Gospodarsko razstavišče, Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre

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Gospodarsko razstavišče (GR), prireditveni center Ljubljana
Dunajska cesta 18, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 300 2600




The Gospodarsko razstavišče, Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre is located in the centre of Ljubljana and represents one of its landmarks as a well preserved modernist architectural complex. The company was established in 1954 and a year later the first exhibitions were organised. With its programme (fairs, conventions, different promotional events) GR annually attracts over 400.000 visitors. Several halls regularly host also commercial cultural events such as concerts by popular musicians from ex Yugoslavia (Crvena jabuka, Zdravko Čolić, Ceca Ražnjatović, and others), rave parties with acclaimed DJs (Tiesto) or travelling exhibitions that attract large audiences (such as Bodies Revealed in 2012).

In 2012 the Municipality of Ljubljana launched a new Muza Festival (Muse Festival) on books & arts to popularise culture among the citizens of Ljubljana and to introduce more cultural content to the fair grounds.


Background

The new Ljubljana fair grounds were established in the mid 1950s and the construction accelerated due to the VIIth Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia that took place in Ljubljana in April 1958. The ambitious halls and pavilions were built from 1954 till the late 1960s according to the plans by Branko Simčič, Milan Mihelič and Ilija Arnautović.

Culture on the Ljubljana fair grounds

Some of the highlights include concerts by Louis Armstrong (1959) and Duke Ellington, the Slovenska popevka Festival (1965 and again in 2010s). GR served also as a venue for the large survey exhibition on the work of architect Jože Plečnik (1986), and the first book fair in Ljubljana. The Ars Antiquitas Fair, however, was not that successful and the concept was abandoned.

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