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Smoked Ham Fair - Pršutijada 2014
2014-01-10 - 2014-01-12 | Unnamed Venue, Mačkat, Zlatibor, Serbia
The traditional Smoked Ham Fair – Pršutijada, starts on Friday the January the 10th in Zlatibor mountain in village Mačkat and lasts until Sunday January the 12th.
At the Smoked Ham Fair there is the competition of the beef and pork smoked ham, sausages and bacon producers, together with the interesting cultural and entertaining programme.
Visitors will have opportunity to taste and buy the famous specialties of Zlatibor. The event will be followed by old songs and trumpeters, whose sounds can be heard from all corners of the fair tent, but outside.
Each year, the fair offers a rich cultural program, various handicraft exhibitions, and lectures in the field of agriculture.

The Open Heart Street
2014-01-01 | Svetogorska Street, Belgrade, Serbia
Belgradians and all Belgrade visitors will have opportunity to have a great fun in the Open Heart Street (Svetogorska) on January 1st. Musical program, mulled wine, hot chocolate and variety of festive delicacies will color the first day of 2014. year.
The central celebration is taking place in front of theater “Atelier 212”. Music, stunts, street entertainers, jugglers, acrobats, magicians, theater artists and a variety of attractions will mark spirit of solidarity. The Open Heart Street will have humanitarian character, as each year.
This year, the Open Heart Street will be opened in several city quarters: Banvo Brdo (Požeška Street), Vidikovac (TC “Bazar”), Dr Zoran Djindjić in New Belgrade. Clowns, jugglers, Santa Claus and theatrical performances await citizens of Borča, Obrenovac and Surčin, also.
The Open Heart Street has already become a trademark of our capital.

“Neverne Bebe” at Kombank Arena
2013-12-28 20:30 - 23:30 (Europe/Belgrade) | Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
The long awaited Belgrade concert of the group “Neverne Bebe” as well as the culmination of the celebrating two decades of the band’s presence shall take place on December 28th in Kombank Arena within “PRAŠTAM – 20 YEARS WITH YOU” concert.
Its significance lies within top-notch quality of the musicians creating the band as well as within their utterly special artistic sensibility, hand to hand with the fact it has had the reputation of the one of the best live bands in the whole region.
“Neverne Bebe” have obtained a cult status when it comes to home rock scene. In the present career the band has recorded six studio albums and played over 2000 concerts including the two of which were sold out back in 2007.
They appeared as guest group to the group “Toto” in 2006.in Tašmajdan, as well as to Lenny Kravitz in Belgrade Arena 2008. They had great cooperation with world wide acknowledged musicians such as Simon Phillips ( “Iza oblaka” ), as well as with eminent artists throughout the region: Radomir Mihajlović Točak, Aki Rahimovski, Vanna, Vlatko Stefanovski. Some of the above mentioned will be there in Kombank Arena for the audience to enjoy.

The current album “Praštam” has been the best-selling pop-rock edition in the region for the last two years and has been equally well accepted both by the audience and the critics; it has created the basis for the serious comeback of the mainstream to the polarized musical scene in Serbia.
For their major birthday concert in the Kombank Arena on December 28th Neverne Bebe announce a complex musical-scenic spectacle with extended band setup, a never before seen production at any of the concerts of the home performers, the oldies as well as the current hits in their new attire, attractive guests and the recording of the first DVD edition in their career.
Along with the tickets that can be bought in Kombank Arena as well as the Eventim Card Service, the main sponsor Win Win gives a free voucher for a 11% discount for shopping in any of the Win Win shops throughout Serbia.

The New Year's concerts of Rade Šerbedžija
2013-12-28 20:00 - 2013-12-29 23:00 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Serbia
The New Year’s concerts of actor and singer, Rade Šerbedžija, will be held on Saturday 28th December at 20:00h in the Great Hall of the House of Trade Unions in Belgrade and at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad on Sunday December 29th.
Special guest of the concerts will be celebrated guitarist and composer Vlatko Stefanovski. Rade Šerbedžija and Vlatko Stefanovski accompanied by the band Zapadni kolodvor, will be perform for Belgrade and Novi Sad audience through a nights of the music and poetry.
Tickets in advance can be purashed at the ticket office of the House of Trade Unions and the Serbian National Theatre at prices of 1,800, 2,200 and 2,500 RSD.

