for younger audience, at the Square.
The ticket price for the programs at the Small Town is 400 RSD, and a set of tickets for all programs is 2,500 RSD.

Photo: www.tvrdjavateatar.com

The Wreath of Vršac
2012-07-11 - 2012-07-15 | Unnamed Venue, Vršac, Serbia
The International Folk Festival “The Wreath of Vršac”, a place of gathering of numerous international ansambles, is being organized in the town of Vršac that lies at the foot of the Vršac Mountains.
This year’s anniversary 15th International Folklore Festival “The Wreath of Vršac” will be held from July 11th to July 15th 2012 at the Town square in Vršac.
The Festival will be opened with a grand parade at 18.30 after which a rich festival program and the opening of the Festival at 20.00 will follow. This year the Festival will introduce ensembles from 10 countries, including Mexico, Indonesia, Tunisia, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria, Canada, Republika Srpska and Serbia.
Since founded in 1993 the International Folklore Festival gathered about 200 ensembles from around the world and it is the meeting place of many cultures. The festival was founded to preserve the tradition of folk songs and dances. The festival consists of competitive programme, review programme and accompanying manifestations.
So far, in addition to numerous ensembles from the country and the region, guests from distant countries like Mexico, India, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, as well as France, Spain, Russia, Poland, and many others had a chance to show its culture and traditional dance and music to the local audience.
In addition to the main festival program, the manifestation is followed by the Ethno Fair and a series of events – concerts, exhibitions, lectures, taking place at various locations in the city. “The Wreath of Vršac” is an important festival of traditional dance and music, as well as a unique opportunity for the encounter of cultures from around the world and exchange of experiences. The festival is organized every year by the Municipality of Vršac.

Design exhibition "Dynamics 2012"
2012-07-10 10:00 - 2012-07-20 20:00 | “Singidunum” gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
The exhibition “Dinamika 2012” (Dynamics 2012), presenting the works of active members of Design section and “ULPUDUS” (The Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia), is being held from the 10th to the 20th of July in the Singidunum Gallery (Knez Mihailova St, 10).
The basic concept of the exhibition is the artistic expression of dynamics, current time, space and technological possibilities.
Unique pieces of furniture, tables, lamps, solutions for industrial production, pieces of jewelry, visual identities, posters, disc covers, and free graphic forms will be exhibited in the Singidunum Gallery.
Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the objects formed in the unconventional way as visual responses to the questions of modern dynamics.

International Folklore Festival
2012-07-09 17:00 - 2012-07-15 21:00 | Belgrade fortress, Belgrade, Serbia
The International Folklore Festival Belgrade 2012 is being held from July 9th till July 15th.
The Festival is organized by the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts and it is supported by the Secretariat for Culture of the city of Belgrade, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.
Top five folklore ensembles from Belgrade, members of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts, and guests from another ten countries will present their traditional dances and music at the Festival.

Tesla's vision of internet
2012-07-09 10:00 - 2012-07-13 20:00 | “O3one” gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
An exhibition named “Tesla’s vision of internet” is being held in “O3one” gallery in Belgrade from July 9th till 13th of the same month, in honor of the 10th of July, the birthday of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest minds of the XX century.
In 1900. Nikola Tesla has created a project called “World system”. In it’s 12 items, using technical phrases of the time, he described what we know today as wireless interet, mobile telephony and GPS.
In 1908. he described it in more detail in “Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony” magazine, in the article named “The Future of the Wireless Art”.
Some mobile phone companies have, in the past couple of years, used Tesla’s prediction of the future of communications given to “The New York Times” in 1909. and also published by “Popular Mechanics” magazine in the article named “Wireless of the future”, as his vision of smartphones.
Nonetheless, when everything Tesla said and wrote in the beginning of the XX century is taken more comprehensively, it can be concluded that his words speak more about the present day technology that unites all the aspects of communication and transfer of information – internet, regardless of any specific device that makes it happen.
The idea of “Tesla’s vision of internet” exhibition is to show the ways in which all the things Tesla mentioned are available to the modern internet user – whether using a computer or a mobile phone.
The author of “Tesla’s vision of internet” is Lazar Bošković, a multimedial author from Belgrade, and the project is so far consisted of the exhibition and corresponding web site. Design of tzhe exhibition is the work of Dušana Vojnova from “Orange” studio.
“Tesla’s vision of internet” exhibition is opening on July 9th, 8pm, in “O3one” gallery in Belgrade. Its organizers are Register of National Internet Domain Names of Serbia (RNIDS) and Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

