In recent years, Belgrade has returned to the concert map, but along with new musical excitements come new ticket prices.
As N1 reports, this year Belgrade is set to host Lenny Kravitz, Moby, Nick Cave, The Flaming Lips, Empire of the Sun, Anthrax and others. However, music fans’ enthusiasm is dampened by the fact that ticket prices are rising year after year, so two tickets for more popular performers can cost up to 200 euros, which for many is becoming an unaffordable luxury.
Last year, what fans described as an expensive Guns N’ Roses concert was held at Ušće, preceded by Public Enemy. This year, that is the price of a fan pit ticket for Moby’s concert at Kalemegdan – 9,000 dinars – while the fan pit for Lenny Kravitz at Ušće is considerably more expensive. Particular attention was drawn to a DJ set by Black Coffee, which cost between 6,000 and 12,000 dinars, an unprecedented figure even when it comes to the biggest stars of electronic music.
Rising fees – a question without an answer
As Zoran Vulović Vule, owner of the concert agency and record label Long Play, told the N1 portal, in the past couple of years the fees of foreign performers, whether major or minor, have increased at least threefold. According to him, this is the main issue at music conferences around the world, and no one has an answer.
“Where is the limit to which fees will continue to rise without justification? How high can and should ticket prices go in order to keep up with rising fees and costs, and at what point will the audiences begin to boycott artists and organisers because of ticket prices? These are questions that are regularly raised. In negotiations to organise a Kraftwerk concert, we had a condition that the average ticket price should not exceed 70 euros; we are well below that price,” says Vulović.
“A useful example may be the ticket prices for Kraftwerk’s concerts on their European tour. Ticket prices in Pula range from 57 to 99 euros, in Prague from 66 to 86 euros, in Liverpool from 70 to 154 pounds, and in Belgrade 40 euros, while the fan pit costs 60 euros. It is the same show with the same production. For Empire of the Sun, the price is 41 euros, while last year in Ljubljana it was 60 euros,” Vulović says.
He points out that major concerts entail major costs, which in Belgrade are no lower than anywhere else in the world. Logistics costs, and above all, production costs, are at a global level.
“Therefore, my opinion is that ticket prices for foreign concerts in Belgrade are not too high. They are far lower than anywhere in Europe,” Vulović assesses.
Prices in 2026
Moby from 6,500 to 14,000 dinars
Nick Cave from 6,000 to 13,000
Lenny Kravitz from 7,500 to 27,000
Eros Ramazzotti from 5,000 to 13,000
Anthrax 5,700
The Flaming Lips from 4,000 to 6,000
Kraftwerk from 5,000 to 7,000
Empire of the Sun from 5,000 to 8,000
Regional stars
Nina Badrić from 2,500 to 5,000, boxes 10,000 and 12,000
Senidah from 3,500 to 8,000, boxes from 10,000 and 12,000
Music critic Petar Janjatović believes that the rise in prices began the moment Russian managers started bringing Russian bands to Belgrade.
“That was when I first heard that a ticket for a concert at Amerikana (a hall in the Youth Centre) cost 6,000 to 7,000 dinars. That was an unprecedented figure. It was all sold out. That psychological barrier was crossed there,” Janjatović told N1.
Vulović agrees that the arrival of Russian promoters influenced the rise in ticket prices, but notes that they mostly organise concerts for Russian audiences. He says that only by reducing venue and production costs can Belgrade host some of the A-list global performers. Unfortunately, in Belgrade venues suitable for concerts are being systematically destroyed, whether by accident or design.
“Concerts are banned at the Student Cultural Centre (SKC), in its garden, and at the Sports Hall in Novi Beograd. At the Tašmajdan Stadium, due to noise measurements, it is almost impossible to organise a concert by a foreign performer. The lack of venues for between 2,000 and 5,000 people is an insurmountable problem. During the summer, we chose the Open Air Corner at the Port of Belgrade because we can control and reduce production, site arrangement and security costs. For the concerts we plan to organise, a capacity of 2,000 to 4,000 visitors is perfectly suitable,” Vulović concludes.
(Danas, 16.02.2026)
https://www.danas.rs/kultura/zasto-koncerti-u-beogradu-sve-vise-postaju-luksuz/