Maribor is returning to the electronic music map with the biggest event of its kind this winter: the one-night festival Winter Temptation 2014 will for the first time in Slovenia host the hot Ibiza newcomer Unerija, who will compete with the French techno pioneer Technasia in the heart of the Styrian capital.
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As part of the Fairy City, the festive Living Library is also starting in Maribor, which will open its doors on Saturday, December 6. In the Living Library, books speak, thereby broadening readers' horizons and filling them with new life insights.
From November 27 to December 30, Maribor will turn into a very special Fairy Town, as this year's festival full of magical adventures in the city's streets, courtyards and squares begins. The festival is dedicated to the youngest, as well as to all of us, our inner elves, who, with the help of connection and cooperation, weave new stories.
Christmas lights are certainly one of those bright things without which it is difficult to imagine the Christmas season. The custom, which originates from the tradition of lighting candles on the Christmas tree of wealthier Germans in the 18th century, flourished at the beginning of the 20th century and since then has reached different dimensions around the world, in Western and Eastern nations. When we will turn on the lights in Slovenia and when they will or have been turned on in Europe and elsewhere in the world, read the article.
The bouncy Ljubljana band Manouche, known for their modern electronic dance rhythms, which they successfully interweave with French Manouche jazz, is coming to Vinoteka Rožmarin in Maribor on November 21.
Artists are one of the most vulnerable social groups these days. Cabaret Pathetico, Aphra Tesla and others will perform this Sunday in the Udarnik cinema hall in Maribor for charity at the concert "čLOVEnija - Umetniku štetaru" and thus help an artist in need.
London's Chealsea was not exactly a friendly host for Maribor, as Jasmin Handanović had to go for the ball in the goal as many as six times. No wonder that the Brazilian from Styria, Marcos Tavares, summed up his impressions after the match in "I feel very Brazilian today". Although the English club's form under Jose Mourinho is frightening, Chelsea's boys are not as baffling as they may seem during a match on the pitch.
The international festival of laughter "Hit stand up" returns to Maribor with full steam, as this year it will last three days for the first time and will offer a lot of laughter and good will with some of the best and most popular comedians from Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia.
This week, Maribor will be marked by contemporary dance and artistic performance. From October 1 to 5, as part of the Performa/Platforma 2014 festival, as many as fifteen events will take place in various locations, which will bring together top Slovenian and foreign artists in the Styrian capital.
From October 17 to 26, Maribor will breathe again for ten days with the most important festival meeting of Slovenian and foreign theaters here. The 49th Borštnik's Meeting festival will open playfully this year at the Slovenian National Theatre: with Dietr Roth's unusual play Murmel Murmel.
This year MKC Maribor is preparing the 20th International Festival of Computer Art, which will be held between September 25 and 27.
During the Lent festival, for 16 days and 16 nights, Maribor turns into a happy, lively, colorful, sociable and relaxed city, which pulses in the spirit of music, dance, street theater, comedy and creative experiences.