Of Monster and Men, a five-member indie-folk/indie-pop band from Iceland that started their journey in 2010, is a bit more everyday Icelandic music export than we are usually used to. In their five years of existence, they have released two studio albums and the latter, Beneath The Skin (2015), is the one with which they embark on a tour. On November 9, they will also be available in Vienna.
Events
Homegrown Slovenian rockers Mi2, who have been plowing the Slovenian musical wasteland for 20 years, will celebrate their venerable jubilee with a big concert on December 3 in Slovenia's Tivoli Hall with guests who will perform on the same stage in honor of the band. Mi2 called the event "Od Črtice do Čista jeba" because they started small and achieved great success on the Slovenian music scene.
With Portorož, Slovenia got a unique opportunity, because between September 6 and 13, 2015, it will become the hub of the world for competitors in playing computer games. It will host Gaming Paradise, the largest e-sports festival in this part of Europe. The e-sports activities will also be enriched by entertainment on the coast, and Portorož will be the first venue of its kind to have as a backdrop, in addition to the sea of visitors and participants (only the open-air pre-selection in Sečovlje reached as many as 1.6 million online views), also the real sea .
In Portorož, between September 15 and 20, the Festival of Slovenian Film will open its screens, and after the record number of registered films, it will immortalize its coming of age in a cinematic way.
What could be better than going on a culinary indulgence along the Ljubljanica River to end the summer season? Culinary master Igor Jagodic, the chef of the Strelec restaurant and the captain of the Ljubljana boat Tomo Zupančič will take us on August 26 to a romantic and culinary rich evening on the river of seven names - the river Ljubljanica.
The 72nd Venice Film Festival, which is organized every year by La Biennale di Venezia, will take place this year from September 2 to 12 at the Lido in Venice. The purpose of the festival is to raise awareness and promote various aspects of international film in all its forms - as art, as entertainment and as industry - in the spirit of freedom and dialogue. As a contribution to a better understanding of the history of film, the festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major artists. This year, the festival will be opened by the film Everest, signed by the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur.
The old man of Italian hip-hop, Jovanotti (his real name is Lorenzo Costantino Cherubini), perhaps an Italian musical institution, is coming to Slovenia. One of the true giants of not only Italian, but also world music and the author of compositions such as Serenata Rap, Penso Positivo, L'ombelico del mondo and A Te, will perform in the Stožice hall on January 12.
The Špancirfest festival in Varaždin takes place this year from August 21 to 30. In addition to the excellent music program (namely, Mando Diao, Nouvelle Vague, Parov Stelar Band, Gogol Bordello are coming to Varaždin), a whole range of other activities will take place, from creative workshops for the youngest to workshops for adults, activities for young artists and, of course, extremely attractive street program, which is the heart and soul of Špancirfest.
After a few months of absence, the Vintage Weekend project returns to the scene and, in cooperation with the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, invites you to Nostalgic Saturday, which will take place on the museum platform at Metelkova Street 2 on Saturday, August 29, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The shopping street of the Interspar Vič Center invites you to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the center's opening.
Soon after the school timetables have already been completed, but before the young people can really bite into the school desks, the one and only, this year already the 9th in a row, Rhythm of Youth 2015 is coming up. We will immortalize the exciting start of the school year so young on September 5 and to the pompous music, which will be dominated by John Martin among the carefully selected performers, set out to face new school challenges.
The popular British soul pop group Simply Red, which broke up in 2010, has reunited on the 30th anniversary of its founding for a jubilee tour, which is also coming to Vienna. "I love anniversaries and this one is a big one," said the band's singer Mick Hucknall. The band, which has sold more than 50 million albums in its quarter of a century of existence and created hits such as Holding Back the Years, Money's Too Tight to Mention, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Something Got Me Started, Stars and others , will perform in the line-up of long-standing members.