The festival season in Croatia in 2011 was truly epic and will take some beating...but we think all the festivals (and attendees, of course) can do it! The big news is that all of festivals previously held in the village of Petrcane have moved to the town of Tisno, which is located roughly halfway between Zadar and Split. Read up more on the individual festival guides below!

Festivals in Croatia 2012

INmusic Festival
Zagreb, 29th & 30th June 2012
A perfect festival to combine with a long weekend in Croatia's capital!

Hideout Festival
Novalja, island of Pag, 29th June - 1st July 2012
A great success in its first year in 2011, Hideout returns bigger and better for 2012.

Garden Festival
Tisno, 4th - 11th July 2012
A brand new venue for 2012 for what will surely be the best Garden Festival yet!

Electric Elephant
Tisno, 12th - 16th July 2012
Set yourself up for almost two weeks of Croatian coastal partying by attending both the Garden Festival and Electric Elephant directly afterwards!

Seasplash Festival
Pula, 19th - 22nd July 2012
An eclectic mix of musical genres and acts appear at Seasplash each year.

Soundwave Festival Croatia
Tisno, 19th - 23rd July 2012
More fun in the sun in Tisno at the fourth Soundwave Festival!

SuncéBeat
Tisno, 27th - 29th July 2012
Brought to you by the people behind Southport Weekender, the third SunceBeat also moves venue for 2012!

Stop Making Sense Festival
Tisno, 2nd - 6th August 2012
SMS wraps things up for the Tisno events this summer - and will be sure to make things go out with a bang!

Outlook Festival
Pula, 30th August - 2nd September 2012
Dubstep delight in a wonderful old fort just outside Pula - a great way of rounding up the Croatian festival season.

Tisno - you could be here!

Some festivals have yet to announce their full plans for 2012. As such, we've left last year's pages live so you can still start your travel planning right now. We will update these pages as soon as fresh info becomes available!

Festivals in Croatia 2011
Umagination
Umag, 3rd & 4th June 2011

Mars Festival
Zagreb, 10th June 2011

getEXITed Festival
Novalja, island of Pag, 27th - 30th June 2011

Hartera Festival
Rijeka, 15th & 16th July 2011

Enter Festival
Split, 4th - 6th August 2011

Moon & Rocks Festival
Novalja, island of Pag, 6th August 2011

Terraneo
Sibenik, 9th - 13th August 2011

There have also been some great reviews of 2011's festivals - do be sure to also read these!

Outlook Festival from ClashMusic.com
Soundwave Festival from The Independent

If you'd like to read up on the reviews of some of the 2010 festivals, here's a small selection:

INmusic Festival, Zagreb (June)
T-Mobile INmusic festival: LCD Soundsystem, The Flaming Lips and Billy Idol rock Croatia (Metro, 28th June 2010)
A Massive Attack of music in Croatia (BBC 6 Music, 24th June 2010)

Garden Festival (July)
Garden Festival (The Guardian, 18th July 2010)
Croatia - the Dalmatian Coast and Garden Festival (Scotland on Sunday, 24th August 2010)

Soundwave Festival, Petrcane (July)
Interrail: Music (The Spectator, September 2010)

Electric Elephant, Petrcane (August)
Review: Electric Elephant 2010 (Skiddle.com, 29th Septemeber 2010)

Other Festivals
The very well-known Exit Festival is held in the neighbouring country of Serbia and is an amazingly fun event to attend - and perfect for combining with a holiday in Croatia!

Started in 2000 as a protest against the political system at the time (and initially primarily a dance music festival), Exit has now grown considerably to become one of Europe's top festivals. A whole host of big names appear each year - 2011's line-up included Pulp, Arcade Fire, Editors, Santogold, Portishead, Groove Armada, Underworld and Deadmau5, amongst many, many others.

Held in the impressive Petrovaradin Fortress at night-time (festival hours are 9pm to 6am each day) over four days, many like Exit as a chance to experience an incredibly fun, foreign festival in a cheaper setting.

2012's event will be held 12th to 15th July 2012, with tickets already on sale on the Exit Festival website. The line-up is still a secret, but it will no doubt be as superb (and eclectic!) as ever.

I attended the 2009 Exit Festival - read up on my experiences, as well as hints and tips that may be useful to you!