25. LIBURNIA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Opatija, 04. - 06. VII. 2025.

The first weekend in July, Opatija again becomes a jazz stage. In three days, jazz will be played in Opatija "from morning to tomorrow", on sea and land, from the Summer Stage to the historic terraces of the hotel, on the boat, the city promenade, streets, pavilions.

This year, we are bringing jazz music to the golden audience at the Volosko Retirement Home, and the youngest will encounter jazz for the first time in the Angiolina Park Music Pavilion at children's workshops.

Liburnia Jazz Festival is the largest Croatian international jazz festival. It had its first edition in 2001 and despite all the crises, it has managed to survive to this day.

Every first weekend in July, Opatija "lives jazz". Every year, more than 3,000 visitors make the pilgrimage to the Liburnia Jazz Festival from all over Croatia and all countries in the region.

Our mission is simple but very demanding: close-up the Jazz to the wide public, making it easy and understandable to everybody. Our main target is to close-up theJazz Music to the auditorium unused to the Jazz, to all those who consider it as an exclusive music "from musicians to musicians", as a hermetic expressive form only for the conossieurs. Our job is to convice them to the opposite, to show to everybody that jazz is a pure joy of the performance and improvisation with no borders and boundaries at all.

We are proud to the fact that our job is gaining more and more success through the years. Carefully selected programe can satisfy even the most demanding jazz purist, but at the same time it has to delight and overwhelm every first-time jazz listener sitting in the audience.

Program of the 24th Liburnia Jazz Festival

LIBURNIA JAZZ - 25 YEARS OF DREAMS TURNED INTO MUSIC

Open air theatre, 06. VII. 2024., 21:30h

Twenty-five years ago, an idea was born out of a deep love for jazz — an idea that grew into one of the most unique music festivals in the region. In 2001, a group of enthusiasts dreamed of a place where jazz could be truly lived: played, heard, and learned. That dream began in Lovran, in the one-of-a-kind “jazz konoba,” among people who live for music. From the first notes in the Lovran harbor to world-class performances on Opatija’s stunning stages, Liburnia Jazz has become a place where jazz plays from morning till night — on squares, terraces, boats, and streets.

Today, Liburnia Jazz is much more than a festival – it’s a musical movement, a story of dreams, togetherness, and the power of music to connect us and make us better.

Over the years, the festival has nurtured generations of Croatian jazz talents, welcomed countless international artists, and built a lasting community of passionate music lovers. The Jazz Ex Tempore project enriched the journey even further through multicultural collaborations and award-winning albums.

You’ll be able to hear and feel it all this year, from July 4th to 6th in Opatija.

Thank you to everyone who is part of this beautiful story.

EARLY BIRD tickets for Richard Galliano's concert for 20,00 euros (until 01. VI. 2024) can be purchased on-line at www.mojekarte.hr, points of sales and Festival Opatija, Zert bb, Opatija

Full ticket price after 01.VI. will be 30,00 eur

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