A New Cycle of Zagreb’s Neighborhoods of Culture Begins With a Packed Program

Zagreb’s Neighborhoods of Culture returns in September with three days of concerts, theater, films, workshops and public art in Sesvete. The third cycle runs from Sept. 4 to 6 and will later continue in Stenjevec.

The opening program includes a performance by the Zagreb ZET Orchestra as it moves through the neighborhood, followed by an interactive show featuring acrobatics and clowning. The first evening ends with a screening of “The Second Diary of Pauline P.” with Croatian subtitles for people with hearing loss.

Saturday brings a public presentation of proposals for an artistic project at the site of the former Sljeme factory. Residents can offer their views before taking part in an outdoor comics workshop led by artist Agata Lučić. The program also includes a children’s theater performance and a concert by the Zagreb Philharmonic, conducted by Ivan Josip Skender, exploring dance in classical music through works by Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Márquez, Ravel and Gotovac.

Other events include an audiovisual installation on the facade of Luka Primary School, an opera cabaret for young audiences, a neighborhood cleanup and a workshop on building insect hotels. Poetry by Olja Savičević Ivančević and Antonija Novaković will be paired with music by Sara Renar through the project’s cooperation with Goran’s Spring.

More than 200 artists are involved across eight neighborhoods this year. The first two cycles, held from April through July, drew more than 17,000 visitors.