Between the 15th and the 25th of September, Bundek Lake will once again be the venue for the 4th edition of Rujanfest. Aside from a diverse culinary selection, visitors can expect yet another entertaining event featuring performances by numerous popular musicians and bands from all over Croatia and the wider region.

A visit to Zagreb’s surroundings does not necessarily entail the mere characteristics of an excursion. If you like classical music and you will be in Zagreb during late September, make sure to head to Samobor, the tourism jewel of Zagreb County, where the 36th Samobor Music Autumn and the 8th International Competition of Young Musicians “Ferdo Livadić” will be taking place between September 24th and October 8th.

Between the 5th and the 11th of September, for the 44th consecutive year, Zagreb will once again be host to some of the best known Croatian and global puppet theatres, which will present themselves during PIF: an international puppet theatre festival. Aside from plays, the festival will feature an array of workshops, exhibitions and seminars about puppetry.

Besides the popular exhibition “Fliers of the Great Sky”, the Croatian Natural History Museum is concurrently presenting another interesting exhibition, “Animalism in the work of Vladimir Filakovac”. Both exhibitions will remain open until the end of the year.

Between the 10th and the 18th of September, the Maksimir Tennis Centre, located in eastern Zagreb, will be the venue for a traditional 7th Zagreb Ladies Open. This large international tennis tournament will feature around fifty professional female tennis players from all over the world.

Among the array of major names from the world of music that will be visiting Zagreb this autumn, the Oregon folk-rock sensation, Fleet Foxes, will perform at Tvornica kulture on November 14th. Critics and audiences regularly compare the band to legends such as Stills Nash & Young, Simon & Garfunkel, and even the Beach Boys.

With their latest European tour “Made in Germany 1995 – 2011”, the popular German band Rammstein will be presenting a compilation of their greatest hits composed throughout their 16-year career. As part of their aforementioned tour, Rammstein will hold a concert at the Zagreb Arena on November 8th.

If you are interested to find out who are the best young conductors in the world and what they are like at work, make sure not to miss the large, 5th International Competition of Young conductors “Lovro von Matačić”, which will, as always, take place at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall.