Sea Star Festival

When is Sea Star Festival 2027?

Sea Star Festival 2027 is expected to run May 27 to 30, 2027. The dates follow the usual pattern and are not announced yet.

How the dates are set: Organizers announce the dates each year; the festival is held over an extended weekend at the end of May.

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Sea Star Festival schedule

• May 28 to 31, 2026: The Stella Maris Resort in Umag hosted the Sea Star Festival.

Source: plavalaguna.com

Getting to Sea Star Festival

• The festival is held at the lagoon of the Stella Maris Resort, right on the sea in northern Istria, near the Italian border and Trieste.

Source: events.europa.tips

Where to stay in Umag

• Plava Laguna hotels and apartments are close to the main stage, and Camping Stella Maris is nearby.

Source: plavalaguna.com

Tickets and cost

Tickets are sold only through the official website, seastarfestival.com.

Source: events.europa.tips

History of Sea Star Festival

Sea Star has been run by the makers of the EXIT Festival since 2017. It is traditionally the first big festival of the season on the Adriatic coast.

Source: events.europa.tips

Sea Star Festival: questions people ask

Sources: plavalaguna.com, events.europa.tips

About Sea Star Festival

A Croatian beach-lagoon festival that opens the summer season with big electronic, pop and hip-hop names.

Sea Star is held at the Stella Maris Resort lagoon in Umag, in northern Istria near the Italian border. It is produced by the team behind EXIT and brings more than 40,000 visitors at the start of the season. It runs over an extended weekend at the end of May. Tickets are sold only through the official site.

Know before you go

• Plava Laguna hotels and apartments sit close to the main stage, and Camping Stella Maris is nearby.
• Tickets are sold only on the official website.
• Trieste (TRS) is the nearest big-city airport, roughly an hour's drive across the Italian border.

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