Difference between revisions of "Summer in Velenje Festival"

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Sailor's Day with children's workshops and events at Pippi's House by the Lake Velenje, Festival Velenje 2023. Author: Peter Žagar

The Summer in Velenje Festival was launched in 1984 under the name Summer Cultural Events in Velenje, marking one of the first multidisciplinary summer city festivals in Slovenia. Organized and coordinated by the Festival Velenje Public Institute, a public cultural organization since 2008, it offers a diverse program featuring music concerts, film screenings, theatre plays, children-oriented programs, and more. The festival spans throughout the summer months, from the end of June to August.

While a part of the program is organized by the institute itself, a significant portion is done in cooperation with other producers. Furthermore, a few other Velenje-based festivals, like the Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures and a Zither festival called Prešmentane citre, are also incorporated into the wider context of the Summer Cultural Events.

Some of the festival venues include the Velenje Castle, the House of Culture Velenje and its yard, the banks of the Velenje and Škale lakes, the Old square of Velenje (Stari trg), and the many streets and parks of the city.

Klemen Slakonja & Small Band at a concert in the park of Vila Hernberstein, Festival Velenje 2023. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Popular Croatian film actor and singer Rade Šerbedžija performing at the Festival Velenje in 2023. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Festival Velenje Public Institute

The Festival Velenje Public Institute was founded in 2008 as a platform to organize, coordinate, and promote various cultural institutions and events in the Municipality of Velenje. The institute organizes year-long music, theatre, and children's cycles, operates Kino Velenje, Velenje Gallery, and the Puppet and Dance Theatre Velenje, hosts regional fairs, and oversees the biggest children's festival in Slovenia, called Pika's Festival (named after the Slovene name for the children's character Pippi Longstocking). Additionally, the institute is responsible for the Summer in Velenje Festival and several other events.

Programme

Summer Cultural Events comprise a vast array of activities, ranging from open-air musical concerts, theatre performances, weekly open-air cinema screenings, and puppet plays for children, to flea markets and travelogue presentations.

Among these, the festival has hosted renowned artists such as the fado singer Lula Pena (PT), the legendary klezmer band The Klezmatics (US), and the pop icon Josipa Lisac (HR). Additionally, it features a diverse set of Slovene musicians including singer-songwriter Iztok Mlakar, the popular choir Perpetuum Jazzile, and two local jazz musicians: saxophonist and composer Jure Pukl and jazz bassist and composer Robert Jukič. Each year, it also hosts one of the European youth symphonic orchestras.

Part of the Summer Cultural Events program is curated by producers from other parts of Slovenia, such as Imago Sloveniae and Folkart (Festival Lent).

Band Bossa de Novo at a concert in the atrium of Velenje Castle, Festival Velenje 2022. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Concert of the rock group MRFY at the Festival Velenje in 2022. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Poletne kulturne prireditve 2022 by Festival Velenje on YouTube

Gallery

Band Bossa de Novo at a concert in the atrium of Velenje Castle, Festival Velenje 2022. Author: Ksenija Mikor

The performance by Ikiyago Legacy, featuring Burundian traditional drummers, in the central city square, Festival Velenje 2022. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Concert by the popular Slovenian artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor Iztok Mlakar at the Velenje Castle, Festival Velenje 2022. Author: Peter Žagar

Klemen Slakonja & Small Band at a concert in the park of Vila Hernberstein, Festival Velenje 2023. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Sailor's Day with children's workshops and events at Pippi's House by the Lake Velenje, Festival Velenje 2023. Author: Peter Žagar

Concert of the rock group MRFY at the Festival Velenje in 2022. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Popular Croatian film actor and singer Rade Šerbedžija performing at the Festival Velenje in 2023. Author: Ksenija Mikor

Soulfingers, a Croatian band, at a concert organized by the Festival Velenje, 2023. Author: Ksenija Mikor

