If during the day you will hide in the pleasant shade and cool off with chilled refreshments, then in the evening go to the city and live it up. A bunch of great events are waiting for you, which will put the finishing touch on this summer.
Here you can see which one events they are waiting for you this month and at the beginning of next!
Wednesday, 20 June
SUMMER NIGHT: All the best!
The eve of the first day of summer is marked by a very special musical celebration. The summer night will this time be dedicated to the anniversary of the national radio and television, which is celebrating several important anniversaries this year, including ninety years of radio and sixty years of television broadcasting. The concert evening, as the central event of the anniversary year, will host the most outstanding domestic vocal soloists accompanied by the Big Band and the Symphony Orchestra of RTV Slovenia, who will walk through our rich cultural history with the most beautiful melodies.
June 20 at 9 p.m. / Kongresni trg, Ljubljana
Friday, 22 June
A shower of colors
For the third year in a row, the capital will enter summer with a unique spectacle after the equinox. Namely, the Shower of Colors will once again take place, with a musical treat at the end. This year, promising twenty-year-old Alan Walker, best known for his single Faded from 2015, which received a platinum award in more than 10 different countries, is coming to Ljubljana. He is currently ranked #17 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs of 2017, up 38 spots from the previous year, and is one of the few DJs to have surpassed 1 billion plays on YouTube. He will be followed on stage by the inspirational Mari Ferrari.
June 22 at 3:00 p.m. / Ljubljana / Kardeljeva platform
Friday, 22 June
8. Ice cream bar
30 Slovenian master chefs will perform at the festival this year. Each evening, three of them, in the company of top-quality Slovenian wines, will present original street food dishes that they create every year especially for Sladolent. Among them we find internationally known names such as Tomaž Kavčič (Gostilna Pri Lojzetu), Janez and Tomaž Bratovž (JB Ljubljana), David Vračko (Mak), Grega Vračko (Hisa Denk), Uroš Štefelin (Vila Podvin), as well as many young chefs for whom Sladolent offers a wonderful opportunity to shine.
until June 30 / Maribor / Lent
Friday, 22 June
Brilliant
After the great success of the musical Mamma Mia!, which impressed both global and domestic audiences, fans of the aforementioned genre will be able to see the musical Briljantina for the first time, created in 1971 under the pen of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. On Broadway, it experienced as many as 3,388 repetitions in eight years, which no other musical had managed until then. Its success is also evidenced by the fact that in 1978, based on the theater's proposal, a film was made, in which the then unknown John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John played the main roles.
June 22 at 9 p.m. / Ljubljana / Cankarjev dom
Wednesday, 27 June
Dirt Dessert
A Slovenian proverb says that you like to go to the third, and at Dirt Dessert they add: "Especially if it gets under your skin and becomes a habit." The track under Jošt pri Kranju has already hosted three very successful matches of the European Alpine Skiing Championship. that's why they were chosen to host the World Alpine Skiing Championship this year. The WMC2018 World Championship will host the world's best competitors, and we will finally be able to experience this unique sporting event on home soil.
until July 1 / Kranj
Wednesday, 27 June
59. Ljubljana Jazz Festival
This year's festival particularly reflects the richness of the Slovenian music scene, while offering an exciting selection of international artists. The festival reflected the characteristics of the time and moment in which we live, as well as the diversity of the local music scene in all its shades, both generationally and in terms of musical expression. Among other things, you will be able to see ten concerts in Cankarjev dom Park for free. Welcome to the unlimited cosmos of creativity and musical pleasure!
until June 30 / Ljubljana / Cankarjev dom
Thursday, 28 June
Opening of the 66th Ljubljana Festival
The renowned Catalan theater group La Fura dels Baus, which was founded in 1979 in Barcelona, is returning to the capital. One of the six artistic directors, Carlus Padrissa, who last year opened the 65th Ljubljana Festival with a picturesque staging of the stage cantata Carmina Burana, pays homage to Magellan's expedition from 1519 with his artistic creation. venue on Congress Square, tells the story of one of the first and largest research projects in the history of mankind.
