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Sea Star Festival
DatesTwo days, starting on the third Friday of May
24–25 May 2024
Location(s)Umag, Croatia
Years active2017–present
Attendance42,000
Websiteseastarfestival.com
Stella Maris Resort

Sea Star Festival (Serbo-Croatian: Si Star festival / Си Стар фестивал) is a music festival organized by the team behind EXIT Festival in Serbia. It was held for the first time on 26–27 May 2017 at the Stella Maris Resort in the City of Umag, while the second edition was held in 2018 on 25–26 May. The festival features rock, pop, electronic, techno, house, hip-hop, metal and punk acts performing on multiple stages. Some notable names who performed include Fatboy Slim, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Paul Van Dyk, Sven Väth, Wu-Tang Clan, Dubioza kolektiv, Amelie Lens, UMEK, Meduza, Onyx, The Prodigy, Robin Schulz and many more.[1][needs update] [2][3]

In its first festival year in 2017, Sea Star was shortlisted in two categories at the annual European Festivals Awards which are held in Groningen, Netherlands, competing for the title of best mid-sized and best new festival. At national level, in 2017 Sea Star won the Capra D’Oro award given by Istria Tourist Board for promoting the region of Istra, while winning the "Ambasador" award in the same year for best new festival.

Sea Star also caught the attention of international media, with Travel Magazine concluding that with "outstanding productions the festival is set to be a stunner".[4]

Location

Sea Star's Festival site is the Stella Maris Complex on the Istrian beach at the north of the Croatian seaside.[citation needed]

Key stages

Sea Star festival has six stages in total. The Tesla Main Stage presents the headliners of the festival, while Nautilus Arena, located under the main ATP stadium, is dedicated one night to hip-hop acts, and the other to alternative electronic music. Stages named Beach Groove Stage, Exotic Laguna and Silent Octopus bring a variety of genres with hip-hop, reggae, Latino, bass, house, techno. Cinema Stage boasts a huge screen where movies and best EXIT performances are shown in HD.

History by years

Sea Star 2017

Paul Kalkbrenner at Sea Star Festival 2017

Sea Star Festival 2017 took place 26–27 May 2017 and was attended by 50,000 people. Although it was planned to be a two-day festival, Day Zero was held on 25 May, as well as an after-party on 28 May 2017.[1]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2017 included The Prodigy, Paul Kalkbrenner, Fatboy Slim, Dubioza kolektiv, Mahmut Orhan, Modestep LIVE, Pendulum DJ Set, Rambo Amadeus, SARS, Spiller, UMEK, Bad Copy, Urban&4, Elemental, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Matter and many more.

Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous big beat and techno acts to acid house music, as well as rock and pop. Around 70 acts performed at the festival.

It was one of four festivals of EXIT Summer of Love 2017. EXIT Summer of Love celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love and marked the most important events from 1967 when the revolutionary Peace Movement began. Besides Sea Star Festival, it included three more music festivals – Revolution Festival in Romania on 2–3 June 2017, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 6–9 July 2017 and Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 13–15 July 2017.

Sea Star 2018

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike at Sea Star Festival 2018

Sea Star Festival 2018 took place 25–26 May 2018. It was attended by 35,000 people.[5]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2018 included Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz and Paul Van Dyk as well as Luke Slater, Ofenbach, Tram 11, Filatov & Karas, Edo Maajka & Bend and many more.

Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous house and pop acts to trance music.

Disciples have cancelled their performance prior to the festival. Instead, they have performed at the 2018 edition of the EXIT Festival.

Sea Star is one of the six festivals of EXIT Freedom 2018. Besides Sea Star, EXIT Freedom includes six more music festivals – Festival 84 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15–18 March 2018, Revolution Festival in Romania on 31 May–2 June 2018, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 12–15 July 2018, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 30 August–1 September and No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 15–18 November 2018.

Sea Star 2019

Sea Star Festival 2019 took place 24–25 May 2019.[6] It was attended by 40,000 people.[7]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2019 included Wu-Tang Clan, Sven Väth and many more.[8][9]

Sea Star Festival 2019 presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip hop acts to techno and house music.

