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Korca Serenights Festival in Korce
Two late-September nights in Korça's Old Bazaar and archaeological museum celebrating Serenata Korçare, a distinctly local serenade tradition dating back roughly 150 years, performed on guitar, mandolin and buzuk and still woven into everyday city life. Set in one of Albania's most historically resonant old towns, the festival draws both local families and visiting music enthusiasts each year.
Korça Serenights celebrates Serenata Korçare, the Korça serenade tradition widely regarded as the very soul and heart of the city, a musical form whose roots stretch back roughly a century and a half to the late nineteenth century.