Zagreb Events Guide

Wadaiko Yamato is a Japanese musical group of taiko drummers founded in 1993 by Masa Ogawa. In Japanese, the word “wadaiko” translates as “Japanese drum” and “Yamato” was the former name of the city of Nara, the group’s birthplace.

The world-famous Japanese Yamato drummers will hold a concert at Dom Sportova Sports Hall on March 19th, conveying the rhythm and energy of ancient Japan to the Croatian audience in an exciting two-hour long show.

The story of taiko drums has roots in the ancient history of Japan. At the first sounding of these drums, people would stop working and follow the drummers, celebrating the joy of life. This is how, several centuries ago, the Matsuri Festival came to exist, which is nowadays concerned with the preservation of traditional, ancient percussion music.

Zagreb’s Dom Sportova Sport Hall is preparing a real treat for June 5th – a concert held by the legendary band, Deep Purple, which is fronted by one of the greatest vocals in history of rock: Ian Gillan. It will not be the first time that Deep Purple will perform in Croatia; the band previously visited Zagreb in 2003 and, exactly 3 years ago, they brought Split’s Gripe Hall to full capacity.

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorize themselves as any one genre. The band also incorporated classical music, blues-rock, pop and progressive rock elements. They were once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s loudest band, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Deep Purple were ranked #22 on VH1’s Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme.

Great singing diva Africa and great fighter for women’s rights in the world that deals with humanitarian work, will hold a concert on 2nd of November in Concert Hall “Vatroslav Lisinski”.

Oumou Sangaré is considered an ambassador of Wassoulou (historic region in southwest Mali, northeast Guinea in Africa). Her music has been inspired by the music and traditional dances of the region. She writes and composes her songs, which forcefully support social criticism, especially concerning the place of women and their low position in society.

Since 1990, she has performed at some of the most important venues in the world: the Melbourne Opera, Roskilde festival, festival d’Essaouira, Opéra de la monnaie of Brussels.

Many of Sangaré’s songs concern love and marriage, especially freedom of choice in marriage.

Ticket price: 140 /160 / 180 kn

Fifth Vip Zagreb Jazz Festival will be held from 5 to 7 November at two locations: Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski and Student Center Cinema. Festival will present the world-famous jazz performers Sonny Rollins, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.

The festival began at 2005 and every year the big names of jazz music are performing on this festival. (more…)

10. 11. 2009 - 16. 11. 2009
Studentski centar, Savska 25, Zagreb

In seven days of this year’s festival, around 60 world-renowned musicians will perform on stage.
Performances include the Lydia Lunch’s Big Sexy Noise (USA/England), Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio (USA/Bulgaria), Kazutoki Umezu ‘kiki’ band (Japan), Gala Drop (Portugal) and many others.

Of course, there is an unavoidable traditional jazz improvisation workshops, led by NY free-jazz wizard and one of the greatest pianists of today, Matthew Ship.

You can also see the latest project of Damir Bartol Indoša and Tanja Vrvilo: Anarhizam i shizofonija.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Dirty old shop and Theater &TD. Price for daily ticket can vary from 45 to 80 kn.

01.04.-05.04.

Dom sportova/Zagreb Sports Hall

Trg Kresimira Cosica  Zagreb

On the 10th World Synchronized Skating Championship , which will be from 1 to 5 April 2009 in Croatian capital, Zagreb - Dom sportova Arena,  23 teams will participate with 460 skater from 18 countries.

After 2004 it will be the second World Synchronized Skating Championship which is organized in Zagreb. The city is hosting also several other  top sporting events like “Snow Queen” at Sljeme, the World Championship in handball and ATP tennis tournament.

Ticket prices:

Tickets pre-sale has start in December 2008. You can now book tickets for both days (Short and Free), and only Section A is available in the pre-sale.

Group tickets (40+) means minimum 40 tickets for one day. There is no All-Event ticket. More information about ticket reservation you can find on the official website.

