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| name         = Avsenik Festival
| local name   = Festival Avsenik
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| street       = Begunje 21 
| town         = SI-4275 Begunje na Gorenjskem 
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| website      = http://festival.avsenik.com
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| organised by       = Gostilna - restavracija Avsenik
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| frequency          = biennial
| festival dates     = 23.8.2013 - 25.8.2013, 21.8.2015 - 23.8.2015, 25.8.2017 - 27.8.2017, 23.8.2019 - 25.8.2019, 26.8.2022 - 28.8.2022, 23.8.2024 - 25.8.2024
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  | name        = Gregor Avsenik
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{{Teaser| 
[[Avsenik Festival]] was launched in [[established::2008]] as a way to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the legendary [[Avsenik Ensemble]]. It is held on a somewhat sporadic basis in Begunje, where the founder of the ensemble [[Slavko Avsenik]] (1929&ndash;2015) was born and where in recent years he and his family have established a diverse enterprise featuring a music school, a [[Avsenik Gallery|gallery]], a publishing house, a museum with a shop and also a restaurant with regular concert evenings. 

The festival takes place under a marquee at a nearby meadow and in 3 days (5 in 2008) presents an international line-up of about 30 ensembles, each offering its take on either the music of the Avsenik Ensemble or on the music which they've pioneered into the world.
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==Programme==

Some of the foreign bands and the musicians that have been invited to the festival include Edith Prock (DE), Kurt und seine Oberkrainer (AU), Denis Novato (IT), Schwarzwald krainer (DE), Lucienne Lončina (GB), Oesch's die Dritten (CH), Marko Manin (IT), Die Mooskirchner (AU), Hubi (DE), Die neuen Oberkreiner (NL), Die Lustigen 5 (DE), etc. These foreign bands make up the line-up during the first day, with the local ones taking the stage on the next 2 days.  

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Of the local performers, one could name [[Jožica Kališnik]], [[Jožica Svete]] and [[Alfi Nipič]] (all of them used to sing in the Avsenik Ensemble), [[Toti Big Band]], [[Perpetuum Jazzile]], [[Oto Pestner]] and [[Pro Anima]], [[Slovenski oktet]] and the many members of the Avsenik family. The [[Sašo Avsenik Ensemble]] &ndash; led by Slavko's grandson &ndash; plays there on a daily basis all through the festival. 

== See also ==
*[[Avsenik Ensemble]]
*[[Avsenik Gallery]]

== External links ==
*[http://festival.avsenik.com/en/ Festival Avsenik website]
*[http://www.sloveniatimes.com/festival-honours-60-years-of-avsenik-brothers-music Article about the festival in Slovenia Times]
*[http://www.sigic.si/slovene-music-by-genre/folk-pop-oberkrainer-music&lang=en An overview of the music genre &ndash; "Folk Pop (Oberkrainer) Music" by Jože Galič, SIGIC]

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[[Category:Music festivals]]
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Folk pop music]]