ZRINJEVAC PARK - THE MUSIC PAVILLION

9 - 25 AUGUST

Every day 8.00 pm - 11.00 pm

From the 50s to the 70s of the last century, a favourite pastime of Zagreb citizens was dancing. Generations of young people have grown up while following world trends and dancing to the rhythms of the most popular rock, jazz and swing hits. Today, Dance Evenings in Zrinjevac revive the spirit of those old Zagreb’s dances.

PROGRAMME

EVERY DAY
DJ programme from 7:00 pm
Dance programme from 8:00 pm
Concert programme from 9:00 pm
Movie screenings from 9:00 pm

MUSIC

09.08. Robert Mareković & The Swingers
10.08. Groovy Cakes
11.08. The Drifters
12.08. DJ Nikola Martek
13.08. DJ Robert Mareković
14.08. Loud&Found
15.08. The Good Foot
16.08. Scifidelity Orchestra
17.08. The Drifters
18.08. From Tango to Rock
19.08. DJ Oli Doboli Latin Style
20.08. DJ Robert Mareković
21.08. Loud&Found
22.08. From Tango to Rock
23.08. Groovy Cakes
24.08. Zdenka Kovačićek
25.08. The Drifters

MOVIE

20.08. Step up all in
21.08. Walking on sunshine
22.08. Dancing with Maria
23.08. Dirty dancing

BAN JOSIP JELAČIĆ SQUARE MANDUŠEVAC

27 APRIL - 05 OCTOBER
SATURDAYS 10.00 AM - 1.00 PM

According to the legend, at the place of today’s main square in Zagreb, a thirsty viceroy spotted a beautiful girl with a jug at the water spring and cried out: Manda, dear, scoop me up some water! The spring was named Manduševac, and the town - Zagreb. (Eng. to scoop = Croat. zagrabiti).

KAPTOL, BAN JOSIP JELAČIĆ SQUARE, TKALČIĆEVA STREET, DOLAC MARKET

27 APRIL - 6 OCTOBER
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 10.00 am - 12.00 pm

Zagreb and its surrounding area are known for numerous folklore societies, some of which were founded more than a century ago. Dressed in their beautiful and unique folk costumes, the members of the societies will bring their folk customs, songs, and dances to the streets of Zagreb.

DOLAC MARKET

26 APRIL - 26 OCTOBER
FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS 8.00 am - 1.00 pm

When the Dolac Market was opened with a grand ceremony in 1930, it was one of the largest and most beautiful markets in Europe at the time, and it remains the largest and most well-known market in Zagreb today. At the very top of the left stairway leading to the market, there is a proud statue of a woman, a “kumica” holding a woven basket on her head. The statue is a permanent monument to the thousands and thousands of women from the areas surrounding Zagreb who would come to the city carrying baskets full of products from their gardens and farms every day, often walking for many kilometers with a heavy loads on their heads. So that the memory of the “kumice”, the hardworking guardians of the good spirit of old Zagreb, would not be embodied only in the form of a statue, you will be able to see women in folk costumes from Prigorje, who will help bring the memory of the thousands of women who have fed the citizens of Zagreb over the centuries back to life, at the Dolac from April to the end of September.

UPPER TOWN: ST. CATHERINE’S SQUARE, STROSSMAYER PROMENADE, ST. MARK’S SQUARE

27 APRIL - 6 OCTOBER
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM

From one street to another, from one doorway to another... Centuries and decades ago, the streets of the Upper Town used to echo with ballads and love songs played by street musicians. The wonderful custom has been preserved until today.

TKALČIĆEVA STREET IN FRONT OF STREET NUMBERS 14, 48, 61, 72

18 JULY - 14 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAYS AND FIRDAYS 7:00 PM – 11:00 pm
SATURDAYS 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Long time ago, Medveščak brook used to flow through one of Zagreb’s most beautiful streets, today popularly called Tkalča. At the end of the 19th century, the brook was turned into a street. The liveliness of Tkalčićeva street was present in little craftsman shops, inns and brothels. Today, in the pleasant setting between old small houses, cafés and restaurants, this full of relaxing turn into a venue for musical and entertaining performances during the summer, enveloped in the sounds of old hits, chansons, ballads, jazz and classical music.

22 APRIL – 18 OCTOBER
ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS

In the 17th century, during the Thirty Years’ War, the Croatian light cavalry, renowned for its exceptional heroism, joined the ranks of the French Army. Military skills and the original appearance of the Croatian soldiers were affirmed in 1664 with the founding of the Croatian regiment “the Royal Cravates” within the French Army. A special feature of their uniforms was a red scarf – a tie that girls used to tie around young men’s necks before going to war.

Tie, the essential fashion accessory of every man originates from those brave Croatian soldiers. The reinstated ceremony of the Changing of the Guard, based on the historical evidence, can be seen in predetermined attractive tourist locations – from St. Mark’s Square, Ban Jelačić Square to the statue of the Virgin Mary at Kaptol.