Photo: www.teslinavizijainterneta.rs

Esma Redžepova, concert
2012-07-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Bojčin forest, summer stage, Surčin, Belgrade, Serbia
The great Macedonian singer Esma Redžepova will perform on July 8th at 8.30 pm on the Summer stage at Bojčin forest, as part of the “Bojčinsko leto” (Bojčin Summer) festival.
This “Gipsy from the city of Skopje”, as she calls herself, is a great humanitarian and songwriter. During her long career Esma has performed in around 9,000 concerts in 30 countries.
She has fostered and raised 47 children, and she won numerous awards for her humanitarian work.
Redžepova started her career at the age of 14, after having won the competition for talents at the Radio Skopje, and then she went on tour with her band led by Esma’s future husband, Stevo Teodosijevski. She published 586 songs and was a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Peace.
“Bojčinsko leto” (Bojčin Summer) festival is opened on the Summer stage in Bojčin forest. The Festival will run until September 23rd and will have 43 programs, on Saturdays and Sundays. Program will include all kinds of musical performances, from classical to pop, rock, ethnic music, theater plays by various Belgrade theaters and theaters from around Serbia.

Carnival of Vrnjci
2012-07-08 - 2012-07-15 | Unnamed Venue, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia
One of the largest tourist manifestations in Serbia, after Brass festival in Guča and Exit festival, the Carnival in Vrnjačka Banja is organized from July 8th till July 15th.
During this traditional carnival, Vrnjačka Banja turns into one big stage with masked balls, exhibitions, concerts, plays and sport events.
The central event is the Great International Carnival Parade. Numerous carnival troops from around the world guarantee great fun and true festival spirit.
Year after year, this manifestation gathers more and more participants from the country and from around the world.
It is expected that this year the traditional carnival parade will gather the largest number of participants from the country and from abroad, and the bands such as “Riblja čorba”, “Vampiri”, “Zemlja Gruva”, singer Aca Lukas and the finalists of the Serbian edition of the “I have a talent” show and “The First Voice of Serbia” will also perform at this manifestation.
Moreover, DJ parties till early dawn will be organized every evening.
“Carnival of the festivals” program will also include the “Festival of popular music” that gathers prominent names from the popular music scene.
Carnival of Vrnjci has been awarded the “Tourist flower” award for the best tourist event by the Tourist Organization of Serbia with the support of the Ministry of Trade and Tourism.
Last year, the Carnival was visited by more than 250,000 visitors.

Cello Fest
2012-07-07 20:00 - 2012-07-12 22:00 | Kolarac, Belgrade, Serbia
The 9th International Cello Fest in Belgrade, dedicated to the violoncello, is being held from July 7th till July 12th at the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation.
The famous cellist Gavriel Lipkind will perform the opening night, and Ksenija Janković, Svetlana Bogosavljević, Sandra Belić, Milan Karanović, Krystof Urbanec – viola da gamba, Ensemble Liaison and many others will perform during 6 days of the event.
The Festival is organized by “Jugokoncert”.
Prominent artists will perform many famous compositions at eight concerts during the festival.
They will also hold traditional master workshops at the Faculty of Music.
Tickets for the final evening of the festival can be purchased at the ticket office of the “Kolarac” at prices of 300, 400 and 500 RSD, while the entrance to all other concerts if free.

Photo: www.freedigitalphotos.net

"UPgrade party", adrenaline rush on a karting track
2012-07-07 20:00 - 23:00 | Autokomerc karting center “Airport”, Belgrade, Serbia
The second UPgrade starts on july 7th at 20h on the Autokomerc’s karting track not far from the “Nikola Tesla” airport. DJ Shlaja will “heat up” the crowd playing some of the greatest hits of commercial house.
As part of Autokomerc’s “Be a winner” campaign, who ever wants will be able to enjoy driving karts and get a surprise gift, but also compete for the ultimate prize – a Volkswagen Up!
And if there’s anyone who doesn’t like kart speeding rush, they can certainly have loads of fun enjoying coktails and a laid back atmosphere. Or as the organizers put it: “All you need is good will, some driving experience, a bit of luck in sports and good mood.”

