This year, the Fairy Day Festival includes a series of workshops, performances, performances and interactive activities designed specifically for preschool and early school children, but also for their parents and all lovers of fairy tales and childhood. The event is organised by the Association for the Development of Youth Culture ‘Cultural Front’, known for its Liburnicon Festival and numerous educational, cultural and socially engaged programs.
A program filled with magic
During the four hours of the festival, children will be able to participate in the numerous creative and educational workshops: They will make fairy wings, magic lanterns and houses for villas, compete in fairy archery and reflect on the importance of preserving nature and ecological awareness.
Specially designed fairy and ecological workshops will encourage the development of children's imagination, senses and motor skills, while reading fairy tales in Fairy gazebos Introduce the little ones into the world of dreams and miraculous tales. At every step, the children will be welcomed. costumed animators – fairies, elves, pirates, fairy-tale characters and other guardians of imagination – with whom they will be able to play, dance and take photos.
One of the main attractions will be Maypole dance, a traditional fairy dance around a colourfully decorated column. Small adventurers will, with the help of costumed animators, embark on a quest for hidden pirate treasures – a challenge full of puzzles, obstacles and fun.
The festival will also be complemented by stage performances – from a fiery villa to children’s dance spots and performances – and the Angiolina Park, especially around the musical pavilion, will become a stage for magic, creativity and joy.
Festival for All - Without Obstacles and Borders
Festival ‘Day of Fairies’ It is free and open to all visitors.. The programme is realized thanks to the engagement of young volunteers, artists, musicians and other cultural and civil initiatives, which further encourages social inclusion, knowledge exchange and intergenerational solidarity.
The Cultural Front Association points out that every child is born with the potential to create and that it only needs to provide space for expression and support from the community. The Fairy Day is therefore not only a festival of entertainment, but also a form of pedagogical and social activity: develops children's creativity, encourages socialization, ecological awareness and love of art.
Let’s go back to childhood:
for at least one day
In times of digital devices and overloaded schedules, Fairy Day invites children, but also adults, to remember how important it is to read fairy tales, make handicrafts, dance with friends and believe in miracles. It is a day where everyone can be a fairy, pirate, explorer or poet – a day when imagination is more important than rules, and a smile is the greatest reward.
We invite all small and large dreamers, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles to join us June 21 at Angiolina Park in Opatija Together with us, they step into a world where different rules apply – rules of fairy tales, friendship and eternal play.
