Now in its 56th year, the Melodies of Istria and Kvarner festival, along with the entire world, is confronting the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected our everyday lives, as well as the event itself. Instead of taking place in mid- or late June as traditional, this year a single festival night will be held in Rijeka on Saturday 5 September, at 8 p.m.

As the European Capital of Culture and native port of MIK, Rijeka will host the festival night in the Riječka Rezolucija Square (in the event of adverse weather, the festival night will be moved to the Zamet Sports Hall), where 19 new compositions will be presented to the audience. It should be noted that the festival night will be broadcast live by HRT 2, so that those not able to attend the event in Rijeka can also watch it along with the rest of the audience in the square.

The festival will once again push the boundaries of musical expression through a new approach that will add rock, world music and high-quality pop to the familiar “MIK sound”.

A noteworthy new feature is the MIK Concert Revue, which is scheduled for Sunday 6 September, also at 8 p.m., with performances by renowned artists, whose renditions of classic MIK songs, which people still enjoy and sing even today, are bound to make this a MIK night for the ages.

The following songs will be performed at the MIK festival on 5 September (in alphabetical order of their titles):

DAJEN TI BESEDU – Martina Majerle
Robert Grubišić – Robert Pilepić

DOJDI MI MARIE – Sergio Pavat i klapa Lungomare
Andrej Baša – Andrej Baša

FALA TI ČA SI BLIZU – Tedi Grubica
Goran Šarac- Robert Pilepić

FIUME NELL ANIMA – Francesco Squarcia
Francesco Squarcia – Francesco Squarcia

INKANTAN – Joso Butorac i klapa Tić
Robert Grubišić – Zlatan Marunić

KANTRIDA – Aida Tokić
Sandro Bastijančić – Sandro Bastijančić

KAP PO KAP – Nina Kraljić
Saša Markovski – Vjeko Alilović

NA TE JOŠ PENSAN  – Slava i Igor
Igor Ivanović – Igor Ivanović

NE PASIVA OVO VRIME NEGO MI  – Erik Balija
Toni Pernić – Toni Pernić

NEVERA – Medea Market Sindik
Marko Tomasović – Suzana Blečić

RUŽA OD VETRI – Katarina Toplek, Karla Pupis, Lucija Rajnović i Doris Stanić
Robert Grubišić – Vjeko Alilović

SVET NA DAR – Tea Vučak
Aleksandar Valenčić –  Senka Laginja

SVI NA RIVU – Valerio Ricchiuto
Bruno Krajcar –  Daniel Načinović

TRAMUNTANA NA VOLOSKEN – Father
Franjo Jardas – Franjo Jardas

TORNAJ MI SRIĆE KOMADIĆ – Melanija Purić
Frane Frleta – Alen Orlić

TRIBA ZNATI – Vesna Nežić Ružić
Vesna Nežić Ružić – Ljubica Bestulić Stanković

TU OSTANI – Daniel Moscarda
Daniel Moscarda – Daniel Moscarda

VALENTINA – Lado Bartoniček
Lado Bartoniček – Lado Bartoniček

VOLIN TE – Suzana Štefanić
Suzana Štefanić – Suzana Blečić

In its 56th year of existence, the festival will again show that nothing can stand in the way of tradition and love for “our songs” and that we all have to adapt to this situation, which will hopefully soon become just a distant memory.

Photo:  MIK press