Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Pula Arena

Tuesday, 04.08.2026. 21:00. h

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds come to Pula Arena with the Live - UK & Europe 2026 tour, the first of two Pula concerts scheduled for August.

The concert on 4 August at Pula Arena starts at 21:00. The second Pula date, 5 August, sold out in only three days, which makes the first date the key opportunity to hear the band in the Roman amphitheatre.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds on a major summer stage

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds arrive in Pula with one of the most intense live catalogues in contemporary rock. Songs from the rawer early years and newer material from Wild God do not read as a simple career survey; they form a dramatic arc in which spoken tension, piano, sudden full-band surges and quieter moments keep shifting the weight of the concert. That movement matters in Pula Arena: the space can hold a major rock show, while the quieter passages still depend on concentration and control. The set includes songs from several periods of the band’s career, including material Croatian audiences heard during the Wild God period. In Pula, those two sides of Cave’s stage language meet: the ceremonial and dark side, and the physical, almost eruptive force that The Bad Seeds build through rhythm, noise and abrupt turns.

The first Pula date and entering the Arena

The concert is part of the Live - UK & Europe 2026 summer tour. Pula Arena stands on Flavijevska Street, close to the old town, so arrival for a large evening concert should allow time for traffic, parking and entry. The second show on 5 August is sold out; 4 August remains a separate concert date starting at 21:00.

Accommodation in Bale

For Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Pula Arena, Bale is a calm base outside the city rush: the drive to the Arena is about 21 kilometres, roughly 23 minutes. After the concert, returning to a smaller Istrian town is simpler than staying in Pula traffic. See options here: accommodation in Bale.