After another fantastic year for festivals in Croatia, it’s no surprise that 2025 looks set to be just as (if not more) spectacular! Here are the latest details of 2025’s festivals in Croatia. (This page will be regularly updated as festival news comes in!)
Festivals in Croatia 2025
- Sea Star Festival
Umag, 22nd – 25th May 2025
Part of the ‘Exit family’ of festivals, this event normally kicks off the festival calendar each year - Lighthouse Festival
Porec, 28th May – 1st June 2025
Electronica comes to Istria at this early-season festival - Gates of Agartha
Cave Romane near Pula, 6th & 7th June 2025
Returning to this awesome location – a former Roman quarry - Flows Festival
Ugljan, 11th – 15th June 2025
Electro music in an intimate setting – only 200 attendees – on the gorgeous island of Ugljan - Hideout Festival
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 22nd – 26th June 2025
One of the most popular festivals in Croatia, Hideout celebrates 15 years this year - INmusic Festival
Zagreb, 23rd – 25th June 2025
Already in its 17th edition, more big-name headliners come to INmusic - Velvet Festival
Punat, island of Krk, 25th – 29th June 2025
The tenth and final edition of this event - Verknipt Croatia
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 29th June – 3rd July 2025
Hard techno returns to Zrce Beach for the second edition of Verknipt - Hospitality on the Beach
Tisno, 1st – 8th July 2025
Back in Tisno once again for more drum ‘n’ bass fun in the sun
- Bear Stone Festival
Donje Primislje (near Karlovac), 3rd – 6th July 2025
Something completely different – desert/stoner rock in the beautiful Croatian interior - Dropzone
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 6th – 11th July 2025
Hard dance in Novalja’s beachside clubs - Love International
Tisno, 9th – 15th July 2025
Love International will be its usual amazing self in 2025 with a host of excellent names on the bill - Ultra Europe
Split, 11th – 13th July 2025
One of the largest festivals in Croatia, Ultra Europe is now in its eleventh year - Day & Night
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 14th – 17th July 2025
Top DJs in the main clubs of Zrce Beach - Terminal V
Tisno, 17th – 21st July 2025
The heart of techo culture comes to the Croatian coast
- Outlook Origins
Tisno, 24th – 28th July 2024
Outlook returns to its Dalmatian origins once again - Flamingo Republic
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 28th – 31st July 2025
Total exuberance in Zrce Beach’s clubs - Defected Croatia
Tisno, 30th July – 3rd August 2025
Previously Ibiza regulars, Defected return to Croatia to showcase the best of house music - Mystic Mountain Festival
Rudopolje, 30th July – 3rd August 2025
An intimate week-long event that’s part music festival, part nature retreat! - Membrain Festival
Sibenik, 31st July – 3rd August 2025
All about bass culture, Membrain will celebrate its 10th birthday this year! - Mo:Dem
Primislje, 4th – 10th August 2025
A psychedelic rave with stunning art and visuals in the forest - Balance Croatia
Tisno, 8th – 11th August 2025
A brand new festival for 2025, the best of new electronic music brought to you by Australian label Balance Music
- Barrakud
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 10th – 14th August 2025
Techno in the clubs of Zrce Beach - Perseids Festival
Island of Cres, 14th – 17th August 2025
A boutique festival set in beautiful nature - Sonus Festival
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 17th – 21st August 2025
Sonus will present another crop of top techno and electro names on their bill - Foresterra
Fuzine, 21st – 24th August 2025
Psychedelic music and arts inland from Rijeka - Dekmantel
Tisno, 21st – 25th August 2025
An intimate, late-season event in The Garden Tisno - Summer Peak
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 23rd – 30th August 2025
Rounding off the season in Novalja - Dimensions
Tisno, 28th August – 1st September 2025
In its 13th year, Dimensions rounds off the season in Tisno
Reviews of Festivals in Croatia
Unsurprisingly, almost all of the festivals that are held in Croatia are very highly regarded and well-reviewed by the music press. Here are some reviews of festivals held in previous years:
- 10 things a session in Croatia taught us (Mixmag, 19th September 2014)
- Not going to Glastonbury? Try Eastern Europe’s more affordable festival alternatives (Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014)
- Croatia’s new Unknown festival ‘unique’ says co-founder (BBC Newsbeat, 7th September 2013)
- Dimentions Festival 2013 Review(Skiddle, 16th September 2013)
- Review: Garden Festival 2013 (Skiddle, 18th July 2013)
- Europe’s Best Summer Festivals, which includes FOR Festival, Garden and Terraneo (Forbes, 12th June 2013)
- ‘Knee deep in mud at an English festival? Give me Spain any day’ (Guardian, 26th May 2013)
- Festivals guide 2013 listings: European (Guardian, 11th May 2013)
- Is Croatia Europe’s best festival destination? (Guardian, 10th May 2013)
- Croatian holiday? The festivals are looking fine (InTheMix, 17th January 2013)
- Soundwave Festival (The Independent, 25th August 2011)
- Review: Electric Elephant 2010 (Skiddle.com, 29th September 2010)
- Croatia – the Dalmatian Coast and Garden Festival (Scotland on Sunday, 24th August 2010)
- Garden Festival (The Guardian, 18th July 2010)
- 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)
- How Croatia splashed on to the music festival map (on The Garden Festival – The Guardian, 3rd May 2009)
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.
First held in 2000 as a protest against the political system at the time, Exit has now grown considerably to become one of Europe’s top festivals.
Held in the impressive Petrovaradin Fortress at night-time (festival hours are 9pm to 6am each day), many head to Exit as a chance to experience an incredibly fun – not to mention eclectic – foreign festival in a cheaper setting.
Check out the Exit Festival website for more details on the event. Visit Croatia attended the 2009 Exit Festival – read up on my experiences, as well as hints and tips that may be useful to you!
The team behind the Exit Festival have also expanded to host multiple festivals in different countries in this part of the world. As well as the Sea Star Festival in Croatia (see above), there’s the Sea Dance Festival in Budva, Montenegro and the No Sleep Festival in Belgrade, Serbia – amongst others.