Announcing SAWA 2024 lineup and program!
A little more than 50 days until we meet again sickers!
Last year was super turbulent for us, but with the help of the balkan hardcore punk community we managed to cover all financial debt and about 2/3 of the losses caused by last year cancellation due to the heavy storm hitting us.
Thanks for the assistance when we needed it most - this years edition is dedicated to all of you who helped in any way possible!
👉 If you are interested in learning more details about what happened last year, take a look at initial blog post from our side regarding the storm hitting us, check all the 12 benefits organized here, and read in the latest interview in-depth overview and looking back on how the scene came together to assist us in tough times.
Now, let’s jump into what we were cooking for this years festival edition!
From melodic skate punk to noisy d-beat - we got your ears covered with the biggest lineup so far in 16 years - including 27 bands and more than 15 performers and artists! We have also expanded the additional program with exhibitions, screenings, tattoo sessions, performances and even sicker after parties with band and amazing DJs. Check all the relevant info below.
3 day of sickness ★ 27 bands ★ distros ★ exhibitions
screenings ★ tattoo ★ circus ★ performances ★ sick after parties with band and DJs
donation based entrance ★ free campground ★ live screen printing ★ delicious food we make ourselves ★ punk cocktails
coffee and breakfast in the morning on donations ★ showers and free drinking water ★ CHEAP DRINKS ★ music trivia quizes ★ bbq ★ fucking popcorn all day long!
MORE THAN MUSIC!
We’re always trying to bring more activities than just loud noise from the PA, from info decks, to circus performances, goods exchange, exhibitions, various installations and more. Here’s what we prepared for 2024 in addition to the bands.
✚ SICK after parties with “KALIKAMO” band and legendary "BarabaDub SoundSystem" crew
✚ "The Taste Of The Pit" photography exhibition by Pavle Kocanjer "Vjetroslav Prdinski"
✚ Live tattooing with "Do Kosti Tattoo" vanagon crew - special SAWA tattoo flashes available!
✚ "Županja Hardcore - 30 years" gig posters and photography exhibition - vinyl promotion and listening party
✚ Performing collective "Tricycle Trauma" and dark circus show performance
✚ "Pank-o-laži” chill gallery tent and exhibition by Petja Kolenko "Pitja"
✚ Live screen printing by "Smudge Print Lab" - you can also bring your own shirts!
✚ "Priče iz Magle" poster and illustration showroom with Nadan Sarvan "LGNJ Graphics" and custom clothes, embroidery and handicrafts by Paula Sabrina "Revenant Rags"
✚ Illustration and artworks exhibition "ILLZLOŽBA" by Goran Kovačić "Cartbox"
✚ Video screenings “DIY or/and DIE” of behind the scenes with SAWA Crew
✚ Punk rock trivia quiz challenges installations in collaboration with Goodwill Records
✚ Second hand punk rock market from which we donate all proceedings for the good causes, and in return you to get fancy used clothes
✚ Slackline, Table football, Volleyball, Table tennis, Soccer and more activities you could enjoy
✚ Have an idea for an installations, exhibitions or other DIY craftworks? Come and experiment!
Thursday — Sunday
18+19+20 July 2024
poloji—zupanja—balkan
ALL EXCEPT ONE // Zrenjanin, RS
hardcore tarapana rats from Mužlja area
ASILE // SOIGNIES, BE
furious punk rockers from Belgium
DEAD DOG SUMMER // CAKOVEC, HR
post hardcore veterans
DISBAJA // Zagreb, HR
d-beat mutation machinery
DYING EAST // ZUPANJA, HR
local punk metalheads
GROUND ZERO // NOVI Sad, RS
fast and furious punx with heavy metal riffs
HYACINTH // PILSEN, CZ
hardcore kids from the Rokycany fields area
KIJAMET // Zagreb, HR
hardcore punk rippers
KORIDOR // Zagreb, HR
dark post punks straight from the 80s ex-Yu punk scene
KRLJA // Zagreb, HR
grind punx making your ears bleed
LESS // TOURS, FR
post punk noise with two basses and drum
LIQUID SUPERCHARGE // PULA, HR
speed rockers from the underground of Paradiso
MAZUT // PULA, HR
mediterranean d-beat butchers
NEVEN // BELGRADE, RS
hardcore straight from the streets of Belgrade
NAGÖN // BELGRADE, RS
punk and roll barbarian hörde
NAILED IN // Zagreb, HR
restless hardcore punks kvatric force
OKOV // Zagreb, HR
raw melodic hardcore punk smashers
PASMATERS // PULA, HR
oldschool hardcore punk from the streets of Pula
PERIPETIJA // BELGRADE & NOVI SAD, RS
antifa straight edge maniacs
POLYWHY // Novi Sad, RS
post hardcore mathcore core core core
POPIK // Sarajevo, BA
punk and roll guardians from Bosnia
SKEETCH // LEIPZIG, DE
skate punk rockers from Germany
STARVATION // ZG & PZ & SI, HR
metal crust punx shredders
STATICØ // BELGRADE, RS
not-so-static hardcore punk scene saviors
THE NONAME // XI’AN, CN
punk and rebellion from China since 2001!
VERRAT // Vienna, AU
furious blackened crust from Austria
ZOMBIES NO // Paris, FR
90s punk rock melodic gang