60th Dubrovnik Summer Festival

More than two thousand musicians, actors and dancers from many countries participate in the traditional Dubrovnik Summer Festival which takes place each year from 10 July to 25 August in the unique setting of the old walled city, a World Heritage Site. Concerts given in the Renaissance atmosphere of the Rector's Palace or plays staged on the Lovrijenac Fortress overlooking the waves of the Adriatic are simply an unforgettable experience.

2009

9–10 August

Photo: HINA

U2 in concert in Zagreb

As part of its global "Kiss the Future" tour, which began in June 2009 and ended in July 2011, the famous Irish rock band gave two outstanding concerts at Maksimir stadium in the Croatian capital. Given the success of the first concert, a second one was organised the next day, bringing together more than 124,000 fans. The leader of the group, Bono, began the concert by declaiming the famous verse by Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638), the greatest poet of Dubrovnik, who inspired generations of Croatians: "Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet freedom!"