The detailed program of the nineteenth edition of the Herceg Novi Comic Festival (HSF) has been finalized. This year, the festival will take place from September 5 to 10 at several locations in Herceg Novi and Boka Kotorska, as well as on Lovćen, continuing the collaboration with the impressive Kotor – Lovćen Cable Car complex. The exceptionally rich six-day program, in addition to the typical visual art and comic-related content such as exhibitions by special guests, fan sketching sessions, workshops for all ages, presentations, and lectures, also features a high-quality, carefully curated music lineup each day.
Once again, the Herceg Novi Comic Festival confirms that, besides offering the best content dedicated to the ninth art, it also boasts one of the finest music programs. Throughout the festival’s six evenings, HSF organizes top-class concerts with free admission. On the opening night, Friday, September 5, at 10 p.m., the famous band Lollobrigida, led by the amazing Ida Prester, will perform at Forte Mare fortress, with the young Belgrade band Paks, winner of the Bunt Rock Festival (with which HSF has collaborated for almost a decade), as the opening act.
At the same venue, on the following night, Saturday, September 6, the concert lineup features 16-OSAM-23, with the headliner being the exceptional pop-rock band Artan Lili. Sunday, September 7, is reserved for another spectacular show by the legendary Zagreb band Pips, Chips & Videoclips, with Danish DJ MadraZ warming up the crowd.
The music and stage spectacle of the nineteenth HSF continues on Monday, September 8, at the People’s beach club with the multimedia project by the Italian duo Mioreli–Bekini — Comics Beyond: Moby Dick City Blues — followed by a set from the brilliant DJ Andrea Nox from Podgorica.
Tuesday night, September 9, as in previous years, is dedicated to the iconic Amphitheatre of the Herceg Novi Theatre and local talent — the band Chenova from Đenovići, along with a team of top musicians called Boka all stars, consisting of Marko Vlahović, Dragan Ivanović, Martin Đorđević, Goran Milojević, Miodrag Šule Jovović, Sara Jovović, and Antonije Pušić.
The music program of the 19th HSF concludes with a concert by the Split hip-hop sensation TBF, which will also close the festival on Wednesday, September 10, at the People’s beach club.
Special guests include: Eduardo Riso (Argentina), François Boucq, Tristan Lagrange Triston, Jean-Charles Poupard (France), Harry Randolph (USA), Mark Simpson “Jock” (UK), Alejandro González Cermánico (Spain), Yuri Landman (Netherlands), Maria Laura Sanapo, Marco Santucci, Valeria Burzo, Luca Strati (Italy) — who will be joined in Herceg Novi by 130 equally special artists from 25 countries worldwide. Such an impressive list of authors who come and return to the Herceg Novi Comic Festival once again confirms the outstanding reputation this event enjoys on the European and global stage.
PROGRAM – XIX HSF, September 5–10, 2025
Friday, September 5
11:00 – 13:00 – OŠ Dašo Pavičić
– Comics and illustration school and workshops
21:00 – 22:00 – Trg Belavista
– Official opening of the XIX HSF – Special guests’ poster exhibition
– Gallery Josip Bepo Benković
- Exhibition – Works by twelve special guests
- Exhibition – Stevan Subić – Ten Years Later
– Gallery Sue Ryder
- Exhibition – Hugo Pratt – Corto Maltese: Legacy, Work, and Biography
22:00 – 01:00 – Forte Mare fortress
– Concert Paks – Winner of the Bunt Rock Festival (free entry)
– Concert Lollobrigida (free entry)
Saturday, September 6
11:00 – 13:00 – City Library and Coworking Kolektiv Novi
– Comics and illustration school and workshops
– Mask workshop with Yuri Landman
11:00 – 17:00 – Trg Nikole Đurkovića
– Drawing for fans
– T-shirt drawing
– Comic book market
– Background music program – 2Beat
15:00 – 19:00 – Herceg Novi Hotel (formerly Lazarev vrt)
– Presentation – Comic book publishing in Montenegro – Vintart Bar:
- Chains of Ink – Sara and Silva Dervanović
- The Big Four – Luka Rakojević and Dragan Lučić
– Presentation – Super Stela 2 – European House in Montenegro
– Presentation – Comic book publishing – System Comics:
- Along the Beaten Path – Sara Novaković
- Winds of Evil – Aleksa Gajić, Milan Mišić
– Presentation – Saint Jerome – Milko Peko and Vladimir Davidenko
22:00 – 01:00 – Forte Mare fortress
– Concert 16-OSAM-23 (free entry)
– Concert Artan Lili (free entry)
Sunday, September 7
11:00 – 13:00 – Trophy Hall PVK Jadran, Škver
– Comics and illustration school and workshops
11:00 – 19:00 – Resto-bar Jadran
– Drawing for fans
– T-shirt drawing
– Comic book market
13:00 – 17:00 – Trophy Hall PVK Jadran, Škver
– Presentation – Pia Nikolič – 100 Years Since the Birth of Miki Muster
– Presentation – Joanne Starrer
– Presentation – Special guests
21:00 – 01:00 – Forte Mare fortress
– HSF Vinyl Party – DJ MadraZ (free entry)
– Concert Pips, Chips & Videoclips (free entry)
Monday, September 8
11:00 – 19:00 – People’s beach bar – School day
– Exhibition of works created during the workshops
– Mask workshop with Yuri Landman
– T-shirt drawing
– Comic book market
– Drawing for fans
– Background music program – 2Beat
21:00 – 01:00 – People’s beach bar
– Live art – Comics Beyond: Moby Dick City Blues – Cosimo Miorelli and Stefano Bechini (free entry)
– HSF party – DJ Andrea Nox (free entry)
Tuesday, September 9
11:00 – 13:00 – Pine, Tivat
– Drawing for fans
– T-shirt drawing
– Comic book market
– Background music program – 2Beat
15:00 – 18:00 – Kotor – Lovćen Cable Car
– Drawing for fans
– T-shirt drawing
– Outdoor drawing school
– Drawing for Comics in a Bottle
– Background music program – 2Beat
21:00 – 01:00 – Amphitheatre of the Theatre – Park Hall
– HSF party concert – Chenova (free entry)
– HSF party concert – Boka all stars (free entry)
Wednesday, September 10
10:00 – 12:00 – Catamaran Tahiti
– Drawing for fans
– T-shirt drawing
– Background music program – House Party – DJ Uroš Milovanović – “Unrestrained Selection of Playful Radio Hits”
12:00 – 18:00 – Klinci Village Resort, Luštica
– Drawing for fans
– Outdoor drawing school
– Drawing for Comics in a Bottle
18:00 – 20:00 – Catamaran Tahiti
– Comics in a Bottle cruise
21:00 – 00:00 – People’s beach bar
– HSF party – 2Beat (free entry)
– Concert TBF (free entry)