Night of Petrovac (Petrovacka Noc)
Petrovac's summer feast – free fish and wine, seafront concerts and fireworks on the last weekend of August.
This event has ended
It returns every year – dates for the next edition haven't been announced yet.
Petrovac itself is a small, sheltered resort – a curve of beach backed by pines, a compact promenade and a little stone fortress by the harbour – and for most of the summer it trades on calm rather than spectacle. Petrovačka noć is the exception the town builds its summer around: the one night when small, quiet Petrovac decides to out-celebrate the whole riviera.
The formula is generous and unchanging: free fish and wine served along the seafront, concerts running along the promenade until late into the night, and fireworks to crown the evening. Visitors simply join the flow – a plate of fish here, a glass of wine there, a band playing further down the promenade, and the crowd thickening as the night deepens.
For one night, the small resort becomes the liveliest spot on this stretch of coast – locals, summer guests and visitors from along the riviera crowd the promenade to eat, drink and dance. It is the way a Montenegrin coastal town says goodbye to the peak of summer, and Petrovac does it on a bigger scale than anywhere nearby.
The timing is part of the meaning: the last weekend of August is the hinge of the coastal year, when the high season begins to ebb – and the feast sends it off properly, with the fireworks over the bay as the closing image of the Petrovac summer.
Petrovac Night is held on the Petrovac seafront on the last weekend of August; the 2026 dates are expected to be 28–29 August, to be confirmed. Everything, including the fish and wine, is free.
What to expect
Free fish and wine
The town treats everyone on the seafront – food and wine at no charge.
Last weekend of August
The 2026 night is expected on 28–29 August, dates to be confirmed.
Concerts until late
Live music runs along the promenade deep into the night.
Fireworks finale
The feast traditionally closes with fireworks over the sea.
A small town's big night
Quiet Petrovac becomes the liveliest spot on the riviera for one evening a year.
Just join the promenade
No tickets or programme needed – the whole feast happens along the seafront.
What happens when
August 28 – 29, 2026
- EveningFree fish and wine served along the seafront as the feast begins
- Through the nightConcerts along the promenade until the small hours
- FinaleFireworks over the sea to close the night
Where it takes place
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