Author: klapakartolina

Last weekend we participated in one of the biggest folklore events in Croatian diaspora, the annual festival of the Canadian-Croatian Folklore Federation East. This year was the 49th festival and the host was the Croatian National Home in Hamilton. Twenty folklore groups from Canada and the USA performed over two days, which was over four […]

On March 11th, we performed at a wonderful event in our neighborhood – CroFest in Warren, Michigan. This event has been held for many years already by our Croatian friends “Nova Nada” Folklore Ensemble and their artistic director Steve Talan. It was a pleasure and an honor to perform among such wonderful folklore groups from […]

Klapa Kartolina and Fritule were honored to perform at Croatian Heritage Night, at the Detroit Piston’s basketball game, on December 26, 2022. A Primetime performance at the 20,000 seat capacity arena is somewhat unusual for klapa, however we managed to put our best face forward. The event was organized by our dear friend from Detroit […]

Klapa Kartolina, Fritule and Berekin performed on November 12th at Tamburafest – a traditional concert of the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation East, held annually during the month of November. This year the concert was organized by the ŽTO Vatroslav Lisinski, Mississauga, at the Anapilis Hall in Mississauga. This event features tambura groups of the Federation, […]

Come out to celebrate the FIRST EVER Croatian Heritage Night with the Detroit Pistons, on Monday, December 26, 2022! The Pistons will be taking on the Los Angeles Clippers at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. What is truly special about this night is that there is a Croatian player on each team. Bojan Bogdanovic is […]

After two years of Canadian Croatian folklore festivals being performed virtually due to Covid restrictions, we finally went back to the in-person format. The Festival 48 was a success and we hope that it continues like this for a long time to come. The traditions of Croatians in Canada in showcasing their national cultural heritage […]

The tour with Klapa Kaše from Dubrovnik was our biggest project so far and we’ve completed it successfully! It was challenging to hold four concerts, in four different cities in a week, and to travel almost 3000 km by car during the tour, however, it was all worthwhile. We got to know Klapa Kaše really […]

The event that we have planned in Hamilton will be one of a kind! Klapa Kaše will first perform their St. Blaise’s Mass (which was nominated for the most prestigious award in Croatia – Porin) at the Holy Cross Croatian church (1883 King St. E.), on Sunday April 24. 2022 at 12:30 pm, and right […]

Our 7th annual klapa concert in Windsor will have many new elements and we are very excited about it. We will see the performances of our featured guests klapa Kaše from Dubrovnik, Croatia (www.klapakase.hr), our youth female klapa Fritule, the host klapa Kartolina and for the first time, students of the Music Academy St. Cecile, […]

We are hoping that the concert that we have planned for Brampton ON will be a real gem. The concert will be held at the Lester B. Pearson Theatre, on Saturday April 23. 2022, at 7pm. This will be an evening with performances of four ensembles; Dalmatian klapa ensembles Klapa Kaše from Dubrovnik, Croatia & […]