THAT’S A WRAP: SHIP 2026 LEAVES ŠIBENIK BUZZING

50 artists. Eight stages. 100 speakers. Four days of running between venues, discovering new music, and meeting people. SHIP 2026 is officially a wrap.

September in Šibenik was once again full of people making music, talking about music, looking for what to hear next... and recommending something you absolutely had to catch five minutes before it started.

But numbers only tell part of what happened in Šibenik. The rest belongs to all the sailors who made it happen.  

The artists who trusted us with their music — thank you.

Kevin Cole, for lending us his ears and giving 23 Croatian artists a place on the “Croatia on the Move” LP — thank you.

IDEM, for taking SHIP out to sea — thank you.

Every speaker for bringing the conversation, and every delegate who came to Šibenik ready to listen — thank you.

Our partners who keep SHIP sailing — thank you.

Our volunteers, who seemed to be everywhere at once — thank you.

The production teams, technicians, venue crews and everyone working behind the scenes while the rest of us were looking at the stages — thank you.

Srećko, our legendary shuttle driver, for making sure the ride to Tunel was never just a ride — thank you.

Everyone who bought a ticket, followed a recommendation to a band they had never heard before, stayed for one more show and made SHIP feel like SHIP — thank you.

We hope you left Šibenik with something worth taking home. A new favourite artist. An idea. A contact. A record. A plan. Or simply a very good story.

And if you did, pass it on. 

That’s how music moves.

What a SHIP.

See you on board in 2027.