Bucharest events: Music festivals and concerts taking place this summer

The Coldplay concert was only the warmup to a Bucharest summer filled with festivals. Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj, Keane, Nothing But Thieves, and 50 Cent are some of the names set to perform in Bucharest in the coming period. Below, we outline some of the announced concerts and events, including an early-fall festival.

Nostalgia

June 27 – June 30

Federația Română de Tir Sportiv

As the name suggests, this is an event for anyone nostalgic about 90s music, and the program promises to deliver the hits of the period. More on the program here.

EUROPAfest

July 5 – July 14

National Art Museum (MNAR)

The mix of genres – jazz, blues, classical – is the staple of this event, which gathers musicians from 20 countries. The program is available here.

SAGA

July 5 – July 7

Romaero

The fourth edition of the festival lines up more than 150 artists, many of them performing for the first time in Romania. Among the headliners are Nicki Minaj, Rita Ora, Tyla, Armin Van Buuren, and Hardwell. Nicki Minaj, Dennis Lloyd, Tyla, and Nico Moreno are among those performing for the first time in the country. Romanian artists performing at the festival include Smiley, Paraziții, Subcarpați, Mihail, and The Motans. The program is available here.

Music to Remember

July 5 – July 7

Sala Radio

The program is meant to celebrate Bucharest’s interwar music heritage, from tangos and waltzes to foxtrot dances, classical, opera, and operetta pieces, as well as film and café soundtracks and the music of the city’s outskirts. Composers, lyricists, and performers such as George Enescu, Ion Vasilescu, Ionel Fernic, Nicolae Kirculescu, Gherase Dendrino, Elly Roman, Grigoraș Dinicu, Georges Boulanger, Nicolae Buică, Fritz Kreisler, Manuel Ponce, Jascha Heifetz, Jules Massenet, Puiu Maximilian, Hanry Negrin, Jack Fulga, Maria Tănase, Cristian Vasile, Titi Botez, Mia Apostolescu, Elena Zamora are among those the event pays homage to. More