Dubrovnik Summer Festival is a annual event featuring performances of music, theatre, dance and other cultural events at various open-air locations mainly in Old Town Dubrovnik.
Tickets for the 74th Dubrovnik Summer Festival are sold online exclusively via www.dubrovnik-festival.hr and www.ulaznice.hr or at the Festival Box Office at the address: Od Sigurate 1 (Old Town Dubrovnik). The box office is open on a daily basis from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm from 1 July.
Held since 1950, it is considered the largest and most prestigious cultural manifestation, not only in Dubrovnik, but in all of Croatia. If you are not visiting Dubrovnik during this period be sure to check out other amazing events in Dubrovnik.
Dubrovnik Summer Festival traditionally takes place from the 10th July to 25th August in around twenty site specific venues of Dubrovnik. The 74th Dubrovnik Summer Festival Theatre Programme also features international guest performances and Croatia's finest most recent productions.
74th Dubrovnik Summer Festival Programme (2023)
74th Dubrovnik Summer Festival Opening Ceremony
10. July / Monday / 21:00
In front of St. Blaise's Church
Exhibition Opening | Fadil Vejzović: Lightness of Youth
11. July / Tuesday / 21:00
Sponza Palace Atrium
Premiere | Ivana Lovrić Jović: Look How Lokrum Washes Its Teeth
12. July / Wednesday / 21:30
13. July / Thuesday / 21:30
14. July / Friday / 21:30
András Schiff, piano
13. July / Thursday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Mariza
15. July / Saturday / 21:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
Linđo Folklore Ensemble
17. July / Monday / 21:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
05. August / Saturday / 21:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
14. August / Monday / 21:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
19. August / Saturday / 20:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
Zagreb Soloists | Marija Pavlović, clarinet
18. July / Tuesday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Lovers
18. July / Tuesday / 21:30
In front of St. Jacob's Church
19. July / Wednesday / 21:30
In front of St. Jacob's Church
20. July / Thursday / 21:30
In front of St. Jacob's Church
#synergy Festival Tour
19. July / Wednesday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium - free entrance
20. July / Thursday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium - free entrance
Premiere | Grzegorz Jarzyna, Roman Pawłowski: Twelfth Night
21. July / Friday / 21:30
Lovrjenac Fort
22. July / Saturday / 21:30
Lovrjenac Fort
23. July / Sunday / 21:30
Lovrjenac Fort
24. July / Monday / 21:30
Lovrjenac Fort
25. July / Tuesday / 21:30
Lovrjenac Fort
Janoska Ensemble
24. July / Monday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
70th Pula Film Festival | Grand Golden Arena Award Winner
26. July / Wednesday / 21:30
Jadran Open-air Cinema
Krešimir Bedek, guitar
26. July / Wednesday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Federico García Lorca: Blood Wedding
27. July / Thursday / 21:30
28. July / Friday / 21:30
29. July / Saturday / 21:30
Marko Mimica, bass-baritone | Marcos Madrigal, piano
28. July / Friday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Zvjezdan Ružić, piano
30. July / Sunday / 21:30
Square under the Revelin fort - free entrance
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
31. July / Monday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Exhibition Opening | Romana Milutin Fabris: Dubrovnik Rhapsody
01. August / Tuesday / 21:00
Sponza Palace Atrium - free entrance
Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra | Pavle Zajcev, Conductor | Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
02. August / Wednesday / 21:00
Rector's Palace Atrium
Ballet of Croatian National Theatre of Split | Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
02. August / Wednesday / 22:00
Revelin Fort Terrace
03. August / Thursday / 21:30
Revelin Fort Terrace
Aylen Pritchin, violin | Maxim Emelyanychev, piano
04. August / Friday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Mara & Kata
05. August / Saturday / 21:30
St Mary's Convent Courtyard
06. August / Sunday / 21:30
St Mary's Convent Courtyard
07. August / Monday / 20:30
St Mary's Convent Courtyard
07. August / Monday / 22:30
St Mary's Convent Courtyard
Latica Anić, cello | Krešimir Starčević, piano | Marco Graziani, violin
07. August / Monday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Sunčana Škrinjarić: The Enchanted Forest
08. August / Tuesday / 20:30
Lovrjenac Fort
09. August / Wednesday / 20:30
Lovrjenac Fort
10. August / Thursday / 20:30
Lovrjenac Fort
11. August / Friday / 20:30
Lovrjenac Fort
Kristóf Baráti & Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra
10. August / Thursday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Eckart Runge, cello | Martina Filjak, piano | Gordan Tudor, saxophone
12. August / Saturday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Premiere | Masks
12. August / Saturday / 21:30
Bokar Fort
13. August / Sunday / 21:30
Bokar Fort
Lero Student Theatre | Mostly sunny
14. August / Monday / 21:30
Lazareti
15. August / Tuesday / 21:30
Lazareti
Martyna Pastuszka & {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna
16. August / Wednesday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Premiere | The Wistful Women of Ragusa
17. August / Thursday / 21:30
18. August / Friday / 21:30
19. August / Saturday / 22:00
20. August / Sunday / 21:30
21. August / Monday / 21:30
Camerata Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
18. August / Friday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra | Valentin Egel, Conductor | Josipa Bilić, soprano
21. August / Monday / 21:30
In front of Cathedral
Zagreb City Theatre Komedija | Miljenko Smoje: Velo misto
22. August / Tuesday / 21:00
Revelin Fort Terrace
23. August / Wednesday / 21:00
Revelin Fort Terrace
24. August / Thursday / 21:00
Revelin Fort Terrace
Kajana Pačko, cello | Danijel Detoni, piano
23. August / Wednesday / 21:30
Rector's Palace Atrium
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra & Choir | Tomislav Fačini, Conductor | Darija Auguštan, soprano | Franko Klisović, countertenor | Roko Radovan, tenor | Leon Košavić, baritone
25. August / Friday / 22:00
In front of Cathedral
Short history of Dubrovnik Summer Festival
In the 1950s, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival was founded to harmonize the renaissance and baroque atmosphere of Dubrovnik with contemporary drama and music. The festival drew from the city's creative tradition and featured works by Croatian greats such as Marin Držić, Nikola Nalješković, Ivan Gundulić and Ivo Vojnović.
The festival's unique ambience allowed for performances of classics like Shakespeare, Goldoni, and Greek tragedians in the city's squares, palaces, towers, and parks. Hamlet was performed at the Lovrjenac Fort, Fishermen's Quarrels in the old city harbor, and Goethe's Iphigenia in Gradac Park by the renowned Croatian director Branko Gavella.
The fall of the Dubrovnik Republic was portrayed in Vojnović's The Trilogy of Dubrovnik, staged in authentic rooms of the Rector's Palace, Sponza Palace, and Gruž summer residence.
The Dubrovnik Summer Festival showcased top performers from around the world, with a repertoire and organization that matched the festival's ambience. The Festival Drama Ensemble, made up of Croatia's best actors, performed most of the shows, while guest appearances by prestigious groups like Piccolo Teatro and Old Vic added to the event's exclusivity.
The music programme initially showcased the best Croatian composers, soloists, and orchestras, but eventually expanded to include top performers from around the world. The festival made functional use of attractive and acoustic buildings, especially the Rector's Palace Atrium.
Many renowned artists performed at the festival, including large orchestras and chamber and vocal ensembles. The festival featured performances by renowned pianists, violinists, and cellists, as well as singers like Monserrat Caballe and Nicolai Gedda and star performers like Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie.
Dubrovnik Summer Festival
Od Sigurate 1, 20 000 Dubrovnik
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