Cultural events

The International Novi Sad Literary Festival gathers every year around 100 foreign and national authors from a large number of European and non-European countries by the end of August. In front of numerous audiences the authors read their poems and prose at the Square of the Newly Wed, at many sites of urban Novi Sad, […]

The Synergy Theatre Festival of Language Minorities of the world is designed to bring together at one place professional theatre artists who create in the communities in which they live, in the languages of national communities to which they belong. It is the opportunity to exchange the most concrete artistic and cultural experiences. One of […]

Through the 1990s: The Unexpected Heritage of Novi Sad project, we look at the current heritage of the nineties from a certain time distance. Artistic interventions in the open by street artist TKV and an exhibition, that make up this project, will give voice to discriminated groups of migrants, the poor, the young, members of […]

The multimedia exhibition ‘Novi Sad – a Modern City’ will be opened on the first floor of SPENS, in Hall 8 (entrance from Radnička Street), on 12 February. It will be organized by Baza: a platform for spatial practice in partnership with the Association of Novi Sad Architects (DANS) and the Ephemera Collective. The exhibition […]

Migration of Souls is a unique literary pavilion in Europe and an opportunity for literature to bring together other types of art. The exhibition by the same name: “Migration of Souls – Novi Sad in Books”, is connected to the traditional Book Salon in Novi Sad and will be organized in the Great Hall of […]

On the first day of February, a multimedia exhibition ‘Where Migrations End: From Roman Pannonia to Today’s Vojvodina’ will be opened within the Migrations programme arch, at the Museum of Vojvodina. In the 1950s in the villages of Srem, not far from Novi Sad, some precious archaeological artefacts from the mighty Roman Empire were discovered: […]

In February, the gallery of Matica Srpska will mount an exhibition of Serbian and European artists whose works bring the questions of the historical and contemporary meaning of migrations to the foreground. Paintings will be arriving in the European Capital of Culture from major national and European art galleries and museums, creating a space not […]

MigrArt presents works by contemporary artists, designers, and illustrators from several European Capitals of Culture: Bodo, Rijeka, Esch, Veszprém, and Novi Sad, who reinspect the history of migration in their countries, the changed official historical data, as well as the chronology and their personal experiences through these works. Going beyond the official historical background, works […]

Within the Future of Europe programme arch and the project “Art in the palm of your hand”, the students’ works awarded at the exhibition of the final works of the Department of Fine Arts and participating in the race for the Little Prince Foundation Award, will be exhibited in the Svilara Cultural Station, from 4 […]

The project “Be That One”, within the “Future of Europe” programme arch, is a continuation of the successfully implemented project “Don’t Be That One”, organised by the Foundation for the Development of Culture and Creativity of Children and Youth “COOLIST”. Within the project, the children and young people participate in creative educational workshops, later presenting […]

The educational musical “I Belong Here, I Accept You”, by the Musical-Dance Theatre “Iskrice”, will be held in “Laza Kostić” Grammar School. This musical features original music (six songs for children), dance and sketches and it is performed by more than 200 children, aged 3 to 9 years. In addition to the musical, there will […]

Museums of the 21st century are places of encounters of various forms of art and culture, luring audiences of many interests and different age categories. For that reason, the Gallery of Matica Srpska, in cooperation with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Youth of Novi Sad, “Radosno detinjstvo” kindergarten and primary schools of Novi Sad and […]

The interactive play ‘CulturEssence’, performed by children and young people, thematically deals with the complex issues of today’s children, such as peer violence, disrespect for diversity, misunderstanding and irresponsibility, with an interdisciplinary artistic approach. The play will end with a debate. ‘CulturEssence’ is a cultural action whose main goal is to highlight the power of […]

The project “From Choir in Movement to Choral Theatre” within the Future of Europe programme arch, is waiting for you in the City Concert Hall, as an expedition to the field of the unknown and unexplored. We will be exploring music for voices, parallel different types of music and different musical epochs, combining old and […]

Novi Sad is a university city with about 50,000 students coming not only from Novi Sad but from all over Serbia and the region, and, through the system of educational […]

The first edition of the International Children’s Theatre Festival by the Novi Sad Youth Theatre “Novi Sad Theatre Games” and the premiere of the play “Gulliver’s Travels”, directed by Kokan […]

