| Music Festival Name: | Sarajevo Beer Festival |
| Years Active: | 2012 - present |
| Dates: | Three days, in summer each year. |
| Website: | www.sarajevobeerfestival.com |
Sarajevo Beer Festival is an annual beer festival held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Established in 2012, the festival is held annually over 3 days as a showcase event for various beer producers.[2] In addition to domestic and foreign brews, the festival features live music performances each evening. It has become the largest beer festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina and third largest in the former Yugoslavia, behind the Belgrade Beer Fest and the Macedonia Beer Festival in Prilep.[3] The festival venue is the 17 acre (70,000 square meter) open-air former speed skating ring and encompassing park that makes up part of the Zetra Olympic Center.[4]
| Year | Location | Dates | Headliners | Guests | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | Metalac[5] | 8–9 June | The Beat Fleet, Partibrejkers, Rambo Amadeus, Sunshine, Zoster, Disciplinska komisija, DJ Focho, El Mano[6] | The pilot edition of the festival was organized in the Metalac open-air theatre in downtown Sarajevo. It was the only edition to last two days. All of the subsequent editions lasted three. | |
| 2 | 2013 | Zetra Olympic Center[7] | 14–16 June | SARS, Hladno pivo, Kiril Džajkovski, Skroz, Damir Urban, Dvadesetorica, dZihan & Kamien, Van Gogh | The 2013 edition was the first to be held at the open-air former speed skating ring and encompassing park that makes up part of the Zetra Olympic Center. | |
| 3 | 2014 | Zetra Olympic Center[8] | 30 May–1 June | The 2014 edition was the first to promote beer outside of the Former Yugoslavia. | ||
| 4 | 2015 | Zetra Olympic Center[9] | 29-31 May | The musical program was expanded to include daily gigs and concerts instead of only evening ones. | ||
| 5 | 2016 | Zetra Olympic Center[10] | 14-16 July | The musical program was interrupted by rain, but continued two hours later. | ||
| 6 | 2017 | Zetra Olympic Center[11] | 20-22 June | Kiril Džajkovski, Edo Maajka, Dubioza kolektiv, Helem nejse, Whoo See, SARS, Perpetuum Mobile, Parni valjak, Projekat rakija | The musical program included a hip hop set for the first time. | |
| 7 | 2018 | Zetra Olympic Center[12] | 20-22 June | Bombaj Štampa, Letu Štuke, Kultur Shock, Crvena Jabuka, Hladno pivo, Faithless, Obojeni program, Hladno pivo, TBF | The musical program included an EDM set for the first time. | |