Below is a listing of some of the best events in Zagreb for 2025! Croatia’s capital city has a wonderful variety of events taking place all year round – you’ll really be spoilt for choice for things to attend and enjoy.
Events with confirmed dates are shown in bold. If you have or know of an event in Zagreb you’d like to see listed here, contact us!
Events in January 2025
Prepare for deliciousness this month! The exceedingly grand Hotel Esplanade will be hosting Strukli Days from 13th to 31st January 2025. It’s Le Bistro restaurant will be offering two portions of strukli (a dumpling-like dish) for a special promotion price. Just the thing during winter!
The IHF Men’s Handball Championships will be hosted by Croatia, Denmark and Norway with games in Croatia being held in Zagreb, Porec and Varazdin. The tournament runs from 14th January to 2nd February 2025.
Noc muzeja (or “Night of the Museums”) will be held across the country on 31st January 2025, the 20th edition of this very special event. There is free entry to museums, with special exhibitions, workshops, events and more taking place; many of Zagreb’s museums take part.
Events in February 2025
En Primeur on 10th February 2025 will showcase young Malvasia wine from around 70 winemakers. The event is free, but pre-registration (via the website) is required.
The Zagreb Boat and Sport Show is now in its 31st year and is to be held at the Zagreb Fair (‘Zagrebacki Velesajam’) venue with a variety of boat, yacht and other marine sports exhibitors. It is being held over five days, from 19th to 23rd February 2025.
Gast Fair is the largest gastro event in Croatia, and is now held in Zagreb having previously been held in Split. It is on from 27th February to 1st March 2025.
Events in March 2025
The Festival of Lights will take place each evening from 19th to 23rd March 2025 with a number of stunning visual light displays at several prominent locations around the city.
Restaurant Week (or Tjedan Restoran in Croatian) actually takes place over a week and a bit in Croatia’s capital city in March each year; this year it will be on from 21st to 30th March 2025. A number of restaurants take part, each offering a special Restaurant Week three-course menu (and sometimes with a glass of wine too!) for a special price.
Place2Go, the largest tourism fair in Croatia, will be held at the Zagreb Velesajam venue from 28th to 30th March 2025. Entry is free.
Events in April 2025
Zagreb Dox, an international documentary film festival, will be in its 21st year in 2025; it will be on from 30th March to 6th April 2025. Taking place at the MoviePlex cinema in the Kaptol Center, there are several themed programs as well as a competition for the best documentary.
Events in May 2025
The Welcome Spring Festival celebrates and promotes nature and protecting the environment and highlights issues regarding climate change through numerous activities – workshops, art programmes, music, kids events and more. It takes place in early May each year.
The Asian Street Food Festival should take place in Strossmayer Square in early May.
The 34th Days of Croatian Film will take place over six days in mid-May.
The Floraart Festival – an international flower and garden event – takes place by Lake Bundek in late May each year. A great number of Croatian exhibitors and a handful of international ones also take part.
Look out for the Asian Street Food Festival is taking place in Strossmayer Park in mid-May; come down to try some very fine Asian cuisine and drinks from top Zagreb restaurants.
Ljeto na Strosu (“Summer on Strosu”) is a series of musical and other fun events on Strossmayer Boulevard in Zagreb’s Upper Town. It takes place every summer from roughly the end of May to the beginning of September each year.
The Zagreb Beer Fest takes place in Franjo Tudjman Park, west of the main square, in May. Close to 200 beers can be sampled, with lots of good food and music to enjoy too!
C’est is d’Best is a late-May festival in which street performers – musicians, actors, dancers – take part in various performances at assorted locations throughout the city.
31st May 2025 is the City of Zagreb Day with special celebrations taking place.
Events in June 2025
Animafest, as the name might suggest, is a world festival of animated film. First held way back in 1972, the festival takes pace in early June each year.
The Food Truck Festival should be offering up plenty of tasty delights – food and drink – plus entertainment by Lake Jarun in June.
The 23rd Zagreb Pride should take to the streets of Croatia’s capital in early June.
