Dragi Bravo Festival at Usce Draws 35,000 Fans

The Dragi Bravo Wonderland festival drew an estimated 35,000 people to Usce over two nights, August 21 and 22, making its fifth edition the best attended yet. It was also the first time the festival has been held at that location.

This year’s edition was built around a Wonderland concept. Usce was fitted out with matching stage design and an amusement park, so the grounds around the stage looked more like a fairy tale land than a typical festival field on both nights. The crowd was split into several zones, from the general floor and the Fan Pit to the VIP section and a dedicated Dragi Bravo GOLD zone.

Who performed on the first night

Ruslana opened the first night with “Wild Dances,” the same hit that won her the Eurovision Song Contest two decades ago. She was followed on stage by:

• Dado Polumenta, performing “Lepa kao greh,” “Ana Marija” and “Nije od karmina”
• Bojan Bjelic, who paired his hits “Duh iz bombonjere” and “Pogledom te skidam” with a guest turn from Indi, the two performing “Ekspresno” together before he closed his set with “Bato bre”
• Dara Bubamara, with “Ja necu da ga vidim,” “Vero, nevero,” “Zidovi” and “Opasan”
• Vlada Matovic, performing his hits “Moja jedina,” “Kao kokain” and “Ne koci”
• Slada Delibasic
• Edward Maya, whose “Stereo Love” and “This Is My Life” closed out the night

Sakis Rouvas makes his Serbia debut

The second night, August 22, opened with Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, right on schedule at 8:30 p.m. It was his first ever concert in Serbia, something Srpske novine had already reported ahead of the show. Like Ruslana, he is a Eurovision name, and at Usce he performed his hits “Shake It” and “This Is Our Night.” After him came:

• Viki Miljkovic, whose career spans more than three decades, with “Crno na belo” and “Maris li”
• the group Djogani, with hits “Leto je,” “Znam ja” and “Cekaj me kod kolima”
• Indira Radic, performing “Zmaj,” “Lopov” and “Pozelela”
• the Romanian band Morandi, whose “Angels” and “Save Me” closed the festival

How many people were at Usce

According to organizers’ estimates, the festival drew about 35,000 visitors over the two nights. There is no dispute about the dates: the festival ran on August 21 and 22, 2026, which ticket sales data also confirms, and this marks the highest turnout since Dragi Bravo began. The previous four editions were held at other locations in Belgrade, so this was the first time the festival brought its crowd to Usce. The lineup, from Ruslana and Sakis Rouvas to Dara Bubamara and Djogani, deliberately mixed music spanning several decades and genres, from dance tracks to homegrown club hits.

With this edition, organizers say, the festival opens a new chapter at Usce that is set to continue next year, though the date and location for 2027 have not yet been announced. Until then, what remains is the memory of two August nights in which, just as the Wonderland concept intended, the old two-thousands sound filled Usce again, from the first act to the final chorus the crowd sang along with the band on stage.