South East European Festival
Experience South East European vibrancy live on stage. Dive into laughter with a top stand-up comedian, and savor traditional cuisine from food trucks. Dynamic allure of South East European live entertainment with a popular performer on stage. Enjoy family-friendly activities and indulge in our diverse food trucks for a complete festival delight.
Saturday 2nd March 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
| 3:00pm | Official Opening of the Festival Welcome by Dragan Marinkovic – actor | |
| All day | Art exhibition “All the same, but Different” Presentation of artworks by local artists Nenad Maksimovic & Melita Jovancevic | Turbine Hall Free entry |
| 3:00 – 5:00pm | Josie Zarb – Music Around the World Performance of world music Josie is a popular musician, a guitar magician and singer, performing music from various countries in many languages. With Josie’s music, we can travel around the music world. | Turbine Hall Free entry |
| 3:00 – 5:00pm | Music Workshop for Children Workshop: “Music as a Universal Language” by Nela Trifkovic & Bosnian Language School students | Room 1 – ground floor Free entry |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm | Documentary Film Screening “Generations of Borovo, 30 years later” by Isidora Pekić A Canberran’s journey back to her hometown in Croatia, exploring the impact of the civil war in Yugoslavia on the community, with English subtitles After the screening – Q & A with the Author of the documentary film – Isidora Pekic | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 4:30 – 5:00pm | South East Europe – digital – video presentation of countries from the region, geographical, historical and cultural | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 5:00 – 6:00pm | Documentary Film Screening “Kopaci” (“Diggers”) The life of the miners in Coober Pedy, with English subtitles Q & A with the Author of the documentary film – Dragan Gavrilovic | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 6:00 – 7:00pm | Music from Macedonia Peco Petar Markovski Trio – Amazing Drumming performance | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 7:00– 7:30pm | Nela Trifkovic – music of Bosnia – “Sevdalinka with love”+ Performance with children from Bosnian Language school | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 7:30pm | Dragan Marinkovic Maca – Theatre Performance – Comedy – Kakva ti je zena, takav ti je zivot” ( “Such is your wife – Such your life”) | Theatre Ticketed event |
Sunday 3rd March 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm | Josie Zarb and Milan Gligoric Music Around the World Special appearance – Amira Medunjanin and Antonio Vrbicki | Turbine Hall Free entry |
| All day | Art exhibition “All the same but Different” and presentation of artworks by local artists Nenad Maksimovic & Melita Jovancevic | Turbine Hall Free entry |
| 3:00 – 5:00pm | Music Workshop for Children Workshop: “Music as an Universal Language” by Nela Trifkovic & Bosnian Language School students | Room 1 – ground floor Free entry |
| 4:00 – 5:00m | Performance of Traditional music and instruments from Bulgaria – Ivaylo Karamanliev, Silvia Entcheva and Alister Price | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 5:00 – 6:00pm | Performance of Music Group “Boza Limunada”, Music from Balkan/ special performance | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 6:00 – 6:30pm | South East Europe – digital – video presentation of countries from the region, geographical, historical and cultural | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| Presentation of local community services – STARTTS – Jasmina Barjaktarevic | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry | |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Festival Closing Ceremony SARAY Iluminado Femme – Irine Vela – Greek laouto, Kelly Dowall – ney flute & Performance with children from Bosnian Language school | Theatre – Level 1 Free entry |
| 7:30pm | Amira Medunjanin & Antonio Vrbicki – Concert | Theatre Ticketed event |
