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XXIII International Folk - Dance & Music Festival MONTENEGRO MUSIC FEST

Application Form Price: 112 € Date: 21 - 25 August, 2025
Location: BUDVA, Montenegro
Director: Z.S.& WOFA
Application Deadline: 15 November, 2024
Groups pay in advance a 10% guarantee fee, which is to be deducted at the final payment.

                                            I N VI T A T I O N

 With pleasure We INVITE you (folk ensembles, modern dance groups, Choral groups, orchestras, brass bands, majorette teams), (children, youth and adults groups) to participate on XXIII INTERNATIONAL  MUSIC &  FOLK-DANCE  FESTIVAL “ MONTENEGRO  MUSIC FEST”  21 – 25 August , Budva, Montenegro.

  Participants are ensembles from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania, Slovenia, Italy, Sweden, Moldavia, Armenia, Croatia, Czech, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary…

The Festival light motive is to present the cultural tradition of different countries and to provide an opportunity for the members of groups to get together, to establish friendships and culture presentation trough dance and music

 Budva It is situated on the central part of Montenegrin coast, called "Budvanska Rivijera". It has developed around a small peninsula, on which the old town is situated. It is by far most visited destination in Montenegro, attracting many tourists like Russian, Serbian, Hungarian, France, Italy  and other European tourists with an old town, bars and nightclubs, and beaches mostly consisting of small rocks. It is base for mass tourism, while in its near vicinity there are luxury resorts such as Sveti Stefan and Miločer.

There are as many as 35 beaches in the Budva area, sands beaches (8 beaches are marked with blue flags).

During the summer in particular, the day and night-life offers opportunities to enjoy theatre plays and performances, music events and entertainment programs.The old town is adjacent to the marina, where the wealthy come to moor their luxury yachts. The old town is beautiful, with restaurants and boutiques selling luxury goods at high prices..Sveti Stefan', one of the most exclusive summer resorts in Budva, is a result of a modern refurbishment of the stone houses on the island, built more than five centuries ago for the population of the nearby villages to find a place of shelter from the attacks of pirates and the Turks. According to oral tradition, the Pastrovici tribe used the spoils taken from Turkish galleons to fortify the island in 1442, building 12 houses, one each for every family in the Pastovici. For nearly 300 years, it was a trade and transport centre for the Pastrovici and the seat of the Bankada – the tribal court of the Pastrovici. The village was named after the church located on the highest point of the island, dedicated to the Saint Archdeacon Stefan. The island is also home to the churches of the Resurrection and St Alexander Nevsky. Sveti Stefan had remained a fishing village for several centuries, until its depopulation began in 1950 in order to build a series of luxury suites and rooms in the old stone houses. The new hotel-town was opened on 13 July 1960 and it has since been a holiday destination for celebrities from all over the world – including Sofia Loren and Carlo Ponti, Alberto Moravia, André Malraux, Richard Widmark, Kirk Douglas, Klaus Kinski, Monica Vitti, Sylvester Stallone, Yuri Gagarin, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fisher... and members of royalty, numerous politicians and wealthy Arab Sheiks.

General rules:

-  Non-competitive sample of traditional and modern dances, choral groups, majorette teams, orchestras, brass bands, art schools, ballroom dance..

- Every Folklore, Choral group, modern dance, majorette Teams, orchestras,ballroom dance team,modern dance team has the right to participate. Children's ensembles (2/3 of the participants must be 16 or younger), Youth ensembles (2/3 of the participants must be 25 or younger), Adult ensembles (1/3 of the participants must be older than 25).

-  The number of participants are limited (only 3  groups  from each country).

- Each group should consist of most 100 members including dancers, managers and musicians.(family members can come with the group and pay the same price)

- Ensemble should have prepared at least 2 dances, 10-15 minutes each with USB or orchestra. The performances will be in the evening hours so you can plan the day ahead and use it for visiting the historical part of the city.

-  To send us short CV , 3 photos of the group and link of videos...

-   To take a flag of the country.

- Ensembles should have there own transport for arrival and departure. 

                                                      Program

Day 1

13.00 Arrival in Budva, hotel accommodation and free time (swimming in the sea and sunbathing on wonderful sands beaches)

19.00 – 21.00 Dinner in hotel 

21.00 Welcome reception with leaders of the groups 

Day 2

09.00 – 11.00 Breakfast

11.00 – 14.00  Budva sightseeing

18.00 – 19.00 Dinner in hotel 

20.00 – 23.00 Ensembles parade (old town)

   -Official opening of the festival

          -   welcome speech and firewall

          -   open air performance

          -   Dancing together

Day 3

09.00 – 10.00 Breakfast, 

10.00 – 18.00 Visiting Kotor,  Herceg Novi,  or Visiting Dubrovnik, Croatia (optional) or visiting Sv.Stefan by boat (optional) or visit Aqua park