The “Leave or stay?” exhibition will present the collection of 49 artistic flags on masts on the Suba’s Plateau in Limanski park within the Future of Europe programme arch. The […]

The multimedia interactive exhibition of children and youth drawings “Drawings Travel Through Time” will be opened on 28 April in the Creative District and will run until 15 May. The […]

The international exhibition “Feminist Avant-Garde” will be held in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, within the Heroines programme arch. Summing up the brave steps forward of avant-garde art […]

The Ars e femmina project is a mixture of several different types of artistic expression – musical, visual, theatrical, literary and multimedia. It presents Novi Sad as a symbol of […]

The exhibition of children’s works entitled “Growing up in the city of culture” will be opened within the Future of Europe programme arch in the Gallery of Matica Srpska on […]

An international exhibition examining how scarves were worn on their way from a form of traditional customs to high fashion will take place in Museum of Vojvodina. The purpose of […]

The international exhibition of tapestries of dreams woven with desire and hemp called “The Female Thread” was opened on 25 May and will last until 12 June as part of […]

The Belgrade and Dortmund philharmonic orchestras will alternate in performing eight symphonies, with several breaks, at the City Concert Hall on 26 June from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., as […]

The “Heroines of the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection” multimedia exhibition will feature seven women artists from the Pavle Beljanski collection: Nadežda Petrović, Zora Petrović, Ljubica Sokić, Milica Zorić, Vidosava Kovačević, […]

A culture of remembrance can be abused to inflame nationalism and perpetuate fear and hatred. A true, sincere and courageous culture of remembrance deals with the past in a way […]

“In Search of Europe” is a story about the creation of post-war Europe, that is, about the Europe we have yet to create. The most important part of the concept […]

The multimedia exhibition “The Open Process” by the ASA-FF organisation from Chemnitz (Germany) depicts the post-war reality of Eastern Germany, particularly in the province of Saxony: the history of migrations, […]

The ReCapitulation exhibition will be set up in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina and the gallery space of the Šok zadruga (Shock Cooperative), as the central activity of […]

“The Stringers” exhibition is speaking on the formation of the contemporary hired scribes of history and witnesses of the signatures of its authors – the freelancers. From Second World War […]

The concert will feature top artists – pianists Vasil Hadžimanov, Matija Dedić and Bojan Zulfikarpašić, celebrated musicians with brilliant careers, numerous albums and awards, as well as collaborations with the […]

Festival of Contemporary Art "Danube Dialogues" is an international multimedia mosaic festival of visual arts of the Danube region, taking place simultaneously in various galleries and alternative places in Novi […]

The Gallery of Matica Srpska and the Museum of Yugoslavia are presenting the works of art from the villa of Jovanka Broz, where she spent the last 33 years of […]

Through the “Imaginary Borders” exhibition at the Suba’s Plateau, the authors critically examine relations founded on the exaggerated difference between Europe and the rest of the world (“others”), posing questions […]

The Gallery of Matica srpska and the Art Museum in Timisoara are realising the exhibition “Parallels” at the Gallery of Matica srpska, as part of the Fortress of Peace programme […]

The “Circle’s Circle” exhibition, as part of The Danube Sea programme arch, will be held in the Ateliers on the Petrovaradin Fortress. A series of activities presenting the long-term work […]

The Museum of Vojvodina, in partnership with the National Museum of Serbia, is implementing an archaeological exhibition entitled “A Neolithic Night’s Dream” within the Fortress of Peace programme arch. The […]

“Corso” opens a week of performing arts, as part of the Kaleidoscope of Culture programme arch. In an open-air performance, the residents of Novi Sad will enjoy the compositions written […]

Izložba obuhvata radove umetnika, umetnica i umetničkih grupa iz Novog Sada, Srbije i internacionalne umetničke scene, kroz istoriju, ali i uključivanje relevantnih savremenih umetničkih praksi. Otvorena forma izložbe podrazumeva integrisanje […]

The spectacular exhibition entitled „Time and Universe – Exhibition of Time“ is a kind of journey from darkness to light, chaos to space, through a multimedia blend of digital and […]

The French Institute organises each year in March a series of events to honour March 20th – the International Francophone Day. The programme of events taking place in March include: […]

On the occasion of the event titled “Museums for 10” the museum institutions in Serbia and in Novi Sad mark several important dates through their joint presentations – International Museums […]

