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Lent Festival

Seun Kuti and Egypt80, Jazzlent, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

Each June, the medieval Lent district along the Drava River, the historic squares, picturesque streets of the Old Town, and Maribor's majestic city park emerge as festival venues bursting with art, culture and creativity. With more than thirty years of tradition, Lent Festival is one of the oldest and largest open-air festivals in Central Europe. Every year, it welcomes thousands of visitors; almost every fourth Slovenian has visited it at least once. It celebrates the art, culture, and creativity of all genres for all generations, providing a space for discovery, learning, meeting and coexistence across various cultures. The festival transforms the city into a giant stage and a vibrant meeting point for artistic expressions. Lent is a member of the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA).

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Culture from Slovenia worldwide 2010–2025

Current events

8 May 2025

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24 Aug 2025

FranceNiceVilla ArsonBiennale of Arts and Ocean
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Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič, known for her work in art, marine ecology and sound, presenting "Echoes of the Abyss" at the group exhibition "Becoming Ocean: A Social Conversation About the Ocean". In this video essay, she explores the hidden impacts of war on marine life, focusing on underwater munitions left to decay on the seafloor—still leaking toxic chemicals into the ocean today. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Paris.
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18 Jan 2026

MontenegroPodgoricaGallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art
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The Slovenian artistic collective Laibach's exhibition showcases their distinctive blend of provocative art and political commentary. Laibach has developed a “Gesamtkunstwerk” – multi-disciplinary art practice in all fields ranging from popular culture to art (collages, photo-copies, posters, graphics, paintings, videos, installations, concerts and performances). Supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Podgorica.

Upcoming events

19 Sep 2025

CroatiaZagrebVartoslav Lisinski Concert Hall
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"Why Me” by Katja Vidmar, produced by Katja Dance Company is a multimedia dance-theatre piece exploring multiple sclerosis through the eyes of Tadeja Polanšček, who lives with the disease. The central figure is a woman — mother, daughter, friend, wife — trapped in her body yet determined to live.
4 Dec 2025

BelgiumBrusselsSlovenian Pastoral Center in Brussels
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Charity children’s dance-theatre fairytale: "Mouse School" by Katja Vidmar, Katja Dance Company, in collaboration with the Slovenian Society in Belgium. In "Mouse School", little mice discover that learning can be fun—especially with friends. Through dance and play, they learn about kindness, helping others, and the magic of love that even touches the naughtiest ones. Supported by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Brussels.

European Capital of Culture

Nova Gorica–Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025

Since its inception in 1985, over 40 cities have won the prestigious European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title. Forty years later, however, the border cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy are the first ones to turn this annual celebration of culture into a genuinely cross-border endeavour. Based on these cities' specific political, cultural and geographical context, their 2025 ECoC programme explores the concept of borders from multiple dimensions under the slogan “Go! Borderless”.

The opening event, From Station to Station, was held on 8 February, the Slovenian cultural holiday.

Light markings GO!2025

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Paving the Way for Green Animation and a Co-Development Mechanism

Read up on how the regional animated film industry is driving discussions around environmentally sustainable practices and funding mechanisms that will enable the industry to grow.

GO2025 The City Yet to Become

Miha Kosovel of Razpotja magazine introduces the term transfrontal and reminds us of how understanding the history of a region can better prepare us for the mental and physical shifts needed in co-creating a new reality.

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Ljubljana Jazz Festival

Established in 1960, Ljubljana Jazz Festival is the oldest continuously running jazz festival in Europe, and takes place annually over three or four days at the end of June. Over the decades it has managed to attract an impressive array of world-class performers and improvisers from all over the globe, with a programme that continues to evolve and to take in the latest forms of jazz and improvised music. In 2018, under the stewardship of festival director Bogdan Benigar and co-curator Pedro Costa, it won the Europe Jazz Network's prestigious Award for Adventurous Programming.

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Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

Festivals are up and running!

Our graphic calendar of festivals provides an attractive overview of festivals by discipline and date.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. In 2019, the number of festivals rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

Images

Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF) presents the folklore dances, music, singing and the cultural variety of the Mediterranean countries to the public
Kobarid Museum seen from the street
Turjak Castle view from the village
Primož Trubar's head and the books, a part of installation at the Trubar Homestead museum in Velike Lašče, Slovenia
Completed in September 1938, inaugurated by Benito Mussolini, the Italian ossuary contains the mortal remains of 7014 identified and unknown Italian soldiers who fell on the Soča Front. Part of the Kobarid Museum's outdoor museum tour.
The Grm Castle, built in 1586 by Krištof Mordax, combined its residential function with that of defence against the Turkish invaders; it was rebuilt in 1636.
Mulc – Kiddo, a stop-motion animation by Kolja Saksida, produced by A-Atalanta and co-produced by ZVVIKS, presented at the Festival of Slovenian Film, 2009