Under the Glow of the Stars at Belgrade's Silos on August 22 and 23 - a promenade, a dance and an open-air cinema in an abandoned grain complex

Five years after the first edition, „Under the Glow of the Stars” opens the gates of Belgrade's Silos again. The event takes place on August 22 and 23, both evenings from 18:00 until midnight, and entry is free. A 350-dinar ticket exists only for those who want a reserved seat, which means price here is not a filter on who turns up.

The idea is simpler than it sounds: a promenade along the Danube, a dance with music from decades past, kafana tables, an open-air cinema and a bazaar. The organiser is Gaia pokret, the non-profit that runs the Silos, and in previous editions the event has drawn around 10,000 visitors. The audience is neither young nor old but literally both, which is the entire point of the name „meetings of generations”.

The musical side is held by DJs who do not play current charts. In previous editions the booth held DJ Šlager Majstor with a selection from the fifties and sixties, Peđa Radović from Podgorica, one of the biggest collectors of Yugoslav discography, and the Belgrade producer Kompleks, who carried Yugoslav music onto the world stage through his own dance and jazz versions. The formula does not change much from year to year, and that is deliberate.

The summer bazaar on the walkway down to the Danube gathers over 40 exhibitors of domestic craft production, from natural cosmetics and herbal products to jewellery and equipment. In the Silos' Honey Garden there is a kitchen reconstructing the old-style kafana, with tablecloths and a menu from the restaurants of the past. Put differently, this is not a festival with a main stage and a headliner, but a weekend in which an abandoned industrial complex in Donji Dorćol turns into something resembling a town square.

Tickets are via tickets.rs, but for most of the programme you do not need them at all.