LMF Festival is a dance music festival taking place in early June.
Wine City should be held in Franjo Tudjman Park in mid-June. Come down to sample plenty of wine – of course – and also enjoy some wine workshops.
The Pop Up Summer Garden takes place in June and July every Zagreb summer. It features live music, film, workshops and food and drink in the pretty Tuskanac woods.
Lake Jarun is home to the excellent INmusic Festival. A three-day (23rd to 25th June 2025) music event in a pretty setting in the southwestern part of the city, there’s a host of international bands and stars performing. It’s a great way of experiencing a music festival right in the heart of a European city. It’s also one of the top events in Zagreb each year. Read more on our guide to the Festival here.
Events in July 2025
Veceri na Gricu (Evenings on Gric or Gric Evenings in English) is a long-running festival (in its 44th year in 2025) featuring a series of concerts in the Upper Town. The concerts will take place in July.
The 18th Festival of Tolerance (Jewish Film Festival) should be held in early July.
The Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival is a festival dedicated to “fiction film” – i.e. sci-fi, horror, thrillers, suspense films and similar. Film screenings take place in several cinemas in the city in June/July.
In mid-July, the magical Dvorista (“Courtyards”) takes place in those very areas in the Upper Town of Zagreb, normally inaccessible to the public. There will be music, gastronomic delights and much more.
Queens of the Stone Age will be performing at Salata Stadium on 22nd and 23rd July 2025.
The International Folklore Festival – over the course of five days – brings together folklore groups from Croatia, Europe and further afield for performances, workshops, concerts, exhibitions and a handicraft and souvenir fair. Some performances are held in Ban Jelacic Square. This year’s Festival is the 59th edition.
Events in August 2025
Enjoy wine and live music every Saturday evening in August at the Le Gric event next to Park Gric in the Upper Town.
Okolo Zagreb in August features a number of art installations by Croatian and foreign artists – both large and small – on the streets of Zagreb.
Note: We sometimes get asked why we never – or hardly ever – feature any August events for Zagreb! There are a few – check out some of the listings in the months above for events that, for example, ‘start in June’. Truthfully, there are not many happenings in the city this month as visitors and locals have departed for the coast for the summer holidays!
Events in September 2025
The 58th International Puppet Festival will take place in mid September with both Croatian and international puppetry groups taking part.
The Japanese Film Festival should take place this month howcasing eight Japanese films.
Events in October 2025
The Zagreb TourFilm Festival – a festival of international tourist films – takes place in early October.
The 33rd Zagreb Marathon will take to the city’s streets on 12th October 2025.
The Zagreb Burger Festival takes place in Tudjman Park in mid-October. All sorts of amazing burger creations will be on offer – from the plain to the “exotic” – as well as drinks, live music, kids activities and more. It’s a very fun – not to mention super tasty – event to attend!
The Zagreb Jazz Festival takes place in October/November each year.
Events in November 2025
The highly prestigious Zagreb Film Festival – now in its 23nd year – showcases films from debut or new filmmakers from across the world with prizes awarded in several categories. It will be held from 10th to 16th November 2025.
The 19th Pssst! Silent Film Festival – with both domestic and foreign silent films – takes place in early November.
Events in December 2025
The 23rd Human Rights Film Festival takes place in early December in Zagreb (and Rijeka), promoting the subject of human rights as depicted in film.
As with many other places in Europe, Christmas will take over much of Zagreb in December, with decorations, live outdoor music, festive events and more. Advent Zagreb is a good website to check what’s happening where – if nothing else, head down to the main square (Trg ban Jelacic) to join in with the festive mood there! Zagreb won the European Best Destinations Best Christmas Market in 2016, 2017 AND 2018, so Zagreb’s Christmas celebrations are some of the best in Croatia (if not in the whole of Europe!). It’s a great time of year to be in Zagreb – see our review of the 2024 Advent in Zagreb.
Trg ban Jelacic is also the main focus for New Year’s Eve celebrations, with an open-air concert and fireworks.