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Petrovac Jazz Festival
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Petrovac Jazz Festival

4–6 September 2026Hotel Palas and Lazaret, Petrovac

When

4–6 September 2026Returns every year

Where

Hotel Palas and Lazaret, Petrovac

Tickets

Free entry
About the event

The Petrovac Jazz Festival is Montenegro's longest-running jazz and blues gastro festival, founded in 2007 by the NGO Urbani kult and reaching its 19th edition on 5–7 September 2025. Over its history it has hosted more than 3,000 musicians from over 30 countries.

The stage stands on the seafront of Petrovac, and the timing is deliberate: the first week of September, when the riviera exhales after peak season. Concerts play to a relaxed post-season crowd with the sound of the surf between sets — jazz and blues in exactly the atmosphere they were made for.

The festival runs in the same week as its sibling event, the Sun Reggae Fest, also organised by Urbani kult, so early-September Petrovac effectively becomes a small music town, moving from jazz to reggae across the week.

All concerts are free. Petrovac in September offers warm sea, quieter beaches and golden light — pair an afternoon swim with an evening of blues on the seafront and you have the riviera at its most civilised.

Why go

Longest-running jazz festival in Montenegro

Founded in 2007 by NGO Urbani kult; the 19th edition ran 5–7 September 2025.

3,000+ musicians over its history

Performers from more than 30 countries have played Petrovac's seafront stage.

Post-season calm

Early September timing means warm sea, thin crowds and unhurried evenings.

Free seafront concerts

Jazz and blues by the water, no tickets required.

Programme
  1. 5–7 September (2025)

    Three evenings of jazz and blues on the Petrovac seafront stage

  2. Same week

    Paired with the Sun Reggae Fest, also organised by NGO Urbani kult

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Hotel Palas and Lazaret, Petrovac

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