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{{Infobox
| name                = Druga Godba Festival
| localname           = Mednarodni festival Druga godba
| logo                = Druga godba Ljubljana (logo).svg
| street              = Trg prekomorskih brigad 1
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone           = 386 (0) 59 366 166, 386 (0) 40 222 207
| email               = info@drugagodba.si
| email 2             = 
| website             = http://www.drugagodba.si/
| organised by        = Druga godba Ljubljana
| frequency = annual
| dates and duration  = May, June
| duration weeks      = 19,20,21,22,23 (2012) 19 (2013) 22 (2014)
| festival dates      = 28.5.2015 - 30.5.2015, 26.5.2016 - 28.5.2016, 25.5.2017 - 27.5.2017, 24.5.2018 - 26.5.2018, 21.5.2019 - 25.5.2019, 11.9.2020 - 12.9.2020, 4.12.2020, 2.7.2021 - 10.7.2021, 29.5.2022, 22.5.2023 - 30.5.2023, 23.5.2024 – 26.5.2024
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Nika Vogrič Dežman
| role                = Acting Director
| email               = 
}}
{{Contact
| name                = Nika Vogrič Dežman
| role                = PR
| email               = pr@drugagodba.si
}}
| accounts = 
http://twitter.com/Drugagodba
http://www.facebook.com/druga.godba.3
https://www.youtube.com/user/Drugagodba/videos
https://www.instagram.com/drugagodba/
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[[Druga Godba Festival|Druga godba Festival]] is a major Slovene international world music festival. It was established in [[established::1984]] as an alternative and supplement to other music festivals in Ljubljana of that time which did not present the more radical and "different" music practices. 

Since its inception, the festival has developed into one of the most significant European festivals of its type, establishing collaborations with many other important festivals and becoming a member of the international European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals. 

It runs a colourful programming policy, freely merging musicians that can deal with contemporary hip hop, Ghanian highlife, Saharan blues, 'indie' bossa nova or ethiojazz. 

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[[Druga Godba Festival|Druga godba Festival]] is nowadays a major Slovene international world music festival. It was established in [[established::1984]] as an alternative and supplement to other music festivals in Ljubljana of that time which did not present the more radical and "different" music practices. Since its inception Druga godba Festival has developed into one of the most significant European festivals of its type, establishing collaborations with many other important festivals and becoming a member of the international European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF). 

Since 2013, [[Druga godba Ljubljana|Druga godba Institute]] has expanded the festival programme throughout the whole year with the concert cycle Sogodbe. This cycle, which takes place at various locations, continues the broad scope of the main festival and is bridled by neither genre nor continent. Besides staging concerts, Sogodbe also feature workshops, discussions and exhibitions. 
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== History ==

At the outset its programme was primarily concerned with different kinds of "otherness in music": alternative rock, "rock in opposition", adventurous new jazz, improvised music and experimental music, as well as rediscovered Slovene folk music. Druga godba, its juicy name could be translated and written as "that other muzik", was the first festival in the former Yugoslavia to introduce popular musics and styles from the Third World, including reggae and various styles of African music. Gradually also other genres of ethnic music from both European and non-European cultural surroundings were included. Thus the festival was a pioneer in the region in presenting representatives of African, Arab, Latino popular music, even before the actual European "boom" of so-called "world music". The legendary WOMAD festival developed simultaneously, and during the 1980s both festivals cooperated creatively. 

In the 1990s, when Slovene concerts and festivals became wider in scope, primarily in the field of rock and jazz, the programme of the Druga godba Festival focused on "world music" and ethno music, with other genres remaining present but not as wide in their scope (still, the first foreign hip hop concert in Slovenia, The Roots, was set up here). Besides its basic programme, Druga godba Festival has offered various accompanying events, including street animations and concerts, music workshops, events for children, exhibitions, film screenings and lectures.

{{Wide Image|Druga Godba Festival 1995 The Roots.jpg}}

== Programme and venues ==

Druga godba Festival has presented various artists and groups from numerous countries, among them: Pixies (US), [[Vinko Globokar]] (SI/FR), Remmy Ongala (TZ),Youssou N'Dour (SN), Afro-Cuban All Stars (CU), The Gun Club (US), The Lounge Lizards (US), Cheb Mami (DZ), Marc Ribot (US), Salif Keita (ML), Les Negresses Vertes (FR), Rachid Taha (DZ), Cesaria Evora (CV), Djivan Gasparjan (AM), Oumou Sangare (ML), Kimmo Pohjonen (FI), Trevor Watts Moire Music (UK/GH), Fundamental (UK), Tinariwen (Tuareg/ML), The Roots (US), Chicago Underground Duo (US), Baaba Maal (SN), Elliott Sharp (US), Hamza Shakur and Ensemble Al-Kindi (SY), Ned Rothenberg and Buckwheat Zydeco (US), [[Terrafolk]] (SI), Sam Mangwana (CD), [[Katalena]] (SI), Natacha Atlas (UK), Hasna El Becharia (DZ), Huun Huur Tu (MN), Khaled (DZ), Gotan Project (FR), Mariza (PT), Nuru Kane (SN), Andy Palacio (BZ), [[Bratko Bibič & The Madleys]] (SI), Orchestra Baobab (SN), Gétatchèw Mèkuria & The Ex (ET/NL), Rokia Traore (ML), Nneka (GE/NE), Hindi Zahra (FR), Mulatu Astatke (ET), Madredeus (PT), Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics (NG/UK), Akua Naru (US) and tUnE-yArDs (US). 

Druga Godba Festival cooperates regularly with other international organisations, cultural centres and embassies in devising its programmes and art exchange activities. Venues traditionally include Ljubljana's open air stage at [[Križanke]], the [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]], [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] and [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]].

{{Wide Image|Druga Godba Festival 2011 Balkan Beat Box.jpg}}

== DruGod publishing label==

Since 2004 [[Druga godba Ljubljana|Druga godba Ljubljana Institute's]] DruGod publishing label (the abbreviated ''DruGod'' means "elsewhere") releases an annal compilation which presents the artists of the Druga godba Festival. Also, some Slovene artists have released their albums for DruGod label. They are the folk revivalist singer [[Brina Vogelnik]], jazz pianist [[Kaja Draksler Acropolis Quartet|Kaja Draksler]], the bossa nova group [[Bossa de Novo]], and [[Godalika String Quartet|Godalika]]. The label published also ''Bisergora'' children songs that have featured in the 
TV series of the same title.

In 2015, Druga godba published the annual compilation exclusively in the cloud.  

== See also ==
* [[Druga godba Ljubljana]]
* [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]
* [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]]
* [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.drugagodba.si/en Druga Godba Festival website]
*[http://www.efwmf.org/ European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF)]
*[http://www.songlines.co.uk/documents/festivals/Druga-Godba.pdf The Druga godba festival profile in UK Songlines Magazine] 
*[http://drugagodba.bandcamp.com Druga godba on Bandcamp]

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