Photo: Autokomerc Karting Center

Belgrade Boat Carnival
2012-07-07 16:00 - 23:55 | The Sava Passenger Dock, Belgrade, Serbia
The 9th Belgrade Boat Carnival is taking place on July 7th, under the slogan “Love on the rivers”.
Visitors of this unique manifestation will have opportunity to see a parade of decorated vessels that will sail from different Belgrade marinas, acrobatics on water and lots of fun on the beach.
The traditional Belgrade Boat Carnival promotes the nautical tourism in the capital, greets the tourists who visit our city by boat and dedicates this carnival to the Sava and the Danube, and their confluence, the symbol of our city.
Another slogan of the carnival is “At the happy buoy” and it is dedicated to the buoy set at the very confluence of the Sava into the Danube.
Here dozens of European rivers join the Sava and flow into the Danube.
Free cruises on boats “Kornjača” (Turtle), “Beograd 25. Maj” (Belgrade May 25th) and “Hrabro srce” (Brave heart) will be organized for all visitors from 5 to 8 pm. This is the unique opportunity for visitors to participate in the carnival, alongside the carnival boats.
Tour departures are organized every half an hour at the Beton Hala Waterfront Center.
Visitors will have the opportunity to charge their mobile phones only by using solar energy – on the “Strawberry tree”, and they will learn about recycling and the importance of protecting the environment.
The program includes several concerts, lottery and you can even send your message into the sky in a helium balloon. The Carnival will also be promoting the project Belgrade 2020 – City nominee for European Capital of Culture.

Photo: www.tob.rs

Huchen Days
2012-07-07 10:00 - 2012-07-08 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Bajina Bašta, Serbia
The “Huchen Days” manifestation takes place on July 7th and 8th in Bajina Bašta.
It’s a Huchen and Grayling fishing competition, including the competition in preparing fish soup.
The manifestation also includes the exhibition of kids’ art works and the panel on the Drina River.
Fishermen will be competing on a 45 kilometers long trail from Perućac to Bačevac.
The winner gets the title of “the King of the Drina”. Beside the fishing competition, the popular “Drinski kotlić” (Drina fish pot) will also gather the teams from around the country in order to compete in preparation of fish soup.
The motto of the manifestation is – clean river bank and the Drina rich in fish.

Days of Drina regatta in Ljubovija
2012-07-07 - 2012-07-15 | Drina River, Ljubovija, Serbia
Days of Drina Regatta is a manifestation organized from July 7th to July 15th in Ljubovija. The event will be opened with the “Malinijada” (raspberry Festival) at Lukića brdo (Lukića hill), followed by the “Skobaljijada” (sneep fishing competition) on the Drina in Crnča.
The regatta includes numerous sport events – football and tennis tournaments, plays for both children and grownups, as well as numerous exhibitions.
Famous Serbian singer Miroslav Ilić will perform with orchestra on Friday, July 13th, just before the race. There will also be fireworks after which the 40 kilometers race from Rogačica to Ljubovija will begin.
The Drina regatta includes unforgettable fun on the most beautiful part of the Drina River accompanied by brass orchestras that will be entertaining the participants.
Participants and visitors will enjoy the concert of “Acapulco band”, and the foam party will be organized on July 14th.

Massimo Savić at Bitef Art café
2012-07-06 21:00 - 23:00 | Bitef Art Cafe summer stage, Belgrade, Serbia
The famous Croatian singer Massimo Savić will perform on July the 6th at the Bitef Art Cafe Summer Stage at Kalemegdan in Belgrade.
He and his band will surprise the Belgrade audience with a three hours’ performance.
Massimo’s New Year’s concerts in Sava center have become a tradition in Belgrade.
However, the Belgrade audience will have the opportunity to see him performing in a slightly more intimate club atmosphere at the tennis courts at Kalemegdan. He will be singing some of his biggest hits, as well as some latest songs.
The price of the tickets is between 1,200 and 1,700 RSD, and on the day of the concert the price of the tickets will be between 1,700 and 2,200 RSD.

