Sea Dance Festival ( sh, / ) is a summer music festival held at

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. It has been held at

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since July 2014 until 2017, as a part of the EXIT Adventure, an extension of EXIT Festival. Just after its first edition, Sea Dance Festival was officially proclaimed as the 'Best Medium Sized European festival' at the European Festivals Awards, held in

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in January 2015. Following the recognition at the

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, Sea Dance Festival teamed up with London-based media company AEI and its global brands UKF and TheSoundYouNeed for the second edition of the festival. In short time, Sea Dance gained international media attention, featuring an article in

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magazine that listed Sea Dance Festival, together with EXIT Festival in Top 10 Europe's Summer Festivals. At the national level, Sea Dance festival won Montenegro Wild beauty Award for the event with greatest promotional effect for Montenegro.

Location

Beach is 2,250 m (7,382 ft) long and is a 30-minute ride along the azure coast from the Old Town in

as well as about 1 km (0.62 mi) from Petrovac in the direction of

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. It is a

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combined with soft sand.

Key stages

The key stages of the festival include the

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with its 30,000 attendee capacity, No Sleep Stage,

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Stage, Silent Dance, Latino Stage, Cinema, and CHILL Zone. Dance Paradise Stage was replaced with the No Sleep Stage in 2017.

History by years

Sea Dance 2014

The first Sea Dance Festival was held from 15 to 17 July 2014 at the

, and represented 3 days of music performances. The festival was part of the EXIT Adventure, representing an additional 3 days of EXIT Festival. First edition of the festival visited 80 thousand people, making it one of the most visited events in Montenegro. Be Human Charity Events The EXIT Foundation's EXIT AID program, designed to help those affected by the devastating floods in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia organised the VIP humanitarian part of Sea Dance Festival entitled "BE HUMAN!" The event was a collaborative effort between the EXIT Foundation and the municipality of Budva, and Dukley Gardens, with the support from the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Government of Montenegro as well as the National Tourist Organisation of Montenegro and Tourist Organisation of Budva. Be Human featured music stars

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and

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and took place at Dukley Gardens during Sea Dance Festival. Entrance was only available to GOLD and PLATINUM VIP ticket holders. All profits made from GOLD and PLATINUM VIP ticket sales for Sea Dance Festival went to floodrelief efforts in

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, and

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. The total sum of aid collected by the Municipality of

and EXIT AID, counting BE HUMAN events, is over 140 000EUR in funds and 80 000EUR worth of goods. The collected aid was distributed to

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relief efforts as coordinated by the

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of the

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Sea Dance 2015

Second edition of Sea Dance festival was held from 15 to 18 July 2015 on

, with headlining acts such as

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, as well as

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and Roisin Murphy. The appearance of this year's festival was modified in comparison to previous year, and had six outdoor stages, that offered various music genres. Sea Dance Festival also increased the number of foreign visitors for 70% in comparison to the previous year, with people from more than 40 countries of the world passing through the festival gates. It also set a record in overall attendance around 110,000 people were present at Jaz Beach. The

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site also included a

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place, located 50 meters away from the

, which sits next to the

. In 2015 Main Stage hosted stars and artists from various

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, including:

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, Wilkinson,

Róisín Murphy Róisín Marie Murphy ( , ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside English musician Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, she ...

Noisia Noisia (stylised as NOISIΛ; "VISION" turned upside down) was a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, Netherlands. They produce a wide variety of music including d ...

Brookes Brothers Phil and Dan Brookes, otherwise known as the Brookes Brothers, are two London-based drum and bass producers. History In 2006 they surfaced with "Portal" / "Desert Island" on Danny Wheeler's W10 imprint. This was followed by "Verano", a collabo ...

, Black Sun Empire,

Fred V & Grafix Fred V & Grafix were an English drum and bass duo made up of Frederick "Fred V" Vahrman (born 12 January 1990) and Joshua "Grafix" Jackson (born 14 June 1991). The duo was signed to Hospital Records and hailed from Devon, England. They have gue ...

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TeeBee Torgeir Byrknes, better known by his stage name Teebee, is a Norwegian DJ and producer of drum and bass. He also runs the record label Subtitles Recordings. Teebee began DJing in 1990 and released his first record in 1996. He won the Knowledge M ...

