How will you spend your weekend in Croatia’s best destination?
Welcome to another sunny and beautiful weekend in Split, the famous Dalmatian capital that has just been named Croatia’s destination of the year! As you would imagine, there are almost too many events going on this weekend – and for those of you looking for a good time, there is plenty to be had.
While this is never easy, we’ve found a way to compile our top picks for the weekend of October 27 – 29, 2017.
Friday, October 27, 2017
If you’re looking to boogie
Zeljko Samardzic at Amnesia – 22:00: Split’s newest club opens their doors tonight! Amnesia is more than a club; it is designed to meet the highest standards, through the concept of a grill and club. It is the first nightclub in Dalmatia where you will be able to taste top-class food from 21:00 until midnight, and from midnight until 3 am Amnesia turns into a nightclub.
Domaćica at Quasimodo – 23:00: On Friday at Quasi, you can hear everything from indie rock to hip-hop in a new ‘quasi-formidable’ format called “Domaćica”. You can expect the sounds of Kiša Metaka, Bad Copy, High5, TBF, Edo Maajka, Boys, Sajsi MC, SevdahBABY, Gruva, Nipplepeople, PMG Collective, Leut Magnetik, Darkwood Dub, Bernays Propaganda, Repetitor, Rolo, Petrol, Jarboli, ESC Life, Benchwarmers. Entry is 10 HRK.
Lancun at Judino Drvo – 23:00: Modeled after a French club, Judino Drvo will turn their stage white on Friday! A white sheet will act as a cover on the DJ booth, with a goal in mind that you, the respectable audience, only listen with your ears. The ultimate goal is that the music is the most important in this scenario and the audience should not be concerned about the look of the DJ – content more important than form. Unique dance music, hardly defined by one genre, the crowd can enjoy funk and rock and roll to studio 54 and world music hits.
Maja Šuput at Vanilla Club – 23:00: Famous Croatian pop star, Maja returns to the stage of Vanilla! Info/reservations: 099 8313 050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=NJyY-ocZXcY
Gartzsound w/ Ishan Sound at Kocka – 23:00: For their 3rd birthday celebration, GartzSound has prepared something different – moving away from a strict dub night and playing all 140 styles. For this special occasion comes the hero of the UK bass scene, ISHAN SOUND from Bristol! His sets include dub and dubstep over grime, hip-hop and similar genres. In all of his productions and sets, there is always a sense of roots from heroes like Jah Shaka. Support: El Commando
Want to catch a film?
Films at Golden Gate Cinema – 17:30: “The Secret of an Old Attic (1984)” at 17:30, “Glasnije od oružja (2017)” at 20:00 – a documentary about the role of patriotic music in political changes in the 1990s and the Homeland War and about the destiny of its authors and singers.
“Hairspray” at Kinoclub Split – 20:30: Remake of the classic based on John Waters version from the late eighties. Directed by Adam Shankman. Actors include John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=SUoG7mqCixI
Or a bit of culture?
Rhinoceros at HNK – 20:00: “Nightmare of endured war reality becomes the backbone of this play in which a mysterious infection slowly turns people into rhinoceros. Metamorphosis connecting totalitarian linguistic discourse and primal human animalism becomes thus a powerful image of lost humanity in the invading tide of madness and as such a welcome theatre vaccine against all forms of collective contagions,” writes HNK.
Cabaret Splićanke at GKM – 20:00: An omnibus of five confessional stories of Split women told through stand-up comedy shows with accompanying song and glamorous dance, led by the choreography of the world-famous Lea Mujić. The performance satirizes and ironizes the gaps of today’s Split and Dalmatia, allowing everyone to relate.
And for you art enthusiasts
The 8th Splitgraphic Biennial will present the works of 73 contemporary graphic artists from around the world with more than one hundred graphic works spread across the three floors of the Old Town Hall.
The selector of the 8. Splitgraphic Biennial was Belgian professor and graphic artist Ingrid Ledent (1955). Ledent is a lithography professor at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Applied Arts and the Academy of Applied Arts in Shanghai (SAFA), and today is one of the leading names in contemporary graphic art with a series of solo exhibitions, as well as the winner of many international awards at world biennials and triennials of prints. Ledent was also a member of the jury of various international graphic manifestations. The collective exhibition selection concept is based on an overview of the diversity and variety of contemporary graphic production.
