Zoom festival 2019 is an opportunity to present the first BiS! – a playful music program which follows various non-music artistic events – featuring the performances of Balkan beat gypsy punk bend MAiKA and a young local DJ Kasja!
* “Bis” is a Croatian word for “encore”

Photo: Petra Šporčić / Drugo more (Flickr gallery)

The concert will take place at Omladinski kulturni centar Palach on Saturday, 26th October. The door will open at 8 pm, the music program will start at 9 pm with Kasja.

You can buy the ticket (30 HRK) at mojekarte.hr website or at the place of performance one hour before the show.

The music project MAiKA is a new phenomenon on the local scene. Serbian/Croatian/Montenegrin band with its authentic combination of Balkan beats, hit melodies and furious energy at live performances, continues to delight not only the festival audience, but the foreign booking agencies as well!

This unusual band uses accordion, saxophone, trumpet and two female vocals combined with unrestrained rhythm and electronic effects. With its charm and wild energy, MAiKA will conquer every stage, win your heart, and make you dance till you fall off your feet!

As the only local band selected personally by famous GOGOL BORDELLO to follow them on their Eastern European tour, band MAiKA became one of most adored bands in Balkan region. By the end of the 2018 summer band MAiKA had two amazing shows at spectacular BOOMTOWN fair and on request of new fans band remained in the UK and throw several spectacular shows.

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The task of warming you up and cooling you down will be given to a young DJ named Kasja and her dynamic dance sets!

Kasja is a girl who has in the past few months performed as a music selector in the clubs such as Život (Rijeka), Crkva (Rijeka) and Kotač (Pula), in the tunnels under Rijeka, and on a recent event organised by Rijeka 2020 in our beloved Hatera ex-paper factory, next to Elena Colombi and Dr. Rubenstein. She is still wandering through varios genre fields, focusing mostly on house, but with no fear of peeping into electro, genreless industrial depths.

Let’s listen to what she has to say this time!

The concert is part of the tenth edition of Zoom Performing Arts Festival, taking place from October 23-29 at various places in Rijeka.

Check out more about the program here.