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There are several rock music festivals, some of the most notable include: Taksirat annually organized by Lithium Records and the Skopje gori organized by Avalon Productions.

Both of the festivals hosted numerous internationally acclaimed rock, electronica and hip hop acts.

There are also smaller demo band festivals such as Winner Fest ( formerly known as Loser Fest ) and Rok-fest, the latter has existed for several decades.

The most notable international open-air festival was Alarm held in Ljubaništa by the Ohrid Lake in 2002.

In 1994 during the tensions in the Balkans such as the Yugoslav Wars and the Macedonia naming dispute, a peace festival called Urban fest was organized in Skopje gathering underground music artists from all the Balkan countries.