Lent Festival

Contact

Festival Lent

Kneza Koclja 9, SI-2000 Maribor

http://www.festival-lent.si

vstopnice@nd-mb.si

Phone386 (0) 2 229 4011

Organised byNarodni dom Maribor

Frequencyannual

Festival dates20.6.2025 - 28.6.2025

Seun Kuti and Egypt80, Jazzlent, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

Each June, the medieval Lent district along the Drava River, the historic squares, picturesque streets of the Old Town, and Maribor's majestic city park emerge as festival venues bursting with art, culture and creativity. With more than thirty years of tradition, Lent Festival is one of the oldest and largest open-air festivals in Central Europe. Every year, it welcomes thousands of visitors; almost every fourth Slovenian has visited it at least once. It celebrates the art, culture, and creativity of all genres for all generations, providing a space for discovery, learning, meeting and coexistence across various cultures. The festival transforms the city into a giant stage and a vibrant meeting point for artistic expressions. Lent is a member of the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA).

Programme

Established in 1993, Lent Festival is much more than just a series of events offered at the beginning of summer. It hosts four concurrent festivals, each offering visitors unique and unforgettable experiences. It is no wonder that Lent Festival is the county's largest festival! Everything from folk art to jazz music, street theatre to creativity, and more, is combined within this festival of festivals: Folkart, the International Folklore Festival (one of the most prominent and renowned folklore festivals in Europe and worldwide), JazzLent and Jazz Podium (featuring popular foreign and Slovenian jazz and jazz-related musicians), Street Theatre Ana Desetnica (a playful street theatre festival, bringing life to city streets and squares) and Art Camp (providing the most popular daily events of the festival for younger generations and families in the city park, brimming with creativity, culture, recreation, mingling and a joyful atmosphere).

100 Bobnarjev s Sokijem - Lent po Lentu by Narodni dom Maribor on YouTube

Venues

More than twenty festival venues, stretching from the banks of the Drava River to the Maribor City Park, are only a few minutes' walk away. The genre-diverse and varied programme allows everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, to find something they enjoy. There are opera and ballet performances, theatre and dance shows, jazz concerts, classical music performances, world music showcases, singer-songwriter concerts, chanson and ethno music performances, folklore evenings, street theatre performances, film screenings, sports activities, and events and activities for children.

International folklore festival Folkart at Maribor's main city square, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

See also

• Narodni dom Maribor
• Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor
• Association of Slovene Festivals (SloFA)

External links

• Lent Festival website

Gallery

Performance at Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor which takes place during the annual Lent Festival, 2005

Performance at Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor which takes place during the annual Lent Festival, 2009

Performance at Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor which takes place during the annual Lent Festival, 2009

The Pošta Maribor Cultural and Arts Society traditionally presents the works created during its annual art course during the Lent Festival, 2017

Central stage at Lent Festival in Maribor, 2005

Each year Lent Festival presents around 300 diverse cultural performances and events on different stages, fireworks over the Drava river, Maribor 2008

Lent Festival regularly attracts around 500,000 spectators, dispersed during the 3-week-long annual event at over 23 venues, fireworks display, 2009

Street theatre at Lent Festival in Maribor, 2009

Sounds of Slovenia, multimedia project for promotion of Slovenia, organised by Celinka Agency, Lent Festival, 2012

Art Camp, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Dejan Bulut

International folklore festival Folkart, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Marko Pigac

International folklore festival Folkart at Maribor's main city square, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

Seun Kuti and Egypt80, Jazzlent, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

The concert of the band Joker Out on the main stage of the Lent Festival in 2023. Author: Marko Pigac

The concert of Jure Ivanušič and band Nordunk, Judgment Tower (Sodni stolp), Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

Pippi Longstocking at Vetrinjski Mansion, children's programme at Lent Festival, Maribor 2023. Author: Marko Pigac

Božo Vrećo, Sevdahology, Minoriti stage, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Blaž Črnič

Perica Jerković and Robert Petan at StandUpLent, a unique international stand-up comedy stage within Lent Festival, 2023. Author: Marko Pigac

Street theatre Ana Desetnica, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Marko Pigac

Established in 1993, the international Lent Festival is among the largest open-air festivals in Europe and the most massive festival of its kind in Slovenia. Concert during the festival, 2009

Mladinin oder, Satchmo Jazz Club, 2016.

Mladinin oder, Satchmo Jazz Club, 2018.