"Partibrejkers" concert in Pančevo
2012-07-06 21:00 - 23:00 | Cultural Center summer stage, Pančevo, Serbia
One of the most popular rock ‘n’ roll bands in the entire ex Yu region, “Partibrejkers” (The Party breakers) from Belgrade, will hold a concert at the Summer stage of the Cultural Center Pančevo on Friday, July 6th.
“Partibrejkers” (The Party breakers) are Serbian rock band with 30 years of successful career under their belt.
Not to mention the endless list of great concerts and gigs and hits that many generations in the ex Yugoslavia grew up listening to.
They recorded 7 albums, and a live album “Krš i lom” released in 2009.
The price of the tickets for the concert in Pančevo is 500 RSD, and they can be bought at the “Mali klub Doma omladine” (Little club of the Belgrade Youth Center) and box office at the Cultural Center Pančevo.
On the day of the concert, tickets can be purchased at the ticket office of the Summer Stage.

"Jazzibar" festival
2012-07-06 17:00 - 2012-07-08 22:00 | Cultural Center of Ribnica, Kraljevo, Serbia
The second International Jazz Festival “Jazzibar” will take place from the 6th to the 8th of July, in the Cultural Center Ribnica in Kraljevo.
The Festival will host prominent jazz musicians from Serbia, Europe, Israel and the United States.
30 performers from Serbia and abroad will perform during three days of the festival.
Local jazz musicians that will entertain the audience are Miša Blam, Jelena Jovović, Vlada Maričić, Sofija Knežević and others, and jazz fans will also have the opportunity to hear some prominent jazz musicians from abroad like Reut Regev R*Time (Israel – USA), Roy Young (Israel), Hanes Bekman (Germany), Leonid Ptashka (Israel) and others.
Also local jazz musicians from Kraljevo will present themselves to the audience.
Beside music program, visitors will have the opportunity to see the unique exhibition “Jazz Museum”, Ivan Garić’s monograph, as the part of the multimedia project “Serbian Jazz BRE”.
The photo exhibition of the same name will be exhibited at the Dom vojske Srbije in Kraljevo.

The festival of monodrama and pantomime
2012-07-05 19:00 - 2012-07-08 22:00 | Pinocchio theater, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
The 37th International Festival of monodrama and pantomime will take place from the 5th till the 8th of July at Pinocchio Theatre in Zemun. Guests from the United States, Bulgaria, Macedonia, England, Portugal, and Serbia will present themselves to the audience, while the special guests are coming from Poland.
The writer Milovan Vitezović will open the Festival and the Serbian actor Nebojša Dugalić will perform the monodrama “Dmitri Karamazov’s confessions”, by F. M. Dostoyevsky. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see the exhibition of Ivan Stikić’s paintings.
The pantomimist Bill Bowers from the US and the actress Silvia Bojidarova from Bulgaria will also perform on the first day of the Festival. The monodrama “Postojanje” (Existance) of the New Belgrade scene “Carina” will be played on the first evening.
During the Festival informal meetings and gatherings with guests will be organized.
Pantomime creative workshops, chess simultaneous exhibition with Alisa Marić, Mini festival of monodrama in Niš and the open exhibition “Poljski pozorišni plakat” (Polish theater poster) at Gardoš Tower will also be held during the Festival.

Photo: www.festmono-pan.org.rs

Japanism
2012-07-05 13:00 - 2012-07-08 20:00 | Dom omladine, Belgrade, Serbia
The “Japanism” Festival is being held from July 5th to July 8th in “Dom omladine” center in Belgrade.
This is the only festival in the region dedicated to Japanese pop culture – comic books, animation, cinematography, fashion, and everything representing the modern pop culture in Japan.
The Festival is organized by the Association “Sakurabana”, “Dom omladine” in Belgrade and the Embassy of Japan, and is supported by the city of Belgrade.
This year’s theme of the exhibition and the Festival is Fantasy – dragons and elves, knights and ninjas, spells and superpowers, pirates and monsters, and anything else that complements the vision of the Japanese fiction.
The idea is to promote young talented authors who have no opportunity to express elsewhere. In addition, the goal of this exhibition is to educate visitors about various aspects of this far culture and this different world.
Debates, lectures, film screenings, fashion shows, exhibitions by local authors, an exhibition of photographs from Japan, tournaments of video, card and board games, and martial arts workshops will be organized at the Festival.
“Japanism” will be closed on July 8th at 5 pm in the Grand Hall of “Dom omladine” with a unique masked ball “Cosplay”. It will present numerous costumes inspired by Japanese anime, films, series and games, and the popular Japanese music will be played. The idea is to present a character in the best possible way, with a costume, presentation, speach or a performance.
Last year’s “Japanism” was visited by 5,000 people during 4 days of the festival.

