The festival of the urban song “Luleborë” held its fifth edition. The festival in the city of Shkodra brought 21 songs, performed by singers, where twenty of them were part of this contest and one was a greeting song. The festival “Luleborë” took place in the courtyard of the theater “Migjeni”, but the spectator were in limited numbers due to the pandemic. The festival “Luleborë”with artistic director Roland Guli and Ilir Zoga, director Rita Gjeka Kacarosi aims to bring back to the public the urban song, giving a new dimension to it, promoting professionalism and high artistic level. Festival director Rita Gjeka Kacarosi said before the festival “There are 21 songs in the festival, where 20 are part of the song contest and 1 is a greeting song since the songwriter has passed away. We did it in the honor of the songwriter, but we worked on it as a song and it will be performed at the festival. On Friday the songs were performed only in front of the jury, which heard them. In this festival there are composers not only from Shkodra, but also other cities such as Vlora or Tirana but even Kosovo. ”

” Luleborë “is a nationwide festival”, says the director of the festival. Although a difficult time due to the pandemic in our country, in the city of Shkodra artistic and cultural activities have been present. The festival “Luleborë” is organized by the Municipality of Shkodra, bringing to the public the urban song which has almost become a tradition.

/Klara Ruci/