, Maduk,

Dubioza Kolektiv Dubioza kolektiv (also known simply as Dubioza) is a Bosnian avant-garde dub rock group known for their crossover style that incorporates elements of hip hop, dub, ska, reggae, rock, punk, electronic music, and Balkan music, and for their soci ...

. Dance Paradise Stage hosted:

Bondax Bondax is an electronic music duo consisting of English musicians Adam Kaye (born 1 April 1994) and George Townsend (born 17 September 1993). The group gained prominence primarily as a result of BBC Radio, initially through BBC Introducing Lanca ...

Flight Facilities Flight Facilities is an Australian electronic producer duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. The ...

Gramatik Denis Jašarević (born 19 October 1984), known by his stage name Gramatik, is a Slovenian electronic music producer, originally from Portorož, Slovenia. He currently resides in New York City. Early life Denis Jašarević was born in Portorož ...

Odesza Odesza (; stylized as ODESZA) is an American electronic music duo originating from Bellingham, Washington. It consists of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, known individually as Catacombkid and BeachesBeaches. They formed in 2012, shortly bef ...

Star Slinger Star Slinger (born Darren Williams) is an electronic music producer and DJ based in Manchester, UK, taking influences mainly from house and hip hop. Star Slinger first came to attention after self-releasing a beat tape in the summer of 2010 ent ...

TCTS Sam O'Neill, known by his stage name TCTS, is an English DJ and record producer from Manchester. He is signed to Chase & Status' record label, MTA. O'Neill is best known for his 2014 song "Games", which reached number 29 on the UK Dance Chart. ...

, Soul Clap, PillowTalk,

James Zabiela James Zabiela is a DJ and music producer, producer from Southampton, England. In his early years his signature style was a fusion of Breakbeat and Progressive House music; more recently, however, he is regarded as a Progressive House, Techno a ...

, Kim Ann Foxman and.

Sea Dance 2016

Sea Dance 2016 was held 14–16 July 2016. In 2015 Main Stage hosted stars and artists such as:

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead sing ...

Hurts Hurts are an English musical duo formed in Manchester in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft and multi-instrumentalist Adam Anderson. They have released five studio albums: ''Happiness'' (2010), ''Exile'' (2013), ''Surrender'' (2015), ' ...

Lost Frequencies Felix De Laet (born 30 November 1993), known by his stage name Lost Frequencies, is a Belgian DJ and record producer. He is best known for his singles "Are You with Me" in 2014, "Reality" in 2015, and " Where Are You Now" with Calum Scott in ...

Stereo MCs Stereo MC's are an English hip hop/ electronic dance group which formed in Nottingham, England, in 1985. They had an international top 20 hit with their single "Connected". After releasing eight albums for Island Records, K7, Graffiti Recording ...

Andy C Andrew John Clarke (born 7 April 1976) is a British DJ and record producer and is co-founder of RAM Records, a pioneering label in the drum and bass genre. Music career Early years Andy C was a DJ in his own right but gained a strong reputa ...

Banco de Gaia Banco de Gaia is an English electronic music project, formed in 1989 by Toby Marks (born 1964, South London, England). The music of Banco de Gaia is mostly categorized as ambient dub and downtempo. Marks works to cross genres, often using Ara ...

Sub Focus Nicolaas Douwma (born 13 April 1982), better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer from Guildford, Surrey. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, ...

Goldie Clifford Joseph Price MBE (born 19 September 1965), better known as Goldie, is a British music producer and DJ. Initially gaining exposure for his work as a graffiti artist, Goldie became well known for his pioneering role as a musician in th ...

Zomboy Joshua Mellody (born 1 June 1989), professionally known as Zomboy, is an English dubstep music producer, songwriter, and DJ whose mascot is a zombie. Biography Before Joshua Mellody was active under the name Zomboy, he had an Electronicore ...

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Filatov & Karas "Don't Be So Shy" is a song by French singer Imany. The song was written by Imany and music by Nadia Mladjao (Imany) and Stéfane Goldman. A remixed version by Filatov & Karas became a pan-European and international hit for Imany and her biggest ...

S.A.R.S. Sveže Amputirana Ruka Satrijanija ( sr-cyr, Свеже ампутирана рука Сатријанија, lit=The Freshly Amputated Arm of Satriani), or S.A.R.S. for short, are a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Presenting a comb ...

