On the first 3 days of July, the fifth open air Thrill Blues Festival (Croatia) tοοκ place in Trilj city park by the Cetina River. The Thrill Festival never begins and never stops, it is a ΑΕΝΑΟΝ (Perpetual) Festival, where the musicians, organizers and audience are a Family and the last day of the festival is the beginning of the next...

In the heart of Dalmatia, around 40 kilometers north of Split, on the shores of the Cetina River lies a town called Trilj. Apart from the natural beauties and rich cuisine, Trilj will become famous worldwide for the blues. An 3-days thematic program will make the blues music more familiar to all the visitors.

Thrill Blues Festival is one of the youngest festivals here in Croatia but within the period of four years, as it has started, has become one of the most visited and media exposed blues festivals in Southern East Europe. In 2019  Festival was awarded as the best new festival in Europe, by French blues magazine Zicazine. Michael Limnios said: Thrill Blues Festival is the bigger festival in Southeastern Europe area. Last year around 20000 people visited the festival, and was media covered by many international journals (France, Greece, Mexico, USA, Poland, Canada, Australia, etc) and Croatian TV stations.

Photos © by Tadinac Saša / Božidar Vukičević (Cropix) / Ivo Čagalj (Pixsell)

Special Thanks: Trilj's Mayor, Mr. Ivan Bugarin, Andriana Ivkovic, Boris Hrepić Hrepa, Antonija Vrgoč Rola, Mike Vernon, Miro Dimić, Luka Banić, Dušan Roguljić, Vlasta Skrbina, Andrzej & Danuta Matysik, Dik Banovich, Jackie Calley, Banić Family (Donji Dolac), Tadinac Saša, Hans Kennet Larsen, Samir Milla, Norman Beaker