Sea Star Festival

Sea Star Festival

Paul Kalkbrenner at Sea Star Festival
Dates Four Days, starting on the fourth Thursday of May
Location(s) Umag, Croatia
Years active 2017–present
Website seastarfestival.com
Stella Maris Resort

Sea Star Festival is a music festival organized by the team behind EXIT festival in Serbia. It was held for the first time on 25–28 May 2017 at the Stella Maris resort in the town of Umag, while the second edition was held in 2018 on 24-27 May. The festival features rock, pop, electronic, techno, house, hip-hop, metal and punk acts performing on multiple stages. Some notable names who performed include The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk and many more.[1] [2][3]

In its first festival year in 2017, Sea Star was shortlisted in two categories at the annual European Festival Awards which are held in Groningen, Netherlands, competing for the title of best mid-sized and best new festival. At national level, in 2017 Sea Star won the Capra D’Oro award given by Istria Tourist Board for promoting the region of Istra, while winning the “Ambasador” award in the same year for best new festival.

Sea Star also caught the attention of international media, with Travel Magazine concluding that with “outstanding productions the festival is set to be a stunner”.[4]


Location

Sea Star's festival site, Stella Maris complex, is set on the Istrian beach at the north of the Croatian seaside. Beyond the music, visitors are encouraged to explore the surroundings of Umag, with its rich Mediterranean spirit and historical architecture, while also taking advantage of the local cycle paths and bike rentals.

Key Stages

Sea Star festival has six stages in total. The Tesla Main Stage presents the headliners of the festival, while Nautilus Arena, located under the main ATP stadium, is dedicated one night to hip-hop acts, and the other to alternative electronic music. Stages named Beach Groove Stage, Exotic Laguna and Silent Octopus bring a variety of genres with hip-hop, reggae, latino, bass, house, techno. Cinema Stage boasts a huge screen where movies and best Exit performances are shown in HD.

History by years

Sea Star 2017

Sea Star Festival 2017 took place 25–28 May 2017 and was attended by 50,000 people. Although it was planned to be a two-day festival, Day Zero was held on 25 May, as well as an after-party on the 28th of May 2017.[1]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2017 included The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dubioza kolektiv, Modestep LIVE, Pendulum DJ Set, Urban&4, Spiller, UMEK, SARS, Bad Copy, Elemental, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Matter and many more.

Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous big beat and techno acts to acid house music, as well as rock and pop. Around 70 acts performed at the festival.

It was one of four festivals of EXIT Summer of Love 2017. EXIT Summer of Love celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love and marked the most important events from 1967 when the revolutionary Peace Movement began. Besides Sea Star Festival, it included three more music festivals – Revolution Festival in Romania on 2–3 June 2017, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 6–9 July 2017 and Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 13–15 July 2017.

Sea Star 2018

Sea Star Festival 2018 took place 24–27 May 2018. It was attended by 50,000 people.[5]

The headlining acts for Sea Star 2018 included Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, as well as Luke Slater, Ofenbach, Tram 11, Edo Maajka and many more.

Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous house and pop acts to trance music.

Disciples have cancelled their performance prior to the festival.

Sea Star is one of five festivals of EXIT Freedom 2018. Besides Sea Star, EXIT Freedom included four more music festivals – Festival 84 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15-18 March 2018, Revolution Festival in Romania on 31 May – 2 June 2018, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 12-15 July 2018, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 30 August – 1 September and No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 15–18 November.

Festival by year

Year Dates Attendance Headliners Notable acts
2017 25–28 May 50,000 The Prodigy, Paul Kalkbrenner, Fatboy Slim Dubioza kolektiv, Mahmut Orhan, Modestep, Pendulum, Rambo Amadeus, SARS, Spiller, Umek, Bad Copy, Pips, Chips & Videoclips
2018 24–27 May 50,000 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk Disciples (cancelled), Filatov & Karas, Luke Slater, Ofenbach, Tram 11, Edo Maajka, Nipplepeople, Sajsi MC
2019

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Spremite se za Sea Star: Exit tim pokreće novi festival u Hrvatskoj". www.urbanbug.net. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  2. ↑ http://magazin.hrt.hr/390244/roena-nova-festivalska-zvijezda-europe-50000-fanova-za-prvi-sea-star
  3. ↑ https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/ro-ena-nova-festivalska-zvijezda-europe-50-tisuca-fanova-za-prvi-sea-star-1172928
  4. ↑ http://www.thetravelmagazine.net/european-festivals-instead-of-glastonbury.html
  5. ↑ "SeaStar festival u Umagu privukao 50.000 ljubitelja muzike". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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