Music will be heard from the balconies, streets and city squares... From opening nights, concerts of popular music to classical Christmas carols, you will hear joyful Advent performances on every corner of Zagreb.
JOLLY GOOD TIME
This year, the Zagreb Christmas songbook will echo throughout concert halls and churches, museums and foyers.
Advent concerts of Zagreb soloists
The Zagreb Soloists are considered one of the most precious cultural properties of the Republic of Croatia and of the city they are named after.
03.12.2023. 12:00 Ethnographic Museum
Advent under the Lantern
Join the gas lamp lighters every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until Christmas Eve and experience a 160-year-old tradition of lighting gas lamps.
06.12.2023. -22.12.2023. Upper Town
Evenings with Brahms
Throughout 4 scheduled events during the Advent season, the piano masters accompanied by a soprano singer will perform carefully selected timeless gems from the music treasury of Johannes Brahms. The performance will have a special note as the musicians will play on the unique 1868 piano made by J. B. Streicher.
03.12.2023. 19:00 Liszt Institute Zagreb
Zagreb Advent Postcards
A quartet of professional vocal artists, "Vox," will perform at popular locations in the center of Zagreb.
01.12.2023. 16:00 Oktogon Passage
Advent symphony of the city
What could bring a smile to your face better than music? Joyful and heartwarming, well-known Christmas melodies performed by the music and art studio "Kralj" invite all passersby to stop and enjoy their harmonious performances and to join in the cheerful music with their own voices.
07.12.2023. 20:00 Advent symphony of the city
From Christmas Balconies to Zagreb
From some of the most beautiful balconies in Zagreb, the music will be performed by a six-member Ad Gloriam brass wind ensemble, bringing holiday joy to the colorful city streets.
03.12.2023. 17:00 The Lav Gallery balcony
Advent concerts of the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra
Fans of classical music of all generations will enjoy four concerts by the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra and its exceptionally talented soloists this Advent.
03.12.2023. 20:00 Croatian Writers' Association
Concert of orchestra and choir from Australia
Knox Grammar School, St Catherine's and Cranbrook School in cooperation with the Embassy of Australia in Croatia
11.12.2023. 18:00 Croatian National Theatre
The Festival of Advent and Christmas Songs in Zagreb
This year, Advent is full of traditional cultural events. The melodies of Croatian folk songs, as well as those from foreign composers, with a special emphasis on Ukrainian music, lead us into the joy of another Christmas.
08.12.2023. 20:00 Greek Catholic co-cathedral of St. Cyril and Methodius
Concerts of the “Ivan Filipović” Chamber Choir
From classic choral compositions of sacred and Advent themes to popular world Christmas melodies.
09.12.2023. 20:00 Church of St. Families
50th anniversary of the opening of Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall is celebrating its 50th anniversary from 28 to 30 December! On this occasion, they will host programs that reflect the foundations on which it was created—a place that connects the old and the new city, tradition and contemporary trends.
28.12.2023. -30.12.2023. Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
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