Jala Brat and Buba Corelli Open Belgrade Music Week
The Sarajevo duo lit up Usce with a three-hour show on June 25, kicking off a four-day festival featuring Dara, INNA, Gzuz, Rasta, Teodora and Devito.
- Jala Brat and Buba Corelli opened Belgrade Music Week on June 25 with a three-hour show at Usce.
- The festival runs for four days, from June 25 to 28, billed as its most ambitious edition yet.
- The lineup includes Eurovision winner Dara, Romania's INNA and German rapper Gzuz, alongside Rasta, Teodora, Devito and Gazda Paja.
- Tickets are sold exclusively through the eFinity and MojKiosk platforms.
Jala Brat and Buba Corelli opened Belgrade Music Week last night, June 25, with a three-hour show at Usce in front of several thousand people. The Sarajevo duo walked out to a roar and had the crowd on its feet within minutes.
The night caught fire with “Toronto”, followed by a run of hits that Belgrade audiences know by heart. Jala and Buba have shared a stage for more than a decade, and on this night Usce looked like the natural endpoint of that whole story. Floodlights, pyro, hands in the air. A classic festival picture, just bigger.
This was only the first night. Belgrade Music Week runs for four days, from June 25 to 28, and the organizers are pitching it as the biggest and most ambitious edition so far. Each year, the production says, is meant to outdo the last.
Who is playing Usce through June 28?
The lineup is the reason people have been talking about this festival for days. Alongside Jala and Buba, Usce will host Eurovision winner Dara, Romanian singer INNA and German rapper Gzuz, giving the festival a regional and international weight rarely seen on a single stage here.
The domestic and regional scene is held down by Rasta, Teodora, Devito and Gazda Paja, along with Cunami, Sajfer, Elena and 2Soma. It is a roster that spans several generations and several genres, from trap and hip-hop to pop, so each night is likely to draw a different crowd.
That variety is exactly what Belgrade Music Week is trying to be. Not a single headline show, but a week in which stars rotate through that you would rarely catch in the same place over such a short stretch.
What is new in the setup
This year the festival also brings a few changes away from the stage itself. Tickets are sold exclusively through the eFinity and MojKiosk platforms, an organizational move that centralizes sales and makes black-market resale harder.
A new ticket tier has also been introduced, the Coca-Cola VIP Lounge, aimed at guests who want a separate area and a better view of the stage. A small detail, but a telling one about where these large Belgrade events are heading, toward clearer zoning and a premium offer.
After an opening like this, pressure on the rest of the program is only natural. When the first night carries Jala and Buba, the bar is set high straight away. The question is whether Dara, INNA and Gzuz can keep Usce running on the same energy all the way to Sunday night.
So, would you head to Usce this weekend for the home-grown stars or for the foreign guests?