Ballet "The Nutcracker" at Sava Center
2013-12-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Sava Center, Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade audience will have opportunity to see one of the most popular ballets in the history of the art of ballet, “The Nutcracker” from St. Petersburg, on 22nd December at the Sava Center.
The legendary ballet “The Nutcracker” will be perform by the ballet soloists from celebrated Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre and Mikhailovsky Theatre from St. Petersburg, with the support of students Ballet School “Lujo Davičo” from Belgrade.
The great St. Petersburg’s ballet spectacle, has premiere on 18 December in 1892 and because of it, the city of St. Petersbug was assigned as a world metropolis of ballet.
For the first time in Belgrade will perform a principal dancer Igor Kolb and the Mariinsky Theatre prima ballerina, Olga Esina.
Ballet to the beautiful music by Tchaikovsky, Christmas and New Year tale that is performed around the world at the end of the calendar year is the ballet performance designed for the whole family.
The ticket prices are: 1200, 2200, 2600 i 3300 RSD and can be purashed at the Points of Sale of Sava Center and Eventim.

7th Rakija Fest
2013-12-15 11:00 - 20:00 | Belexpocenter, Belgrade, Serbia
The Rakija Fest, an International Fair of rakija and the strongest flavors of Serbia will be held on 14th and 15th December at the Mikser House in Belgrade (Karadjordjeva 40).
The Rakija Fest is not only the most visited but also most professional of its kind that is dedicated to rakija from the region. It presents the most important producers of rakija from Serbia and abroad, as well as displaying selected producers of delicacies.
The committee of the Rakija Fest will include in the accompanying program an expert evaluation of the samples. As it was done last year the samples are divided into two categories; „The Belgrade Winner“ (samples directly from the shelves) and „The Greatest Rakija Achievement“ (rakija’s that cannot be found in retail stores). The awards will be given out by the International jury within the 7th Rakija Fest.
The Rakija Fest has primarily an educational character, which is reflected in numerous creative workshops and lectures by eminent experts in the field of production, promotion and placement of spirits.
Over 40 exhibitors from Serbia and the region will present their products at the 7th Rakija Fest. Many visitors will have a chance to try the rakija, traditional delicacies and other interesting products.
Therefore the Rakija Fest presents overall a meeting place for experts on local gastronomic offers.

Square With An Open Heart in Belgrade
2013-12-14 10:00 - 2014-01-12 23:00 | Republic Square, Belgrade, Serbia
The third consecutive year, Belgrade will be joining the European capitals, whose festive New Year’s atmosphere will followed by the traditional Christmas festival. Colourful and cheerful holiday decorations and wooden houses from which lure smells of cakes, mulled wine, tea and other hot drinks and snacks will bring to life a special holiday place on the Republic Square – “Square with an open heart.” The event will be open from December 14th till January 12nd, every day, from 10 am to 11 pm.
The “Square with an open heart” is entirely dedicated to children. Every week the kids will enjoy the children’s shows, musicals, ballet, performances of magicians, jugglers and entertainers. For December the 31st the “Bosko Buha” theater preparing a special surprise for the children: the official welcome Santa Claus to the “Square with an open heart.” The admission to the all programs is free and will take place on Friday from 5.30 pm on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 pm.

In keeping with the spirit of the holidays, Square With An Open Heart traditionally has a humanitarian character. By purchasing authentic souvenirs of the event, New Year’s bowl, at a price of 150,00 RSD each visitor helps the purchase of teaching aids for students with disabilities who are educated in an inclusive system, the regular primary and secondary schools in Belgrade.

