The Split Festival (officially ''Festival zabavne glazbe Split'' or ''Splitski Festival'') is a pop

music festival A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...

held annually, in July, in

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. It has been held since 1960. It is one of the premier

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. Since its inception, the festival has had over 800 compositions by the country's most famous composers (

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Arsen Dedić Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić ( sr-Cyrl, Арсеније "Арсен" Дедић, ; 28 July 1938 – 17 August 2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was o ...

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, Đelo Jusić, Nikica Kalogjera,

Rajko Dujmić Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group Novi fosili. He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, " Rock me", along with Ste ...

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Đorđe Novković Đorđe Novković (; 2 September 1943 – 6 May 2007) was a Croatian songwriter who was known for his work in Yugoslavia and Croatia. Novković composed more than 2,500 songs and sold approximately 20 million records. He is also known as the fathe ...

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), performed by some of the nation's best singers (

Oliver Dragojević Oliver Dragojević (; 7 December 1947 – 29 July 2018) was a Croatian singer and composer, who was considered one of the most enduring musical stars and cultural icons in Croatia with a discography that spanned nearly five decades. His style ble ...

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, Radojka Šverko,

Ibrica Jusić Ibrahim "Ibrica" Jusić (born 15 December 1944) is Croatian chanson, folk, pop and sevdalinka singer-songwriter and musician. Early life and career beginnings Ibrica Jusić was born as Ibrahim Jusić in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik into a ...

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Meri Cetinić Meri Cetinić (born 15 June 1953) is a Croatian pop singer and soprano vocalist. Cetinić was born in Split and graduated at the Teachers Academy of the University of Split The University of Split ( hr, Sveučilište u Splitu) is a universit ...

, Tedi Spalato, Zorica Kondža) and groups ( Dubrovački trubaduri,

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Indexi Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome živi ...

Teška industrija Teška Industrija (trans. "''Heavy Industry''") is a rock band from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in Sarajevo. They are noted for a mixture of hard rock and prog-rock sound with elements of bosnian folk music and "symphonic" arrangements. Teška ...

, Novi fosili,

Magazin Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split. Founded in 1979 under the name Dalmatinski magazin ("Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside ...

, 777), Đorđi Peruzović, and others.

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External links

Split Festival Official Website
Music festivals in Croatia

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Recurring events established in 1960 Croatian popular music Music festivals in Yugoslavia

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