Klapa Kartolina, together with its ensembles Fritule and Berekin, performed at the jubilee 50th Canadian-Croatian Folklore Festival East on May 18th, in the city of Mississauga, Ontario. We performed traditional Dalmatian klapa songs, as the only group in the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation East dedicated to cherishing and preserving the important part of Croatian cultural […]

On May 30th, 2024, we were honored to participate in the Croatian Statehood Day celebration and in the inaugural Croatian Heritage Day in Ontario. This day is now officially recognized as an observance day in the Province of Ontario, and we are truly proud of that. This is an achievement of enormous significance for Croatians […]

On May 7th we celebrate the day of St. Domnius (Sudamja), the patron saint of the city of Split. Saint Domnius (also known as Saint Dujam or Saint Duje, Saint Domnio, Saint Doimus, or Saint Domninus) was a Bishop of Salona (today’s Solin) around the year 300, and is venerated as the patron saint of […]

The song Hallelujah by Klapa Kartolina is an a cappella cover of Leonard Cohen’s famous song, where the arrangement and the third verse in the Croatian language are the work of Višnja Tijardović, director of Klapa Kartolina. This video is an homage to the life and work of Leonard Cohen and in it you can […]

We celebrated our 10-year anniversary with a multimedia event at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, on April 12, 2024. The event included the premiere of a short documentary film about Klapa Kartolina and a singing performance by our three ensembles: Kartolina, Fritule and Berekin. As part of the program, a video of the church choir […]

Our event at the Capitol Theatre on April 12, 2024, will have a premiere screening of the song Poljička. The song describes the history and beauty of Poljica, a historic and independent principality that existed in the area between Split and Omiš from the 13th to the 19th century, where our klapa story from the […]

See this photo gallery for a sneak peek of our documentary that will be premiered on April 12, 2024 in Windsor’s Capitol Theatre. For the first time on the North American continent, the public will have the chance to see and hear Klapa Kartolina on a big screen, with scenes filmed in Croatia and Canada. […]

FOR THE LOVE OF SONG (JU TE SAN SE ZAJUBIJO) Klapa Kartolina is inviting you to an event that will take place on Friday, April 12 in Windsor, at 7:30 p.m. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of our ensemble, we will hold a multimedia performance at the Capitol Theater, which will include the […]

Please save the date for a multimedia event by Klapa Kartolina at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, on Friday, April 12. 2024 at 7:30pm. We will have the premiere of our new documentary film with music videos, live performances and mingle over hors d’œuvres after the event! Details coming soon! Molimo vas sačuvajte datum za […]

Our participation at the second Croatian Heritage Night with the Detroit Pistons was lots of fun! We performed a medley of the songs originally by Dražen Žanko – “Od stoljeća sedmog” and “Cetina,” and this time we combined all three of our groups in the performance – Berekin, Fritule and Kartolina. The performance was done […]