If we lack sleep, we are not only tired, but also not doing our health any favors. Of course, no one wants insomnia, but unfortunately it can happen to us quickly. While we want to calm down the frenzy of a busy day, the agony of tomorrow's chores and the irresistibly tempting and endless "feeds" of social networks, a good rest sometimes sounds like science fiction.
Music
This time, for the second year in a row, your summer will be brightened up by a very special event, Rockin' Riviera Weekender 2017, which will take place on July 20 and will last for four days. It is the first Slovenian multi-day rockabilly music festival, with which you can go back in time, to the colorful fifties of Elvis, Chuck Berry, jukeboxes and gramophone records.
Outlook Festival 2017 will take place in the safe haven of the Punta Christo fortress in Pula from September 7 to 10, 2017. It is the largest festival of Soundsystem culture in the whole of Europe, which every year attracts the best artists on the scene and visitors from all over the world. This year, among others, Dizzee Rascal and DJ Shadow will perform. Tickets for the wild party are on sale now.
Less than 2 hours' drive from Ljubljana, you can experience a unique festival that combines intimacy and music. For the 12th year in a row, Sexto 'Nplugged 2017 will host top artists, including the French music duo Air.
The British new wave band, favorite band of the late Princess Diana, is returning to the stage. After 16 years, they will perform in Croatia, specifically in Zagreb at the Šalata stadium. We can expect them there on August 29 this year.
The alternative music festival Dimensions Festival 2017 will once again take over Fort Punta Christo in Pula and shake it to its foundations with the best offer of electronic music. Dimensions Festival 2017 in Pula will take place from August 30 to September 3, 2017, and the performers will include Grace Jones and Moderat. Tickets for the event are already on sale.
The musical legends Rolling Stones are coming to our vicinity. If you haven't yet managed to catch a band that has been living the rock'n'roll lifestyle since the early sixties and is still going strong, then don't hesitate. You can see them at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria, on September 16 this year, where they are coming as part of the Stones - No Filter tour.
With its 33-year history, the Druga godba festival is one of the most important music festivals in Central Europe. With its concept, new approaches and 'discovery' of unknown musical content and geographical territories, it is unique in this cultural area. And the Second Band 2017 will be no less unique, when Inna Modja, Yasmine Hamdan, Gaye Su Akyol, Derek Gripper and others will be guests.
The most famous virtual band in the world, created in the late 1990s by the leader of the Britpop phenomenon Blur Damon Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewlett, is returning to the stage. Gorillaz will perform closest to us in Vienna, where we can expect them on November 2.
After the successful exhibition on David Bowie ("David Bowie is..."), the Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Museum in London opens its doors to all fans of the greatest psychedelic rock band of all time. Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is a retrospective of the legendary rock band, which can be seen until October 1, 2017.
OK Computer ages well. In a special edition commemorating the first release back in 1997, all songs are newly mastered. The album was a breakthrough for the English alternative rockers and according to many critics it did more than that. Some consider it one of the best albums of all time. At the time, the band said that the album was not conceptual, but the lyrics constantly touched on consumerism, the disintegration of society, nihilism and political stagnation.
FM4 Frequency Festival 2017 will take place between 15 and 17 August 2017 in Austria. It is the largest "alternative/indie/pop/punk/rock/electronic/dance" music festival on Austrian soil, which has more than ten years of tradition behind it. This year, Billy Talent, Mumford & Sons and Placebo will perform on the stages of the FM4 Frequency Festival, among others. Tickets are already on sale.