KAMERAT Labour Film Festival
updated 17 hours ago
The KAMERAT Labour Film Festival, established in 2021 is the first and only labour film festival in Slovenia and among the few such festivals worldwide. Friends of culture, film and dignified, decent work were inspired by the 1934 workers’ strike in the Slovenian city of Hrastnik, when workers from across sectors jointly demanded and achieved better working conditions. It is no coincidence that the festival takes place on the anniversary of the strike, when the local community celebrates solidarity, comradeship and the importance of organising for common goals. The festival, named after how workers in the mine used to call each other (kamerat means comrade), calls out not only a fellow worker but much more: from comradeship and solidarity to organising for common goals – values that are nowadays pushed aside.
Triennial of Young Artists
updated 18 hours ago
The Triennial of Young Artists, established in 2008 and organised by the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Celje, showcases works by emerging local and international artists selected through an open call. It aims to foster dialogue between artists who have developed a distinctive artistic language and those completing their studies at art academies. The exhibition, held for several months at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Celje, is accompanied by a catalogue presenting the featured works and documenting the project.
Bohinj Summer Music Festival
updated 18 hours ago
The Bohinj Summer Music Festival was launched in 1996 and has since been more or less faithfully held in the architecturally and acoustically stunning St Martin's Church in the village of Srednja vas. The festival brings classical music concerts to the charming alpine area around Bohinj Lake, catering to tourists as well as to a very dedicated and regular Slovenian audience. The festival was initiated by the violinist and nowadays still its artistic director Roman Leskovic, and was at first run by Didakta Publishing House. Since 2011, the organiser is Turizem Bohinj Institute.
Sanje ('Dreams') Festival
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The popular summer event Sanje ('Dreams') Festival was initiated by Sanje Publishing House in 2002. Held each year at Zvezda Park, Miklošič Park and other smaller outdoor venues in Ljubljana city centre, it features concerts of folk, jazz, rock, and other kinds of music, literary readings, children's programmes, theatre performances, and puppet shows for adults. In 2010 the festival extended to the village of Medana, previously known for its Days of Poetry and Wine Festival. In 2026 the Sanje Festival was held in Matajur in the Karst region.
International Music Festival Imago Slovenia
updated 18 hours ago
Though the International Music Festival Imago Slovenia was formally established in 1994 by the Imago Sloveniae institute, it can be dated back to 1986. The festival introduces live music to culturally rich, but often neglected heritage settings throughout Slovenia.
City of Books Festival
updated 18 hours ago
City of Books Festival is an urban book festival that has been taking place in the centre of Nova Gorica, a city on the western border of Slovenia, since 2016. It is the largest literary event in the Goriška region, centred mostly in two one-week book fairs, at the end of spring and in December, with about 30 events in a week, and is intended for all book lovers and everyone else who is interested in current topics and would like to discuss them. Those who are looking for relaxation at quality music concerts also find their place. The festival is organized by the Goriška Humanist Association.
Admission Free Festival
updated 18 hours ago
The Admission Free Festival is an annual art festival featuring artistic interventions, actions, performances, and installations in the urban context of Celje. The festival is a project of the Art Society of Celje (DLUC), whose members often run it in collaboration with the Celeia Celje Institute - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Art kino Metropol Celje and the Celje Central Library.
Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival
updated 19 hours ago
Rdeči revirji! is an annual arts festival held in the three main towns of the Zasavje region. Active since 2003, it runs a rather distinctive programming policy by systematically merging very different approaches to arts and culture. It thus sets contemporary dance theatre side by side with a regional wind orchestra, follows a school theatre play with a new media art performance, and so on. Taking place in the towns of Hrastnik, Zagorje ob Savi and Trbovlje, the festival seeks to bring contemporary arts to the geographical periphery and present them to as wide a public as possible.
The programme includes theatre, dance, exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, etc. Most of the events take place on the streets and are free of charge. A significant part of the programme is meant for children and youth.
Slovene Music Days
updated 19 hours ago
Established in 1985, the Slovene Music Days programme combines an international musicological symposium and concerts of contemporary Slovene music. Each year, the international musicological symposium led by Jernej Weiss (1985–2015 by Primož Kuret) brings together about 30 musicologists from all over Europe to discuss a different topic. Part of the symposium has been dedicated to examining and studying the works and lives of Slovenian composers. The concert part begins and ends with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra.
Residencies Abroad (Ministry of Culture Programme)
updated 22 hours ago
The aim of the Slovene Arts & Culture Residencies Programme of the Ministry of Culture is to contribute to the international mobility and visibility of Slovene artists. The interactive infographics presents the data about the residents (artists, authors, producers, critics, and scholars in the humanities) who took part in the monthly residences in New York, London, Berlin or Vienna. You can filter the residents by art disciplines. A searchable list of all residents is available here.