InterFest, wine festival
2012-07-05 08:00 - 2012-07-07 19:00 | Trg Slobode (Freedom sqaure), Novi Sad, Serbia
The 9th International Wine Festival, InterFest 2012, is taking place from the 5th to the 7th of July at Freedom square (Trg Slobode) in Novi Sad. The biggest wine festival in the region will present the best wine makers from the region, 100 wineries from 10 countries, and visitors will have opportunity to sample some of the best wines.
Beside Serbian wineries from Šid, Vranje, Banatski Karlovci, Valjevo, Čerević, visitors will enjoy the sparkling wine with gold flakes, which comes from the winery Kauran from Styria region in Slovenia. Croatia will also be promoting its wines. Also the soothing smell of the best lavender oil from Croatian fields will fill the square, also olives and cheese sampling will be organized.
Wine lovers will be introduced to rich wine offer of Macedonia, and also wines from the largest European and world wine countries.

Civil Modernism and Popular Culture
2012-07-04 10:00 - 2012-09-03 20:00 | Gallery-Legacy of Milica Zorić and Rodoljub Čolaković, Belgrade, Serbia
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, at the Gallery-Legacy of Milica Zorić and Rodoljub Čolaković (Rodoljuba Čolakovića St. 2), presents the exhibition of art works entitled “Civil Modernism and Popular Culture” from July 4th till September 3rd. The exhibition is organized in order to point out the role of modern and fashionable in the construction of civil identity of the Serbian society.
By the end of World War I, the Serbian civil society went through a proces of rapid growth, modernization and Europeanization. The new style of urban population could be seen in public spaces but even more at the places for entertainment.
Those were the indicators of new intrests, modern and fashionable events, as well as one different lifestyle and recreational activities. The elite does not offer us the most realistic image of a society, instead its value system is best observed through mass culture. The exhibition will highlight the interweaving of these two cultures.
The exhibition is presenting about 50 art works (paintings, drawings, posters, photographs, films…) of numerous authors: Paja Jovanović, Sava Šumanović, Petar Dobrović, Ivan Radović, Miloš Golubović, Zora Petrović, Vasa Pomorišac, Ivan Tabaković, Natalija Cvetković, Bogdan Šuput, Mladen Josić, Kosta Hakman, Milan Konjović, Milena Pavlović Barili, Veljko Stanojević, Dušan Janković and others.
This exhibition premiered in 2011, when it was declared the best exhibition of the year in Serbia by the Association of Art Historians.

Photo: www.msub.org.rs

Beach volleyball European championships
2012-07-04 10:00 - 2012-07-08 17:00 | Štrand, Novi Sad, Serbia
Serbia and Novi Sad host this year’s European Championship in beach volleyball. The tournament is being held from the 4th to the 8th of July, at the “Štrand” beach in Novi Sad, where the best men’s teams will compeat for valuable prizes and will throw a great event for all spectators.
The entrance to the tournament is free.
This is the second consecutive year that the Company Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia are organizing the prestigious CEV European Championship in beach volleyball – Masters Novi Sad 2012. 87 teams from 29 European countries applied for the competition (Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine).
At this year’s competition Serbia will have 6 men’s teams.
The youngest ones will also have great time. The famous Serbian volleyball player Vladimir Vanja Grbić will organize a beach volleyball school for kids and all interested youngsters aged up to 14 years can participate.
The lessons will be organized on Friday, July 6th, and Saturday, July 7th from 5 to 6 pm, and on Sunday, July 17th from 2 to 3 pm.
Last year the tandem Iver Andreas Horrem/Oivind Hordvik from Norway won the prize of 10,000 euros.
The value of this year’s prize is 25,000 euros, which promises a great struggle, while the organizers guarantee us a good time with the music throughout the day.

Photo: www.beachmasters.rs