Official site: ISU 10th World Synchronized Skating Championships

21st World Handball Championship (for men’s) in 2009 will take place in Croatia. 7 Croatian city’s will host the World Cup, 3 of them are in the continental part of the country (Zagreb, Varazdin, Osijek) and 4 on the coast (Porec, Pula, Zadar and Split).

The opening will take place today in Split with Croatia versus Korea at 20:30.

The price of tickets for the preliminary group in Osijek, Porec, Split and Varazdin are 150 kuna. The same amount can is for the second round matches that are played in Zadar, while the main group tickets in Zagreb cost 200 kuna.

Semifinal match in Split costs 150 kuna, the second semifinal game is played in Zagreb, and tickets for this match are 300 kuna.

Final meeting and the game for the third place is on 01 February in Zagreb and the ticket cost 350 kuna.

Final Round

Main Round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Croatia	5	5	0	0	137	118	+19	10
France	5	4	0	1	139	112	+27	8
Hungary	5	2	1	2	127	135	-8	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	135	140	-5	4
Slovakia	5	1	1	3	124	137	-13	3
South Korea	5	0	0	5	119	139	-20	0

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Denmark	5	4	0	1	156	145	+11	8
Poland	5	3	0	2	150	141	+9	6
Germany	5	2	1	2	147	133	+14	5
Serbia	5	2	1	2	153	161	-8	5
Norway	5	2	0	3	138	141	-3	4
Macedonia	5	1	0	4	132	155	-23	2

Preliminary round

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
France Hungary Slovakia Romania Argentina Australia	Croatia Sweden Spain South Korea Kuwait Cuba	Germany Poland FYR Macedonia Russia Tunisia Algeria	Denmark Norway Egypt Brazil Serbia Saudi Arabia

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1.4.2009. - 5.4.2009.

Avenija Dubrovnik 15, Zagreb - Zagreb Fair

Crotour is International Fair of Tourism which take place in Croatia capital - Zagreb. The exhibition is rich and is an important marketing tool for the comprehensive presentation of tourist destinations and services. At the same time, participation in Crotour makes it possibele to acquire and develop new ideas in the tourism.

The Crotour Fair gives global market access and targeted marketing, with plenty of information for both visitors and exhibitors.

Zagrebački Velesajam / Zagreb Fair

Avenija Dubrovnik 15, Zagreb

18 - 22 February 2009

In 17 years of its existence Boat & Sport Show has proved once again that it is an unavoidable event for all producers and their representatives in sport and sailing business.
This is the leading fair in sport-nautical industry in the countries of Southeast Europe.

The Fair will have more broad programe and new thematic units, compared to previous years. Leading world and domestic companies will present new products from the world of sports and nautic, and show in which direction this industry is walking nowdays.
PROGRAM

Sports

* Sports equipment
* Sports shoes and clothing
* Shoes and clothing for free time
* The construction and equipping of sports facilities and courts
* Supplies and equipment for camping
* Weapons, accessories, clothing and shoes for hunting and fishing
* Services in sport
* Sports medicine
* Sport nutrition

Nautics

* Various tipes of vessels - yachts, speedboats, sailing boats…
* Boat engines
* Sails, spar and equipment for the vessel
* Equipment for water sports
* Marinas, marine equipment
* Equipment for diving, underwater fishing and hunting
* Clothing and footwear for boaters
* Nautical tourism
* Charter services, sailing and diving

Official site - Zageb Fair

International Federation of Boat Show Organisors

Zagrebački Velesajam / Zagreb Fair

Avenija Dubrovnik 15, Zagreb

18.12. - 28.12.

This fair offers the greatest amusement park in whole Croatia. So if you will be during this period in Zagreb and you do not know where to go, for sure you have to visit Zagreb Xmas Fair and enter the land of Santa Clause, fairy tales world , dreams, entertainment, Candyland and magic!