“Pečenjijada”, Roasted pork and lamb festival in Stopanja

Stopanja village near Trstenik, with the most pork roasters (place where pork is roasted) per capita, deservedly took the title as the roasted pork and lamb Capital.

Festival celebrating roasted pork – the second manifestation “ROASTED PORK AND LAMB FESTIVAL IN STOPANJA” will be held from 7^th until 9^th, September. Beside food, the visitors can expect a rich cultural-artistic program: Jelena Tomasevic, Mira Skoric, Kvadro Band, trumpet players with Bojan Krstic as a lead player, Atomsko Skloniste, local rock bands, various cultural-artistic societies and many others. On Saturday, 8^th of September in morning hours, “Zikina Sarenica” will be live on TV directly from Stopanja.

“Roasted pork and Lamb Festival in Stopanja”-SCHEDULE:

07.08.2018 – Friday

19:00 – Manifestation opening ceremony

Speech from the Mayor and the Ministry representatives

Cultural-artistic program, national folk ensembles, singing groups and solo singers

20:30 Trumpet players – Bojan Krstic

21:45 Folk music concert – Qvadro band

23:00 Folk music concert – Mira Škoric

08.09.2018 – Saturday 

8:30 – 11:30 “Žikina Šarenica” Live from Stopanja

19:00 Cultural-artistic program with guests from foreign countries

21:00 Pop music concert – Stefan Vasić

22:30 Pop music concert – Bojan Marović

Midnight fireworks

09.09.2018 – Sunday

19:30 Rock concerts – Lokomotion band

21:00 Rock concert – “Gama zrak”

23:00 Rock concerts – Atomsko Sklonište

During the “Roasted Pork and Lamb Festival” (“Pečenjijada”) nearly 20.000 visitors rushed to Stopanja to enjoy the smells and taste of the fresh and hot roasted pork and lamb.

Welcome to Stopanja, the capital of roasted pork!