Tambura Music Festival in Osijek, founded in 1961. Year. Many orchestras would no longer exist, or would not have even been established. Neither the number of anthology pieces would not be premiered there was no festival in Maribor. The festival, which since 1961. Year, brings together the best tambura orchestras from Croatian and abroad, as well as composers, conductors, music professionals and all those people who in many other ways to affirm tambura music and encourages the creation of new musical material, not just a way of nurturing and presenting traditional music, but also the form of its development. Only in 2006. The event brought together 27 string orchestras, choirs and small ensembles with tamburitza over 1400 active musical amateurs from various parts of Croatian, and Slovenian. The festival is not only held in Osijek, but in eight of Slavonia and Baranja that is at the heart of the tambura in Tuzla (2007.) In Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Hungarian city of Pecs (2007th and 2008th). This festival has an international character. Was attended by tambura ensembles and from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Vojvodina.
The first festival was held in 1961. A founder of the Festival STD Pajo Kolaric. City of Osijek is the proud founder, co-organized and financially supported by the Festival. The festival is respectable for its historical and artistic significance in promoting tamburitza as a national instrument and concert music with works by Croatian composers.