After a year and a half forced party break, the #FUKSi festival continues its pre-corona peak: the queen of Neapolitan techno, Deborah De Luca, returns, and the night before, Ljubljana will be rocked by the high-octane Siddharta.
The festival of urban culture or FUKSi 2019 also follows its planned path in its third edition: on the last holiday weekend (August 30 and 31), with an evening block party in Tobačna, it will once again raise the urban pulse of the capital with a green, sustainable integration of creative energies on stage and under it. Along with another undisclosed guest, serial hitmaker and festival hero Röyksopp will fly in from Norway as the festival's main headliners.
The first spring months will not only be warm, but also "loud" - the 20th month-long international club festival Orto Fest, which is unique in our area, awaits us. Lovers of good music, mainly colored in rock colors of all shades, will enjoy the one-month music program of 23 domestic and 12 foreign music groups. Despite the fact that there will be many creators, this year's Orto Fest will be colorful in terms of genre.
Michael Lang, one of the organizers of the original Woodstock, will prepare a three-day festival event in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cult festival, which entertained a crowd of more than 400,000 in the US in 1969. It's confirmed: Woodstock 2019 will happen!
The team that organizes the MetalDays festival has decided that it's time for a real winter metal vacation. Last year, a new festival was born - Winter Days of Metal, which continues its story this year as well. In the surroundings of Bohinjska dolina, you can ski while listening to your favorite metal music or relax in the warm Bohinj Aquapark. Tickets are already on sale, so get yours quickly so you don't miss the loudest Winter Days of Metal 2018 festival.
Every year we witness the traditional conference meeting of Slovenian collectives, DJs, producers and MCs, but this year's event will be special, they will be celebrating their 10th birthday, which will be colored by a rich offer of music and different artists so that all fans of different genres of music and culture came into their own.
Ever since its inception, the pop-up festival Kurzschluss has been bringing to Ljubljana an extraordinary experience of midnight experiences, hosting giants of electronic music and musical virtuosos of various genres. This year's spring edition is not far behind in the greatness of names and genre diversity. Editors and Joris Voor are coming to the spring edition of the Kurzschluss 2018 festival this year.
The sun has already woken up from its winter sleep. Flowers are blooming. Birds are chirping. We are also waking up. We are waiting for summer. Fun. Festivals. These are the 2018 music festivals you shouldn't miss.
Higher temperatures, the sun peeking out from behind the clouds and the chirping of birds - all this honestly reminds us of the upcoming spring and summer festivals, which, as always, promise plenty of fun. In addition to a good mood, you should also take some nice wardrobe items to the festival. You never know if you will meet the right person there. Read what to wear to the festival according to your astrological sign.
From March 29 to April 28 this year, the 19th Orto Fest will take place. As many as 21 local and 7 foreign music groups and performers will perform at Orto Fest this year, and it is extremely colorful this year as well. Among others, you will be able to see groups and performers: Hamo & Tribute 2 Love (SLO), Laibach (SLO), Jinx (HR), Gutalax (CZ), Slon in Sadež (SLO), Klemen Klemen (SLO), Adi Smolar (SLO), Panda (SLO), Zmelkoow (SLO), The Toasters (USA), Flirrt (SLO), Zlatko in Optimisti (SLO) and, to close the festival, Omar Naber & Band (SLO).
On March 30, the Electric Poppy electronic music festival will stop in Ljubljana. The famous DJ and producer Afrojack will perform at the Electric Poppy 2018 electronic music festival.
Ment Ljubljana 2018 will take place between January 31 and February 2, 2018. The main focus of the festival is on the music scene from the regional and Eastern European area, but the festival is not completely limited by this framework. Last year, Ment 2017 was visited by more than 3,400 visitors, and as many as 421 musicians performed. Tickets for the festival are already on sale.