INmusic festival isCroatia's biggest international contemporary music open-air festival. The festival is held annually in late June inZagreb and takes place on the Isle of Youth (Croatian:Otok hrvatske mladeži) in the middle of Zagreb'sLake Jarun. The festival was started in 2006 and is usually held over three days. It includes several genre-specific stages with internationally renownedindie rock,heavy metal andelectronica artists. In 2008The Times included INmusic among the top 20 European summer festivals,[2] and it made the CNN's 2013 list of 50 greatest summer music festivals in the world.[3] NME (New Musical Express) has reported from the festival since 2015 and hailed the festival as "the hidden festival gem of Europe" as well as listing it among the world's top festival since 2017.
The festival's first edition was held as "INmusic festival" from 4–6 July 2006. It was organized by Multikultura, anon-governmental organisation, and held atŠalata.[4]
The second festival edition was held from 27 to 28 August 2007. Due to the festival's growing attendance a larger venue was necessary, so in 2007 the festival moved to the Isle of Youth at lake Jarun, and it was the first edition which took place atJarun.[5]
The festival's seventh edition was held from June 28–30 of June 2012. INmusic festival #7 was selected in the Top 50 World's best music festivals according to CNN International.
Local artists:Atheist Rap, Team Ghost, Dža ili Bu,S.A.R.S., Frenkie, Moveknowledgment, Pozdrav Azri, Gatuzo, Dosh Lee, She Loves Pablo, Radio Aktiv, Barbari, Antenat, Mašinko, Cherkezi United, D Elvis, B and the Boops, Achromatic Attic, Udriground
The ninth edition of INmusic festival was held from June 23–25, 2014. With a growing number of festival attendees and need for additional camping accommodation for visitors from abroad, the festival expanded and moved the festival campsite to the neighboring Trešnjevka Isle which was connected to the festival site for the duration of the three festival days by a 100 meter long pontoon bridge over the lake.
Local artists:Partibrejkers,Rambo Amadeus,Vlada Divljan, Ljetno Kino, Gatuzo, Kandžija i Gole Žene, S3ngs, N'toko, Žen, Baden-Baden, Elephant and the Moon, Pars Petrosa, Ti, Hype, Them Moose Rush, Your Gay Thoughts, The Canyon Observer, YEM kolektiv
The tenth INmusic festival was held from 22 to 25 June 2015.[needs update]The festival featured a closing ceremony and fireworks in celebrations of the tenth anniversary.
Local artists: Halka,Rambo Amadeus, Zadruga, Repetitor, Ljetno Kino, Jonathan, Ludovik Material, Sassja, Them Moose Rush, Killed a Fox, Muscle Tribe of Danger and Excellence, Ashes You Leave, NLV, Mnogi Drugi, Mel Camino, Clone Age, Mel & Django Jet, Čao Portorož, Jardier, And the Kid, Human, The Belle Infidels, Plastic Knives, Discohernia, DJ Ilko, YEM kolektiv...
INmusic festival #11 took place on 20–22 June 2016 inZagreb, Croatia, in the isles of lakeJarun.[12][13] In 2016 INmusic festival introduced a one of a kind 360 degree VJ stage inside the first world replica of the iconicTesla Tower,[14] inspired by the Croatian-born scientist and geniusNikola Tesla and in hommage to the recent passing ofDavid Bowie who portrayed Tesla inChristoper Nolan's 2006 filmThe Prestige, but more importantly represented a symbol of musical innovation and genre bending in contemporary music.
Wednesday, June 27 –Interpol,Alice In Chains,Portugal. The Man, General Elektriks, PINS, Tschegue, Super Besse, She Loves Pablo, Moskau, Sana Garić, Killed A Fox, Cubies, Rens Argoa, Futurski
INmusic festival #13 was sold a week before the start of the festival for a second year in a row.
The 2020 Inmusic Festival was originally postponed until 2021 due to theCOVID-19pandemic.[15] The rescheduled festival was itself also cancelled due to the continuation of the pandemic and was rescheduled to take place between 20 and 22 June 2022.[16]
