Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag) is a Romanian international pop-song contest and festival first staged in 1968 in Brașov’s central Piața Sfatului square, later expanding into an awards show broadcast by the state broadcaster Televiziunea Română. It was banned by the Communist authorities after its 1971 edition and did not return until 1992, after the fall of Communism.
When & where
- Founded
- 1968
- Home
- Brașov, Romania
- Genre
- Pop
- When
- Mid-August
No edition has been held since 2019 and none is announced.
About Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag)
Since its revival the festival has had an irregular history, running through the 1990s and 2000s, pausing again between 2010 and 2017 for lack of funding, and returning for editions in 2018 and 2019. It remains one of Romania’s best-known music-festival brands, built around a song competition that has hosted performers from dozens of countries over its history.