International New Year Fair
2013-12-14 10:00 - 2013-12-30 21:00 | Belgrade Fair, Belgrade, Serbia
Traditional 53th New Year Fair is taking place from 14th to 30th December at Belgrade Fair. The New Year Fair heralds the end of the old and beginning of the New Year and evokes the New Year mood and happiness.
Around 380 exhibitors from home and abroad will exhibit the most diverse items of consumer goods that will be able to buy at much lower prices.
A musement park traditionally occupied a central position in Hall 1. Around 40 modern entertainment facilities, is intended for children and youth as well as for adults who are willing to enjoy the exciting adrenaline rush.
Part of the indoor and outdoor spaces is designed for restaurants and cafes. In the open space will house the stalls and confectionery products, candied fruit, donuts, decorations for the Christmas tree, colorful helium balloons…

The Night of the Ad Eaters 2013
2013-12-07 20:30 - 22:30 | Sava Center, Belgrade, Serbia
The unique mt: s Night of the Ad Eaters, whose ideas impressed millions of people around the world will be held on 7th December in the Belgrade Sava Centre.
The night that impresses the audience in about 50 countries and over 150 cities and every year enchants with creative spirit!
A very popular “LA NUIT DES PUBLIVORES” (night ADEATERS) will be held thanks to Jean Marrie Boursicot, the founder reklamoteke JMB and a major collector of advertising in the world.
The tickets for the Night of the Ad Eaters are available at the Sava Centre and Tourist Information Centre, Knez Mihailova 5.
Ticket price: 700 RSD

Woman's Handball World Championship - Serbia 2013
2013-12-06 - 2013-12-22 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Niš
The world’s best national teams in women’s handball will fight fot the global crown on the World Championship in Serbia on 6–22 December, 2013.
At the World Championships will be attended by 24 teams, which will be divided into 4 groups of 6 teams.
Matches in the World Championship will be played in the following cities in groups:
Group A-Belgrade: Montenegro, the Netherlands, France, South Korea, Congo and Dominican Republic
Group B- Niš: Denmark, Brazil, Serbia, China, Japan, Algeria
Group C- Zrenjanin: Norway, Poland, Angola, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay
Group D- Novi Sad: Hungary, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Australia
When the competition in groups finishes, group A will cross with group B and matches will be held in Belgrade, and groups C and D will play in Novi Sad.
The informations about the tickets can be find HERE.
For more informations about the Woman’s Handball World Championship – Serbia 2013 visit the official web portal: www.serbia2013.com

Science Festival: Presents Science Superheroes
2013-12-05 - 2013-12-08 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Serbia
The largest regional Science Festival will be traditionally held during the first weekend of December, from Thursday 5th until Sunday 8th of December 2013 still keeping up with a clear goal – to present, explain and promote science in ways equally familiar and understandable to everyone, regardless of age and education.
The 7th Science Festival will be held in the well known science quarter: the former department store “Kluz”, Student Cultural Center and Gallery of the National Bank of Serbia, but also in an utterly new and attractive venue in Kralja Milana 1.
Under the slogan SUPERHEROES AMONG US, more than 550 young scientists as well as the greatest minds of ours, accompanied by the numerous guests from abroad will present different science fields in a fresh and inspiring way.
The 6th Science Festival recorded more than 28.000 visitors, 40 guests participants from abroad (USA, Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Hungary and France) and participation of 36 local scientific and educational institutions.
For more information visit the official site of Sience Festival: www.festivalnauke.org

Auteur Film Festival
2013-11-28 - 2013-12-03 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Serbia
Auteur Film Festival will be held from 28th November to 3rd December in Belgrade at several locations: Youth Center of Belgrade, Belgrade Cultural Center, the Museum of Yugoslav Film Archive, the Cultural Center “Studentski grad” as well as in “Fontana” cinema.
The program of the festival, which traditionally displays artistic works best films from all around the world and favorites of prestigious international film festivals, this year has 16 film achievements. Ten achievements are in the selection of the “Aleksandar Saša Petrović” award for the best film.
The main program of this year Festival includes films that have won awards for the best achievements in film festivals in Berlin and Venice.
Following program оf the festival will be held at the Museum of Yugoslav Film Archive and the Belgrade Youth Centre.

