The Festival of Street Musicians (
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
: Фестивал уличних свирача / ''Festival uličnih svirača'') is a non-competitive
festival
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...
, which gathers the
street art performers and musicians. It is held annually in early September in the
city center of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
, in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. The festival is founded by
Centre for Culture Animation, and sponsored by the City of Novi Sad.
The festival features performers of different music genres often playing unusual instruments in a series of street shows, dances and acrobatics. The first festival was held in 2001, initiated by Robert Kolar, the former MP for culture. From the very beginning, the Festival has had not only international character, but includes artists from Novi Sad that are just starting off.
Tourist organization of Serbia awarded the Festival with the award Tourist Flower, in the category ''Cultural-tourist manifestation contributing to tourism''.
In 2012 the festival received funding from the European Union and as such has gained a status of a European Festival.
Over 150 worldwide artists had performed.
References
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Music festivals in Serbia
Culture in Novi Sad
Music in Novi Sad
Folk festivals in Serbia
Music festivals established in 2001
Autumn events in Serbia