“Jazz is Back! BP” International Jazz Festival

From 4 to 17 July 2024, the picturesque city of artists – Grožnjan will host another edition of the International Jazz Festival dedicated to the great Croatian jazz musician Boško Petrović. The festival includes a total of 14 concert nights featuring eminent jazz and blues musicians from all over the world. This longest-running jazz festival in Croatia is held in cooperation with the Municipality of Grožnjan and the International Cultural Centre of the Jeunesses Musicales Croatia in Grožnjan, and it is sponsored by Valamar. In 2008, the festival won the prize of the European Jazz Federation for the best small (boutique) festival. A special feature of the “Jazz is Back! BP” festival is that its programme brings together all the activities taking place in Grožnjan – it is held at the same time as the Summer Jazz School of the Jeunesses Musicales Croatia, taught by an international team of mentors.

The first day of the festival, 4 July, will be marked by the performance of Denis Makin and the Vervet blues band from Novigrad, and the very next day, the visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the energetic performance by Zdenka Kovačiček and the Green House Band. The excellent eclectic quartet Exploding Pig will entertain you on 6 July, while on 7 July, you will be able to enjoy wonderful interpretations by Tamara Obrovac and Matija Dedić. On Monday, 8 July, the musical evening will be completed by Michael Philip Mossman and the Grožnjan All Stars, who are sure to leave a lasting impression, while the evening after, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the Kušan-Zalokar-Smrdel Trio and their “Music of the Mind, Music of the Moment”. On 10 July, you can enjoy the performance of the excellent Elvis Stanić, and on 11 July, the JM Jazz World Orchestra and Luis Bonilla will take the stage. The following day, you can come and see the performance of the TradeInEtno Orchestra, and on 14 July, don’t miss another Grožnjan All Stars concert featuring Hector Martignon. On Monday, 15 July, you will be able to relax at the BP evening-Jazz Continuo, while the third cycle of the Grožnjan All Stars featuring Dušan Kranjec will be presented on the penultimate day of the festival. The last day of the festival, taking place on 17 July, will end with the JM International Music School Finale – Students and Mentors.

All programmes start at 9:30 p.m., on the Belvedere Terrace in Grožnjan, and the entrance is free for all visitors.