Cash-Strapped Festival Boasts Bumper Lineup

Main Stage Lineup

Thursday, August 14

- Moba feat. Oliver Katic (Serbia)
- Vaja Balkanska and Orchestra (Bulgaria)
- The Cookers (USA)
- Dorado Schmitt Quartet (France)
- Tania Maria 4tet (Brazil)
- Zuralia Orchestra (Romania)

Friday, August 15
 
- Assaf Kehati Trio (Israel)
- Manglares (Mexico)
- Brussels Jazz Orchestra (Belgium)
- Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav Tadic (Macedonia/Serbia/USA)
- Candy Dulfer (The Netherlands)
- Vlada Maricic band (Serbia) feat. Nidia Moya (Cuba)

Saturday, August 16

- Irena Blagojevic Band (Serbia)
- Vox Arsana and Big Band DOM (Slovenia)
- Empirical (Britain)
- September (Slovenia)
- Viva Vox (Serbia)
- Mop Mop (Germany/Italy)
- Estudiantina Orchestra
  The Netherlands/Cuba)

Sunday, August 17

- Fish in Oil (Serbia)
- Takamen Nobuki (Japan)
- Daniel Marques trio (Brazil)
- Iyeoka (US)
- The Original Blues Brothers Band (US)
- Proces (Serbia)   

Although the festival seems to get less and less funding from state and local institutions every year, the Nisville Jazz Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a lineup that’s bigger and better than ever.

If you are looking to travel a bit this summer, and would prefer a more sophisticated festival experience than the Belgrade Beer Fest, Nisville is your best bet. From August 14-17, the city of Nis will host 80 concerts on seven different stages with over 550 performers.

Festival Director Ivan Blagojevic said the lineup was stronger than ever, despite the fact that organising the festival this year was a much risky endeavour, owing to the lack of money set aside by the...