Krk in May

Black Sheep in Baška, and the sailing fortnight begins off Punat at the month's end.

May opens the season properly. Baška's Black Sheep festival -- three days of the island's lamb, sport, culture and music -- falls on a mid-month weekend, and it has done so for twenty editions. At the month's end two things begin at once: the Punat regattas, with the Croatia Cup starting on the last Sunday and the sailing fortnight running on into June, and Krk town's own days, a fortnight of free concerts, chants and exhibitions around the feast of its patron St Quirinus on 4 June.

Beaches are open, the water is still cold, and the crowds have not arrived. For a lot of people who know the island, this is the month.

• Crna ovca – Black Sheep festival — Three days of lamb, sport, culture and music in Baška — the 20th edition ran 15–17 May 2026.
• Dani grada Krka – the feast of St Quirinus — Krk town's own days, around its patron saint: klapa singing under the Frankopan walls, medieval chants in the cathedral, the solemn mass,...
• Punat Sailing Week — A fortnight of keelboat regattas off Punat — the Croatia Cup, Austria Cup, Alpe Adria Sailing Week and more — with nearly forty years...