A large party with Skunk Anansie and Atlas Sound

This year’s Mars Festival, which will take place on May 28th, will feature the Croatian premieres of the legendary British alternative punk-rock band, Skunk Anansie, as well as the American musician, Bradford Cox, also known as Atlas Sound.

This year’s redesigned edition of the Mars Festival, which will take place on May 28th, was conceived as a big one-day party featuring some twenty acts and headlined by the renowned British punk-rock band, Skunk Anansie, as well as American musician, Bradford Cox, alias Atlas Sound, which is also the name of his solo project.
The concept of the festival covers a wide spectrum of musical genres, ranging from hard rock to modern dance rhythms. The program will last for about ten hours, and will be performed on three stages at two different locations. The main stage will be in the courtyard of the former Jedinstvo Factory; another, which will feature exclusively electronic music, will be located within the Factory hall, while the third stage will be within Močvara Club.
The festival’s headlining band, Skunk Anansie, will be visiting Zagreb for the first time and this concert will be part of their big comeback tour after a long eight-year break. Skunk Anansie was one of the most influential British alternative rock bands of the 1990s. After a lengthy break, the band members reunited and, last year, they released their Greatest Hits album and announced a big comeback tour. Apart from Zagreb and Ljubljana, where the Mars Festival will take place a day earlier, the band will perform at other big European festivals, including PinkPop in the Netherlands, Heineken Jammin’ in Italy, and Southside Hurricane in Germany.

The second big Zagreb premiere, the arrival of Bradford Cox, will certainly attract the attention of the Croatian audience. His renowned solo project, Atlas Sound, is a genuine treat of a modern, ambient, indie sound and last year’s album, “Logos”, made it to the Best Of charts of practically every relevant critic in the world.
Among the local musicians, several more or less known bands, such as Father, and The Orange Strips from Labin, are also expected to take part.

The number of tickets for the festival is limited so it is now the best time to get yours. They are priced at 230 kuna each and can be purchased at Zagreb’s Dallas or Dancing Bear shops, as well as the Dallas store in Rijeka.