Tips for "dress code" in taverns and clubs in Belgrade

Each club in Belgrade has some own rules when it comes to party and includes certain outfits even some boundaries among female world got mixed up. 
So, if you don't want to keep checking all night  if your clothes stays in place-here are some tips which outfit you should wear in a club and which one in a tavern.

Drugstore Play party, Foto: beogradnocu.com

Comfortable style is a matter of taste because the accent should be on party and company and not so much on the look. Club " Drugstore Play", which is designed for electronic sound lovers, gathers people who just want to enjoy the moment. There is no place for overdressing, what is the mayor thing is great mood. Although, showing a little bit of skin could not hurt anyone (LOL).

Drugstore Play, Foto: beogradnocu.com

In club Ninety Four(94) you can see the "doctors"- DJ's of Belgrade, who play RnB,electro,funky,disco and deep house music and they expect from you to dance all night long. Right because of that, this club doesn't require too dressy outfit.

Klub 94, Foto: gdeizaci.com

Every Friday and Saturday in tavern-club "Tarapana" you can expect live music, performances by famous singers and great party. This mix of club and tavern is related with clothing. Classy piece of cloth with authentic jewelry is always a good choice!

Tarapana, Foto: gdeizaci.com

For all ladies who loved to be well dressed, dresses with simple cut always have their place in tavern. On place where Belgrade comes together, at Mostar loop, there is tavern "Sipaj ne pitaj" which beside cheerful company gathers pretty girls.

Sipaj ne pitaj, Foto: gdeizaci.com

In Čorba cafe which is designed for rock music lovers,it is recommended to know  lyrics of songs very good. It doesn't matter if you wear rock outfit or outfit in which you go to school or a job.

Čorba kafe, Foto: M.Popović

 Conclusion:

These days people get used to dress too comfortable for clubs because they want to dance all night and not thinking about if they look good or if it's everything okay. On the other side, taverns became places where people come to be noticed by others and not to have fun like it's used to be. 

Considering the prices taverns are cheaper than clubs,so isn't it weird that people pay more attention on clothing in taverns than in clubs.???

   

When did taverns become popular in Serbia?

From the time the very first tavern was opened in Dorcol in 1521. until today, Serbia has experienced the real bohemian epidemic. At the beginning of the twentieth century Belgrade had a lot of taverns. According to the census from 1861. Terazijski quartet had even 64 taverns, while Savski quartet had 43. At one point only around Republic Square there were 16 taverns

Rafts are also nothing new

It is recorded that there were many clubs on ships on the river Sava. In that time the most popular music that you could hear playing on those rafts was jazz. Nowadays everything is pretty much the same, only music is different.

In 1930. Belgrade had stunning 3.622 taverns and innkeeper guild was the most numerous. Since there was a huge number of pubs in that time, each tavern had to make a plan how to attract customers. Some of many places people visited when they were looking for party were "Pivni izvor", "Bosfor", "Dardaneli", "English queen" and "Russian emperor", "Earthquake" or "Black cat".

Kafana , Foto: www.politikin-zabavnik.co.rs

A few former tavern owners were probably in love with astronomy so they gave names such as "Hake star", "Halley's comet" or "Astronomical tower" to their pubs.

Foto: www.staribeograd.com

The power of spite

During the time when Serbia was under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, taverns had an obligation to light lanterns in front of locals. Serbs respected that rule but Turks were still not satisfied. That is how the Belgrade town manager wrote a testament, kissed his wife and went to tavern to try to solve the problem. The battle happened that day but nothing was solved. Eventually, Turks have given up trying to sustain order in the taverns.

Tavern was everyone's destiny

Kafana , Foto: www.staribeograd.com
In pubs were also held theater plays and concerts, while many of the taverns were also redactions and newsroom. Nowadays everything is a little bit changed. There are many differences between former taverns and those we have today. Many of the old Serbian taverns no longer exist, but those which have sustained are completely confusing for modern flows. That is how one tavern in the Krunska Street holds the craziest secret of Belgrade.

Price of nightlife in Serbia

Where is the better party, it's the matter of taste, but I have been researching the differences of prices in capital cities'clubs and taverns???

