Cultural and art events under the auspices of the European Capital of Culture, which are scheduled to take place in April, a month in which the ECoC programme reaches its finale, were announced today in Rijeka.
This year, the fourth annual Porto Etno Festival will once again live up to its nomadic reputation with completely new locations – from 1 to 3 October, the Croatian House of Culture in Sušak, the Neboder Hotel terrace, and the square outside the nearby School will be the venues for meetings, music, and great food from all corners of the world.
Two weeks of attractive children’s workshops, shows, concerts, street performances, games and film screenings plus, the already traditional, spectacular opening on the city’s streets.
Summer in Rijeka – European Capital of Culture brings many events Rijeka, the city that in this incredible year 2020 bears the European Capital of Culture title, after two months of mandatory isolation, returns into focus of the cultural public, artists and the audience. About ten music festival and weekend concerts, thirty drama and dance…
Based on her own request, Emina Višnić was relieved of her duties as the company’s director, and Irena Kregar Šegota was appointed to that position.
At a press conference that brought together numerous journalists, a cultural and artistic programme was announced to be held in Rijeka during May and June, coloured by measures of reduced social contacts and a ban on public gatherings.
A large-scale opening program that took place on 1st February 2020, and lasted for 24 hours, marked a date on which the city of Rijeka officially took over the title of the European Capital of Culture, as well as the actual start of perhaps the most important, and certainly the most interesting cultural year in city’s history.
Tens of thousands of people attended the central EcoC opening programme hat communicated the courageous messages on the values upon which modern Europe is founded