June 28 at 9 p.m. / Ljubljana / Kongresni trg
Saturday, June 30
In the summer at NUK
By the light of candles, under the shelter of the cold walls of the NUK, for the fifth year in a row they will enchant beautiful summer evenings seasoned with music and theater that will not leave anyone indifferent. The content of the three festival weeks will be rounded off with seven thematic sections, each of which will be dedicated to one day of the week. The guests this time are Svetlana Makarovič, Adi Smolar, Zlatko, Nipke, Zala Smolnikar, Etno banda, Strip, Rudi Bučar, Terkaj and many others, and this year's Slovenian Eurovision representative Lea Sirk will close the festival.
until July 21 / Ljubljana / Atrium of the NUK cafe
Saturday, June 30
Symphonic Ecstasy 2
The unique musical spectacle is returning to the Ljubljana venue. The internationally recognized and respected Slovenian composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and conductor Rok Golob will reunite exceptional musicians from the world of pop, rock, rap and classical music on the big stage. Under his baton, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and Perpetuum Jazzile will perform with outstanding soloists: Gibonni, Tomi M (Siddharta), Nuška Drašček, KiNG FOO, Maja Keuc, Katrinas, Murat & Jose, Lana Trotovšek, Metalsteel, Nina Strnad, Omar Naber and Tinker Kovač.
June 30 at 9 p.m. / Ljubljana / Kongresni trg
Tuesday, 3.7.
Summer in Tivoli
In the city park this year, they also took care of pampering the mind and body, as Summer in Tivoli traditionally fills warm and carefree summer evenings with rich cultural events. The Summer in Tivoli program is woven between Tivoli Castle and the Creative Center of Switzerland, where you can enjoy singer-songwriter music and musical evenings of contemporary music, artistic events and guides, and a film cycle, the common thread of which will be the creation of bridges between the individual and the community, and community, art and nature. More at www.mglc-lj.si.
from July 3 to 31 / MGLC and the Creative Center of Switzerland
Tuesday, 3.7.
Angie Stone
With three Grammy nominations and more than five million albums sold, all of which have reached the top of the world music charts, including one that reached the very top of Billboard's Top 10 R&B Albums chart, Angie Stone is undoubtedly one of R&B's most important and soul artist in the world. Musicology Barcaffè Sessions is coming to Ljubljana at the invitation of this year's music season.
3 July at 21:00 / Ljubljana / Gospodarsko razvatshišče
Wednesday, 4.7.
Ana Desetnica Street Theater Festival
The international festival of street theaters Ana Desetnica presents contemporary creative currents in the field of street theater. It is distinguished by the elaboration of the artistic concept and the efforts of the organizers to bring the festival pulse to life every year, hand in hand with the pulse of the city. A large number of street artists, clowns, circus performers, jugglers, tightrope walkers, fire eaters, musicians, provocateurs, dancers and actors from Slovenia and elsewhere will be presented at various venues.
until July 7 / Ljubljana
Thursday, 7/5
A movie under the stars
In the summer, movie stars also shine at Ljubljana Castle at night. In cooperation with the Municipality of Ljubljana and the Public Institute of Ljubljana Castle, Kinodvor has once again prepared a selection of some of the most popular films of the cinema season, which will be shown for 24 consecutive evenings in the annual cinema under the stars. This year, the first public projection on Slovenian screens will be held at the Castle courtyard, where five film delicacies will be shown. Tickets for all screenings are on sale starting June 13.
until July 28 / Ljubljana / Castle courtyard
Thursday, 7/5
Peter Bence
The renowned Hungarian virtuoso pianist, composer, producer and real internet sensation of recent years has collected more than 250 million views on YouTube and Facebook channels with his covers of songs by Michael Jackson, Queen and Australian star Sia. His expressive interpretation, passionate, stormy and percussive playing, enhanced by excellent piano technique, inspires younger and older generations of musicians and music lovers all over the world. He plans to release his debut album, which will feature some of his best arrangements and original piano compositions, at the end of this year.
July 5 at 9 p.m. / Ljubljana / Križanke
Thursday, 12.7.
Beer and flowers
You are once again invited to the cradle of beer, this time to the 54th festival Zaprojja. The most genre-open and affordable music event in Slovenia offers many musical genres: from pop to rock, Latin rhythms, musicals and electronic dance music, to folk music. Balkan Boys, DJ Alex Rannero, Mrfy, Phil Campbell & The Bastards Sons will perform, and the Australian-American supergroup The Dead Daisies, who are coming to us at the peak of their European tour with the release of their fourth album, Burn It Down, will certainly garner the most enthusiasm.
until July 15 / Laško