Belgrade is a metropolis which offers possibilities for all tastes. There are people who one night sit at tables with checkered table cloths and the next they sit in fancy private tables in clubs. Going out with friends (usually on weekends) drinking a few drinks and being on a budget of 1000 rsd is the recipe for a good night out for young people in Belgrade. In taverns u can drink a domestic brand of beer for the price of 150 to 200 rsd, in clubs the prices are much higher starting from 270rsd. One of the favorite beverages for man and some women is beer. In taverns you can get draft beer that is not the case in clubs. The tavern equivalent for a bottle of whisky and some energy drinks is a bottle of vine and sparkling water. In taverns the price of vine and  sparkling water ranges from 800 to 1200 rsd, vine bottles are more expansive ranging from 2500. In clubs the price for the same drink ranges from 2400 up too 5000rsd.

Whisky in clubs costs around 450 rsd in taverns the price is up  too 100 rsd lower. Prices range from 270 to 320. Jeger in taverns costs from 190 to 250 rsd. In clubs the price is higher starting at 320. Moonshine in tavern costs from 130 to 190 rsd, in clubs the price is doubled. In addition to beverages you also have to include the possibility that entering the club is paid, especially when some famous DJ is performing, there also is the wardrobe price witch is required in most clubs the cost is usually around 100 rsd.

The most popular folk singers in Serbia

Aleksandar Vuksanović  known by his stage name Aca Lukas (born on 3 November 1968) is a popular Serbian folk singer. He started performing various music genres, from jazz to gypsy. Aca started mixing them into special potpourris that became his trademark in years to come. His appearance was an overnight success. After "Hogar" and "Lukas", he moved on to the next stage by playing with rock singer Viktorija. Then he started a solo career. His first big hit was song called "Pesma od bola". Then he continued with other hits "Kafana na Balkanu", "Bele ruže" and many more.

 In 2003, he was arrested in police action "Sablja" because he possessed a non-reported gun. He was having drug and gambling problems that removed him from scene for two years. He made a comeback in 2006. He won 1st prize on "II Axal Grand Festival" in 2008. with song called "Upali svetlo". 

Nowadays, Lukas is renowned artist in Serbia and has some discographic success. His first concert in Belgrade Arena ( November 03, 2008) was on his birthday in front of more than 25,000 people. He has since had another two successive concerts in Belgrade Arena on November 03, 2010. and November 04, 2010. in front of altogether almost 50,000 people

On his 40th birthday on 3 November 2008, Aca performed at a concert in Belgrade Arena in front of nearly 25,000 fans. He repeated that two years later. On 3 and 4 November 2010, he performed again in Belgrade Arena in front of almost 50,000 fans each night. That brings the total to almost 75,000 people, making him likely the most popular singer in Serbia, especially among younger people.

On the night of 3 February 2009, Lukas was shot at from a gun, by an unknown assailant. The assailant fired two hits, but Lukas survived with just a wounded leg.

In the 2010 year Aca record the 2 new songs "Sedam Subota" with Dado Polumenta, and "Ja Ovaj Život Imam".

In 2012, Lukas publishes new album "Stil Zivota" with new hit songs "Gotovo", "Ako Ti Još Fali Krevet Moj", "Dođi Gore" and "Daleko Si ft. Ivana Selakov" which becomes hit of year.

On 8. June 2013, Lukas held his tenth concert in front of 65,000 people at stadium "Marakana" in Belgrade. This is the largest concert in Lukas's career.

In 2014, Lukas recorded a song ft. Ceca "Ne Zanosim se Ja".

His last song was " Ljubav u doba kokaina" wich he sang with Ivana Selakov for play with the same title.

The most popular folk singers in Serbia

Svetlana Raznatovic known by her stage name Ceca is a Serbian pop folk singer, and one of the most popular singers in Serbia and the Balkans. She started her career as a folk singer in 1988. Being one of the highest paid artists in the Serbian music industry, she performs various types of music, mainly Balkan folk or plain pop with ethnographic elements.Due to her enormous popularity, she has been called "Mother of Serbia" and "The Queen"

Ceca had her first public appearance at the age of nine, in her hometown, and at the age of thirteen she sang in a hotel on the Montenegrin coast, while vacationing with her parents. Here, the acclaimed singer and accordion player Mirko Kodić noticed her, and helped her in recording her first studio album Cvetak zanovetak (The Little Nagging Flower, 1988). At the age of fifteen, she performed at the Ilidža Music Festival in Sarajevo, at which her song "Cvetak zanovetak" won the competition, and became a hit. Ceca was mentored by Dobrivoje "Doca" Ivanković, a composer and producer of folk music, who launched many careers in the 1970s and 1980s (most notably that of Šaban Šaulić.)

