The Dubrovnik candidacy team for the European Capital of Culture, with Dubrovnik Summer Festival as one of the members, has submitted the final bidbook to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. Thus, the first and most important obligation in the second and final stage of Croatian cities' candidacy for the European Capital of Culture has been fulfilled.

The 67th Dubrovnik Summer Festival will take place from 10 July to 25 August 2016. During 47 festival days, more than 2000 artists from all over the world will take part in more than 70 theatrical, musical, operatic, ballet and folklore events in around twenty Dubrovnik site-specific venues, before an audience of 60.000 local and foreign visitors.

The 66th Dubrovnik Summer Festival was closed in front of St. Blaise Church on 25th August with a concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Croatian Radiotelevision,  under the baton of maestro Zoltán Kocsis, with last year's Orlando award winners Croatian Baroque Ensemble and soprano Monika Cerovčec. The concert was preceded by a ceremony of Orlando Award for the best achievements in drama and music programme, and this year's winners are young actor from Dubrovnik, Nikola Baće and German Henschel Quartet.