As we enter the new year, we all eagerly await the arrival of spring. In addition to the Kurents, she will also be summoned and greeted this year by children and adults, who will drop the small Saint Gregory's barges into Gradaščica. Decorate your paper or wooden houses with paper flowers and prepare a candle to light on the day when, according to St. Gregory, spring is supposed to begin. We all can't wait.
Events
Carnival days in Ljubljana are marked every year by the Dragon Carnival (2019), which will also this year offer a carnival procession and an entertainment program. We will admire traditional, ethnological, children's and many other carnival masks, which will walk around the city center - they will additionally brighten the carnival Saturday with their unique performances on the Congress Square.
Sergej Polunin provoked controversial reactions from the public in 2012 when, as the youngest principal dancer of London's Royal Ballet, he simply resigned after two years in this prestigious position.
Mountains, nature and adventure are calling for the mountain film festival, which will start its thirteenth edition in style - with the screening of the most desired film of this year, Free Solo, at three venues at the same time, in Ljubljana, Celje and Radovljica. In these three places and also in Domžale, visitors will be able to watch 32 films about alpinism, climbing, adventure, mountain nature and culture, and in Ljubljana there will be six more lectures, a book presentation and a round table.
The end of February this year also marks the end of winter and the call of spring. Kurents will dance in the oldest Slovenian city on February 23 and start calling for spring and all good things. During the 59th Kurentovanje 2019, as part of Artfest, Etnofest and Karnevalfest, you will be part of ethnographic and carnival processions, concerts, masked dances, you will also be able to see exhibitions, ethnographic characters, carnival baskets and much more.
The AntiValentine's Party is a two-day concert event that will please all the alternative people who need their own event in the name of love. After three years of entertaining the Zagreb audience, the AntiValentino concert will take place in our region for the fourth year. LET 3, TBF and Vojko V will perform in Cvetličarna on the first evening. On Thursday, the audience will be entertained by Edo Maajka, Klemen Klemen and the group Elemental, which operates under the slogan "Everything, only romance".
In March, those of you planning, building or renovating will be able to visit the 58th Dom Fair 2019 - 500 companies from more than 30 countries will be presented at it. At this year's fair, the topics of sustainable construction, comprehensive energy renovation of buildings and the zero-energy standard, which came into force on January 1st, are at the center. Companies will thus present trends in various fields, and you will be able to take part in free advice from experts on all days of the fair.
Gibanica represents the most important contemporary dance platform in our country, where local and foreign guests can see various contemporary dance products by local producers. At the 9th Biennale of Contemporary Slovenian Dance Art 2019, you will witness ten competitive performances selected by a three-member jury from Slovenia, France and Croatia. In addition to the performances, the organizers also prepared a presentation of book editions, two round tables and a discussion.
Coprnica, the dragon, Butalci, great-grandmother Uršula and many masked pirates, playful princesses, brave firemen, ladybugs, bees and other carnival lovers will scare the winter for ten days and enjoy the carnival company. They will start with the traditional Žaganj baba, they will also enjoy exhibitions, the official Butal TV program, children's masquerade, carnival party and the Great Carnival. The traditional event will end with the Burial of Pusta.
Ever since the first Ljubljana Sparkling Wine Salon, the organizers have followed their mission - spreading the culture of drinking wine and good food. In the heart of the capital, this year you will once again enjoy the wines of 40 winemakers, who will present around 120 different wines. In addition to enjoying a drop of wine, you will also be able to taste selected food that pairs perfectly with sparkling wines. Various events, workshops and guided tastings are also an integral part of the 6th Ljubljana Sparkling Wine Salon. As part of the SSW network, an international evaluation of sparkling wines will also take place.
Drummer jazz legend Ratko Divjak made a strong impression on the music scene both in Slovenia and abroad. He has a varied career behind him, which he started in a rock band and then continued in jazz.
The Papir ensemble is a rainbow of people who came together to simply make beautiful songs - songs that will mean something to this world and will delight it for a long time with their melodies and stories.