Sea Dance Festival

Sea Dance Festival


Sea Dance Festival view from Dance Paradise stage
Dates Mid July
Location(s) Jaz beach, Budva, Montenegro
Years active 2014-present
Website
www.seadancefestival.me

Sea Dance Festival is an award winning music festival which is held at Jaz beach in Budva, Montenegro since July 2014. The festival has been part of the EXIT Adventure, an extension of EXIT Festival.

Just after its first edition, Sea Dance festival was officially proclaimed as the 'Best Medium Sized European festival' at the European Festivals Awards,[1] held in Groningen in January 2015. Following the recognition at the European Festival Awards, Sea Dance festival teamed up with London–based media company AEI and its global brands UKF and TheSoundYouNeed for the second edition of the festival.

In short time, Sea Dance gained international media attention, featuring an article in Forbes magazine that listed Sea Dance festival, together with EXIT festival in Top 10 Europe’s Summer Festivals.[2] At the national level, Sea Dance festival won Montenegro Wild beauty Award[3] for the event with greatest promotional effect for Montenegro.

Location

Jaz Beach during Sea Dance

Jaz beach is located 2.5 km west of Budva city. It consists of two parts, one 850 m long and the other, formerly a nudist beach, 450m long. It is a pebble beach, with a campground along the greater part of the beach (capacity 2,000 lots). While it remains a popular spot for sunbathing and camping and is one of the longer beaches in Montenegro, it has gained international prominence as a host for numerous concerts and events in recent years. Since 2007 when The Rolling Stones concert was playing the beach in July 2007, Jaz Beach started to figure as open-air concert location for global acts.

Key stages

The key stages of the festival include the Main stage with its 30.000 attendee capacity, Dance Paradise, Reggae Stage, Silent Dance, Latino Stage, Cinema, and CHILL Zone.

Main Stage

Main Stage is the largest stage of Sea Dance festival, with a 30.000 attendee capacity.

Dance Paradise Stage

Dance Paradise Stage is the second largest Sea Dance festival stage. A festival favourite, it offers breathtaking sunsets, with long-lasting parties until dawn on the sandy beach.

Sea Dance 2014

The first Sea Dance Festival was held from 15 to 17 July 2014 at the Jaz beach in Budva, and represented 3 days of music performances. The festival was part of the EXIT Adventure, representing an additional 3 days of EXIT Festival. First edition of the festival visited 80 thousand people,[4] making it one of the most visited events in Montenegro.

Be Human Charity Events

The EXIT Foundation’s EXIT AID program, designed to help those affected by the devastating floods in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia organised the VIP humanitarian part of Sea Dance Festival entitled "BE HUMAN!"

The event was a collaborative effort between the EXIT Foundation and the municipality of Budva, and Dukley Gardens, with the support from the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Government of Montenegro as well as the National Tourist Organisation of Montenegro and Tourist Organisation of Budva.[5]

Be Human featured music stars Jamiroquai and Example and took place at Dukley Gardens during Sea Dance Festival. Entrance was only available to GOLD and PLATINUM VIP ticket holders.[6]

All profits made from GOLD and PLATINUM VIP ticket sales for Sea Dance Festival went to flood-relief efforts in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia. The total sum of aid collected by the Municipality of Budva and EXIT AID, counting BE HUMAN events, is over 140 000EUR in funds and 80 000EUR worth of goods. The collected aid was distributed to flood relief efforts as coordinated by the Government of the Republic of Serbia.[5]

Sea Dance 2015

Crowd at Sea Dance 2015

Second edition of Sea Dance festival was held from 15 to 18 July 2015[7] on Jaz beach, with headlining acts such as The Prodigy,[8] as well as Rudimental and Roisin Muprhy.

The appearance of this year’s festival was modified in comparison to previous year, and had six outdoor stages,[9] that offered various music genres. Sea Dance Festival also increased the number of foreign visitors for 70% in comparison to the previous year, with people from more that 40 countries of the world passing through the festival gates. It also set a record in overall attendance - around 110.000 people were present at Jaz Beach.

