Last year saw another amazing line-up of festivals in Croatia, with revellers enjoying events throughout the summer. 2026 looks like it will be the same, if not better, with some new festivals added to the line-up!
Festivals in Croatia 2026
- Horizons Spring Break
Primosten, 29th April – 3rd May 2026
Something new from the Mystic Mountain team, a conscious, hedonistic and transformative gathering very early in the season! - Sea Star Festival
Umag, 28th – 31st May 2026
Part of the ‘Exit family’ of festivals, this is a fun early-season event - Lighthouse Festival
Porec, 3rd – 7th June 2026
Electronica comes to Istria at this early-season festival - Flows Festival
Ugljan, 10th – 14th June 2026
Electro music in an intimate setting – with only 200 attendees – plus mind and body workshops on the gorgeous island of Ugljan - INmusic Festival
Zagreb, 22nd – 24th June 2026
Already in its 18th edition, more big-name headliners come to INmusic - Hideout Festival
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 30th June – 3rd July 2026
One of the most popular festivals in Croatia, Hideout celebrated 15 years last year
- Hospitality on the Beach
Tisno, 1st – 6th July 2026
Back in Tisno once again for more drum ‘n’ bass fun in the sun – this year celebrating 30 years of Hospital Records! - Bear Stone Festival
Donje Primislje (near Karlovac), 2nd – 5th July 2026
Something completely different – desert/stoner rock in the beautiful Croatian interior - Dropzone
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 4th – 9th July 2026
Hard dance in Novalja’s beachside clubs - Love International
Tisno, 8th – 14th July 2026
Love International will be its usual amazing self this year with a host of excellent names on the bill - Ultra Europe
Split, 10th – 12th July 2026
One of the largest festivals in Croatia! - Verknipt Croatia
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 12th – 16th July 2026
Hard techno returns to Zrce Beach for the third edition of Verknipt
- Terminal V
Tisno, 16th – 20th July 2026
The heart of techo culture comes to the Croatian coast - Outlook Origins
Tisno, 23rd – 27th July 2026
Outlook returns to its Dalmatian origins once again - Defected Croatia
Tisno, 29th July – 2nd August 2026
Defected celebrates ten years this year in what will be its final event! - Mo:Dem
Primislje, 3rd – 9th August 2026
A psychedelic rave with stunning art and visuals in the forest - Balance Croatia
Tisno, 6th – 10th August 2026
Brand new last year, this electronic music received rave reviews – glad to see it’s back! - Barrakud
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 9th – 13th August 2026
Techno in the clubs of Zrce Beach
- Foresterra
Fuzine, 20th – 23rd August 2026
Psychedelic music and arts inland from Rijeka - Dekmantel
Tisno, 20th – 24th August 2026
An intimate, late-season event in The Garden Tisno - Summer Peak
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 22nd – 27th August 2026
Rounding off the season in Novalja - Dimensions
Tisno, 27th – 31st August 2026
In its 14th year, Dimensions ends the festival season in Tisno
Festivals in Croatia 2025
For the time being, as I and the festivals update details, I will leave information about last year’s events here.
- Gates of Agartha
Cave Romane near Pula, 6th & 7th June 2025
Returning to this awesome location – a former Roman quarry - Velvet Festival
Punat, island of Krk, 25th – 29th June 2025
The tenth and final edition of this event - Day & Night
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 14th – 17th July 2025
Top DJs in the main clubs of Zrce Beach - Flamingo Republic
Zrce Beach, island of Pag, 28th – 31st July 2025
Total exuberance in Zrce Beach’s clubs - Membrain Festival
Sibenik, 31st July – 3rd August 2025
All about bass culture, Membrain will celebrate its 10th birthday this year! - Perseids Festival
Island of Cres, 14th – 17th August 2025
A boutique festival set in beautiful nature
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:
- Terminal V Croatia 2025: A sun-soaked success as attendance doubles in the techno festival’s second year (DHA, July 2025)
- 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.