Enthusiastic responses to last year's Pocestnica inspired the art collective Ljud to once again offer the white-washed Ljubljana: Pocestnica - a "ready-made" open-air gallery that, in the playful spirit of Marcel Duchamp, uses the power of imagination to transform everyday elements of the city of Ljubljana into superb works of art.
Events
This year, the biggest Slovenian tennis tournament ATP Challenger Tilia Slovenia will coincide with the traditional Portorož night. So we will witness both a musical and a tennis treat. The accapella group Perpetuum Jazzile will provide a hot introduction to the tennis tournament, which, at least in the main part, will last from 10 to 15 August 2015. and fireworks. Activities as part of the Fun Zone project will provide additional variety to the event.
The Kaval company recently opened the long-awaited Špica caffe restaurant on the renovated embankment, which was once a real Ljubljana bathing place, but today it looks like a beach again thanks to the pleasant wooden and green areas. On August 20, we can attend a free concert by the band Muff at the excellent, extremely popular Špica location in Ljubljana.
At the beginning of this September, the second edition of the FilmMixer film festival in the old town center of Kranj will mix the film scene with different films. Instead of Hollywood, we will watch an independent film production, instead of a stuffy hall of a multiplex, there will be a starry sky above us.
The Bled Days attract thousands of tourists to Bled every year, and the climax is experienced on Saturday evening, when the Bled Lake is flooded with lights in eggshells and the sky is lit up by fireworks. This year, the Tastes of Bled project was added to the traditional event, which was designed with the aim of bringing visitors closer to traditional local cuisine, which, you guessed it, is not just cream pies. The Bled Days will take place from July 17 to 19, 2015.
Festival Maribor is a festival with a long tradition, the core of which is the Maribor Festival Orchestra, made up of renowned musicians, members of local and foreign orchestras. This year it will take place between September 8 and 18.
In Slovenia, there are more and more excellent creators of handicrafts and quality producers of materials, which is why they decided to organize the first three-day Festival of handicrafts, which we will be able to visit between September 25 and 27. With a common story, they want to present themselves to the general public and contribute to raising awareness of the value of hand-made products.
Between August 10 and 16, the Tobačne area will breathe in the creative rhythm of the Urban Action festival, which will present various creative elements of jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronic and other urban subcultures to visitors in an innovative, youthful and accessible way.
On July 28, 2015, the first Esports event will take place in Cineplexx cinemas. It will begin with the screening of the documentary film Igranje je garanje (All Work All Play), followed by a live switch-on. You are probably wondering what it is actually about. Initially, we will learn about the worldwide phenomenon of gaming as a sport, which will be enhanced by watching others play video games, which are measured as part of the Esports competition. Here, professional gamers compete in a huge number of games for rich cash pools and eternal computer glory.
Trnowski ninja Klemen Klemen returns to the crime scene of the pompous concert on the second anniversary of Kino Šišek after exactly four years. This time, he brings brand new material with him - his third studio album, which will be released on the day of the concert, September 4, 2015.
The Slovenian band Big Foot Mama will mark twenty-five years of activity with a jubilee concert in Ljubljana's Tivoli Hall and the release of a double collection of greatest hits.
In the 2000-year-old and one of the largest Roman amphitheatres, Dimensions Festival returns for the fourth year this year between August 26 and 30, the perfect festival for those who like to sway to the rhythms of full-fledged electronic music and adore finely tuned techno, house, dubstep, drum' n'bass and other electrifying rhythms.