4 acoustic acts worth listening at this year’s Gradić Fest!

This year’s Festival of Street Musicians – Gradić Fest will be held from August 24 to 26 in the Subdistrict of the Petrovaradin Fortress. Acoustic concerts from the very foundation of the festival represent its core and create a recognizable and beloved atmosphere, especially in the environment of beautiful Gradić. We selected five bands from the program, which will convey the beauty of a street concert with their acoustic performances.

1. Aleksa Danić

Aleksa Danić is a guitarist and author from Belgrade. He has been actively performing since the age of 11. He participated in many festivals, such as the Guitar Art festival, the Artavlija festival and the Velikogradištanska Guitarriada. As a guest, he shared the stage with many local musicians such as YU group, Vlado Georgiev, Negativ group and Alisa group.

2. The Bad Week

The musical group “The Bad Week” was created in July 2020 in Novi Sad as a street band that started working on the sidewalks in the city center, contributing to its atmosphere and energy, and later expanded their art by performing in clubs and festivals throughout Serbia and in region. 

In addition to cover music, which is mostly oriented towards the American country blues style, this unique trio also created an original repertoire through their performances, which was translated into the album “So it Was” in 2021 and released in 2022.

3. Bobi i Robi

The audio-visual multi-instrumental cabaret punk performance Bobi and Robi was created in November 2021 as a result of the fight against stress and depression caused by the Covid virus on the one hand and the idea to use masks and costumes from the Halloween masquerade on the other. 

The band mainly plays covers of domestic and foreign punk and rock bands, as well as punk covers of classical music from Bach to Beethoven. During the performance, a wide variety of musical instruments are used, over acoustic guitars as the main instruments, ukulele bass and guitar, electric double bass, to wind instruments such as kazoo, melodica, etc.

4. The White Feathers

The White Feathers – Nikola Dimitrijević is a singer-songwriter from Novi Sad whose original work is inspired by Americana music. 

His music is intimate, touching, melancholic, yet imbued with optimism. In addition to his own songs, he also performs covers of his favorite modern and classic American artists. From Bruce Springsteen to Jason Isbell and Sufjan Stevens. 

So far, he has had several performances in Novi Sad and is currently working on recording his first single.