8th Ethnic Food and Drink Fair
2013-11-26 10:00 - 2013-11-29 20:00 | Belgrade Fair, Belgrade, Serbia
Ethnic Food and Drink Fair, the largest traditional product manufacturer show, intended for the markets of Serbia and Southeast Europe Region is taking place from 26th to 29th November on Belgrade Fair.
About 300 manufacturers will participate in the 8th Ethnic Food and Drink Fair and more than 1000 various products, mostly hand made from organic raw materials, will feature at the participants’ stands.
The goal of the Fair is affirmation of the traditional products as the first class market and export goods and a significant tourist offer element, the increase of number of products with the protected geographic origin: Leskovac Ajvar (Red Cream Salad), Kačarski and Homolje Honey, ‘Tobacco Cracklings’, Futog Cabbage and others, advancing of food culture and population health, tradition and cultural identity keeping.

Davis Cup Final 2013
2013-11-15 - 2013-11-17 | Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
The final matches of the Davis cup will be held from 15 to 17 November in Belgrade. National teams of Serbia and the Czech Republic will be compete for one of the most prestigious trophy in tennis.
Belgrade (Kombank arena) will be the second time in the history of the Davis Cup to host this prestigious tennis event. Teams of Serbia and the Czech Republic will be compete for one of the most prestigious trophy in tennis in the final of the Davis Cup World Group sponsored by BNP Paribas.
All matches will be played in the hall, on a hard surface, and the preliminary schedule of matches in singles are scheduled for Friday and Sunday, and will compete in the doubles on Saturday.
The price of single tickets for the duels on Friday and Sunday are 2,500 RSD for level 200 and 1000 RSD for level 400. The ticket prices for the doubles match that will be held on Saturday is 1500 RSD for level of 200 and 800 RSD for level 400.
More information about the precise schedule of matches, the team composition and ticket prices will be known soon. For information about the Davis Cup, visit www.daviscup.com.
The full draw is listed below:
Friday
4 pm R1: Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Radek Stepanek (CZE)
R2: Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Saturday
4 pmR3: Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) v Tomas Berdych/ Radek Stepanek(CZE)
Sunday
2 pm R4: Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
R5: Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Radek Stepanek (CZE)

Read more at: www.daviscup.com/en/news/160953.aspx#feiMjTIO6qpUFciK.99

Green Fest 2013
2013-11-13 09:00 - 2013-11-15 20:00 | Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade, Serbia
Green Fest 2013 will be held from 13th to 15th November 2013 at the Belgrade Youth Center.
Green Fest deals with topics related to nature and the environment.
During the festival, the visitors will have the opportunity to be part of the many workshops and other activities that are in line with the festival’s mission to promote civic engagement and responsibility in the field of environmental protection.
For more information visit: www.green-fest.org.

International Furniture Fair 2013
2013-11-11 09:00 - 2013-11-17 20:00 | Belgrade Fair
International Furniture Fair will be held on 51st time from 11th to 17th November at the Belgrade Fair.
The International Fair of Furniture in Belgrade (UFI member) is ranked among the highest profile fair events of its kind in the filed of furniture, interior decoration and accompanying industry of production materials and woodworking machines for the furniture industry in Serbia and the region of Southeast Europe.
The quality of this year’s International Furniture Fair will contribute to a varied accompanying program: presentations, conferences, workshops and advice designers and architects, as well as the “Exhibition Design”, with the participation of universities, professional schools and associations, organized with the goal of connecting young talent, planners, designers with manufacturers and industry.
This fair is considered the most significant trade fair event in the field of furniture, interior design and related industries raw materials and machinery for the furniture industry in Serbia and the region of Southeast Europe.
For more information, please refer to www.sajam.co.rs.

Youth Festival
2013-11-09 19:00 - 23:00 | Unnamed Venue, Subotica, Serbia
A once legendary festival “Omladina” (Youth) in Subotica is back in the spotlight last year,after 20 years. The festival wich will be held on November 9th represents a competition for the new and original works by composers and songwriters from Serbia and the region.
This is the manifestation in which a number of the most famous bands and singers from the entire former Yugoslavia have started their careers.
The authors of the songs performed in the festival shall be awarded with a money award. The organisers guarantee the authors and performers of the selected compositions the publishing of the songs on a CD, program catalogue, poster and the rest of the festival’s press material.

