The eighth edition of Sea Star Festival will take place in Umag in Istria from the 28th – 31st May 2026.
Sea Star Festival
Held in the Stella Maris lagoon in the very pretty Istrian town of Umag – one of the most northern of all the towns on Croatia’s coastline – this is one of the earliest events on the Croatian festival calendar. The festival officially runs over two days in late May. There is, however, also a welcome day on the 28th May and a closing party on the 31st, so you can easily party for four days straight if you want to extend the fun.
Sea Star is officially part of the ‘Exit family’ group of festivals. The largest of these is, of course, Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, although due to political events, there will be no Exit Festival in 2026. Instead, Exit will go “on tour” with events in neighbouring countries – such as the Sea Star Festival.
There have been some big-name artists on the bill in previous years, much to the delight of the revellers who attended – The Prodigy, Robin Schulz, Fatboy Slim, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Paul Van Dyk, John Newman and Pendulum have all played at Sea Star.
2026’s line-up has been revealed, with names such as Xzibit, Boris Brejcha, Layla Benitez, Kim Ono and Marcel on the bill, plus more.
It’s no surprise that Sea Star has been nominated for the Best Medium-Sized Festival category (for festivals of up to 40,000 visitors) at the European Festival Awards multiple times.
Tickets for Sea Star Festival
Tickets are currently priced at €49 (plus booking fee) and can be purchased online on the Sea Star tickets page. It is also possible to book a group package of 5 tickets for the price of 4, meaning that each ticket works out to be €39 (plus b.f.).
VIP tickets cost €150 (plus b.f.), which offers VIP main stage access and a VIP separate entrance.
Accommodation
There’s an on-site campsite – the Sea Star Camp – which is right on the beach and minutes away from the main festival site. The campsite costs €39 per person for 2 nights or €49 for 3 nights. You can book a space in the campsite online.
It is also possible to book apartments or villas local to the festival site. See the Accommodation page for more details.
Otherwise, there is plenty of other accommodation (hotels, hostels, apartments and more) in Umag. Book using the search map/box below, or see our Accommodation in Umag page for details.
Getting to Umag and Sea Star Festival
The nearest Croatian airport to the festival site is Pula Airport, which has a good number of flights arriving from the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe. Check out our Getting to Istria page for full details of these.
Zagreb Airport may also be used to reach Umag. Once you land in Zagreb, transfer to the main bus station in Zagreb and then get a bus over to Umag. Once again, see our Getting to Zagreb page for details of flights.
Perhaps more suitably, for other options, airports in nearby northeastern Italy are also very suitable to fly to – notably, Trieste or one of the Venice airports. From Venice, it would be best to first transfer to Trieste; from Trieste, there is a direct bus to Umag. See our Travelling from Trieste and Travelling from Venice pages for more advice.
More info
Full details on the festival can be found on the official Sea Star Festival website, Facebook or on Twitter.