It's time for summer adventures and vacations. So that you don't get bored in the urban jungle, we have selected some great events for you that will brighten up your summer days.
Here you can see which events await you in the month July, August and the first days of September!
Friday 20.7.
Let's meet in front of Škuce
Refreshment after hot days is offered by a festival with up-and-coming artists on a boutique stage in front of the Škuc Gallery. These are proven, but lesser-known works and performers of various genres, which are really worth checking out live: concerts, plays, performances, fashion shows, films, exhibitions, street reading room, creative workshops, Library under the canopy and Škuce market. In case of rain or unstable weather, the event takes place in the Škuc Gallery.
until July 29 / Ljubljana / Stari trg 21
Tuesday 24.7.
Motovun Film Festival
Motovun, one of the pearls of Croatian Istria, will once again host the famous film festival this year. The best films of this year will be shown on the big screen under the starry sky. Every year, the organizers include in their selection films from as many different countries as possible, and it is also visited by guests of honor who enrich the events and present to the audience their view of film art. One of the key strengths of this event is that it does not exceed its capacity and keeps screenings in an intimate setting.
until July 28 / Croatia / Motovun
Thursday 26.7.
Floating castle
The Floating Castle Festival is a unique artistic spectacle, the theme of which this year is "Underworlds - Utopias". During the three days, more than 110 groups from 29 countries will present themselves at the festival, which will create and present a wide variety of programs at 16 diverse and unique venues in nature and in the castle itself; from intimate musical performances for gourmets, street theatre, puppet shows, shows for adults, creative workshops, circus and acrobatic shows to larger concerts and jam session parties.
until July 28 / Stari trg pri Lož / Snežnik Castle
Friday 27.7
ECO Festival
Over the years, ECO has become one of the major events for young people in Central Europe, the most international domestic electronic event and one of the leading Slovenian music festivals. On the 10th birthday, several thousand spectators will dance another unforgettable chapter in this now traditional story to an attractive international program. The largest European hard techno festival will host more than 50 names of hard techno and techno in three arenas, and on the occasion of its tenth anniversary, it will move to an iconic venue of the domestic festival scene, where festivals such as Meet Me, Sindustry, Stars Gathering and WoodShock have also taken place.
until July 29 / Dornberk / Zeleni gaj
Friday 27.7.
Red Bull No Paws Down
The days of woodworking are back! In the hellish heat of midsummer, the fourth Red Bull No Paws Down in history will take place on the legendary Bear's Gut. The winner is the one who manages to drive all 18 serpentines without touching the ground with his hands faster than everyone else at 80 kilometers per hour. The competition is one of the highlights of something bigger. The word is spreading about the two-week long event of a festival character, which unites the global fraternity of fans of racing on four small wheels under one roof or a few dozen tents.
until July 28 / Osilnica
Wednesday 1.8.
Mr. Big
Mr. Big are giants of American rock. The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1988, and was founded by the famous names of the music scene: vocalist Eric Martin, guitarist Paul Gilbert, who is ranked among the top guitarists by many world guitar magazines, bassist Billy Sheehan, who also worked with David Lee Roth , The Winery Dogs, Talas and Steve Vai, and drummer Pat Torpey, who also worked with Belinda Carlisle, Richie Kotzen, Robert Plant and others. To most of the world, the band is also known for the hit To Be With You. Mr. Big ruled mainly among the Asian listeners (they were really "big" among the Japanese, which was helped by the cooperation with Sega!), and their popularity did not decline even after Gilbert left the band and was replaced by Richie Kotzen, with whom they recorded two albums. But as happens to many bands, Mr. Sooner or later, Big exhausted all ideas, began to connect with other projects and ceased to operate in 2002. They returned to the scene in 2009 and are still around today. They have released quite a few records, but most recently they delighted the world with the album Defying Gravity, which was released last year and which they will also present at a concert in Slovenia.
August 1 at 8:00 p.m. / Cinema Šiška, Ljubljana
Thursday 2.8.
Castle Kolpa Music Festival
This year, a completely new ecologically oriented festival will take place in beautiful nature, right next to the Kolpa river. This time, the natural features of the beautiful Kostel municipality will also offer a superb festival for the young and the young at heart on as many as three stages. The rich music program of the festival consists of top foreign and domestic bands and DJs. Clawfinger, Laibach, Plavi orkestar, Magnifico, SARS, Big Foot Mama, Hladno pivo, Happy Ol' McWeasel, Hamo & Tribute 2 Love, Brkovi, Gramophonedzie Live Experience and others will perform in three evenings.
until August 4 / Church / Lighthouse
Friday 3.8.
Beach volleyball and a beach in the middle of the city
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament is coming to the capital, which will attract the top European and world doubles to the Slovenian audience, and for the first time points from the Ljubljana tournament will count towards an appearance at the Olympic Games. The competition will take place under the auspices of the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia, which by organizing the tournament wants to ensure the further development of beach volleyball in our country, while also enabling the best Slovenian volleyball players to face international competition on home soil in front of local sports fans.
until August 5 / Ljubljana / Kongresni trg
Wednesday 15.8.
3. Bohinj SUP Challenge
The beautiful lake of Bohinj will host the competition of the best horse riders for the third time in the middle. Competitors from Slovenia and abroad will stir up the surface of the otherwise calm lake, who will compete with oars on a 7 km long circular course, while a shorter course is planned for the younger ones. That suping is not just a peaceful holiday activity, you can see live on Lake Bohinj at the traditionally well-organized and well-attended "race" on sups of all kinds.
August 15 at 17:00 / Bohinj / Ribčev Laz
Saturday 18.8.
BMX Race Ljubljana
BMX Park Ljubljana near Linhartova has been the epicenter of the BMX scene in central Slovenia for many years, and with last year's construction of a professional starting gate and the BMX Race Ljubljana, the track once again gained an important place on the racing scene. The internationally flavored two-day spectacle returns this year. Both competition days invite you with an exciting final, in which cyclists will compete shoulder to shoulder - as many as 8 of them start at the same time in each group, which always leads to interesting sports battles.
until August 19 / Ljubljana / BMX Park Ljubljana
Tuesday 21.8.
Urban Action Festival
This year's version of the Urbano Dejanje festival, which has been successfully connecting the diversity of urban subcultures for three years, is coming back. This year, visitors can expect a restructured and condensed five-day festival program, which, combined with the popular location, is sure to impress visitors of all age groups. The festival will consist of a fair of young creators, a varied cultural program, evening concerts and club events. Edo Maajka, Elvis Jackson, Gal Gjurin, Matter, Senidah, Valentino Kanzyani, Raiven, Emkej and many other outstanding musicians and DJs will take to the festival stage this year.
until August 25 / Ljubljana / Tobačna ulica
Wednesday 22.8.
Summer Punch
On the occasion of ten years of castle gatherings with selected masters of stand-up comedy, the festival's fathers, Panč Tin Vodopivec and Andrej Težak Tešky, invite you to five thematic performances under the stars - Slovenian, ex-YU, English and an evening of dark humor (the fifth was still wrapped in veils of secrets), which will feature two dozen local and regional comedians, and of course another international-sounding name will fly to Ljubljana this time as well. You can find the complete list of performers and the program by day at facebook.com/pg/festivalpanc.
until August 26 / Ljubljana / Ljubljana Castle
Friday 24.8.
21st International Young Lions Festival
One of the most prominent projects of the Bunker Institute, the International Young Lions Festival is entering its third decade. This year, sixteen different performances, interventions and installations from all over the world will be presented, as well as a selection of the most outstanding performances of this year's rich domestic theater season, including Leja Jurišić, Marko Mandić: Together, Marko Bulc: The first altruistic performance, Uroš Kaurin, Vito Weis : Hero 2.0 – a performance of all performances and the premiere of a new performance by the Beton Ltd. collective: Wunderkammer.
until September 1 / Ljubljana / Stara mestna elektrarna and other venues
Friday 24.8.
Bled Bike Festival
One of the biggest cycling festivals on our soil will turn Bled into a real cycling center. Stands with cycling equipment and various sports accessories will be set up by the lake, and a culinary experience and relaxing entertainment will also be provided. The biggest event will definitely be the main two matches, which will require quite a bit of fitness and physical preparation. The shorter tour of the Bled Bike Marathon includes a 63.2 kilometer long route, which requires the competitors to deal with a height difference of 1,885 meters. The big race Bled Bike Epic is 104.4 kilometers long and includes as much as 3147 meters of height difference. Are you ready for the challenge of the year?
until August 26 / Bled
Wednesday 29.8.
5. Ljubljanica SUP Challenge
There are few capitals that boast their own, traditional SUP race. Yes, next to London and Paris, every year also Ljubljana! Everyone who wants to fight the waves will come to their account. Even children, in their short race, well, those serious recreational players will be able to compete in strong international competition. You are invited to cheer on the bridges of the green river. This year, as always, the atmosphere will be sporty, triumphant and...unforgettable!
August 29 at 17:00 / Ljubljana
Friday 7.9.
Laibach
At the initiative of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the ensemble prepared a unique interpretation of Symphony no. 3 by Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik, also called Sinfonia Sacra. It is reputed to be one of the composer's most accessible and popular works and is based on the first known Polish hymn to the Virgin Mary. The program will also include an orchestral adaptation of their original music for the play Thus Spoke Zarathustra, from the Anton Podbevšek Theater in Novi Sad, directed by Matjaž Berger; they performed it successfully on a sold-out two-month tour of Europe. The most famous musical interpretation of Nietzsche's work is the poem of the same name by Richard Strauss from 1896, which became famous for its use in Kubrick's film Odyssey 2001. The Laibach group did not rely on Strauss in their interpretation of Zarathustra, but decided to use their own musical reading. Laibach's performance will be accompanied by a rich visual scene, this time under the baton of the Flemish conductor Filip Rathé.
September 7 at 8:30 p.m. / Križanke, Ljubljana
Saturday 8.9.
Night run Ljubljanica
At the traditional running spectacle in the most beautiful city in Europe, you will once again be able to run in the spotlight on three routes along the Ljubljanica and through the city center. You can run 5, 10 and 21 kilometers (Night Little Marathon Ljubljanica). Of course, relay runs of 10 and 21 kilometers are also available in 2- or 4-person teams. Applications are already open on the official website ljubljanica.net.
September 8 at 20:00 / Ljubljana / Kongresni trg
Monday 10.9.
Slovenian Film Festival
The 21st FSF will take place in Portorož in the Auditorium and Monfort halls, and part of the program will also be repeated in Ljubljana. The central national film event offers an opportunity to get an insight into the latest domestic filmmaking of all genres, categories and lengths, and at the same time represents a platform for professional meetings and socializing with and among filmmakers: discussions, presentations of teams and, as the highlight of the five-day event, the official festival awards ceremony - Vesen. This year's slogan Together in the flow! means that FSF is an event where the film scene comes together and thinks about how best to move forward together.
until September 15 / Portorož
