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!
The ninth edition of the Ljubljana art festival Sonica will take place between 25 and 30 September 2017. Sonica Festival 2017 includes a week of great concerts, audiovisual performances, talks with artists and nature walks, the greatest work of art we know. This year's main guest artists are Mike Rijnierse and Katarina Petrović. Tickets for Sonica Festival 2017 are now available.
On Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30, Maribor will host the fourth, now traditional, microbrewing festival - Makro Beer Fest 2017, a large festival of small breweries, where 30 brewers from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Visitors will be able to choose from about 100 types of beer, different styles of "pale ale", "indian pale ale", "porter", "stout" and the increasingly popular "sour" and "gose".
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.
Between September 12 and 16, the 20th jubilee Slovenian film festival will take place in Portorož, where the highlights of last year's Slovenian film production will be on display. At this year's festival, 84 films from the official program and 13 films from the accompanying program will be shown, totaling as many as 97 films, which testify to the rich film creativity of our filmmakers.
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.
Young lions 2017 will celebrate their 20th anniversary with the festival itself. This will take place from 18 to 27 August 2017 in various locations in Ljubljana. The International Young Lions Festival is one of the most important events of the Bunker Institute. Under his auspices, the most current stage artists from all over the world perform in Ljubljana. At this year's festival, among others, Ivana Müller, Milo Rau, Rimini Protokoll, Sofia Asencio and Tomàs Aragay will perform (again).
Frivolus, a festival of street artists, will take place from 7 to 10 September 2017 in Koper. The event is held under the auspices of the Student Organization of the University of Primorska, and entrance to the festival is free. You are cordially invited to the streets in the center of Kopra, where professional artists and artistic groups will perform various circus and theater performances.
MTV Summerblast is an exciting two-day music festival with top international artists. The weekend, full of hot summer sun, sea and new memories, will come to life again this year, on August 25 and 26 in Poreč. Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, among others, are coming to MTV Summerblast 2017.
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.
The International Film Festival Kranjska Gora - KGIFF 2017, the second in a row, will take place between July 27 and August 5. With a rich ten-day program, it continues last year's story, when as many as 46 films were shown at seven venues and organized workshops for children, courses for adult fans, talks with authors and round tables, theater performances and a varied music program.
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.