Memory Update - Ornaments of Serbian Medieval Frescoes
2013-11-06 19:00 - 2014-01-31 21:00 | Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
The Museum of Applied Art stages the exhibition “Memory Update – Ornaments of Serbian Medieval Frescoes” on the 6th of November 2013 to mark this year’s anniversary of its founding. The exhibition will be open until 31st January 2014.
An interest in ornament as particular visual and semantic, as well as a linguistic phenomenon becomes more and more increasing in the visualization world of all segments of modern communication. An ornament is often used as a decoration, a pattern, a decorative detail in applied art and architecture but it also bears a broadest span of symbolical, culturological and religious meanings that are susceptible to various analyses and even mathematical reading and interpretation.
Almost 500 tables with copies of ornaments from Serbian medieval frescoes will be displayed. Last time they were exhibited in 1961 in honour of the Congress of Byzantine Studies that took place the same year in Belgrade. The body of five hundred seventy two ornaments was left to the Museum as exquisite ornamental treasure.
Author of the exhibition is Dušan Milovanović, a museum advisor at the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, and the author of the exhibition design is Ivan Mangov, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, Megatrend University.
Fpr more information visit: www.mpu.rs/english/index.html

Comics exhibition "Prince Marko"
2013-11-01 19:00 - 2013-11-11 21:00 | Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade, Serbia
Milovan Vitezović will open a Nevena Mitrović’s exhibition of comics about Prince Marko, in the main hall of the Belgrade Youth Centre on 1st November.
Nevena is a third year student of the School of Applied Arts in Šabac. Her strip “Prince Marko” is published in “Politika” magazine since 2009. So far she won the 14 awards, national and international.
The exhibition will be open until 11th November.

Disney on Ice - Worlds of Fantasy
2013-11-01 11:30 - 2013-11-03 21:00 | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
From 1st till 3rd November, “Disney on Ice” presents Worlds of Fantasy, whisks audiences on a captivating adventure to four magical locations, including the auto-racing terrain of Cars and a visit to Andy’s bedroom for some fun with the stars of Toy Story 3.
This production delights audiences with a journey under the sea to Ariel’s world from The Little Mermaid and then into the mystical land of Pixie Hollow for a presentation of Tinker Bell.
This unforgettable party aims to inspire families to celebrate all the holidays of the year in one day, with more than 50 Disney characters.
The shows time:
01.11. at 19h
02.11. at 11.30, 15 and 18.30h
03.11. at 11.30, 15 and 18.30h
Tickets can be purchased at the price of 1000 RSD to 2900 RSD for VIP seats that are closest to the ice rink.

KGastro festival – Young Chef Culinary Chalenge 2013
2013-11-01 - 2013-11-03 | Šumadija fair, Kragujevac, Serbia
The 1st KGastro festival – Young Chef Culinary Challenge 2013 is taking place from 1st Nov 2013 to 3rd Nov 2013 at the Šumadia Fair in Kragujevac, Serbia. The Festival will gather more than 20 schools from Serbia and foreign countries (200 competitors).
The goal of the festival is to promote the profession and education of future chefs, as well to introduce new trends and modern techniques, but also to present the region, culinary traditions, and the achievements of regions and cities from which they come.
The festival will bring together young chefs from Serbia and the region (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, Russia). The competition will be held in six competition boxes – professional kitchens.
The festival will also have a humanitarian character. The 1000 meals will be distributed to a vulnerable and neglected group of children of Kragujevac.
Besides the competition, the festival has a great business impact on the development of gastronomy, tourism and food industry in Serbia and the region.

Futog Cabbage Festival 2013
2013-10-26 | Unnamed Venue, Futog, Serbia
Traditionally every October the urban settlement of Futog near Novi Sad hosts a manifestation in honor of Futog’s brand – “Futog cabbage”, so this Saturday, October 26th, the Futog Cabbage Festival welcomes numerous visitors.
Long time ago Futob became famous for its specific brand and became known as the “cabbage capital” in Serbia.
The manifestation Futog Cabbage Festival is being organized with the aim to promote cabbage from Futog area and the producers, but also to underline the importance of keeping traditional arts and crafts alive.
Like in previous years, this year’s Cabbage Festival includes a competition in preparing cabbage dishes, as well as the contest for the heaviest cabbage, followed by interesting side program.
Photo: www.futoskikupus.org