External links

Summer in Velenje Festival web page

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+{{Teaser
-[[Summer Cultural Events]] (''Poletne kulturne prireditve'') was launched in [[established::1984]] in Velenje as one of the firs summer city festivals, a form that has widely emerged around Slovenia only decades later. The festival, since 2008 organised and coordinated by the Festival Velenje Public Institute, includes all sorts events, from music concerts, film screenings and theatre plays to sport activities and different children oriented programmes. It lasts all through July and August.
+|image=Mornarski dan ob Velenjskem jezeru, 19. 8. 2023 (Festival Velenje), Foto Peter žagar.jpg
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+The [[Summer in Velenje Festival]] was launched in [[established::1984]] under the name Summer Cultural Events in Velenje, marking one of the first multidisciplinary summer city festivals in Slovenia. Organized and coordinated by the [[Festival Velenje Public Institute]], a public cultural organization since 2008, it offers a diverse program featuring music concerts, film screenings, theatre plays, children-oriented programs, and more. The festival spans throughout the summer months, from the end of June to August.
+While a part of the program is organized by the institute itself, a significant portion is done in cooperation with other producers. Furthermore, a few other Velenje-based festivals, like the [[Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures]] and a Zither festival called ''Prešmentane citre,'' are also incorporated into the wider context of the Summer Cultural Events.
+Some of the festival venues include the [[Velenje Castle]], the [[House of Culture Velenje]] and its yard, the banks of the Velenje and Škale lakes, the Old square of Velenje (Stari trg), and the many streets and parks of the city.
+{{Image|Klemen Slakonja & Small Band, 14. 7. 2023 (Festival Velenje), Foto Ksenija Mikor.JPG}}
+{{Image|Rade Šerbedžija, 3. 6. 2023 (Festival Velenje), Foto Ksenija Mikor.jpg}}
-While a part of the programme is organized by the institute itself, a significant portion of it is done in cooperation with other producers. Furthermore, some other Velenje based festivals like [[Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures]], MoZZAJik festival and Prešmentane citre are also incorporated into the wider context of the Summer Cultural Events. They also collaborate with the [[Imago Sloveniae]] project and the [[Seviqc Brežice Festival]].
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-The festival takes place at venues such as the [[Velenje Castle]] and its atrium and courtyard, the [[House of Culture Velenje]] (and its yard as well) and the bank of the Škale Lake (Škalsko jezero), and also on the many streets and parks of the city.
 ===Festival Velenje Public Institute===
-The Institute was founded in 2008 as a vehicle to organize, coordinate and promote the various cultural institutions and events in the Velenje municipality. The institute organizes a few year-long music, theatre and children's cycles, runs the [[Kino Velenje]] and the Puppet and Dance theatre Velenje, sets up regional fairs and is responsible for the Pippi’s Longstocking festival, the Velenje Summer Festival and quite some other events as well.
+The Festival Velenje Public Institute was founded in 2008 as a platform to organize, coordinate, and promote various cultural institutions and events in the Municipality of Velenje. The institute organizes year-long music, theatre, and children's cycles, operates Kino Velenje, [[Festival Velenje - Velenje Gallery|Velenje Gallery]], and the Puppet and Dance Theatre Velenje, hosts regional fairs, and oversees the biggest children's festival in Slovenia, called [[Pika's Festival]] (named after the Slovene name for the children's character Pippi Longstocking). Additionally, the institute is responsible for the [[Summer in Velenje Festival]] and several other events.
 ==Programme==
-Summer Cultural Events are comprised of a vast array of different activities, from yoga classes, an athletics competition and weekly flea markets to travelogue presentations, puppet plays for children, open-air cinema screenings, theatre performances (like the show ''Macbeth After Shakespeare'', produced by [[Mini Theatre]]) and musical concerts.
+Summer Cultural Events comprise a vast array of activities, ranging from open-air musical concerts, theatre performances, weekly open-air cinema screenings, and puppet plays for children, to flea markets and travelogue presentations.
+Among these, the festival has hosted renowned artists such as the fado singer Lula Pena (PT), the legendary klezmer band The Klezmatics (US), and the pop icon Josipa Lisac (HR). Additionally, it features a diverse set of Slovene musicians including singer-songwriter Iztok Mlakar, the popular choir Perpetuum Jazzile, and two local jazz musicians: saxophonist and composer Jure Pukl and jazz bassist and composer Robert Jukič. Each year, it also hosts one of the European youth symphonic orchestras.
+Part of the Summer Cultural Events program is curated by producers from other parts of Slovenia, such as [[Imago Sloveniae]] and Folkart ([[Festival Lent]]).
+{{Image|Bossa de Novo, Velenjski grad, 18. 8. 2022 (Festival Velenje), Foto Ksenija Mikor.jpg}}
+{{Image|Mrphy, 22. 7. 2022 (Festival Velenje), Foto Ksenija Mikor.jpg}}
+{{YouTube|Hg25CPUKmYI}}
-As of the latter, the festival has hosted the likes of the fado singer Lula Pena (PT), the klezmer band The Klezmatics (US), the baroque music focused trio Ensemble Diatessaron (ES), the pop icon Josipa Lisac (HR), the world fusion group The Merry Poppins (AT), the hardcore collective Repetitor (HR), the Cuban orchestra Mariachi Real Jalisco (CU) and a diverse set of Slovene musicans like the singer-songwriter [[Iztok Mlakar]], the 'schlager' singer [[Oto Pestner]] and the jazz bassist and composer [[Robert Jukič]].
+{{Gallery}}
 ==See also==
+* [[Velenje Regional Gallery]]
 * [[Velenje Castle]]
+* [[Pika's Festival]]
+* [[Kino Velenje]]
 * [[Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures]]
-* [[Kino Velenje]]
 * [[Imago Sloveniae]]
 * [[Seviqc Brežice Festival]]
 == External links ==
-*[http://www.festival-velenje.si/uvodni-tekst Velenje Summer Festival webpage] (in Slovenian)
+*[http://www.festival-velenje.si/  Summer in Velenje Festival web page]
-*[http://www.jazz-velenje.si/mozzajik-festival.html The Mozzajik Festival webpage] (in Slovenian)
-*[http://www.festival-velenje.si/en/2882 The Pippi Longstocking festival webpage]
-*[http://www.festival-velenje.si/filelib/2015/pkp_knjiica.pdf The programme for the 2015 edition of Summer Cultural Events]
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+[[Category:Updated 2020]]
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