The 13th edition of the EVO RUKE Festival will take place from 6–10 October 2026 at several venues across Split. Over the course of five festival days, visitors can enjoy concerts, exhibitions, performances, film screenings and live outdoor radio broadcasts, while the festival's closing evenings will be held at the Croatian National Theatre Split.

This year's programme features Josipa Lisac, Atomsko sklonište (with the band's original members), and Uršula Najev & Black Coffee, alongside more than 100 performers appearing in around twenty concerts. The festival also incorporates the programmes of the 16th Split Blues Festival and the 9th Split Open Jazz Fair.

Free events will take place at Pjaca (People's Square), Obrov street, Gaje Bulat Square, and the Split City Museum, where visitors can enjoy concerts, photography and caricature exhibitions, performances and film screenings. The closing concerts at the Croatian National Theatre Split are ticketed.

CONCERT PROGRAMMES:

OBROV STREET

• Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at 18:00
  Concert Little Sister
   
• Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 17:00
  Concert Dele
   
• Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 17:00
  Concert Žana & Charlie Blue Note Blues
   
• Friday, 9 October 2026 at 17:00
  Concert Srdela Blues Band
   
• Saturday, 10 October 2026 at 17:00
  Concert Lima Wick & Stuttering Bob
   
• Daily from 11:00 to 12:00
  Radio programme Evo ruke, Splite on HR Radio Split, hosted by DJ Wolfman and Davor Hrvoj, live from Obrov

GAJO BULAT SQUARE

• Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 14:00
  Official opening of the event and marking of Croatian Parliament Day
  Choreography by Split Majorettes with flags
  Concert by Borna Šercar i Harpije
  Concert by Klasična hrvatska četvorka

PEOPLE'S SQUARE(PJACA SQUARE)

• Friday, 9 October 2026
  11:30 – Vedran Božić & Telefon Blues Band: Planet Hendrix
  12:15 – Srdela Blues Band (winners of the Croatian Blues Challenge)
  12:45 – Valerija Nikolovska & Telefon Blues Band: Janis
   
• Saturday, 10 October 2026
  12:00 – Tamara Obrovac Transhistria electric
  13:30 – Sila nečista

CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE SPLIT

• Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 20:00
  Ursula Rajić & Black Coffee
   
• Friday, 9 October 2026 at 20:00
  Josipa Lisac
  RASPRODANO / SOLD OUT
  
  
• Saturday, 10 October 2026
  20:00 – ceremonial academy marking the release of the triple album Evo ruke, Splite Vol. 1 (previously unreleased recordings by Split bands, 1979–...)
  20:20 – Atomsko sklonište

EXHIBITION PROGRAMME:

GALLERY OF FINE ARTS AND MUSEUMS OF THE CITY OF SPLIT

Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at 17:00

• opening of the exhibition Evo ruke, Splite – artist Josip Enco Kovačević

• short thematic concert by the Split rock band Teška odluka

• performance by Ivana Vuković and Vera Žeželj

• screening of the short conceptual film History Will Teach Us Nothing by Ivan Mesek

The exhibition can be visited from 6 to 16 October 2026.

VIDEO SCREENINGS:

OBROV STREET

• Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 20:00
  screening of the documentary film Štorija o bluesu i ribarima
  
  
• Friday, 9 October 2026 at 20:00
  screening of the documentary film Jazz u boji, građanine
  
  
• Saturday, 10 October 2026 at 20:00
  screening of the documentary film Earl Jones je bija u pravu

Tickets for the concerts by Uršula Najev & Black Coffee (8 October), and Atomsko sklonište (10 October) at the Croatian National Theatre Split are available through the Adriaticket ticketing system: https://shop.adriaticket.com/

Info: organiser's Facebook page.