On Thursday, January 17, be sure to attend the opening of the exhibit by Indira Kučuk Sorguč, Sarajevan Women on the Canvases of BiH Painters, which will be on display at the Brusa Bezistan Museum until February 28.
Rustem Pasha, Grand Vizier to Sulejman the Magnificent, had this covered market (Brusa Bezistan) built in the heart of Baščaršija in 1551, and it is now home to an annex of the Museum of Sarajevo, which houses a permanent display of items that span the periods from prehistory all the way to the time of Austro-Hungarian rule in Sarajevo.
If you are fascinated by the secrets of the universe, join the ORION Astronomical Society Team this Thursday at Save Skarića 2 as they organize an interactive lecture, Mythology of the Constellations.
You can spend Thursday at the Jewish municipality, where students from the University of East Sarajevo Music Academy will be providing some terrific guitar sounds during the Guitar United Fest. The following will participate in the event: Miodrag Rendulić, Dželila Madžović, Branko Prpoš, Stefan Stefanović, Bakir Vehabović, Kristijan Ravlić and Petar Rakić.
If you visit Aquarius Vils on Friday, January 18, you will enjoy a performance by Sarajevo singer, Lana Hamza and her band. That same night, Tribute to Balašević will be performing at Cinemas Sloga; and Rock Liga Band, a hard rock group from Banja Luka, will be coming to Underground.
Whether you spend Saturday, January 19 in the city or up on the mountains, there will be various events for you to choose from: concerts, live gigs, parties, plays….
If you love the fusion of classical and rock music, don’t miss a spectacular performance by Rock Symphony at Coloseum on Saturday. This ensemble comprises more than 40 musicians from Banja Luka, including members of the following bands: Tupas Mene, Bandaneon Square, Acoben Electric, Lady D, Vanja the Frog, Brutal Protest....
You can watch the play, A Love Letter to Stalin, directed by Saša Broz, at the Center for Culture and Youth for Municipality Center.
If you’d like to be reminded of the greatest hits by the legendary Beatles, you can do so on Saturday at Jazzbina, where the The Bestbeat – The Beatles Tribute Band will be performing. Since 2005, this team from Belgrade has been playing with the very instruments and amplifiers used by members of The Beatles, and dressing in costumes from different periods of the band’s career.
On Saturday, Dom Mladih Sarajevo will host the great Brown Sugar RnB Special Party, as organized by Red Bull Music and Fm Jam. Merakoon and DJ Soul are preparing a six-hour audiovisual set in this specially prepared space, featuring new stage designs, lighting and sound systems.
That same night, just before midnight, the Roof AW Team are bringing Forniva, Igor HDP and Andrej Jelić to Silver & Smoke, where they are lining up some great electronic music sets for Sarajevo audiences.
If you decide to spend Saturday on some of our mountains, you can catch Croatian DJ Nesho performing up on Babin Do as part of the Telemach Winterhana Market & Fun Zone. His shows are a combination of different genres (soul, funk, disco, Latin, house, hip-hop, jazz...).
You can warm up the next day (Sunday, January 20) on snowy Babin Do with some music by the BiH electronic music duo, After Affair, with DJ Bonjasky (Bojan Jović) and Ivan Z (Ivan Zrno).
We recommend that opera fans visit Kamerni Theater 55 on Sunday, when they can follow a terrific live performance of Adriana Lecouvreur by the New York Metropolitan Opera.
On Tuesday, January 22, you will have a chance to see the ballet, Prometheus in Chains (based on motifs found in Aeschylus’ tragedy of the same name) performed on the National Theater’s stage, as choreographed and directed by Belma Čečo Bakrač.
Even though the 8th Annual Coca-Cola Sarajevo Holiday Market is closed, the Jaffa Ice Skating Rink will still be working until February 3, so be sure to participate in the free Jaffa skating school during the winter school break.
