Top events in Sarajevo from April 18 to 24

The 10th “jubilee” edition of the Sarajevo Business Forum, one of the most important business and investment conferences in Southeastern Europe, will be held from Wednesday, April 17 to Friday, April 19 at multiple locations around town.

Book lovers will enjoy both new and familiar titles presented by the publishing house, Buybook, which is organizing its Spring at Buybook event. The fair will run from April 15 to 20, which coincides with the International Book Fair being held at KSC Skenderija from April 17 to April 22.

The third edition of the Pop Art Festival kicks off on Thursday, April 18 and will run until May 5. The event will be held at multiple locations and feature unique artistic events, from panel discussions on BiH cinematography, careers in the arts and the art of tattoos at Meeting Point Cinema; to exhibits, concerts by Protest and Repetitor in Jazzbina, and a mural dedicated to Davorin Popović, lead vocalist for Indexi.

The terrific Ensemble Mosaik of Berlin will be performing on Thursday, April 18 at BIS as part of the Festival of Contemporary Artistic Music – SONEMUS. That same day, ArsDua will give a concert at Vijećnica, with Aleksandar Arsić on trumpet and Aida Mušanović Arsić on piano.

If you love sevdah, don’t miss the promotion of Edo Krilić’s book, Sevdalinka Accompanied by the Accordion in BiH, at Art House Sevdah.

The Malaysian Halal Business Fair offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with more than 40 Malaysian companies and their products. The event will be held at Trg Djece Sarajeva from Thursday, April 18 to Saturday, April 20.

On Thursday, on the plaza in front of Sarajevo City Center, the End it with Speed event will give those who are interested a chance to test their skills against some players from FK Sarajevo. The best participants can expect to receive some prizes.

The opening of the photo exhibition, Still Life Sarajevo, by Brazilian photographer Gui Castor is set for Thursday, April 18 at Brodac Contemporary Art Gallery. The exhibit will remain on display until April 25.

Yet another Red Bull RapLika evening awaits you on Friday at Underground, with lady hip hop artists Sajsi MC, Tijara & BKO and Forora.

Also on April 19, the popular alternative band from Seattle, Kultur Shock, led by Srđan Jevđević of Sarajevo, will play at Cinemas Sloga.

That same evening, pop singer Emina Jahović is coming to Coloseum, and DJ Andrija Antić (Serbia), better known as Andrew Meller, and DJ G. Edd (Bosnia) will play at Silver & Smoke.

Saturday, April 20 is the day for sport, so be sure to participate in the 2019 Heineken 0.0 5K Spring Run, a race that passes through the loveliest parts of town and starts at Trg Djece Sarajeva.

If you like to watch sport exhibitionists perform, be sure to visit Babin Do on Bjelašnica on Saturday and Sunday for the 2019 Sarajevo Open Air, BiH’s national paragliding landing accuracy championship.

A selling exhibition of works by photographer Alex Elena, Moving Forward, opens at the BiH National Gallery on Saturday. Alex first visited our city as the drummer in Bruce Dickinson’s band during his wartime concert in Sarajevo.

Spend Saturday evening dancing to tunes by Serbian band Perpetuum Mobile, which will play at Aquarius Vils; or visit BIS, which will see a performance by BiH singer Nermin Puškar.

On Monday, April 22, the premiere of the film, Don’t Cry for Me – Susan Sontag in Sarajevo, will be shown at Youth Theater as part of Memory Module, a program sponsored by the International Theater Festival – MESS.