January 18, 2022 - The 29th Porin Music Awards will be held in Osijek this March, bringing the celebrated music event back to Osijek after 16 years. 

The Porin Awards, the most prestigious music awards in Croatia, will be held in Osijek on March 25 at the City Garden Hall. In addition to the central event, the Porin is preceded by numerous events called "Porin Week in Osijek", featuring concerts, promotions, literary evenings, welcome evenings, and other gatherings that will be enjoyed by all participants and visitors, who will also have the opportunity to get to know Osijek and Osijek-Baranja County, reports Lokalni.Vecernji.hr.

"We are proud to host the 29th Porin Award, for the first time at the City Garden Hall. This event is extremely important for the City of Osijek and Osijek-Baranja County because it contributes to branding and positioning Osijek as a tourist and musical destination," said Osijek Mayor Ivan Radić. Prefect Ivan Anušić emphasized that the City of Osijek and the Osijek-Baranja County have always proved to be quality hosts.

Prefect Ivan Anušić emphasized that the City of Osijek and the Osijek-Baranja County have always proved to be quality hosts.

"We organized all the events at the highest level, with a big heart and hospitality. People who leave want to come back to our area. Advent in Osijek, which won the selection of the most beautiful in Croatia, is one of the reasons why we had such a large number of overnights and is an indicator of how we manage to organize events, but also a number of capital projects that develop this region, Osijek-Baranja County, and the largest city in eastern Croatia, the city of Osijek. We will host the best local musicians in the best possible way," said Prefect Ivan Anušić.

An excellent music week awaits us in Osijek before the Porin awards.

"We are happy that we will come to the hall again and that Porin will come to life in the light it deserves, with top production and the best performers, musicians, authors, and producers. In addition to Porin itself, there will be Porin Week, from Monday to the event that will take place on Friday, where we will have various book presentations, concerts, and parties, in accordance with epidemiological measures that will be in force at the time," concluded Porin CEO, Davor Drezga. 

Osijek has already hosted two Porins - in 2005 and 2006. Porin will certainly contribute to better tourist results in the Osijek area this spring. 

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May 11, 2020 - The Croatian Music Association and the Porin Board of Directors have concluded that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 27th Porin Music Awards will be held exclusively on television

T.portal writes that the decision to postpone Porin was made on March 11 due to the epidemiological situation in Croatia. Thus, Unison - Croatian Music Association and the Porin Board of Directors, taking into account the opinion and forecast of the experts, decided to hold the 27th Porin Music Awards exclusively as a TV show on HRT, for the first time in its long history. The show will be held on Friday, May 15, 2020, at 8:05 pm on HTV 1 and HR 2.

Following the recommendation of the Civil Protection Headquarters and county epidemiological services on measures to be taken until the situation with COVID-19 normalizes, which includes a ban on gathering more people in one place (especially indoors), it was decided that to protect the health of all musicians, but also all in the organization of the event, this year's Porin will be held exclusively as a television show. All participants will report from their homes. More information about the awards show itself will be known in the coming days.

It is important to point out that the money with which the founding associations (HDS and HGU) would support the Porin Music Award has been redirected to funds to help musicians in these difficult times.

Refunds for tickets purchased for the planned event in Rijeka can be requested at the points of sale where they were purchased, and if the tickets were purchased through the Eventim website, through their website.

Recall, according to the votes, the most nominations were received by Urban & 4 and the Zagreb Philharmonic for the album "Live at Lisinski" and the song "Iskra", Opća opasnost with the album "Karta do prošlosti" and Nikola Vranić, better known as JR August, with the album "Dangerous Waters".

The album of the year nominees are J. R. August with "Dangerous Waters", Psihomodo pop with "Digitalno Nebo", Chui with "Iz kapetanovog dnevnika", Vanna with "Izmiješane boje" and Opća opasnost with "Karta do prošlosti".

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Split, as in previous years, proved to be an excellent host city for the Porin Music Awards, and a full Spaladium arena is proof that the audience will once again be able to enjoy the best in domestic music.

From the Porin Music Awards to St. Patrick’s Day and FantaSTikon, Split is as busy as ever this Friday, March 17, 2017. 

On Saturday at noon, the Children's Choir Srdelice helped raise the Porin flag in Split in the presence of the Executive Director of Porin Tomislav Mrduljaš, music diva Zorica Kondža, and Mayor of Split Ivo Baldasar. The brass band ’Zvonimir' from Solin and the Children's Choir Srdelice wore Porin t-shirts and sang throughout the center of Split, accompanied by applause. Porin has officially begun.

The Management Board of Porin has passed a decision to hold the highly anticipated music awards in Split for the third time.

The stage is set, last sound check is underway, organisers are promising a night of great music in Split

Poreč, Osijek, Opatija and Zagreb were also in the running to host this music event

Hope that the Porin Music Awards ceremony will stay in the Dalmatian capital.