Sea Star Festival


Sea Star Festival is a music festival organized by the team behind EXIT Festival in Serbia. It was held for the first time on 25–28 May 2017 at the Stella Maris Resort in the City of Umag, while the second edition was held in 2018 on 24-27 May. The festival features rock, pop, electronic, techno, house, hip-hop, metal and punk acts performing on multiple stages. Some notable names who performed include The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz, Wu-Tang Clan, Dubioza Kolektiv, Meduza, Amelie Lens, UMEK, Cypress Hill and many more.
In its first festival year in 2017, Sea Star was shortlisted in two categories at the annual European Festivals Awards which are held in Groningen, Netherlands, competing for the title of best mid-sized and best new festival. At national level, in 2017 Sea Star won the Capra D’Oro award given by Istria Tourist Board for promoting the region of Istra, while winning the “Ambasador” award in the same year for best new festival.
Sea Star also caught the attention of international media, with Travel Magazine concluding that with “outstanding productions the festival is set to be a stunner”.

Location

Sea Star's Festival site, Stella Maris Complex, is set on the Istrian beach at the north of the Croatian seaside. Beyond the music, visitors are encouraged to explore the surroundings of Umag, with its rich Mediterranean spirit and historical architecture, while also taking advantage of the local cycle paths and bike rentals.

Key stages

Sea Star festival has six stages in total. The Tesla Main Stage presents the headliners of the festival, while Nautilus Arena, located under the main ATP stadium, is dedicated one night to hip-hop acts, and the other to alternative electronic music. Stages named Beach Groove Stage, Exotic Laguna and Silent Octopus bring a variety of genres with hip-hop, reggae, latino, bass, house, techno. Cinema Stage boasts a huge screen where movies and best EXIT performances are shown in HD.

History by years

Sea Star 2017

Sea Star Festival 2017 took place 25–28 May 2017 and was attended by 50,000 people. Although it was planned to be a two-day festival, Day Zero was held on 25 May, as well as an after-party on the 28th of May 2017.
The headlining acts for Sea Star 2017 included The Prodigy, Paul Kalkbrenner, Fatboy Slim, Dubioza kolektiv, Mahmut Orhan, Modestep LIVE, Pendulum DJ Set, Rambo Amadeus, SARS, Spiller, UMEK, Bad Copy, Urban&4, Elemental, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Matter and many more.
Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous big beat and techno acts to acid house music, as well as rock and pop. Around 70 acts performed at the festival.
It was one of four festivals of EXIT Summer of Love 2017. EXIT Summer of Love celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love and marked the most important events from 1967 when the revolutionary Peace Movement began. Besides Sea Star Festival, it included three more music festivals – Revolution Festival in Romania on 2–3 June 2017, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 6–9 July 2017 and Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 13–15 July 2017.

Sea Star 2018

Sea Star Festival 2018 took place 24–27 May 2018. It was attended by 35,000 people.
The headlining acts for Sea Star 2018 included Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hurts, Robin Schulz and Paul Van Dyk as well as Luke Slater, Ofenbach, Tram 11, Filatov & Karas, Edo Maajka & Bend and many more.
Sea Star festival presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous house and pop acts to trance music.
Disciples have cancelled their performance prior to the festival. Instead, they have performed at the 2018 edition of the EXIT Festival.
Sea Star is one of the six festivals of EXIT Freedom 2018. Besides Sea Star, EXIT Freedom includes six more music festivals – Festival 84 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15–18 March 2018, Revolution Festival in Romania on 31 May–2 June 2018, EXIT Festival in Serbia on 12–15 July 2018, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 30 August–1 September and No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 15–18 November 2018.

Sea Star 2019

Sea Star Festival 2019 took place 23-26 May 2019. It was attended by 40,000 people.
The headlining acts for Sea Star 2019 included Wu-Tang Clan, Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz and many more.
Sea Star Festival 2019 presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip hop acts to techno and house music.
Sea Star was the first of the five festivals of EXIT Tribe 2019. Besides Sea Star, EXIT Tribe will include four more music festivals – EXIT Festival in Serbia on 4-7 July 2019, Revolution Festival in Romania on 8-10 August 2019, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro from 31 August to 1 September 2019 and No Sleep Festival in Serbia from 8-9 November 2019.

Sea Star 2020

Sea Star Festival 2020 was supposed take place 21-24 May 2020 until its cancellation and postponement to 2021, due to the 2019/2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.
Organizers of the festival announced that all of the acts announced for Sea Star 2020 would be performing at the 2021 edition of the festival.

Sea Star 2021

Sea Star Festival 2021 will take place 27-30 May 2021.
The headlining acts for Sea Star 2021 will include Cypress Hill, Amelie Lens, Dubioza Kolektiv, UMEK, Meduza and many more.
Sea Star 2021 will present a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip-hop, techno and rock acts to electronica and house music.
It will be the first of the five festivals organized by the EXIT group. Besides Sea Star, EXIT will include four more music festivals - EXIT Festival in Serbia in July, Revolution Festival in Romania, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro in August and No Sleep Festival in Serbia in November.

Festival by year