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| name         = Slovenian Polka and Waltz Festival
| local name   = Festival Slovenska polka in valček
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| organised by       = Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)
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| frequency          = annual
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| festival dates     = 23.4.2015 - 24.4.2015, 8.4.2016, 7.4.2017, 31.5.2019, 23.10.2020, 12.2.2021, 8.9.2022, 22.9.2023
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  | name        = Andrej Hofer
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The [[Slovenian Polka and Waltz Festival]], launched in [[established::1995]], is probably the most prestigious folk-pop music festival in Slovenia. It is organised and broadcast live by [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)]] and has &ndash; in contrast to other similar festivals &ndash; only 12 bands chosen to appear on its stage, 6 for each category &ndash; polka and waltz. While the winning song in each category is chosen by an expert jury, the award for the all-round best song is given by the audience by way of televoting. 
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While the winners get to shoot a video for their songs, all the songs up until 2012 were also featured on a compilation album released by the [[Discography Unit, RTV Slovenia|Discography Unit of RTV Slovenia]].

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== See also ==
* [[Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia)]]
* [[Avsenik Festival]]
* [[Ptuj Festival]]
* [[Vurberk Folk Pop Festival]]
* [[Števerjan Festival]]

== External links ==
*[https://www.rtvslo.si/iskalnik?q=festival+slovenska+polka+in+val%C4%8Dek Slovenian Polka and Waltz Festival news on the RTV website]

[[Category:Festivals]]
[[Category:Festivals in September]]
[[Category:Music festivals]]
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Folk pop music]]
[[Category:Music awards]]

[[Category:Updated 2020]]
[[Category:Music_awards_and_competitions]]