Her first two albums, Cvetak zanovetak (1988) and Ludo srce (Crazy Heart, 1989) were made in the traditional Serbian folk music style with some songs, such as "Volim te" (I Love You), having a more modern production. Pustite me da ga vidim (Allow Me to See Him), she quickly became a very popular teenage star and idol for many people in Serbia. Her third album, was a major hit in the former Yugoslavia. Ceca became the best-selling artist of the Belgrade TV's record label PGP-RTB and third best-selling female folk artist in Yugoslavia, behind Lepa Brena and Dragana Mirković. She continued in the same direction with her next album, Babaroga (1991) which included a music video for the song "Hej vršnjaci" (Hey Peers) composed of footage from her eighteenth birthday gala event.

She continued to work with Marina Tucaković, Edin Dervišhalidović and later with their young protégé Aleksandar Milić Mili, with whom she continues to work today. Her next three albums, Šta je to u tvojim venama (What Is In Your Veins?, 1993), Ja još spavam u tvojoj majici (I Still Sleep In Your Shirt, 1994) and Fatalna ljubav (Fatal Love, 1995), broadened her popularity and included hit songs such as "Nije monotonija" (It Is Not Monotony) and two covers of hit Hanka Paldum songs: "Tražio si sve" (You Wanted Everything) and "Volela sam volela" (I Loved, I Loved.) With a more modern production of music, music videos, and an evolving style, her popularity grew, as demonstrated by her 1996 album Emotivna luda (Emotionally Crazy) and 1997's Maskarada (Masquerade). The song "Nevaljala" (Naughty) from Maskarada became the number one hit in Serbia for seventeen consecutive weeks.

She released her tenth studio album, Ceca 2000 (1999), which featured multiple hit songs: "Crveno" and two covers "Crni sneg" and "Sviće dan". Her eleventh album Decenija(Decade, 2001) had two hit songs, "Tačno je" (It's Correct) and the title track. Ceca's twelfth album was Gore od ljubavi (Worse Than Love), released in 2004, and her thirteenth studio album Idealno loša (Ideally Bad, 2006) contained the hit songs "Manta, manta" (Dizzy, Dizzy) and "Koža pamti" (Skin Remembers.) She released her fourteenth studio album Ljubav živi (Love Lives) in June 2011.

In June 2013, she held a concert in Belgrade in front of thousands of fans for her 40th birthday

Today, she is the part of many TV shows, commercials and cover face of mobile company..

History of folk music in Serbia!

Traditional or folk music in the Balkans was influenced particularly by Turkish music, but also the music from Western Europe. Some kings were crowned with the sound of drums and bagpipes, while others were welcomed with the sounds of trumpets. 

Illuminations and wall paintings in the Miroslav Gospel, on the frescoes in Serbian monasteries are the only remaining source of information about the instruments used at that time.

The national folklore dance in Serbia is “kolo“. It differs from one region to another, and the most famous are “Užičko kolo” and “Moravac“. Kolo is danced at weddings and celebrations..

With the appearance of civil society, “sevdalinke” (traditional genre of music) and “schlager” music gained their popularity and “kafanas” (traditional taverns) became the new meeting places. Artists who will later become the stars of Serbian traditional music performed in taverns every night.

After Radio Belgrade was opened in 1929, the sounds were transferred from taverns to the radio, and the biggest masters of their trade stepped in front of the microphones, and Serbia got its first real “stars”. Sofka Nikolić, “the queen of Skadarlija” (Belgrade’s bohemian street), marked the golden age of Serbian folk music and became the most popular singer in history. She sold over 10,000 records, and she performed in all big European cultural centers – Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Paris…

Skadarlija street in Belgrade

Later, Silvana Armenulić, Lepa Lukić and Predrag Cune Gojković sang some of the biggest hits of folk music. Traditional music still lives in Serbia and guests from abroad can enjoy the concerts of Bilja Krstić, Teofilović brothers or Goran Bregović