Gusinje Summer (Gusinjsko ljeto)
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Gusinjsko ljeto — Gusinje Summer — is the month-long festival that carries this Prokletije valley town through high summer, running roughly from 10 July to 10 August (the 2025 edition spanned 13 July to 5 August). More than a festival, it is the annual homecoming of Gusinje's large diaspora, whose return doubles the valley's population and energy.
The programme is famously eclectic. Big open-air concerts anchor the evenings, while the days fill with exhibitions, ethno-room visits, book promotions and a bicycle race through the valley. One fixture captures the diaspora spirit perfectly: a basketball match pitting Gusinje's emigrants in the USA against those in Europe.
Everything peaks on 1 and 2 August. Traditional village games take over Vusanje on the 1st, and on the 2nd the whole valley converges on Ali-pašini izvori — the crystal springs of Ali Pasha — for the great Aliđun gathering, the emotional summit of the homecoming.
All events are free. The festival spreads across Gusinje town, the springs and the village of Vusanje, beneath some of the most dramatic peaks in the Prokletije — come for the concerts, stay for the sense of a scattered community reassembling at home.
Aliđun at the springs
On 2 August the whole valley gathers at Ali-pašini izvori, the crystal springs of Ali Pasha — the festival's emotional summit.
The great homecoming
Gusinje's diaspora returns en masse each summer, doubling the valley's population and energy.
USA vs Europe basketball
A one-of-a-kind match pits the town's emigrants in America against those in Europe.
Village games in Vusanje
Traditional games take over the village of Vusanje on 1 August.
A month of free events
Concerts, exhibitions, a bicycle race and more — every event across the month is free.
Mid-July onward
Open-air concerts, exhibitions, ethno-room visits and book promotions across the valley
Through the month
A bicycle race and the diaspora basketball match — USA vs Europe
1 August
Traditional village games in Vusanje
2 August
The Aliđun gathering at Ali-pašini izvori springs — the homecoming peak
Gusinje, Ali-pašini izvori & Vusanje
