13th edition of the EVO RUKE Festival

13th edition of the EVO RUKE Festival

 

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 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. 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.

 

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

 

PROGRAMME.

Obrov street, evening concerts

  • October 6, Little Sister, starting at 6 PM
  • October 7, Đele (Djele), starting at 5 PM
  • October 8, Žana & Charlie Blue Note Blues, starting at 5 PM
  • October 9, Srdela Blues Band, starting at 5 PM
  • October 10, Lima Wick & Stuttering Bob, starting at 5 PM

     

Gajo Bulat Square, October 8, at 14:00

  • Official opening of the event & Croatian Parliament Day celebration, featuring a flag performance by the Split Majorettes and live concerts by Borna Šercar & Harpije and Klasična hrvatska četvorka (Croatian jazz quartet performing works by legendary saxophonist John Coltrane)
     

Pjaca square, concerts

  • October 9, 11:30–13:30
    Vedran Božić & Telefon Blues Band: "Planet Hendrix"
    Srdela Blues Band (Winners of the Croatian Blues Challeng)
    Valerija Nikolovska & Telefon Blues Band: "Janis"

  • October 10, 12:00–14:30, concerts
    Tamara Obrovac Transhistria electric
    Sila nečista


Croatian National Theatre Split, concerts

  • October 8, Ursula Najev & Black Coffee, starting at 8 PM
  • October 9, Josipa Lisac – sold out
  • October 10, Atomsko sklonište, starting at 8.20 PM


Museums of the City of Split (Gallery Diocletian)

  • October 6, at 17:00
    Opening of the exhibition:"Evo ruke, Splite" by Croatian artist Josip Enco Kovačević, accompanied by a short thematic concert by the Split rock band Teška odluka and screening of the short conceptual film: "History Will Teach Us Nothing" by Ivan Mesek . The exhibition is open from October 6 to 16, 2026.

 

Info: organiser's Facebook page

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