Špancirfest

Špancirfest (pronounced [ʃpaŋtsir̩fɛst]) is a street festival which has been held every year since 1999 in Varaždin, Croatia, and lasts for 10 days.^[1]

"Špancirfest" inscription in giant letters

People in costumes walking at Špancirfest in 2008.

People in costumes walking at Špancirfest in 2008.

People in costumes walking at Špancirfest in 2008.

It begins at the end of August, and ends at the beginning of September. During these days Varazdin regularly hosts over 100,000 tourists coming from all over Croatia and the surrounding countries. Varazdin's inner ring is turned into an all out entertainment zone. Concert stages, entertainment zones, shopping kiosks and eateries are erected and street performers, musicians, and all kinds of artists line the streets.

Events

This Street Festival is made out of several little Festivals:

• Komedija fest (Comedy Fest)
• Hlapec fest (Children plays, for Children under 14 years of age)
• Moderato fest (for lovers of classical music, concerts)
• Jazz festival
• Ritam fest (concerts, a variety of musical expressions)
• Ulica fest (street artists, acrobats, jugglers, street musicians, puppet plays)

The Festival contains about 300 subprograms.

Past Presenters

Over the last 14 years numerous many well known artist from Croatia, former Yugoslavia and all over the world have participated in the festival such as:

Nouvelle Vague Omar Sosa Asian Dub Foundation The Bambi Molesters The Beat Fleet Blondie Buraka Som Sistema Creedence Clearwater Revisited Damir Urban Darko Rundek Dubioza kolektiv Đorđe Balašević Edo Maajka

Flogging Molly Fun Lovin' Criminals Hladno pivo Josipa Lisac Jura Stublić Kemal Monteno Kiril Džajkovski Majke Massimo Savić Bajaga Morcheeba Neno Belan Oliver Dragojević

Partibrejkers Psihomodo Pop Rambo Amadeus Skunk Anansie Tony Cetinski Toše Proeski Vlatko Stefanovski Gibonni Mando Diao Parov Stelar Gogol Bordello Manu Chao S.A.R.S.