Taking place between 9th and 15th July 2025, in Tisno, Croatia, the festival is yet again becoming a not-to-be-missed event this year, as it brings together names that pay homage to its early years, as well as the best in new house and electronic music.
Among the first wave of artists this year, Love International previously announced Bonobo, Ben UFO and Floating Points – a trio of headline-worthy artists who were part of the formative Love International years.
They were announced alongside the likes of Horse Meat Disco, Shanti Celeste, Craig Richards, Sherelle and plenty more.
And there’s even more additions to the ensemble of artists, too, with Chicago’s Eris Drew, Radioactive Man (the moniker of Keith Tenniswood), and Brooklyn-based house producer Octo Octa joining the party.
See the full list of artists in the poster below, which also features Bristol DJ Ellie Stokes, dub pioneer Mad Professor and tech-house stalwart and Houghton Festival’s creative director, Craig Richards.
This year marks a double cause for celebration, which also marks 20 years since the first edition of The Garden Festival, the original destination international music festival in Croatia.
The seeds for Love International were planted at the Garden Festival (which took place from 2006 until 2011 in Petrčane, and then in Tisno until 2015), before becoming Love International in 2016.
Speaking about the forthcoming festival anniversary, and the journey to get here, Love International founder Dave Harvey has shared: “I attended the very first Garden Festival in a sleepy village called Petrčane as my friend’s plus one.
“I managed to convince them to give me a gig the following year and very soon after that started handling the bookings for all the artists. After ten years, The Garden Festival turned into Love International and now, sitting here ten years later, the fact we are still here is a bit of a pinch-me moment.”
“We’ve built up a returning cast of DJs and acts over those years and many of them are still coming back every year. The community that’s grown is a wonderful thing in these sometimes fickle times and it means a lot. For our tenth edition we have invited some of those who have gone on to be some of the biggest names in our corner of the dance music world.”
Indeed, two-decades of intertwining histories between these two much-loved festivals will no doubt form new memories in this year’s anniversary programme – it’s not a party to be missed.
And for those who simply can’t wait until the summer, they’ll be some earlier live events happening too, with the first fittingly being on Valentine’s Day (14th February) at Manchester’s The Loft venue, headlined by Shanti Celeste and Love International founder Dave Harvey himself – see here for tickets.
For more information on the full Love International festival this year, visit their site.
