Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024

The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024 is the 54th edition of the annual Melodije Istre i Kvarnera, a song contest held annually in multiple towns in the Istria and Primorje-Gorski Kotar counties of Croatia. The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024 marks the milestone 60th anniversary since its inaugural edition in 1964.

The 2024 edition of the contest is scheduled to take place from 1 June to 8 June 2024. The host cities and municipalities for this year's contest include Bakar, Kastav, Punat, Svetvinčenat, Pazin and Rijeka, where the final night will be held on 8 June 2024.

Background
On 30 November 2023 the submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the organisers until 1 February 2024. To be accepted, songs must either have lyrics written in the Chakavian dialect or Croatian literary language, or in Italian dialectal or literary language, with thematic relevance to the festival's region. Alternatively, they must incorporate ethno elements from the Istrian-Kvarner region into the musical composition.

Format
The Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2024 contest will feature six host cities: Bakar, Kastav, Punat, Svetvinčenat, Pazin and Rijeka each hosting an evening of performances and voting. Votes will be collected independently in each city throughout the event. On the final night in Rijeka, the votes from all six evenings will be aggregated to determine the overall winner of the contest. Throughout the event, all songs will be performed on each evening, with the winner of the previous night having the honor of performing first on the subsequent day.

Competing entries
On 14 March 2024 a list of all compiting entries and artists was published. Sixteen entries were selected, the participant include previous winners such as Duško Jeličić, Gina Picinić, Grupa 777, Joso Butorac, Karin Kuljanić and Nevia Rigutto. The competing entries were released on 15 May 2024. Elis Lovrić was supposed to participate with the entry "Dobrota", but on the day the songs were presented, a song titled "Moja mati" was listed as her entry instead.

First night
The first show was held at the Spomen Dom in Pazin.

Second night
The second show was held in Bakar at the Dom kulture "Matija Mažić".