The 34th Belgrade Fashion Week
2013-10-25 19:00 - 2013-11-01 23:00 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Serbia
The Belgrade Fashion Week is being organized from October 25th till November 1st by the Click fashion studio. Fashion houses, independent designers, and international brands will present their newest collections at about 30 fashion shows.
Young designers will present themselves with fashion shows within the traditional program of the Fashion Week – The New Designers.
Belgrade Fashion Week is taking place twice a year, in late October, and in mid-April, at different locations in the city.
This fashion event is one of the most visited in Belgrade, as it gathers the most significant local designers and fashion houses, attractive foreign brands present in our country, talented young designers, students of Faculty of Applied Arts, as well as interesting foreign designers.
For more information about 34th Belgrade Fashion Week visit this site: www.belgradefashionweek.com

58. Belgrade Book Fair
2013-10-20 10:00 - 2013-10-27 21:00 | Belgrade Fair, Belgrade, Serbia
From 20 st till 27 th of October, the Belgrade Book Fair is being held for the 58th time in the Belgrade Fair. This year’s guest of honor is Poland. Famous Polish writer, Olga Tokarczuk, will address in the name of the guest of honor at the Belgrade Book Fair.
Like previous years, exhibiting concept includes the contemporary world and domestic publishing production, presentation of writers, books promotions and other related programs. About 500 exhibitors, of which about 60 abroad, will feature at the Book Fair. More than 30 publishers and cultural institutions from Kosovo and Metohija, will present their books for the very first time at the Book fair.
Belgarde Book Fair
The publisher of the year, The publishing venture and for The best children’s book awards will be given this year, as usual. In addition to the traditional publishing awards, the Book Fair the “Dositej Obradović” award is being given to the foreign publisher continuously contributing to the publication and promotion of Serbian literature.
On the last day of the fair, “open book” will be handed over to the representative of China that will be the guest of honor at the 58th International Belgrade Book Fair 2014.
As every year, The school day and The family day will be organized.
The price for a single ticket is 250 RSD, and for a group ticket it costs 150 RSD.
Opening hours are from 10AM to 9PM.

For more information isit the official web site of Belgrade Book Fair: www.beogradskisajamknjiga.com/active/en/home
Photo: www.beogradskisajamknjiga.com

Serbia Wonderland Festival
2013-10-12 22:00 - 23:55 | KPGT, Belgrade, Serbia
For the first time in this region, spectacular festival with marvelous scenography will held on October the 12th in KPGT Club.
Fairy tale characters, wizards from far lands and most beautiful movie stories will revive in club KPGT and will take you into the magic night.
For this audio and visual spectacle organizations prepared 2 stages, exotic water-pipes, body art zone, smell sticks, costumed performers with fairy tale motives, slow motion performers, the tree of knowledge, stars and a lot of fluo details. There will also be a lot of artists from different aspects of modern art, future fair…
The ticket prices are 1190,00 RSD and 1300, 00 RSD and they can be purashed at Eventim Point of
For more information visit the official site of the festival: www.serbiawonderland.com/en

The 54th October Salon
2013-10-11 - 2013-11-18 | Unnamed Venue, Belgrade, Serbia
October Salon, the biggest international exhibition of contemporary art in Serbia, is being organized for the 54th time from October 11th till November 17th under the slogan “No one belongs here more than you”, in the Department Store “Kluz”, Zepter Expo.
Around 40 artists from Finland, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Serbia are taking part in this year’s October Salon.
Their works will present a fusion of different arts – sculptures, installations, films, paintings, photographs, stories, essays, interviews, comic books, documents, research projects, public discussions and art interventions, as well as an entire parliament.

