Fresh Island festival returns to Pag celebrating 10th anniversary

by croatiaweek
March 31, 2022
in Entertainment

(Photo: Dino Ninković/Fresh Island)

The largest destination hip-hop festival in Southeast Europe for 2022 announces a big return to Zrće beach on the Croatian island of Pag, where from 25-29 June, as part of its 10th anniversary, will host over 50 performers from all over the world.

It all started back in 2012 when few believed that hip-hop, a music-oriented festival, would bring the biggest current music stars to Croatia over 10 years.

The rich musical history of the festival and its popularity was contributed by the performances of big names like Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Migos, Snoop Dogg, A $ AP Rocky, Pusha-T, Nas, Rick Ross, Mobb Deep, Redman & Method Man, Kehlani, Ty Dolla Sign , Iggy Azalea, Lil Pump, Skepta, Burna Boy and many others.

Until the pandemic, the Fresh Island Festival sold more than 50,000 tickets in over 40 countries and was the first destination hip hop festival in Europe.

This year, for its 10th jubilee edition, Fresh Island is bringing music cream led by dancehall stars Shenseea and Skillibeng, the creator of the biggest British hits Tion Wayne, DJ stars DJ Uncle Waffles and DJ Maphoris, and radio icons from London Tim Westwood and Semtex to Zrće beach from 25-29 June.

Shenseea

Skillibeng

Also, over 50 DJs and MCs from Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Zurich will also perform.

DJ Uncle Waffles

After a two-year break caused by the pandemic, Fresh Island returns to the festival scene and invites all fans of music genres like dancehall, hip hop, afrobeats, r & b, amapiano, etc. to join them in celebrating their 10th birthday on Zrće beach.

Festival tickets for the 10th birthday of the Fresh Island Festival are on sale from Sunday, April 3, for the local audience at a price of 407 kuna via Entrio.hr.