Sea Star was the first of the five festivals of EXIT Tribe 2019. Besides Sea Star, EXIT Tribe included four more music festivals – EXIT Festival in Serbia on 4–7 July 2019, Revolution Festival in Romania on 8–10 August 2019, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro from 31 August to 1 September 2019 and No Sleep Festival in Serbia from 8–9 November 2019.[10]

Sea Star 2020

Sea Star Festival 2020 was supposed to take place 22–23 May 2020 until its cancellation and postponement to 2021, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[11]

Organizers of the festival announced that all of the acts announced for Sea Star 2020 would be performing at the 2021 edition of the festival.[12]

Sea Star 2021

Sea Star Festival 2021 was supposed to take place 28–29 May 2021 until its cancellation and postponement to 2022, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[13][14]

Organizers of the festival announced that all of the acts announced for Sea Star 2021 would be performing at the 2022 edition of the festival.[14]

Sea Star 2022

Sea Star Festival 2022 took place 27–28 May 2022.[14] It was attended by 40,000 people.[15]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2022 included Onyx, Meduza, Amelie Lens, Dubioza Kolektiv, UMEK and many more.[16][17][18][19][14][20]

Sea Star 2022 presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip-hop, techno and rock acts to electronica and house music.

It was the second of the five festivals organized by the EXIT group. Besides Sea Star, EXIT included four more music festivals - No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 8–9 April and 11–12 November, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 7–10 July, respectively and Sea Dance Festival in Croatia on 27–29 August and Ada Divine Awakening Festival in Montenegro on 13–18 September.

Sea Star 2023

Sea Star Festival 2023 took place 19–20 May 2023. It was attended by 42,000 people.[21]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2023 included The Prodigy, Robin Schulz and many more.[22]

Sea Star 2023 presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip-hop and electronic acts to psychedelic trance and dance music.

It was first of the five festivals organized by the EXIT group. Besides Sea Star, EXIT included four more music festivals - EXIT Festival in Serbia on 6–9 July, Ada Divine Awakening Festival in Montenegro on 18–20 August, Sea Dance Festival in Croatia on 15–20 September, and No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 11 November.

Sea Star 2024

Sea Star Festival 2024 will take place 24–25 May 2024.

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2024 will include Hot Since 82, John Newman, Ofenbach, Victoria and many more.[22]

Sea Star 2024 will present a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous dance and electronic acts to pop and techno music.

It will be the first of the five festivals organized by the EXIT group. Besides Sea Star, EXIT will include four more music festivals - EXIT Festival in Serbia on 10–14 July, Sea Dance Festival in Croatia in August, Ada Divine Awakening Festival in Montenegro on 13–18 September, and No Sleep Festival in Serbia in November.

Festival by year

Year Dates Attendance Headliners Notable acts
2017 26–27 May 50,000 The Prodigy · Paul Kalkbrenner · Fatboy Slim Dubioza kolektiv, Mahmut Orhan, Modestep, Pendulum, Rambo Amadeus, SARS, Spiller, Umek, Bad Copy, Pips, Chips & Videoclips
2018 25–26 May 35,000 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike · Hurts · Robin Schulz · Paul Van Dyk Filatov & Karas, Luke Slater, Ofenbach, Tram 11, Edo Maajka & Bend
2019 24–25 May 40,000 Wu-Tang Clan · Nina Kraviz · Sven Väth · IAMDDB Hladno Pivo, Bajaga i Instruktori, Mahmut Orhan, DJ Jock, Frenkie
2020 (cancelled) 22–23 May N/A Cypress Hill · Amelie Lens · Dubioza Kolektiv · Meduza · UMEK Buč Kesidi
2021 (cancelled) 28–29 May N/A Cypress Hill · Amelie Lens · Dubioza Kolektiv · Meduza · UMEK Buč Kesidi
2022 27–28 May 40,000[23] Cypress Hill (cancelled) · Iggy Azalea (cancelled) · Onyx · Meduza · Amelie Lens · Dubioza Kolektiv · UMEK Kalush Orchestra, Konstrakta, Senidah, Topic, Buč Kesidi, Stole, Smoke Mardeljano & Phat Phillie[24][25][26][27]
2023 19–20 May 42,000[21] The Prodigy · Robin Schulz Mahmut Orhan, Senidah, Nika Turković[28][29][30]
2024 24–25 May TBD Hot Since 82 · John Newman · Ofenbach · Victoria Buč Kesidi, Joker Out, Devito, Senidah[31]

See also

References

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Star_Festival

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