Cultural events
Events

Nobility in Serbian Visual Culture of the 18th Century
The exhibition Nobility in Serbian Visual Culture of the 18thCentury came about as the result of the doctoral dissertation and years of research by curator of the Gallery of Matica Srpska. The audience will be introduced to the life of the nobility gathered under the patronage of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci during the 18th century […]

The exhibition Sport in Art. The Art of Sport
The exhibition “Sport in Art. The Art of Sport” includes over 40 artworks and items created in the period between 1858 and 2018. The exhibition will feature selected pieces from the collection of the Gallery of Matica Srpska, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska, the Museum of Yugoslavia, the “Sava Šumanović” Art […]

Sterija’s theatre festival
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 of the great Serbian comediographer Jovan Popović Sterija. The Festival is open to professional theatres and groups from the country and abroad with plays based […]

Zmaj’s Games for Children
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 June programmes are the largest festival of creative work for children in the south east Europe and the oldest festival of that kind in Europe. […]

Artists’ Studios
The exhibition, which offers an authentic and intimate insight into the creative spaces of artists, is a result of the collaboration between the Gallery of Matica srpska and the Spanish […]

Infant
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 festival is the venue where alternative troupes, students’ academic theatres ad best representatives of amateur theatre perform. Venue: Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad Theatre, Gallery […]

Summer in the Gallery Square
Every summer, the Gallery of Matica Srpska, the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, and the Rajko Mamuzić Gift Collection offer free outdoor cultural and arts programs to the Novi Sad audience. During the summer months, on Thursday evenings, visitors can expect interesting activities focused on the diversity of the world and national cultural heritage and the […]

Exit festival
EXIT is an award-winning summer music festival that takes place at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia, with more than 1000 artists who play at over 40 stages and festival zones. It was officially proclaimed “Best Major European Festival” at the EU Festival Awards 2013 and 2017. EXIT has also won the “Best Overseas […]

Exhibition “Paintings Are My Life”
The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection commemorates sixty years since the passing of its donor, diplomat, and collector Pavle Beljanski (Veliko Gradište, 19 June 1892 – Belgrade, 14 July 1965) with […]

Novi Sad Music Summer
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 […]

Festival of Street Musicians – “Gradić fest”
Festival of Street Musicians is the event that gathers artists from all over the world, both professionals and self-taught ones. It is held in Novi Sad every year during the […]

Days of Baroque Music in Novi Sad
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 […]

Lazar Vozarević. The Gallery Makes a Guest Appearance
As part of the commemoration of the jubilee, one hundred years since the birth of Lazar Vozarević (1925 – 1968), one of the most notable representatives of Serbian and Yugoslav […]

Prosefest
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 […]

Takt fest
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, […]

NOMUS
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 […]

International Short Film Festival “Filmski Front”
"Filmski Front" ("Movie Front") is an international short film festival held at the Cultural Center of Novi Sad. Throughout the festival, the audience has the opportunity to watch over a hundred of the latest short film creations, divided into competitive and accompanying programs. The festival focuses on promoting the film works of young authors from […]

The “Upad” theatre festival
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 […]

Exhibition Reflections: Collection of Photographs at the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection
With the exhibition and accompanying catalogue Reflections: The Photography Collection of the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, curated by the senior curator Jasmina Jakšić Subić, this bequest continues its aim of […]

The call of the flatland
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 […]

Film Festival “Seize this day with me!”
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 […]

Zmaj’s Days
Zmaj’s Days are multimedia programme for children and young people with the Festival of Monodrama for Children that makes the central part of the programme. It also includes literary meetings, […]

“Isidor Bajić” Memorial
”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 […]

Contemporary German Film Festival “Goethe Fest”
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 […]

Christmas and New Year Concert Series
The Christmas and New Year Concert Series comprises programmes that mark the holiday season, ranging from Christmas celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar and the New Year ("Gala New Year’s […]

Mileva: We are one rock
The exhibition consists of a very strong visual narrative that will approach the character and work of Mileva Marić Einstein in a striking and different way. It is certainly not […]

“Spirit of the Place – The First Century of the District” Exhibition
The multimedia exhibition "Spirit of the Place - The First Century of the District" is a permanent display that dramatizes and thematizes the space of the District over time. Formerly […]

Vision and Heritage: Founders of the Gallery of Contemporary Novi Sad Artists
The "Vision and Heritage" exhibition is dedicated to the artists who, in 1963, established the foundations of the first collection within the City Museum of Novi Sad to study contemporary […]

Exhibition Who’s/Which Body
The exhibition Who’s/Which Body is a result of a months-long artistic and research-based process in which young people performed as authors, researchers and initiators of topics that directly concern them. […]

The Art Collection of Matica Srpska
In the year when Matica Srpska, the oldest literary, cultural, and scientific society among the Serbs, celebrates the great jubilee of two centuries since its founding, the Gallery of Matica […]

Music Documentary Film Week
Music Documentary Film Week is dedicated to the authors, bands, and scenes that have left a lasting mark on music history. The programme features a selection of domestic and international […]

Exhibition: “Bolivia, the Silence of Vastness”
The photography series "Bolivia, the Silence of Vastness" was created in 2024 as a quiet dialogue between the camera and space – between the light of the Andes, the silence […]

Novi Sad Theatre Games
In the second week of May, Novi Sad plays host to the Novi Sad Theatre Games, an international festival of professional theatres for children and young people. This competitive festival […]

International Festival of Innovation, Knowledge and Creativity “Tesla Fest”
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 […]

International video festival “Videomedeja”
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 […]


