Who See Who See (also referred to as Who See? and Who See Klapa) is a Montenegrin hip-hop duo from Kotor. Its members are Dedduh or Deda (Dejan Dedović), from Kotor, and Noyz (Mario Đorđević), from Herceg Novi. The group was created in the early 2 ...

and many more. Dance Paradise Stage hosted:

Jeff Mills Jeff Mills (born June 18, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American DJ, record producer, and composer. Thanks to his technical abilities as a DJ, Mills became known as ''The Wizard'' in the early to mid 1980s. In the late 1980s Mills founded ...

Sister Bliss Ayalah Deborah Bentovim (born 30 December 1970), better known by her stage name Sister Bliss, is a British keyboardist, record producer, DJ and songwriter. In the studio, she is best known for her work with Rollo Armstrong as one half of the pr ...

, Black Coffee and many more. Due to rain, overall attendance was 75,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2017

Sea Dance Festival took place 13–15 July 2017. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2017 included

Sean Paul Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists. Paul's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the ...

, John Newman,

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

Mahmut Orhan Mahmut Orhan (born 11 January 1993) is a Turkish disc jockey and record producer. Orhan started working with music in Bursa at the age of 15 and would eventually move to Istanbul to work at a " Bebek" nightclub in 2011. He first experienced intern ...

and many more. Sea Dance 2017 featured No Sleep Stage instead of Dance Paradise Stage. The overall attendance was 65,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2018

Sea Dance Festival took place 30 August–1 September. It was the first time the location of the festival has been changed, moving from

Beach in

. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2018 included

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Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are a Belgian–Greek DJ duo composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They were ranked No. 1 on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2019, and were ranked No. 2 in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020 ...

Paul Kalkbrenner Paul Kalkbrenner () (born 11 June 1977) is a German musician, producer of electronic music and actor. Because he breaks down his tracks into elements that are reassembled onstage, Kalkbrenner is considered a live act, as opposed to a DJ. He is ...

Nina Kraviz Nina Kraviz (russian: Нина Кравиц, Nina Kravits) is a Russian DJ, music producer and singer. Early life and career Kraviz was born and raised in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. She moved to Moscow to study dentistry where she later gained h ...

Alice Merton Alice Florence Clarissa Merton (born 13 September 1993) is a German-Canadian singer and songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, " No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name and in 2018, she rele ...

, as well as

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, Bassivity Showcase,

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, Hladno Pivo,

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and many more. The overall attendance was 47,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2019

Sea Dance Festival took place 30 August–1 September. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2019 included

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

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Richie Hawtin Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. He becam ...

Robin Schulz Robin Alexander Schulz (; born 28 April 1987) is a German musician, DJ and record producer. On 4 February 2014, he released the first single from his debut album, a remix of "Waves" by Dutch hip hop artist Mr. Probz. This remix later received ...

and many more. The overall attendance was 63,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2020

Sea Dance Festival was supposed to take place 28–30 August, until it's postponement to August 2021 due to the 2019/20 COVID–19 Pandemic. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2020 were supposed to include

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...

and many more.

Sea Dance 2021

Sea Dance Festival took place 26–29 August, with the 28 August program moved to the next day, due to the weather circumstances. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2021 included

Boris Brejcha Brejcha (; born November 26, 1981 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German DJ and record producer. He describes his music style as "''high-tech minimal''." His style has been compared with DJ Umek, and Solomun. Brejcha frequently wears a joker ...

Maceo Plex Eric Estornel, better known by his stage names Maceo Plex (), Maetrik and Mariel Ito, is a Cuban-American DJ, techno music producer and DJ Awards winner, raised in Dallas and Miami. Biography He is best known for his diverse production style, wh ...

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and many more. The overall attendance was 22,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2022

Sea Dance Festival took place 26–28 August. The headlining acts for Sea Dance 2022 included

Konstrakta Ana Đurić (; sr-Cyrl, Ана Ђурић, ; , ; born 12 October 1978), known professionally as Konstrakta ( sr-Cyrl, Констракта), is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She had risen to prominence as the lead vocalist of the indie pop b ...

Senidah Senida Hajdarpašić (; born 9 April 1985), known by her stage name Senidah (pronounced ), is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. Often dubbed the "Balkan Trap Diva" by the media, she was born in Ljubljana and rose to prominence as the lead singer o ...

, Shouse and many more. The overall attendance was 40,000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2023

Sea Dance Festival will take place in August.

Festival by year

References

External links

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