What's on in Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia through the year

Busy — Orthodox Christmas and Serbian New Year, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Orthodox Christmas and Serbian New Year

  6–14 JanChristmas & New YearClosuresCrowded

  Christmas falls on 7 January and the Julian new year on the 14th, so the city takes a second run at the holidays a fortnight after everyone else. Offices shut; the restaurants and the fireworks do not. Source ↗

Still on: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Belgrade Marathon, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Belgrade Marathon

  18–19 AprMajor festivalCrowdedClosures

  Serbia's biggest sporting weekend closes the bridges and the riverfront on the Sunday morning. It doubles as the day the city decides spring has started. Source ↗

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Opening

  The river clubs open

  1 May – 30 Sep · usuallySummer season opens

  Around the start of June the big indoor venues shut and reopen as splavovi, barges moored along the Sava and Danube, and move back inland at the end of September. Nightlife here is seasonal infrastructure. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: The river clubs open (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: The river clubs open (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Belgrade Beer Fest, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Belgrade Beer Fest

  28–31 AugMajor festivalCrowded

  Free entry, several days, and a few hundred thousand people in Usce park at the confluence. It is closer to a rock festival than a beer hall, and it ends the summer. Source ↗

Still on: The river clubs open (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: The river clubs open (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Belgrade Beer Fest (28–31 Aug)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Hazard

  Winter smog

  1 Nov – 15 Mar · usually

  Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings. It lifts as soon as the kosava blows. Source ↗

Quiet — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))