The Oplenac Grape Harvest 2013
2013-10-10 - 2013-10-13 | Unnamed Venue, Topola, Serbia
In the heart of Šumadija lies Topola at the foothill of Oplenac, the home of the famous manifestation “The Oplenac Grape Harvest” organized each October in honor of grape, wine, vineyards and diligent winemakers, that this year is being organized for the 50th time from October 10th till October 13th.
Since 1958 the Oplenac Grape Harvest has been organized traditionally each year in the central streets of Topola, soon to be accompanied by the manifestation Sabor of Serbian folk art that this year is celebrating the 40th anniversary.
During three days these significant manifestations will occupy the center of Topola, from the Wine Square, Wine Street all the way to Karadjordje’s town at Oplenac, while numerous visitors will enjoy the famous Šumadija hospitality, savory specialties of traditional cuisine and grape and wine tasting.
The Oplenac Grape Harvest is followed by numerous side manifestations such as the competition in wine and rakija tasting, agricultural, fruit and vegetable exhibitions, as well as different cultural and art manifestations aiming to preserve rich cultural tradition and local customs.
Surely the most significant is Sabor of Serbian folk art that has been organized every year since 1972 at the same time as the Oplenac Harvest. The Exhibition of traditional arts and crafts is not to be missed, and if you’re looking for a great atmosphere you’ll surely find it at the International festival “The First Accordion of Serbia“.
And after a great feast and a glass of “Royal wine” discover the rich history of this region.
The full program opf the Oplenac Grape Harvest cen be find HERE.
Photo: oplenackaberba.com

Pumpkin Days 2013
2013-10-10 - 2013-10-13 | Unnamed Venue, Kikinda, Serbia
The manifestation Pumpkin Days is taking place this year for the 28th time in honor of chunky pumpkin from October 10th till October 13th in Kikinda.
Traditionally the central event of the manifestation is the competition for the heaviest and the longest pumpkin that is taking place on Saturday, October 12th, starting at 11 a.m.
Faithfull visitors of the Pumpkin Days are looking forward to “Banatski fruštuk” (Banat style breakfast) – competition in preparation of traditional breakfast where gastronomic specialties of Kikinda and Banat will fill the tables, while the professional chefs will compete in preparation of different pumpkin dishes.
The youngest ones will enjoy different activities such as carnival, making pumpkin masks and costumes, “Pumpkin games” – relay race with a pumpkin, competition in fast eating of pumpkin seeds.
Evenings are reserved for great music and entertaining program with the performances of the music stars – The Frajle performing on Saturday, the bands Van Gogh and Antidepresiv performing on Sunday.
The full program of the Pumokin Days 2013 can be find HERE.
Photo: https: www.facebook.com/pages/Dani-ludaje

Ex-YU Photographers Summit 2013
2013-10-10 - 2013-10-13 | Unnamed Venue, Leskovac, Serbia
The third summit of the former Yugoslavia photographers will be held from 10th to 13th October in Leskovac. The summit is organized by photo club “Leskovac”. It aims to promote cooperation between the alliance and photo organizations on the former Yugoslavia areas.
The young people are inspiration of these year’s summit: work with young people, improving programs for youth, improving the prospects of cooperation in these programs.
The program is designed so that through workshops, exhibitions, presentations of the photo associations and projection images, provide participants a unique opportunity to obtain all necessary information about the opportunities, programs, and resources available archive content of leading photo organization and photo alliances from the former Yugoslavia.
Visitors will have an opportunity to learn about photographic creativity of authors from the former Yugoslavia, which contributes to the promotion of photography as art.

The central celebration of 17 centuries Edict of Milan
2013-10-06 09:00 - 20:00 | Unnamed Venue, Niš, Serbia
The central celebration of 17 centuries Edict of Milan organized by the Serbian Orthodox Church will be held on October the 6th in the city of Niš.
The Holy Liturgy led by the Patriarch of Constantinople and Ecumenical – Bartholomew with the concelebration of leaders of all other Patriarchate and Archdiocese will be served at 9 am in the front of Church of St. Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena.
For this occasion, a shorter period, a particles of the Holy Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified and assigned will be taken to the Temple of the Emperor Constantine, as well as an icon of the Virgin of the Sićevo Monastery.
“THE EDICT OF MILAN 313 – 2013, SERBIA“ PROJECT is a national programme of marking the jubilee – 17 centuries of the proclamation of the Edict of Milan, legal document which put a historical end to the three centuries-long persecution of Christians and ensured “the authority of every person to profess the religion that he or she preferred”.
For more informations visit the official site of event: edictofmilan2013.com
