Karleusa: 'I'm premiering my new songs on July 17 in Banja Luka'

On her TikTok profile, Jelena Karleusa posted a video announcing a concert at the Kastel fortress in Banja Luka on July 17, saying that on that occasion she will perform live for the first time songs from new material that has not yet been released. “See you on July 17 in Banja Luka, Kastel fortress. I can’t wait to spend time with you and hear my biggest hits, and I also have a nice surprise for you, you’ll be the first to hear my newest songs”, the singer wrote in the caption.

The Kastel concert is part of a series of summer dates the Banja Luka promoter is putting forward under its open-air banner. According to data from the ticketing platform ulaznica.org, which is selling tickets for events at this venue, the concert begins at 8 p.m. Ticket sales opened a few days earlier, with price tiers the promoter did not publicly specify in the first phase.

In an announcement carried by informer.rs, the Banja Luka promoter describes the show as “a world-class outdoor show” and says the audience can expect futuristic costumes, contemporary choreography and special effects, all part of the standard stage concept Karleusa has been using on larger concerts over the last two seasons. In the first five months of 2026, the singer has played Vrnjacka Banja and Banja Luka on April 4, where she also filled the open-air venue.

The Banja Luka announcement comes a few days after the singer’s post in which, following a period of public controversies, she said she would not be responding to attacks in the media. “You know how I’m going to get back at those who did me so much harm. I won’t. I won’t seek revenge. I’ll forget them. I already have. And I’ll be happy”, the singer wrote in a post that part of the media flagged as the end of a months-long public exchange with showbiz colleagues and her former family.

The new songs whose premiere is being teased are, per Karleusa’s collaborators, part of material she worked on during the spring of 2026. The singer released the single “Insomnia 2.0” at the end of winter, describing it in an Instagram caption as “a continuation of the story” of a song from 16 years ago that, she says, was the first in the history of the Balkan YouTube to cross one million views in a single day.

The Kastel fortress concert is part of a series of summer Banja Luka shows that the promoter has announced under the “Banja Luka Summer” banner, with Karleusa announced as one of three key headliners for July and August. The Banja Luka Kastel will also host several other regional performers in the same 2026 season, with dates in June, July and August.

The singer has not yet announced her next official public appearance after Banja Luka. Her New Year’s Eve 2026 party, which she is organizing under her own karleusadoceknova.rs brand, remains the headline commercial fixture for the end of the year.