Last weekend we had our first performance at Tamburafest, the annual music festival of the Tamburica groups of the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation East, which was hosted this year by KUD Vukovar in Oakville. We hope that we enriched this event and diversified it with our klapa songs. The crowd was fantastic, energetic and so […]

Five years ago on November 8th, a group of friends gathered to form Klapa Kartolina. This was the very first time klapa songs were practiced and sung in our Croatian parish in Windsor, Canada. Since that date, a lot of singing, traveling and friendly gatherings have been done. Here, where there wasn’t much of this […]

Klapa Kartolina is accepting orders for their traditional klapa calendar for 2019. The previous two calendars will be given a permanent exhibition space in the Museum of Dalmatian diaspora, which is forming in Split. In the new calendar, there are twelve klapa songs in Croatian and English and it features klapa Kartolina and youth klapa […]

The past few months were very eventful for Klapa Kartolina. We are working on further promotion of Klapa music in this part of North America and we are planning new concerts and other events. We are very pleased and honored to announce that we were recently accepted as members into the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation […]

The “Three Klapas in Concert” held on January 20, 2018 at the Living Arts Center in Mississauga had a great turnout and we believe we have fulfilled the hearts and souls of those that came. In front of the audience of about three hundred visitors, the three klapas and their guests performed almost thirty songs […]

The third Annual acappella concert of Dalmatian klapa singing in Windsor was a very successful musical-cultural event, which brought the warm sounds of sunny Dalmatia, in cold and snow covered Canada. In addition to the hosts and organizers of the concert – mixed voices klapa Kartolina, the event featured performances of the youth klapa Fritule […]

Please join us for an evening of traditional (“Klapa”) singing  from Dalmatia, Croatia, with performances by three vocal ensembles; the host “Klapa Maestral” from Toronto – Canada, “Klapa Kartolina” from Windsor – Canada and “Klapa Krunik” from Kučine – Croatia. Almost every Dalmatian town has its own klapa and sometimes many more then one. For […]

We are pleased to announce that our 3rd annual acappella (Dalmatian klapa) concert in Windsor will be held on January 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm, at the Art Gallery of Windsor. At this concert you will be able to listen to the performances of three klapas – the host, klapa Kartolina from Windsor, the youth […]

On October 22nd 2017, our St. Francis of Assisi Croatian parish in Windsor celebrated the 25th anniversary of s. Marija Filipovic and s. Darka Peric, professing their vows. The celebration Mass was led by fr. Jozo Grubisic from Chicago, which was followed by a banquet in the parish hall. The program for the banquet consisted […]

On May 7th 2017, Klapa Kartolina had an honor to perform at the concert to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Canadian Croatian Choral Society – www.canadiancroatianchoralsociety.com, in the Greater Toronto Area. Together with the host of the event – the wonderful CCCS choir, the concert featured an impressive lineup of Croatian performers from Ontario; […]