A day in Belgrade: events in the city

Unstable weather at the weekend. That is why there is so much quality entertainment across the city

Thursday 5th of July 2018

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Intangible cultural heritage as an inspiration for the future is the guiding idea of the new "West Ethnology Fest" event that takes place until 6th July. The international festival demonstrates the presence of tradition in contemporary society through fashion shows, exhibitions, handicrafts, workshops, films and lectures with modern art and new generations. In the Art Theater of the Ethnographic Museum on 6th July, from 18:00, master class on the national costume of Turkmenistan will be held by Hudajberdijeva Korpagulj Asirovna, a former professor and member of the Association of Handicraft Masters of Moscow.

Time for celebration? Always. The real celebration cannot pass without sparkling wine, and how to choose the right sparkling wine you will find on the Bubble Jam 2018 - sparkling wine festival. On Saturday, 7th July from 18:00, on the plateau in front of the Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel you will have the opportunity to taste the sparkling wines of mostly domestic production. Kovacevic Winery performs with its brut chardonnay, Fresco line, white and rosé sparkling wine. It has throw down the gauntlet to Winery Aleksandrovic which presents chardonnay produced in the Spanish method, blanc de noir and rosé sparkling wine from pinot noir.


French wines will enter the competition for winning your attention with an exclusive workshop and tasting. Champagne master class "From the Top to the Stars" is led by Djuro Tosic who will present you the secrets of the best champagnes. Well-informed and trained, you will be able to evaluate which flavour is right to your taste - Veuve Clicquot, Lorraine Perrier Brut, Rose or Krug.

Brighten the summer with music in dusk. Welcome to the 50th Kalemegdan's dusks. Until 9th July, young instrumentalists, vocal soloists, choirs, orchestras perform at one of the oldest festivals in Belgrade at different locations in Belgrade. In 1968, its founder, pianist and president of the Jeunesses Musicales Dusan Trbojevic founded the festival in order to "exploit the beauty of the ancient Kalemegdan and our Belgrade and the most beautiful moment that can be experienced at Kalemegdan - at sunset." Spend the Sunday evening, from 20:30, with Trio Les Nounours at the "Cvijeta Zuzoric" Art Pavilion. The great closing ceremony with Kalemegdan's dusk will be enriched by the actress Ana Sofrenovic in the same place on 9th July from 20:00.