The famous Slovenian Book Days 2018 festival will take place in the Atrium of Pošta Slovenije on Čopova Street between April 18 and 22, 2018. The festival will feature a wide range of events, round tables and talks. Visitors will also be able to watch film screenings related to literature, and there is also a program for the youngest and young people. You are welcome.
Many cultural institutions will reopen their doors on December 3: museums, galleries, theaters and other institutions, and exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, performances and concerts will take place.
The European Outdoor Film Tour 2017 will also stop in Slovenia this year. Between November 22 and 24, 2017, we will be able to watch the best short films about outdoor sports this season at the Komuna cinema, and on November 25, 2017, the screenings will also be repeated at the Maribox in Maribor. You can buy tickets online or at a reduced price in the Iglu Šport store.
The Gallus Hall of Cankarjev dom will be transformed into an ice fairy tale for the second time in its history, as it will host the St. Petersburg State Ballet on Ice on November 11 and 12 this year. The ice stage will represent an excellent basis for a rich and superbly elaborate scenography for the staging of the Nutcracker ballet.
Be in the center of the most unusual, current and engaged happenings in October, when performances, exhibitions, concerts, films, discussions and parties will take place all over Ljubljana. This year, the City of Women invites you to the company of excellent female artists from all over the world, who will provoke and inspire under the common slogan "nacija_natura_norma" with a focus on the theme of reproductive freedom, the right to abortion, family forms and gender representation. The 23rd International Festival of Contemporary Arts - City of Women will conquer Ljubljana from October 6 to 14, 2017.
At the three-day music festival Grajska muzika, three popular bands, which are particularly at home in the rivers of rock music, will present themselves: Miha Guštin - Gušti z gosti, Hamo & Tribute 2 Love and the Society of Dead Poets. The concerts will take place between September 14 and 16, 2017 at Ljubljana Castle. Tickets, which also include a return cable car ticket, are on sale now.
The origins of the Maribor Festival date back more than half a century. Today, the Maribor Festival is one of the most recognizable and high-quality festivals on Slovenian soil. The Maribor Festival 2017 will take place between September 3 and 21, 2017. As every year, important foreign and local musicians will perform on Maribor's stages, and this year's theme of the festival is romance with all its derivatives and in the broadest sense of the word. Tickets are already on sale.
On October 12, a big concert spectacle dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the birth of the greatest rock band of all time, The Beatles, is coming to the Tivoli Hall. The international music, dance and visual pop rock spectacle Remember Yesterday – The Beatles Story will be presented by the famous British director and scenographer Wayne Fowkes, one of the best The Beatles tribute groups in the world The Backwards and the 24-member Royal Symphony Orchestra.
The Summer Museum Night 2017 will take place on Saturday, June 17, 2017 throughout Slovenia. More than 70 institutions from all over the country will open their doors at 6 p.m. and offer visitors a high-quality free program until midnight. On this day, it will be possible to visit exhibitions, music programs, participate in workshops, talks and museum tours. Summer Museum Night 2017 will take place in more than 50 cities throughout Slovenia. Welcome to a nocturnal intellectual adventure!
The Lent Festival 2017 will undoubtedly be something special. It is celebrating a landmark anniversary - 25 years of growth, existence, joy, 'lounging' and festival adventures. One of the biggest summer festivals in our country will once again host the most famous names, and the events will be diverse and colorful. The undisputed star of the festival will be Bob Geldof, a musician best known for his activism and the song I Don't Like Mondays.
The Castle Days 2017 in May bring three days of varied events to the Ljubljana Castle for the whole family. Between May 19 and 21, 2017, we will remember for the seventh time the event when the then visionary mayor Ivan Hribar bought the Ljubljana Castle from Austria-Hungary for 60,200 kroner, which thus became the property of the city of Ljubljana. In honor of the event, a variety of free events for the whole family are planned on Grajské grič.
Youth Week 2017 in Kranj, a festival of cultural bread and sports games, is approaching. Carniola Youth Week is considered the largest youth festival in Slovenia. It offers many sports, youth, cultural, musical, educational, children's and international content. Nothing less will be offered by Youth Week 2017, which will turn the Gorenje capital into the youth capital for nine days. It will take place from 12 to 20 May 2017.