Queens of the Stone Age play Pula Arena on 30 June 2027

Queens of the Stone Age play the Arena in Pula, the Roman amphitheatre in southern Istria, on Wednesday 30 June 2027, report Glas Istre and zagreb.info. Tickets go on sale on Friday 6 November 2026 at 10am. The American rock band brings its European tour for the new album to Croatia. Its last Croatian shows were two nights in a row at Šalata in Zagreb.

Tickets from 6 November, 10am

At the start of sales, tickets cost €59 for the grass above the stands, €67 for the parterre and €89 for the stands. Core Event sells them online. In shops, tickets are available at Dirty Old Shop, Rockmark and Dallas Music Shop (Glas Istre). The table sorts the three areas by where they sit in the amphitheatre.

The reports do not yet give the start time, door time or support act. We will add them here once the organiser announces them.

8,000 places in summer

In Roman times the amphitheatre held around 23,000 spectators (our Arena guide). Concerts today work with a smaller number. Under the rules Pula mayor Peđa Grbin presented in April 2026, events between 1 May and 30 September may admit at most 8,000 visitors (Croatia Week). 30 June falls inside that window. The Archaeological Museum of Istria oversees structures such as the stage and roofing.

What it means for visitors

30 June 2027 is a Wednesday, so anyone combining the concert with a holiday in Istria plans around the middle of the week. On concert days the Arena's sightseeing hours change or end early, and the concert ticket is separate from the sightseeing ticket. To see the amphitheatre and its underground hall by day, visit in the morning or on another day (Arena guide, Pula in one day).

The Arena stands on the northern edge of the old town on Flavijevska Street. The bus station is a 5-minute walk away, with long-distance buses from Rijeka, Zagreb, Trieste and Ljubljana. Pula Airport lies about 6 km north-east at Valtura, with a shuttle bus and taxis to the centre. By car, the motorway across Istria ends in Pula, and the paid car parks around the Arena are the place to stop. Drivers from Munich or Vienna cross Slovenia and need its vignette (vignettes and tolls).

For an evening concert a base in the centre works best: from the old town and the bus station the Arena is at most a 10-minute walk. The hotels on the Verudela peninsula are about 40 minutes on foot along the water or a city bus ride away.