Psychedelic rock. Heavy riffs. An emerald river.
Donje Primišlje · Croatia
MARIN LALIĆ BUILT BEAR STONE STEP BY STEP.
Founder Marin Lalić imagined a festival where heavy music and the Mrežnica landscape would belong together.
“Year Zero” tested the idea with free entry and a limit of 1,000 visitors.
The first official edition introduced paid tickets and carried the idea forward.
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THE RIVER IS PART OF THE FESTIVAL.
Bear Stone takes place in the wooded Mrežnica canyon, beside one of Croatia’s famously clear, emerald-green rivers.
Source: Bear Stone Festival / official website
HEAVY RIFFS MEET PSYCHEDELIC SOUND.
The programme moves between three guitar-driven worlds:
Source: Bear Stone Festival / official website
A SMALLER CROWD MAKES ROOM FOR COMMUNITY.
Between concerts, visitors meet by the river, discover new bands and share the same open-air space.
LIFE BETWEEN SETS
NO SIGNAL. MORE SHARED MOMENTS.
The canyon has no mobile signal or internet. To reconnect, visitors can walk about ten minutes up the road.
AN UNPLANNED DIGITAL BREAKSource: Bear Stone Festival / official FAQ
MUSIC, LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE BELONG TOGETHER.
HEAVY SOUND
EMERALD RIVER
CLOSE COMMUNITY
Sources: bearstonefestival.com · official festival FAQ
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.
Music. Nature. Community.