Feature — Klubska Scena on what the Croatian scene is missing between festivals

Klubska Scena · Feature by Nikola Čelan · 10 May 2026

A feature in Klubska Scena asking whether the Croatian club scene is a piece of cultural infrastructure or a seasonal tourist product. Jan is one of several voices in it, alongside Insolate and Mario Lovaković Umbo, and his part of the argument is about what happens between festivals.

What the piece covers

The tension between festival visibility and a scene that has to work the other ten months of the year: fragmented micro-scenes, centralisation in Zagreb, and the difference between a club that builds something and a venue that hosts occasional consumption. Jan’s point is that the destination model only holds up if there is authentic production coming out of the scene itself.

In his words

“The Croatian scene today is not a complete festival ecosystem but a series of fragmented micro-scenes, heavily centralised in Zagreb and without real continuity between them.”

“What we lack is a long-term vision, because the destination model only makes sense if there is authentic production coming out of that scene.”

(Quotes translated from Croatian and shortened.)

Read the full piece

The complete feature, in Croatian, is on Klubska Scena:

Od jet-seta pa do Jadrana → klubskascena.hr