The festival site also included a camping place, located 50 meters away from the Jaz beach, which sits next to the Main stage.

In 2015 Main Stage hosted stars and artists from various music genres, including: The Prodigy, Rudimental DJ Set, Sigma, Wilkinson, Róisín Murphy,[10] Noisia, Brookes Brothers, Black Sun Empire, Fred V & Grafix, Calyx & TeeBee, GotSome, Maduk, Dubioza Kolektiv.

Dance Paradise Stage hosted: Bondax, Flight Facilities, FKJ live, Gramatik, Odesza, Star Slinger, TCTS, Soul Clap, PillowTalk live, Nick Monaco, James Zabiela, Kim Ann Foxman and Doorly.

Sea Dance 2016

Sea Dance 2016 was held 14-16 July 2016. In 2015 Main Stage hosted stars and artists such as: Skrillex, Hurts, Lost Frequencies, Stereo MCs, Andy C, Banco De Gaia, Sub Focus, Goldie, Zomboy, My Nu Leng, Cartoon,Filatov&Karas, S.A.R.S., Who See.

Dance Paradise Stage hosted: Jeff Mills, Sister Bliss, Black Coffee, Haris, Kristijan Molnar, Lea Dobričić, Miss Sunshine, Mladen Tomić and many more.

Due to rain, overall attendance was 75.000 people in three days.

Sea Dance 2017

Sea Dance Festival will take place 13-15 July 2017. First artists announced are Sean Paul, John Newman, Who See, Bad Copy, with more acts coming soon.

Year Dates Attendance Main artists
2014 15–17 July 80,000 Jamiroquai / Underworld / Example Live / Bad Copy / Darkwood Dub /Kiril Djaikovski ft. TK Wonder / Eddy Temple-Morris / Eyesburn/ Klingande /Lollobrigida / Patife / Rambo Amadeus / Urban & 4 / Who See / Mark Knight / Roger Sanchez / Timo Maas/ Juan Atkins etc.
2015 15–18 July 110,000 The Prodigy/ Rudimental DJ Set/ Sigma/ Wilkinson/ Róisín Murphy/ Noisia/ Brookes Brothers/ Black Sun Empire/ Fred V & Grafix/ Calyx & TeeBee/ GotSome/ Maduk/ Dubioza Kolektiv/ Bondax/ Flight Facilities/ FKJ live/ Gramatik/ Odesza etc.
2016 14–16 July 75,000 Skrillex, Hurts, Lost Frequencies, Stereo MCs, Andy C, Banco De Gaia, Sub Focus, Goldie, Zomboy, My Nu Leng, Cartoon,Filatov&Karas, S.A.R.S., Who See, Jeff Mills, Sister Bliss, Black Coffee, Haris, Kristijan Molnar, Lea Dobričić, Miss Sunshine, Mladen Tomić
2017 13–15 July Sean Paul, Mahmut Orhan, John Newman, Fatboy Slim, Who See, Bad Copy, Atheist Rap

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sea Dance je najbolji evropski festival srednje veličine". www.vijesti.me. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  2. ↑ Rodriguez, Cecilia. "Europe's 10 Best Summer Festivals You Never Heard Of". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Sea Dance Festival dobio nagradu za događaj godine". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Sea Dance: Festival posjetilo 80 hiljada ljudi". www.vijesti.me. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  5. 1 2 "Budva and EXIT flood relief efforts".
  6. ↑ "Over 30 000 visitors on Day 1!".
  7. ↑ "Sea Dance trajaće dan duže". Radio Televizija Budva. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  8. ↑ "Prodigy na Sea Dance festivalu!". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  9. ↑ Sea Dance 2015 Location - Feel the magic, join the vibe!, retrieved 2015-06-16
  10. ↑ Radičević, Boris. "Róisín Marfi nastupiće na Sea Dance festivalu". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
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