The Golden Drum international festival of creativity is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and for this purpose is returning to the Slovenian coast, to its first home - Portorož. The festival will take place between October 17 and 19 at the Hotel Slovenija, and it will not only bring a change in location, but also a renewed competition program. 22 international experts will evaluate and determine which works reflect the latest trends in the advertising and creative industries.
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Once a truly extreme festival based on the principles of inclusion, self-reliance, and social endeavor, Burning Man has changed a bit these days. Debating the $1,500 you have to shell out for the festival is a relative thing, but there's no denying that these photos show just how high-end this event is.
Coffee lovers, from September 27 to 30, you know where to go for coffee in the morning, at noon or in the evening.
Are you ready for the 1st Grill and BBQ Fest in Ljubljana? Come, tempting meat delicacies that will make you drool.
On Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16, Tobačna mesto in Ljubljana will host the main event as part of the Festival of Urban Culture of Slovenia, #FUKSi 2018. The concert part will feature one of the most recognizable big British bands, Morcheeba, techno pioneer Umek, champion of Baltic electronic scenes, Ten Walls, always playful Matter, eclectic Sladica, as well as Mike Vale, Urban Pfeifer and Žiga K from the Vala 202 team.
Between April 12 and 19, 2018, we will celebrate the festival of Slovenian music 2018. The 33rd Slovenian Music Days will host many composers and performers from all generations. As part of the event, a musicological symposium entitled The role of national opera houses in the 20th and 21st centuries: on the 100th anniversary of the opening of the National Opera House in Ljubljana will take place. Welcome!
After last year's successful concert by one of the most prestigious and high-quality philharmonic orchestras in the world, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the upcoming Winter Festival will offer an even larger selection of world-renowned musicians. Between February 10 and 14, 2018, the versatile musician and violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy will perform, after a long hiatus the New Swing Quartet is returning with a concert celebrating their 50th anniversary, and the festival will be rounded off with an evening of opera arias by one of the world's leading tenors, Ramón Vargas and internationally renowned soprano Elvira Hasanagić.
The most famous red-haired girl in the world will once again be roaming around Velenje this autumn, drawing smiles on children's faces. The 28th Pika Festival in Velenje will take place from September 17 to 23, 2017. The Pika Festival offers cultural upbringing, education and entertainment for all generations. See you in Velenje!
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.
A good three weeks after London's Great British Beer Festival, 20 British small and medium-sized breweries will present themselves in Ljubljana, focusing their knowledge and passion on brewing kraft and "real ale" beer. Welcome to the Ljubljana British Craft Beer Festival, which will take place between September 7 and 9 at the Šiška Cinema.
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.
Where to go to festivals this summer, or rather this part of the summer that is still ahead of us? First, we can stop at Ultra in Split or at the Rockin' Riviera Weekender in Portorož, and then we can continue on. These are the 2017 music festivals you shouldn't miss.