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Younger Croats simply don’t
have the cash to go out as often
as they would like – but if there’s
a Croatian band on and it’s a
weekend they’ll be out in force,
dressed-up and fully made-up.
Weekday parties in the coastal
resorts are therefore going to
be predominantly for holiday-
makers. Where you will find
plenty of locals almost any time
are the multipurpose entertain-
ment complexes in Zagreb or
Split, where all their café-bars,
cinemas, discos etc are usually
crowded with youngsters.
Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Pula
and Dubrovnik all have well-
known discos and nightclubs,
though times and conditions
change so frequently that
Musicians playing traditional Croatian music they should be checked out
locally beforehand.
Music
August, and anything at all Zagreb has the ever-popular
Whilst Croatia has nurtured going on in the evening at Aquarius Club which although
classical composers and does Pula’s ancient and stunning 4 km (over 2 miles) from the
have many aspiring rock bands, Roman amphitheatre. city centre has dancing to
unfortunately few people commercial, techno and
outside of Croatia have ever Croatian bands on a terrace
heard of them. But don’t let Nightclubs overlooking Lake Jarun. Green
that put you off. Cafés, bars and pubs all over Gold Club is for serious party
Croatia does have a rich Croatia often put on live music, people – five clubs in one, open
tradition of folk music and these especially at weekends. But if, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
bands play all along the Adriatic after a few drinks, you want to with VIP areas often frequented
at summer open-air concerts, party on into the night, then the by local celebrities. Boogaloo
on holiday festivals and even capital or the coast in summer Club, a popular place for young
in hotel lobbies to entertain are the places to be. Entrance people, always tries to be up-
tourists after dinner. prices vary between about 50 to-date in the Croatian and
Unusual instruments to look and 100 kuna and venues open world music scene and hosts
out for are the tamburica, a sort around 10pm, although most international DJs. Močvara, in a
of Turkish mandolin, in Slavonia people arrive fashionably late, disused factory on the banks of
and the citra, a poignant- towards midnight or later. the river Sava, is a trendy place,
sounding type of zither (a Winter closing times are home to gigs, exhibitions and
horizontal stringed instrument). 11pm from Sunday to Thursday performances of an alternative,
You will also come across and midnight on Friday and off-beat kind.
variations on the folk theme, Saturday, but in the summer Palach Youth Cultural Centre,
such as klapa – five- to ten-part clubs go on into the early hours the oldest rock club in Rijeka,
harmony singing, mainly by of the morning. Open-air bars on hosts a range of performances
males – or lively linđo dance the Adriatic coast will serve until by rock and alternative bands
music from the Dubrovnik region 3am; open-air discos stop at 5am. from Rijeka and nearby areas.
accompanied by the lijerica,
which is a three-stringed
instrument. The traditional songs
of the Međimurje in the north
of Croatia are very beautiful.
For a wide range of musical
styles, global, local and avant-
garde, the Aquarius Club in
Zagreb is one of the top places
in Croatia. Otherwise, be sure
not to miss the music and
pyrotechnics of Dubrovnik’s
Summer Festival, held over
five weeks between July and The amphitheatre in Pula, summer venue for spectacular concerts

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