
OFFest, organized by the non-governmental, non-profit cultural organization Skopje Jazz Festival established in 2002 as a sister festival to the the long-established Skopje Jazz Festival with a main idea to create a summer sibling in June (3rd – 6th of June) to Skopje Jazz Fest’s usual October bloom with a more genre-fluid lineup consisting of world music roots expanding out to a beautiful strain of contemporary coloring from electronic, classical, jazz, urban to even punk to give people it’s summer petals in all shapes and textures.
OFFest as a member of the Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (FWMF), a network of festivals shares the vision that the world is patchwork of a multitude of local traditions and music, each different in expression and content yet equal in value.
A lot of renowned artists from all over the world performed throughout OFFest history. Alongside big-name acts in the world and indigenous music scenes, in our third decade, our mission remains – to rediscover and introduce less well-known musical styles and traditions, and to explore the intersection between old and new.
BCUC, South Africa, Dobrila & Dorian, Les Amazones d’Afrique, Raül Refree & Maria Mazzotta are part of the patchwork tapestry this year, experience the world through sound on the 3rd – 6th of June.






