Now fully under way but with the best yet to come, the tenth annual Dubrovnik Winter Festival embraces tradition while keeping fun firmly in focus.
There’s something for everyone over the next few weeks. Even looking at Friday, December 15 alone, an exhibition of rare, historic coins unearthed in Dubrovnik opens at noon at the Revelin Fortress, a bus playing traditional klapa songs tours the city until 4pm, DJ Petra spins tunes from 6pm on the main square of Bunićeva poljana before at 7.30pm, a documentary screens in the Love Bar about Dubrovnik’s party scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Oh, and at 7pm, there’s live jazz at the Marin Držić Theatre.
Later in December, you’ll find guided tours in English themed around Dubrovnik Christmas carols (Saturday 16th, 23rd & 30th, 9.30am), a North Pole station on the main square of Luža, performances of the Nutcracker Suite at the Marin Držić Theatre and cod specialities available along Stradun. Kids can board the little train that will chug around Uvala Bay.
The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra give a Christmas concert on December 22, a Christmas Eve concert of folk songs at noon and a procession of Santas on motorbikes on Boxing Day. New Year’s Eve sees a whole day’s worth of festivities from 11am onwards.
The season runs until January 6. For more details, see here