Gala hala is a concert venue run by KAPA Association for Cultural and Artistic Production at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone. It hosts around 100 shows during the year, including concerts, DJ events and video screenings. Events cover all genres of music from reggae, hip hop, punk, hard core, rock, rock'n'roll, metal, dub, ambiental and trip hop to breakbeat and drum'n'bass; the musicians come mostly from the underground and/or alternative music scenes. Regular shows featured over here include Rapetek (hiphop concerts held every last Friday of the month), BeatStreet (breakbeat/drum'n'bass event), Zeleno sonce (funk events every first Friday of the month), Kapa Records Festival (concerts of the groups signed to the independent label Kapa Records), Dub Club (electro-dub concerts), Pozor! Nov bend na vidiku! (Attention! New band on scene!) where foreign bands - firsttimers in Slovenia - are presented in a concert athmosphere.
The venue holds a maximum of 330 people.
Background
Gala Hala Summer Stage
Gala Hala Summer Stage (Letni oder Gala hale) is a grand outdoor place located behind the Gala Hala venue that can host up to 900 of audiences. Both more demanding shows and easy going summer events go on over there in quite relaxed athmosphere. Some events are co-produced by Druga godba and Jazz Festival Ljubljana. The summer stage season lasts from May until October.