Klub Gromka

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Klub Gromka

Masarykova 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.klubgromka.org

klub.gromka@gmail.com

Founded byTeater Gromki

Managed byKUD Anarktika

Jasna Babič, Programme Head

jasna.babic@gmail.com

Phone386 (0) 40 994 809

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Running an impressively divers programme on almost all days of the week, Klub Gromka is one of the more important venues of the Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Centre. Located in the very heart of it, this multi-purpose space is used for music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings, DJ nights, lectures, and so on. Sometimes it is also used for rehearsals and for occasional political-activism related activities.

The place has a stage and a cosy auditorium (which, alternately, also figures as a sweaty dance floor) that can accommodate up to 150 people. While there are two rooms (where bands can stay over the night) set above the club, outside and adjacent to it is the so called Schengen/Black kitchen, a funky place where one can often get a tasty and affordable meal during the night.

The club's programme is run by a consortium of NGOs and individual organisers, and one can find an affordable or admission-free event on almost every day of the week.

History

The beginnings of Gromka go back to 1995, when one of the premises at the squatted military barracks was re-programmed to became a theatre space called Teater Gromki, with 'gromki' meaning loud. Eventually the theatre was transformed into a club with somewhat broader aspirations, and as such also started to admit music concerts and other art forms.

Yet, political activities were always a strong dimension of Gromka, which for many years hosted the weekly lectures of the Workers' Punk University, organised by the Peace Institute and set up by the sociologist Tonči Kuzmanić in 1998. Working outside the institutionalised academic setting, this very influental 'university' enabled an alternative production of theory and presented an important space for dissemination of autonomous and theoretically ambitious thought.

Programme

Music-wise, the most active part of the programme are currently Defonija, a renowned series for improvised and experimental music; the genre unbound and loud events by KiborgSpužva Büking; the raging R.A.F.A.L. concerts with grind core, d'beat, crust, and other punk and hard core tendencies; and gigs set up by the similarly punk and HC oriented crews of Giljotina and Human Beans.

Theatre is also still present in Gromka, with the shows usually held on Wednesdays. Very different groups and producers are taking care of them, one of them being the Emanat Institute with a very curious serious of multi-media events. Other events involve the cinema evenings and discussions held by the Cultorologist Association, clubbing nights, occasional events organised by humanities students associations, and so on. It is home to the Ljubljana International Short Film Festival and the DokuBazaar, Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival

Gromka sporadically co-hosts parts of the festivals like the Druga Godba Festival, City of Women, International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns, Ljubljana Jazz Festival, MENT Ljubljana, etc. It also hosts concerts organised by KUD Mreža and Moonlee.

See also

• Defonija
• Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone
• Workers' Punk University
• Ljubljana International Short Film Festival
• DokuBazaar, Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival
• KUD Mreža

External links

• Gromka Club website (partly in English)

Gallery

Ewok concert at Klub Gromka, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, 2014.

Moon Duo from San Francisco, United States, performing at Klub Gromka, organized by ŠKUC Buba Booking and Promotion, 2011

The Nebulae Ensemble, rock/blues band from Ljubljana, performing at Klub Gromka, 2011

Crazed Farmers performing at Klub Gromka, 2009

Crazed Farmers performing at Klub Gromka, 2009

Music concert by Sonore at Klub Gromka in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone in Ljubljana

It's Everyone Else, live act at Klub Gromka, 2010

Human Host Body performing at Klub Gromka, Radio Študent Benefit Festival, 2016.

Human Host Body at Klub Gromka, Radio Študent Benefit Festival, 2016.

Tavžntroža performing at Klub Gromka, Radio Študent Benefit Festival, 2016.

Outside Klub Gromka, 2017.

Lolita performing at Klub Gromka, Primoz Simončič - saxophone, Iztok Vidmar - electric guitar, bass guitar, Neža Naglič - keyboards, Uros Srpčič - drums. Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone, 2011

Lolita, veteran Slovenian Jazz band established in 1987 with 12 albums under their belt, performing at Klub Gromka, Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone

Keyboard player Neža Naglič of the self described "HiEnergy Turbo Porn Minimal Funky Pop SugarFree Overdrive Ethno Broootaal HardGroovie Jawzz band" band Lolita performing at Klub Gromka, Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone

Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone

Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone

Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone