Entertainment in Serbia in 2026: Concerts, Shows, and Nights Out

Serbia's entertainment culture is most distinctive for EXIT — the Novi Sad fortress music festival held annually in July in a 17th-century fortification on the Danube, rated among the world's best music festivals and carrying a specific history as a peace movement born during the NATO bombing period. The Belgrade summer festival (BELEF) fills public spaces across the capital with theatre, film, and music. The Guca Trumpet Festival is one of the world's most unusual and most energetic music events: three days of competitive Roma brass band music in a small Serbian town that attracts over a million visitors. The world music scene of Belgrade's Skadarlija bohemian quarter, the Serbian Orthodox church music tradition, and the turbo-folk concert circuit each add further entertainment layers.