Pelješac Captains’ Festival 2023

Once again, three excellent festivals will be the highlight of the tourist season on Pelješac. It all starts on 18 May with the opening of the Pelješac Captains’ Festival. This beautiful story about the seafaring tradition on the Pelješac peninsula will be told until 2 June, after which the Festival of Pelješac Flavours will take over – from 15 to 30 June. In late summer – from 31 August until 15 September – the Salt Festival will be traditionally held.

The Mimbelli Square is ready for the Pelješac Captains’ Festival

The beautiful, recently renovated Mimbelli Square in Orebić is ready to welcome the guests coming for the opening of the first of the three summer festivals – the Pelješac Captains’ Festival. The program of this year’s event is also ready: on day one, 18 May, a free guided tour of Orebić titled “Living History” will take place together with music shows, a majestic captains march and an offer of desserts prepared by the Cancer League.

In addition, the Maritime Museum will host a shipbuilding exhibition with free entrance until 15 June. During the 15 days of the Pelješac Captains’ Festival, locals and guests will be able to enjoy harmony singing nights (klapske večeri), the première of the theatre comedy “The Octopus” (“Hobotnica”) performed by the Amateur Theatre Group “Kušina”. To wrap up the event, a seafarers’ evening will take place back on the Mimbelli Square featuring live music, fried fish and, of course, Pelješac wines.

As much as 2,000 seamen, 250 captains and 90 sailing ships

This year, Pelješac is expecting a record-breaking number of caterers, winemakers and seashell farmers, as much as 50 of them, taking part in all of the three festivals. As before, the best traditional Pelješac meals will be offered at popular prices, and Pelješac’s winemakers will make sure at least one wine brand is offered at a discounted price.

Orebić used to be the maritime centre of the Mediterranean; apart from Piraeus and Hamburg, it was the only city ships greeted with sirens. The locals would respond by waving sheets from the coast, sounding the bells from the Franciscan Monastery of our Lady of Angels and by firing from the cannon from today’s building of the Maritime Museum in Orebić. As many as two thousand seafarers, 250 captains and 90 sailing boars from the Pelješac Riviera will gather to present the highlights of the local tradition throughout the three upcoming events.

The Pelješac Captains’ Festival, dedicated to the seafaring tradition, is an excellent way to open the summer season, while the Festival of Pelješac Flavours will introduce the guests to the spirit of the Dalmatian south – through none other than its flavours. However, if you prefer bathing in the sun and the sea in off-season, you can catch the Salt Festival in early September and wrap up the summer having great fun.

See you on Pelješac!

//Take a look at the festival offer:

Restaurants, Taverns and Pastry Shops 👈

Oysters Experience and Excursions Site  👈

Wineries and Wine Shops  👈

Program 2023

18.5. Festival opening and Museum day

Mimbelli Square, Orebić 18:30

Organization: Maritime museum Orebić, AKU Kušin, League against cancer i TB Orebić

/ additionally from 18:00 to 18:30 Guided tour through Orebić, starting from the Orebić Municipality Building

18.5. – 15.6. Exhibition “With the taste of the sea, with the taste of salt”

Reading room of Maritime Museum Orebić

Organization: Maritime museum Orebić

19.5. Klapa evening “O Marijo, majko!”

Parish Church, Orebic 20:00

Organization: Klapa Nava

22.5. Guided tour through Orebic / “Living history”

“Skafetin by skafetin through Orebic”

Start in front of the building of the Municipality of Orebic 19:00

28.5. Theatre play: “Octopus (Hobotnica)” (HR)

Orebić Municipality Hall 20:00

Organization: AKU Kušin

29.5. Guided tour through Orebic / “Living history”

“Skafetin by skafetin through Orebic”

Start in front of the building of the Municipality of Orebic 19:00

2.6. Sailor’s Night /Gramophonix band

Mimbelli Square, Orebić 20:00

Organization: League against cancer i TB Orebić