Bajaga & Instruktori, Vranjkovic, KKN, Bjesovi, and Orthodox Celts at Arsenal Fest 2025
Alongside numerous global stars, Arsenal Fest 2025, which will take place from June 26 to 28 at the Knezev Arsenal venue in Kragujevac, is growing richer with big names from the local scene. The fifteenth edition of Arsenal Fest will welcome Bajaga i Instruktori, Nikola Vranjkovic, Kanda, Kodza i Nebojsa, Bjesovi, and Orthodox Celts.
Bajaga i Instruktori will perform on the Main Stage at the festival’s opening on June 26. Momcilo Bajagic and his band are well acquainted with this stage, having shaken the festival with their hits three times before. They return to Arsenal after four years, ready to perform timeless songs that have marked their career, as well as some rarer tracks that will surely delight their fans.
Following a celebratory 2024, in which they triumphantly marked four decades of existence with numerous concerts, Bajaga i Instruktori continue their journey with the same passion. The Arsenal Fest audience will see them for the first time in their current lineup, which has been in place for the past two years, featuring Vladimir Cukic (bass guitar) and drummer Marko Kuzmanovic.
The Garden Stage will also offer top-notch performances this year. On June 26, in Zastava Garden, another familiar face of Arsenal, the cult rock musician and songwriter Nikola Vranjkovic, will take the stage. The following day, June 27, the Garden will host Kanda, Kodza i Nebojsa and Bjesovi, bands that have been pillars of the local alternative scene since the 1990s. Serbian pioneers of Irish music, Orthodox Celts, will create their signature energetic atmosphere on the final night of the festival, June 28.
As a reminder, the opening night on June 26 will also feature the globally renowned band Massive Attack on the Main Stage. Mongolian folk-metal group The Hu and Slovenian band Joker Out will perform on June 27, while the legendary Faithless, British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, and French crossover band La Femme will close the festival on June 28.
Single-day tickets for the first and third days of the festival (June 26 and 28) cost 3,000 RSD, while tickets for the second day (June 27) are 2,500 RSD. Tickets are available at all sales points and on Tickets.rs. Three-day festival passes are on sale for 6,200 RSD.