EKV tribute at Zappa Barka: Deca iz vode play Saturday
The band devotes the evening to Ekatarina Velika, with a program running almost three hours, a keyboardist from Smak and a 13-year-old drummer from Slovenia among the guests.
The gate of Zappa Barka on the Savski Kej embankment, near Usce and a short walk from the Nebojsa Tower, opens on Saturday, October 10, at 8 PM, and the first notes from Deca iz vode are expected an hour later, at 9. The band has prepared a program devoted to the songs of Ekatarina Velika and says it will run almost three hours, a long stretch for a single-repertoire concert and a fair test of how much of that catalog the audience still knows by heart.
This is not Deca iz vode’s first time at Zappa Barka. According to the announcement, the band has performed for Belgrade audiences for years, and its shows at Zappa Baza and on Zappa Barka have often sold out. Former members of EKV have also joined them on stage over the years, but this time the guest list covers a different range: from seasoned players to a boy who is just entering his teens.
Who opens the evening, and who guests?
The concert is opened by Zoran Mladenovic, Srdjan Nikolic and Nikola Rajovic, musicians from Kiza Bluz Band and the group Maljciki. According to the announcement, they were once part of the first lineup of Deca iz vode, so their appearance is also a return to the band they started out in.
Among the announced guests is Kristina Jovanovic, singer of the Belgrade band Kika. Guitarist Vladan Vuckovic Paja, author of 15 solo albums, who has worked with Rok Opera, Zdravko Colic and Piloti, will be on stage as well, along with keyboardist Dejan Zdraveski, whose collaborations include Smak, Full Flavor, Vlado Georgiev and BG Band.
A 13-year-old drummer from Slovenska Bistrica has a prominent place in the announcement. He already plays in both an original band and a cover band, and he reportedly names EKV as the most important band from the former Yugoslavia. Besides the named guests, the organizers have promised additional musical surprises without giving names, so the audience will learn the rest of the lineup only on Saturday night.
How much is a ticket and how do you get a spot?
The price depends on where the ticket is bought:
- 1,200 dinars at TicketVision sales points and online at tickets.rs
- 1,000 dinars at Zappa Bar, Kralja Petra Street 41
- 1,500 dinars at the entrance to Zappa Barka
Reservations can be made by phone at 064 010 8011. Doors open at 8 PM and the concert starts at 9, so ticket holders who arrive on time have a full hour to find a spot before the guests move on to drums, keyboards and guitars.
The organizers invite fans of Ekatarina Velika of every generation to join in and bring the music of Milan, Magi, Bojan, VD and the other EKV members back to life. For those who grew up with these songs, it is a chance to hear them live in Belgrade, and for listeners just discovering them, a first encounter with a catalog on which the band left its mark.