1. COMPOSED EXHIBITION / Old Town Hall, 16.10. – 15.11.2017.
2. SOLO EXHIBITION WOJCIECH TYLBOR – KUBRAKIEWICZ (Grand Prix 2015) in cooperation with HULU Split / Salon Galić, 10.11. – 21.11.2017.
3. COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION STUDENT SELECTION 8.SPLITGRAPHIC / University Gallery “Vasko Lipovac”, 24.11. – 5.12.2017.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
For the live music lovers
Nipplepeople at Paradox Wine Bar – 20:00: Nipplepeople is a Croatian, mysterious masked electro-power duo founded in 2008. They have gained popularity throughout the region with hit single “Sutra”, performances at renowned summer festivals and the latest hit “Frka” featuring Zdenka Kovačiček. The show is free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=2pfLE5YJ1Fo
Youngblood Brass Band at Judino Drvo – 22:00: This American brass band is known for joining the tradition and sounds from the streets of New Orleans with the influences of other, mostly African-style, musical styles such as hip-hop or jazz. YBBB has always highlighted the great importance of punk rock in their lives, and in their first releases, and especially their live performances, they began to emerge as an original high energy brass band. Entrance is 90 HRK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=1pD7UYgUUA4
Lovely Quinces at Quasimodo – 22:00: Dunja Ercegović released her first songs at the end of 2012 under the name ‘Lovely Quinces’. “Wrong House” in February 2013 had a tremendous impact in Croatia, which was followed by many live performances throughout the region. Her first EP, “No room for us”, came out in September 2013, gaining critical acclaim and was awarded album of the year. She has performed at SXSW, Canadian Music Week, Indie Week Toronto, Waves Vienna & Bratislava and many other festivals and conferences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=mhGU7kpOt0o
Afterparty: DJ Halioz – Selection of house electro hits and remixes of all ages, from Grandmaster Flash, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Gus Gus, Leftfield, Underworld, New Orders, Moby to Fatboy Slim. Entrance is 40 HRK at the door.
If you want to boogie
Rane at Zenta Club – 22:00: A new theme party with the retro music of the 90s on the first floor, while the other levels will play old hits and house from the same period. Dule Savić!
Saturday Night Fever at Vanilla – 23:00: Mashup by Tony Sanchez!
Aco Pejović at Tropic Club – 23:00: Tickets can be purchased on the day of the concert at the club entrance (from 23:00).
Looking to chill?
Films at Golden Gate Cinema – 17:30: “Underverden (2017)” at 17:30, and “The Snowman (2017)” at 20:00.
Death and the Dervish at HNK – 20:00: Igor Kirov’s language of dance will captivate the world of the metaphysical and mystical in Selimovic’s ‘Death and the Dervish’.
HNK
How about some art?
Asti Miša at Info Zona – All Day: For the exhibition cycle of the younger generation, in October, Info Zona will host the exhibition Asti Miša! by Zrinka Ružičić. The young academic sculptor has found inspiration in mice, and this is her third solo exhibition. The exhibition will be open at Šperun (Jerina 1) until November 3, 2017.
Afrika Goran Jović at Ethnographic Museum: Jović photographs dominate the permeation of darkness and gaze. As a photographer, his pictures of male, female and children’s portraits are masterpieces in black or white.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Feel like doing some good?
Flea Market for Cats without a Home at Kocka – 17:00: A market where you can shop while doing good! Bring old clothes, books, toys, jewelery, tools, and utensils – because someone’s garbage is someone else’s treasure! All proceeds will go to helping cats without a home.
And for art
“Edgy” Exhibition at Gallery of Fine Arts: Boundary is the video of Carlos Aires (Spain), Paola Canevari (Italy), and Aurore Reinhard (Finland) which links the appropriation and reinterpretation of historically recognizable cultural patterns taken from either high or popular art. These are templates that aestheticize the strength and importance of sex and sexuality, which at some historical point in time represented the provocation to eventually become the classics of their period or mainstream entertainment. By their reinterpretation, contemporary artists return the subversive charge and explore the penitential status and the relationship between sexuality and power, ideology, and sensuality.
Galerija Umjetnina
Other events continuing throughout the weekend:
SASO at Spaladium Arena: The International SASO Fair will take place through October 28th and includes a number of international specialized fairs including construction, the wood industry, the metal industry, tools, machinery and equipment, craftsmen, small businesses and entrepreneurs, an international electronic, energy and telecommunications fair, finance fair, environmental fair, and an international fair of communal equipment.
