A summer of parties on the Adriatic: Petrcane, a seaside village on the Adriatic, has become an unlikely epicentre of cutting-edge music, with a string of festivals.
These are the highlights:
The Garden Festival
3-5 July and 10-12 July; tickets £70; thegardenfestival.eu.
Headliners Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay
Soundwave
17-20 July; £60; soundwavecroatia.com.
Headliners DJ Yoda, The Bays, Alice Russell, Hexstatic
Airbound
31 July-2 August; €59; airbound.net.
Headliners Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, Beardyman
Like Minded Festival
13-16 August; £50; likemindedfestival.co.uk.
Headliners Hector, Toby Tobias, Tristan Da Cunha
Electric Elephant
28-30 August; £70; electricelephant.co.uk.
Headliners Unabombers, Andrew Weatherall, Joakim
Disco3000
4-6 Sept; €60; disco3k.com.
Headliners Château Flight, Move D, Trus'me
Exodus
11-13 Sept; £75; exoduscroatia.com.
Headliners Iration Steppas, Mungo's Hifi, N-type
Further info and links:
http://www.find-croatia.com/blog/petrcane-near-zadar-has-become-an-epicentre-of-cutting-edge-music/http://www.find-croatia.com/blog/the-garden-festival-zadar/http://www.find-croatia.com/blog/new-ibiza-garden-festival-in-petrcane-croatia/http://www.find-croatia.com/zadar/