ZAGREB HOSTS FIRST OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

ZAGREB, July 13 (Hina) - Zagreb is hosting its first Open Air Festival on five stages at the Student Centre in downtown Savska Street on Sunday. #L# The programme began early in the afternoon on two stages -- DJ Stage and Breakalicious Crew -- which are playing electronic music until 10 p.m. when the main attraction, British trip hop group Morcheeba, takes to the stage. Prior to Morcheeba's show on the main stage, the audience has been entertained by some of Croatia's best rock bands, including Let 3, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, and Bare i Placenici. Performers on the rock stage include Hard Time, Djeca, Zadruga, Atheist rap, Subway Dogs, and Flayer. The "Roots/ethno/crossing border" stage features Gustafi, Shamrock Rovers, Brain Holidays, Sumski, Superhicks, Sick Swing Orchestra, and Chevrolets 57. Parallel with the concerts, the Student Centre cinema is playing the films "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Doors". Zagreb Open Air Festival is one of the rare rock and electronic music festivals held in the centre of the capital. The organisers, Zagreb's Healthy Society, hope the festival will become an annual event Zagreb will host in July for students to mark the end of the school year. (hina) ha