Zadarfest is a music festival held annually since 1993 in

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. In 2010, it was held in the Višnjik Hall, but was criticized for lack of appeal to the audience. The 2011 edition was moved to

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on a nearby island, but was plagued by bad weather and attendance issues as well. The festival gives out several awards, the highest being the

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Festival winners

*1993 – Gibonni with "Život me umorio" *1994 – Gibonni with "Dvije duše" *1995 –

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with "Ima Boga" *1996 –

Petar Grašo Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Split to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995. S ...

and "Trebam nekoga" *1997 – *1998 – *1999 – Vanna with "Daj mi jedan dobar razlog" and Mladen Grdović with "Vitar nek' puše" *2000 – Vanna with "Pomozi mi sad" and

with "Mjesec je žut" *2001 – Vanna with "Više nisi moj" *2002 –

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with "Nije mi vrime", Tomislav Bralić with "Ispod tvoje boloture" and Giuliano with "Padam na koljena" *2003 –

Vesna Pisarović Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. Life and career 1978–1999: Early life Pisarović was born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, SR Croatia, a part of the same cou ...

with "Ljubomora" *2004 – *2005 –

References

Music festivals in Croatia Events in Zadar Croatian popular music Tourist attractions in Zadar County {{music-festival-stub