International theatre festival, one of a kind in Serbia, presents contemporary world productions of William Shakespeare’s plays. It is held annually, in June/July, in the beautiful setting of a castle […]

During the EXIT festival the Gallery of Matica Srpska prepared a special program Take a break, feel the Art in the Gallery of Matica Srpska to promote art to foreign […]

The artistic journey of Vasa Pomorišac unfolded from his native Modoš, through Zagreb, Munich, and Belgrade, all the way to London and Paris. His recognition in the world of art […]

The “Upad” theatre festival was launched several years ago by the Student Cultural Centre Novi Sad, as a partner organization of the European project “Be SpectACTive!” that deals with audience […]

”Isidor Bajić“ Memorial represents a complex and highly esteemed pianists’ event – the festivity dedicated to piano that has been taking place on a biennial basis since 2002, with unselfish […]

The cycle of “Christmas-New Year’s Eve concerts” comprises programmes that mark the holidays from Christmas celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, New Year (“Gala New Year’s Programme”), and Christmas and […]

The first “FEST” was held from January 8th to 16th, 1971 under the slogan “The Brave New World“ in “Dom sindikata“ (Belgrade). Since its beginning the festival has always had […]

As a permanent festival of national drama script of competition character, Sterija’s Theatre Festival was established in 1956 within the celebration of the 150th anniversary of birth and 100th anniversary of death […]

The event includes multimedia programmes for children and young people within which all forms of artistic creative work for children, as well as creative work of children are present. The […]

International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre is an international theatre festival that represents the amalgam of unusual theatre interpretation, non-classical approach to acting expression and modern theatre language. The […]

The event called Novi Sad Music Summer is comprised of a number of concerts that are held during the summer. As it is the matter of summer concerts the efforts […]

NEO Festival (Non-classical Festival of Classical Music) takes place during the summer at multiple locations throughout Novi Sad, aiming to promote classical music in an extraordinary way, utilizing both open […]

The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection and Matica Srpska Gallery and since 2018 together with Rajko Mamuzić Memorial Collection organise the event called Summer in the Gallery Square the concept of […]

Singing bridges is a non-competitive festival where everyone can find their place: those who come prepared for high level of musicianship but also people without knowledge of music that wish […]

The festival was first held in 2015. Its neighbourly charm attracted an enviable number of visitors, mainly young people from the neighbourhood. Each passing year and new edition proves the […]

The Kaleidoscope of Culture is a yearlong project of culture of togetherness, which through different processes connects artists, cultural institutions, non-governmental organisations, citizens, and tourists, in order to present places […]

The Days of Baroque Music festival aims to enable interested visitors to attend concerts of professional performers of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. By performing early music on authentic instruments […]

The first festival of applied theatre, within the project “Art in the palm of your hand”, will be held in the Creative District from 28 to 30 April, within the […]

The International Prose Festival was established with the intention to return literature to its roots, namely live and direct contact of authors with the readers. During the Festival the prominent […]

The Film Festival “Seize this day with me!” is of international character and it includes presenting of films on the topic of disabilities, as well as the accompanying programmes: film […]

Dance and Music Festival “The Call of the Flatland” is organised aiming at following up young and talented people in the fields of music and dance primarily for the purpose […]

Takt fest is a multimedia, intercultural festival. It started as a festival that provided support to those who did not have a place at the big festivals. Over the years, […]

The Festival consists of a competition programme and various accompanying programmes that, depending on the current production and concept, happen at different sites in Novi Sad. Within the framework of […]

The basic motto of Tesla Fest is the activation of innovation potentials, popularization of innovations, inventions and innovation activities in our country, stronger development and application of inventions and patents […]

The Contemporary German Film Festival, "Goethe Fest," has been held since 2012, showcasing a cross-section of contemporary German cinema from the current year. The program traditionally focuses on award-winning and […]

International festival of classical music - Novi Sad Music Festivities (NOMUS) is held every year in April and it lasts for 7 to 10 days.  This festival has an enviable, long lasting […]

The Festival promotes the regional and domestic underground culture through music, fanzines and the exchange of vinyl. At the Serbian Underground Festival, musicians and bands perform on two stages. In […]

"Blisko!" ("Close!") is a festival of collaborative music-making featuring some of the most recognizable names in the contemporary chamber music scene. It is created in the spirit of intimate and […]