CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS

“MIMOSA FESTIVAL”
One of the most significant tourist-commercial festivities in the are of the former and today’s country. Our city has been celebrating this Festival for 36 years. It was founded in 1969 by the Tourist Association of the Bay of Kotor and the Municipality of Herceg Novi. From 1991, the Mimosa Festival is the member of the Foundation of European Carnival Cities (FECC).
The Festival generally takes place from end of January to the beginning of March, however, recently, it has been taking place in February only.
The Mimosa Festival is a celebration honoring flowers, most of the all the mimosa flower, which abundantly blossoms during winter in our community while the rest of Europe is covered in snow. It is a celebration which was founded and continues to live on principles of the traditions of carnivals, once very typical for this region, and which is accentuated by young Herceg Novi majorettes and the city band. There are many tourist, entertainment, cultural, sports and other programs within the Festival.
From the beginning till now, the Mimosa Festival caravan has been in over 50 cities in former and today’s country, as well as in Budapest (4 times), Berlin, Copenhagen, Klagenfurt, Segedin...

»MONTENEGRO MIMOSA CUP«
an international swimming meeting; it is the most important sports event of the “Mimosa Festival” and, at the same time, one of the most important sports events in the entire country taking place in February.

“HERCEG NOVI WINTER SALON”
A prestigious art exhibition lasting even longer than the “Mimosa Festival”. It has always taken place within the framework of the Festival.
It usually takes place in February.

“H A P S” - HERCEG NOVI APRIL THEATER FESTIVITIES
According to the original concept, this event gathered the amateur theaters from the entire country. However, from 2002 onward, the majority of participants in the most were professional theaters. It takes place in second half of April and lasts for 15 days.

“SUNČANE SKALE” (“SUNNY STEPS”)
An entertainment-musical festival gathering national and international performers. It takes place in July and lasts for 3 days.

“SMALL STEPS”
is a Festival of children’s music taking place in Bijela since 2004. The organizer is the non-governmental organization “Adut”.

“DAYS OF MUSIC”
After several years of hiatus, this festival of classical music is taking place again since 2004 and this time as a 21st international festival. It used to gather mainly young talents, and nowadays, directed by our famous pianist Boris Kraljevic, it gathers renowned authors and performers of classical music from around the world.

“ WINTER DAYS OF MUSIC”
From winter 2004/2005, this Festival has its second part in the period from November to January which is also known as the Winter Days of Music due to the period of its running.

“HERCEG NOVI FILM FESTIVAL”
From 1987, the Yugoslav Film Festival takes place in Herceg Novi, the city which had its first movie theater in 1919-1920, the city in which the »LOVĆEN FILM«, from 1951 to 1955, had its best years presenting famous film-makers, pioneers of the film in this region such as Anton Lukateli, Simo Čolović, Stevo Lepetić, Aleksandar Sekulović and Bojan Bazeli, who is today in Hollywood. The founder of this festival is a Herceg Novi born Milan Žmukić.
The festival takes place in the first week of August on the Summer stage »Kanli kula« and lasts from 5 to 7 days depending on the number of movies shown.

The “JUGOLE GRAKALIĆ” Sailing Club from Herceg Novi organizes the following regattas:
"MIMOSA CUP", which takes place in February,
"HERCEG NOVI CUP", which takes place in August, and
"HERCEG NOVI LIBERATION CUP", which takes place on October 28, the day when the city was liberated from the fashists.

»MARIO-DIDO MARIĆ« MEMORIAL SWIMMING MARATHON
takes place in August. It was founded in 1980 and swimmers swim from ŽANJIC to IGALO. It represents the continuation of the tradition which started before the World War II when the marathon took place from ROSE to HERCEG NOVI.
It is an homage to professor Mario-Dido Marić, who revived the marathon in the 1980’s.

“MONTENEGRO SKIPPERS CUP” REGATTA
is a traditional sailing regatta being organized since 1986 in the month of July. It encompasses the class of “cruisers” and is organized by the “YACHT CLUB” from Herceg Novi.

“STEVO KOVAČEVIĆ” Memorial
is a traditional sailing regatta which takes place in September and is an homage to Stevo Kovacevic, a long standing president of the “JUGOLE GRAKALIC” Sailing Club from Herceg Novi. Each year the Memorial regatta is jointly organized by the “Jugole Grakalic” Sailing club and the sailing clubs of “Jovo Dabovic” from Baosic, “Lahor” from Tivat and “Delfin” from Kotor.