31 December 2026 · Belgrade
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Belgrade
Belgrade sees the year out twice: on 31 December, and again on the night of 13 January, when the city marks the Orthodox New Year. Here is everything for New Year’s Eve 2026, a Thursday, that we could confirm on the venues’ own pages on 12 November 2026. Much of the city’s programme, from the public celebrations to the hotel galas, is still to be announced, and we will add it as it is confirmed.
Updated October 2026
New Year’s Eve at Kolarac, and a requiem to close the year
The Kolarac Foundation, the concert hall on Studentski trg, sees the year out with its New Year’s Concert: the musician Rambo Amadeus on Thursday 31 December at 9.30pm. Tickets are 5,000 dinars, sold through Kolarac’s own box office and online ticketing.
The night before, on Wednesday 30 December at 8pm in the Great Hall, the RTS Symphony Orchestra, the RTS Choir and the Mixed Choir of the Faculty of Music perform Brahms’s A German Requiem, conducted by Srboljub Dinić, with the soprano Biljana Jovanović and the baritone Paul Armin Edelmann. Tickets are 800, 1,000 and 1,200 dinars.
Earlier in the month, the Belgrade Philharmonic’s last subscription concert of 2026 is on 18 December at 8pm at Kolarac, with the conductor Elias Grandy and the violinist Clara-Jumi Kang. The orchestra’s New Year’s concerts were not yet listed on its own site when we checked.
Our advice: both concerts are single nights in an intimate hall; buy tickets as soon as you know your dates.
Kolarac: New Year’s Concert with Rambo Amadeus Kolarac: RTS Symphony Orchestra, Brahms’s A German Requiem Belgrade Philharmonic: 2026–27 season
The Nutcracker at the National Theatre
The National Theatre on Republic Square plays The Nutcracker on its Great Stage through the holidays, at 7pm on 23, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 30 December, and again on 5 and 14 January 2027. Cinderella fills the stage on 17, 22 and 26 December, also at 7pm, and The Barber of Seville, sung in Serbian, returns on 9 January.
Our advice: an evening at the National Theatre is the most elegant way into the season; the box office is at Francuska 3, and seats for The Nutcracker go first.
National Theatre in Belgrade: repertoire and tickets
The second New Year: 13 January 2027
Serbia celebrates the New Year twice. The Orthodox New Year falls on the night of 13 to 14 January, and the National Theatre marks it with its New Year’s Gala Concert on the Great Stage on Wednesday 13 January 2027 at 8pm, with tickets from its own box office.
Our advice: if you miss the countdown on 31 December, plan a second trip for mid-January, when the city celebrates again.
National Theatre: New Year’s Gala Concert, 13 January 2027
Fireworks, galas and what is still to come
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Image courtesy of © ULTIMATE International MediaWhen we checked, neither the City of Belgrade nor the Tourist Organisation of Belgrade had announced its programme for New Year’s Eve 2026, and Belgrade Waterfront had not yet published its plans for the Sava Promenade, where it held concerts, fireworks and a drone show last New Year’s Eve.
The grand hotels had not yet published their 2026 galas either: Square Nine, the Metropol Palace, the Hyatt Regency, The St. Regis Belgrade and The Bristol among them. We will add each one as it is confirmed on the venue’s own page.
Our advice: if you want a gala table, contact the hotel directly now; ask to be told the moment the programme is published.
Planning your New Year in Belgrade
New Year’s Eve falls on a Thursday this year, and the Orthodox Christmas follows on Thursday 7 January 2027, so the holiday season in Belgrade runs from late December well into January. Book your hotel, your concert and your dinner together, and arrange your ride home after midnight in advance.
Our advice: for the city’s Christmas markets, lights and the season around them, see our Christmas in Belgrade page.
Questions and answers
Are there fireworks in Belgrade on New Year’s Eve 2026?
The 2026 plans had not been announced when we checked on 12 November 2026. Last year Belgrade Waterfront held fireworks and a drone show on the Sava Promenade; we will add this year’s programme once the organisers publish it.
What concerts are on in Belgrade on New Year’s Eve 2026?
The Kolarac Foundation’s New Year’s Concert with Rambo Amadeus, on 31 December at 9.30pm (5,000 dinars). On 30 December at 8pm, the RTS Symphony Orchestra and choirs perform Brahms’s A German Requiem at Kolarac (800–1,200 dinars).
When is the Serbian (Orthodox) New Year?
On the night of 13 to 14 January. In 2027 the National Theatre in Belgrade marks it with its New Year’s Gala Concert on 13 January at 8pm.
Every event from the venue’s own page (kolarac.rs, narodnopozoriste.rs, bgf.rs), checked 12 November 2026. We also checked beograd.rs, tob.rs, belgradewaterfront.com and the hotels’ own sites, which had not yet published 2026 New Year’s Eve programmes. Prices are as each venue prints them. Check before you go.