The best music festivals in Croatia in 2027

Croatia music festival dates for 2027 at a glance.

July is the crowded month. Hideout, Hospitality on the Beach, Ultra Europe, Love International, Terminal V Croatia and Outlook Origins all fall between 29 June and 26 July, and Tisno hosts four of them back to back. August belongs to Dekmantel Selectors and Dimensions.

What is the biggest music festival in Croatia?

Ultra Europe is the biggest festival on this list: it reported more than 150,000 people in 2023. It is the European edition of Miami's Ultra Music Festival, and Croatia has hosted it every July since 2013, the two pandemic years aside.

Ultra Europe, Split

Ultra Europe has been held at Park Mladeži, a sports park in Split, since 2019. The 2027 edition is on 9 to 11 July, for ages 18 and over. The music is mostly big-room EDM, house and techno, and the weekend often carries on with boat parties and island events. The Ultra guide covers its history.

Which Croatian festivals are on Zrće beach?

Zrće, near Novalja on the island of Pag, is a beach of open-air clubs that stay open through the night in summer. Hideout uses five of them.

Hideout, Zrće

Hideout is held across five open-air venues on Zrće beach, with boat parties between them. The 2027 edition is on 29 June to 2 July. The 2026 edition sold out within an hour, so tickets go quickly.

What are the festivals in Tisno?

Tisno is a small town on the island of Murter, joined to the mainland by a bridge, and several festivals share The Garden Resort, a site by the sea.

Love International, Tisno

Love International is on 7 to 13 July 2027, on five stages and two boats, for ages 18 and over. It carries on from The Garden Festival, which first took place in Croatia more than 20 years ago, and it runs for a week, with boat parties.

This is DJ Subaru at Love International in 2026, recorded by The Lot Radio.

Terminal V Croatia, Tisno

Terminal V, the Scottish techno festival, holds its Croatian edition in Tisno. The 2027 edition is on 15 to 19 July, after a 2026 edition the organisers called its largest so far.

Hospitality on the Beach, Tisno

Hospitality on the Beach is the beach festival of Hospital Records, listed for 30 June to 5 July 2027.

Outlook Origins, Tisno

Outlook Origins books UK soundsystem music, from dub to drum and bass. The 2027 edition is on 22 to 26 July.

Dekmantel Selectors, Tisno

Dekmantel Selectors is the Amsterdam festival's sister event in Tisno, a five-day festival at The Garden Resort. The 2027 edition, its 11th, is on 19 to 23 August. See the Dekmantel guide.

Dimensions, Tisno

Dimensions is the last festival of the Tisno summer, on 26 to 31 August 2027.

Which other music festivals in Croatia are worth the trip?

Two festivals sit away from the Dalmatian coast.

Sea Star, Umag

Sea Star is held at the Stella Maris complex in Umag, on the Istrian coast in the north-west, close to the Slovenian border. The 2026 edition was on 28 to 31 May, which makes it the first big date of the Croatian season, and the 2027 dates have not been announced. The festival reports almost 50,000 fans in 2026, its eighth edition.

INmusic, Zagreb

INmusic is the exception to the first test: it is a rock and alternative festival, held on the Isle of Youth at Lake Jarun in Zagreb. The 2027 edition is on 27 to 29 June.

Not on this list, and why.

These are festivals people ask about that fall outside the tests above.

• Sonus. The 2026 edition at Zrće was cancelled, and no 2027 date has been announced.
• Defected Croatia. The last Defected Croatia in Tisno ran on 29 July to 3 August 2026, billed as One Last Dance. Defected has said it will offer something new in 2027 but has not named it.

How to choose.

The best festivals in Croatia for you depend on the kind of week you want. For the biggest names and a city around you, choose Ultra Europe in Split. For club nights on a beach, choose Hideout. For a small seaside site, pick a Tisno week by its sound: a week of boat parties at Love International, techno at Terminal V, bass music at Outlook Origins, the Dekmantel crowd at Dekmantel Selectors, and the end of the summer at Dimensions.

Then look at the calendar. Hideout and Hospitality on the Beach overlap at the start of July, and Ultra Europe follows on 9 to 11 July, so a long trip can take in more than one. Check dates with the festival before you book travel. Hospitality on the Beach's date comes from a listing site and is provisional until the organiser publishes it. For festivals across the rest of the continent, see the best electronic music festivals in Europe.