Launched in 2000 by a small group of women – members of associations KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association, ŠKUC_LL, Monokel and Kasandra Lesbian-Feminist Association (now defunct), the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns takes place annually at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone in Ljubljana. Since its very beginning some festival events were also held at other locations around the country. Red Dawns presents young Slovenian and international creators and activists whose work questions the position of women and transgresses gender roles and identities in the tangled mesh of art, culture, politics, activism and everyday life.
The Fabula Festival – Literature of the World is the biggest and most visited literary festival in Slovenia and the wider region. Produced by the Beletrina Publishing Institute in collaboration with Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre and Celje Central Library, the festival brings together world-class authors through well-considered curatorship. The festival selects distinguished authors each year and devotes attention to promising, up-and-coming writers. In addition to hosting renowned writers and establishing contact between international literature and Slovenian audiences, translated works of the selected authors are also published as part of the festival. The festival also features an annual theoretical focus on a relevant social issue, raising sociocritical issues and addressing contemporary challenges.
