Happy December will also visit Maribor in 2019, where the hospitable people of Styria await you! And what are the best events in Maribor for December 2019?
Happy December 2019 Maribor will be marked by festive stalls, a rich family and cultural program and popular outdoor concerts.
Turn on the lights will be in Maribor in 2019 on the same day as in Ljubljana, that is on Friday, November 29, except that the lights will be switched on 15 minutes earlier in the Styrian capital, at 17:00. They will do that on General Maistro Square in front of the First Gymnasium Maribor. And what will happen in happy December in Maribor?
Happy December 2019 in Maribor
Holiday fair
Take a walk through the fair stands, which will offer a colorful range of authentic, high-quality products of domestic and artistic crafts and traditional cuisine. Artisans, potters, beekeepers, mediciners, farmers, oil producers, herbalists, associations of farmers' wives and caterers will be present with their products.
WHEN: from November 29 to December 30, 2019 between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. / passage Grajski trg – Trg svobode
Fairy town
According to the organizer, the fairy town is people, so you are all invited to stories and poetry, to song, music, dance and films, to exhibitions, to performances for big and small silly heads, to games and playing, to walks, to light, caught on a short winter day. Fairytale streets await you, and in the Fairy Dvor the Fairy Stage, the (Fl)etno Room, the Fairy Reading Room and the Playroom, the Art Room and the mischievous fairy Ana Mrzla Mariborska!
WHEN: from November 29 to December 28, 2019 / Vetrinjski dvor
Concerts on Leona Štuklja Square
In December, concerts will be held at Trg Leona Štuklja, and there will also be a big New Year's Eve party there. Among others, Nina Pušlar (14/12), Tony Cetinski (15/12), ABBA Mia Tribute (18/12), Alo!Stari (19/12), Challe Salle (21/12), CoverLover (22/12), Red Apple (25/12) and MUFF feat. SENIDAH (December 28). More here.
A winter's tale on Castle Square
The winter fairy tale on Grajské trg brings a superb Christmas ambient atmosphere with a rich music program, cute workshops for children, Santa's sweet bakery, the wooden houses will always smell of cooking, sweets and the rest of the delicacies of street cuisine, and the organizers have many parallel animation trumps up their sleeves , which will delight and surprise you every day.
WHEN: from November 29 to December 31, 2019 / Castle Square
Skating rink Let's meet at Kodjak
You are invited to a happy get-together at or during the party on ice at Trg svobode in Maribor, where a prefabricated ice rink with a rich ice program will be erected from December to the end of February. It will be possible to refresh yourself with hot drinks and snacks by the ice rink, and plenty of joy and fun awaits all visitors on the ice. You will also be able to welcome the New Year on ice skates!
WHEN: from November 29, 2019 to February 29, 2020 between 10:00 and 20:00 (Mon.-Fri) and between 10:00 and 23:00 (Sat., Sun. and holidays) / Trg svobode
Arrival of Santa Claus
On the Castle Square, where Nicholas, accompanied by angels and hooves, will greet and present gifts to all hardworking children. Nicholas will be welcomed by the Florentine vocal group.
WHEN: December 5, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. / Castle Square
Santa Claus
Santa Claus will descend from Pohorje to the Snow Stadium, followed by a procession with a festively decorated carriage and a fairy-tale entourage, when the good man will travel through the city's neighborhoods and stop wherever children are waiting for him. Find out where and when it will stop here.
WHEN: from December 7 to 28, 2019 / center of Maribor
Winter Luftarca
The fairy-tale atmosphere on the terrace of the Luft 360 bar on the 11th floor of the Slavije business center invites you to a fairy-tale world, where everyone, from the youngest to the young at heart, can find their own magical moment and place that makes them feel good and at least for an hour or takes two into a fairy tale.
WHEN: from November 22, 2019 to March 21, 2020 / Luft 360
Hiking with lanterns to Pekrska gorca
The procession with lights is a traditional event on the eve of Christmas with participation in the midnight. At the venue, hikers are given tea, mulled wine and sweet treats. The final destination is Pekrska gorca. Hikers come from the Studenka side, Radvanje, Limbuš and Peker.
WHEN: December 24, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. / around Maribor / Pekrska gorca
Big New Year's Eve in Maribor
Every year, the best Slovenian singers and bands provide excellent entertainment for the thousands of people at the extremely popular New Year's Eve. On top of everything, New Year's Eve in Maribor is a public New Year's Eve with the longest tradition in all of Slovenia! Groovocado and Big Foot Mama will perform this year.
WHEN: December 31, 2019 between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. / Leona Štuklja Square
