Between September 27 and October 1, 2016, the Sonica 2016 Festival will take place in Ljubljana. The five musically rich days will be related to the theme of SONIC.ARCHITECTURES. As the topic title suggests, this year's Sonica festival will deal with the issue of sound as a spatial phenomenon. Not this year's festival will be performed by Tim Hecker, Nonotak, Sebastien Benoits, Vessel, Spatial, Sally Golding, Christian Kroupa, Wo0, Incredible Bob, Martin Reiche, Staš Vrenko, Bojana Petković, Gašper Torkar and others.
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City of Women 2016, an international festival of contemporary arts, will be held this autumn on the 22nd. Between October 3 and 16, 2016, artists from all over the world will present themselves in Ljubljana: among others Simone Aughterlony, Rosana Cade, Marcia Farquahar, Tania El Khoury, Ria Hartley and Dina Roncevic. The city of women festival has gained recognition over the years, but its transdisciplinary note and, of course, the emphasis on the promotion of female artists are important.
On August 11, 2016, the Defected festival, organized by the renowned British label Defected, is coming to the Garden Tisno venue, considered a favorite of foreign festival organizers, for the first time, which will bring big names of electronic music, such as Basement, to Tisno, this small but lively Croatian town. Jaxx (DJ Set), Dennis Ferrer, Julio Bashmore, Kenny Dope and Roger Sanchez.
Are you looking forward to Hartera Festival 2016? In the former paper factory in Rijeka, where the first cigarette paper on European soil was once produced, the Hartera music festival will be held again this year. The festival, which has been held since 2005, is one of the most well-known and popular Croatian music events. In the past, the event hosted over 250 guests from all over the world and provided an unforgettable party attended by more than 40,000 people. A musical adventure awaits us this year as well. Tickets are now available!
Thornfest 2016 will be! It was hanging in the air for a long time, but the international summer festival, which traditionally brightens the August events in Ljubljana, will take place again this year. Below we publish the program and the list of performers. Trnfest will take place from 4 to 24 August 2016.
In front of the gardens is the Okarina festival Bled 2016. The international music festival of ethnic music is the iron repertoire of summer events in Bled. Every year it attracts a colorful range of musical performers from all over the world, and this year will be no different, when Okarina will be held for the 26th time. It starts on July 26, 2016 and ends on August 7, 2016, during which time 14 foreign bands will take the stage and one Slovenian representative, namely the first lady of Slovenian poetry, singer and actress Svetlana Makarovič, who will present part of her collection of chansons.
A rich international festival of contemporary performing arts, Mladi levi, awaits us again this year. The 19th Mladi lev festival will take place between August 19 and 28, 2016 in Ljubljana and will host the most renowned stage artists from various parts of the world on its stages. Among others, Philippe Quesne, Penny Arcade, Christiane Jatahy, Benjamin Vedonck along with Maria Lucia cruz, Mallika Taneja and others will be featured.
The Yellow Night, which is traditionally the biggest summer event on the coast and is nicknamed the night of all coastal nights, will be dedicated in 2016 to civilized enjoyment and the discovery of culinary and cultural dimensions that satisfy modern people. This time, the Yellow Night 2016 will stretch its tentacles all over Koper with its regional specialities. Each region will have a place to present its primary skills, activities and/or potentials.
Grossmann Festival of Fantastic Film and Wine 2016 in Bčiža. The beginnings of the film festival in Ljutomer date back to 2005. At that time, local film buffs and promoters of cultural events launched a film event in Ljutomer dedicated to the creator of the first Slovenian film, dr. Karol Grossmann. Also this year, between July 12 and 16, when the 12th Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival will take place, we are in for a film and wine, as well as a unique cultural treat.
As it turns out, the "rockabillys" also got their first Slovenian multi-day festival, called Rockin' Riviera Weekender. This will take place on the last weekend of August in the almost legendary rock bar Kanela on the beach in Portorož.
Attention, attention! This summer, Idrija will roar again. Jinx, Elvis Jackson, Gramophonedzie Live Experience, Uto Karem and BRO are coming to the Čipkarija festival, which will last from August 11 to 20, 2016 and is organized by the Idrija Students' Club.
Špancirfest 2016 will be held in Varaždin in August. The main idea of the festival is for designers to join a cultural community, where they create, think and express themselves together in different ways - from dance to new ways of recycling. It is the largest festival of its kind in Croatia and attracts professional and self-taught artists from all over the world. It will take place from August 19 to 28. Tickets will be available soon.