Plitvice Lakes hosts folklore evening on 7 November

Plitvice Lakes National Park hosts the Our Steps Our Song folklore evening in Plitvice on 7 November 2026. The programme brings traditional songs, dances and costumes to the Mukinje Sports and Recreation Centre, linking a public cultural gathering with one of Croatia's best-known protected landscapes.

The event is organised by the Public Institution Plitvice Lakes National Park, which announced the programme on 28 October 2026. It begins at 6pm on 7 November 2026 and is open to visitors, with admission free for everyone according to the organiser.

Folklore evening brings regional groups to Mukinje

The event is titled Our Steps, Our Song and is designed around Croatian traditional music, singing, dance and customs. The organiser lists cultural and artistic societies from Lika-Senj, Karlovac, Zadar and Zagreb counties, as well as the City of Zagreb.

Tenor Tomislav Bozicevic is scheduled to perform, while Branko Uvodic leads the programme. The evening also includes a ceremonial guard made up of the Frankopan Guard from Ogulin, the Otocac Regiment and the Slunj Border Infantry Regiment. The official event programme names the participating groups and the Mukinje venue.

Plitvice Lakes connects the event with a living landscape

Mukinje gives the evening a direct link to the national park's managed visitor area. The park authority is both the organiser and custodian, so the 7 November programme places regional cultural expression alongside the natural setting that draws visitors to Plitvice.

UNESCO describes the park as a karst landscape of forests, lakes, caves and waterfalls. Water flowing over limestone and chalk has formed travertine barriers that create natural dams, while the geological process continues today. The lakes are grouped into upper and lower systems connected by waterfalls and watercourses.

The park covers almost 30,000 hectares in the lower elevations of the Dinarides in central Croatia. UNESCO inscribed Plitvice Lakes National Park on the World Heritage List in 1979, with a boundary extension recorded in 2000. Those continuing natural processes provide a precise setting for an event focused on the transmission of cultural traditions. UNESCO's World Heritage description records the park's status and its tufa-forming system.

Visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The Our Steps, Our Song folklore evening takes place on 7 November 2026 at 6pm at the Mukinje Sports and Recreation Centre.
• The Public Institution Plitvice Lakes National Park organises the programme, and admission is free for all visitors.
• Mukinje is within the Plitvice visitor area in central Croatia; the park authority's listed address is in Plitvice Lakes, Croatia.
• The park landscape includes upper and lower lakes, waterfalls, caves, forests and travertine barriers formed by continuing geological processes.
• English is widely used for visitor information in Croatia, whose official currency is the euro.

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Frequently asked questions about Plitvice Lakes National Park

When does the folklore evening take place at Plitvice Lakes National Park?

Our Steps, Our Song takes place on 7 November 2026 at 6pm at the Mukinje Sports and Recreation Centre.

What is Plitvice Lakes National Park?

It is a Croatian national park of lakes, waterfalls, caves and forests shaped by continuing tufa-forming processes. UNESCO added it to the World Heritage List in 1979.

Where is Plitvice Lakes National Park and how do you get there?

The park is in central Croatia in the lower elevations of the Dinarides, with the event venue at Mukinje in the Plitvice area.