18.00 – 20.00 Dinner in hotel 

20.00-22.00 Workshop - learning different dances  (presentation) (optional) or free time in the city

Day 4

09.00 – 10.00 Breakfast, (open buffet in hotel )

10.00 – 18.00 Visiting Kotor,  Herceg Novi,  or Visiting Dubrovnik, Croatia (optional) or visiting Sv.Stefan by boat  (optional) or visit Aqua park

18.00 – 20.00 Dinner in hotel (open buffet in hotel Loza)

 21.00 – 00.00 Visiting some discotheque in the city

Day 5

08.00 - 10.00 Breakfast (open buffet in hotel )

11.00 Departure of the participants

 

OPTIONAL – If you stay more days…

Day 5

08.00 -10.00 Breakfast,

 10.30 – 14.00  Visiting popular beaches like Mogren 

   19.00 – 20.00 Dinner in hotel

   21.00. – 00.00 Beach party for goodbye 

Day 6

08.00 – 10.00 Breakfast,

11.00 Departure 

Participation fee:

 

- 112 Euro for 3 HB per person  in hotels  (3 nights with 2 meals per day)

- 149 Euro for 4 HB per person  in hotels  (4 nights with 2 meals per day)

- 184 Euro for 4 HB per person  in hotels  (5 nights with 2 meals per day)

 

- additional lunch is 12 euro

 

 Participation fee includes:

It covers hotel accommodation in Hotel apartments Knezevic,  hotel Pod lipa,  Budva 219, Hotel Palma, with 2 meals per day in multibed rooms (only drivers and leaders 2/2 rooms) and others in multibad rooms in the center of the city  

- Organizer provide for each group  2/2 rooms (for drivers and leaders of the group)..supplement for other 1/2 rooms is 10 euro per  day per person

Note: Montenegro tourist tax and insurance is 1,50 euro per person per day and it is additional paymant

Festival organizers provide:

-          For 24 dancers – one gratis (24 paying + 1 free of charge), 

-          Souvenir and gift for each group,

-          Welcome cocktail for leaders,

-          Certificate for attendance,

-          Drinks during the performance,

-      Advertising of the festival (posters, social mediums (FB,Instagram, posters and flayers).

INSURANCE: 

Personal responsibility and health insurance are within the other obligations of the groups. First Aid and Medical Hospital will be available, medical services must be covered by the group.

On your request,  You can continue your stay in Budva for Price of 39 Euro per day per person HB – price is special for the participants in festivals that we can provide.

After Groups arrived in Hotel will be given detailed program of the festival.

 After the festival finish organizers will send you LINK from the festival program for each group and photos if you wish. The copy right of all video materials and pictures are ownership of the Organization of the Festival.

The festival will organize the transport for the groups coming by plane by picking them up from Tivat airport, during the festival days and back to the same airport. The cost of the transportation will be covered by the group and will be additionally agreed according to their number.

In 2015 on this Festival participated over 434 (children’s, youth and adults) participants from 11 countries of Europe.

In 2016 on this Festival participated over 512 (children’s, youth and adults) participants from 12  countries of Europe.

In 2017 on this Festival participated over 400 (children’s, youth and adults) participants from 11  countries of Europe.

In 2018 on this Festival participated over 400 (children’s, youth and adults) participants from 13  countries of Europe.

 In 2019 on this Festival participated over 400 (children’s, youth and adults) participants from 13  countries of Europe.

 

THE NUMBER OF SEATS IS LIMITED on 400 participants and 10-12 ensembles

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    NEWS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL                                          Published on 27.08.2019

 "BUDVA  FESTIVAL DAYS" COMBINED THE TRADITIONS OF 9 COUNTRIES, REPRESENTED BY 11 GROUPS AND ABOUT 400 PARTICIPANTS

 XI International folklore and music  festival "BUDVA  FESTIVAL DAYS"  was held in the period August 23-27, 2019 in Budva, Montenegro. 11 groups from Latvia, Slovakia, Poland,Moldova, Bosnia and Hercegovina,Croatia Romania, Bulgaria,  and Ukraine with more than 400 performers attended the summer forum. 

Director of the festival, Mr Zoran Strezovski encouraged the participants with certificates and gifts for their honorable presentation. The festivals in Budva have become one of the biggest musical events connecting different cultures and traditions.

 During their spare time, performers had the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful sand beaches, to visit the Old town of Budva, to experience a boat trip to the Kotor bay. Foreign participants had fun at one of the famous discos in the town.

Some moments of the festival on the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn36jy6glzI

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Reviews from the groups: 

This festival has review of 11 groups and average estimation is VERY GOOD - 8,5/10
Groups pay in advance a 10% guarantee fee, which is to be deducted at the final payment.

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