Culture of Slovenia

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Pika's Festival

Established in 1990, Pika's Festival is the most popular event in Velenje and the largest children's festival that attracts its audience from all over Slovenia. Although planned from the outset as an event for children, it is also popular with parents and teachers. Since 2008, it has been organized by the municipal Festival Velenje public cultural organization.

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The main characters of the festival: Pippi and Captain Longstocking, Annika, Tommy, and the Pirate, Pika’s Festival 2022. Author: Peter Žagar

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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024

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  Germany Würzburg Stramu Festival

  
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  Two live performances by 3:rma, a folk singer/songwriter duo with Urška Supej on guitar and Maša But on vocals.

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  Austria Vienna Kunsthalle Wien

  
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  Aleksandra Domanović will be opening her solo exhibition on intersections of technology, history and culture, considering the way that they shape our understanding of identity and contemporary society. Supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA).

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Austria Linz POSTCITY

  
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  "Look Me in The Eye - The Time is Now! - Poglej me v oči - ta čas je zdaj!" is a multimedia exhibition prepared by the students of Arts Academy of the University of Nova Gorica, included in the "Campus" section. The exhibition is curated by Professor Rene Rusjan. The students participating are Milan Bajčetić, Polina Bakalski, Luka Carlevaris, Ana Evtić, Nel Jeraj Sedej, Blaž Stantič Kobal, Primož Lukežič, Natalia Polonskaia, and Tamara Taskova. The mentors are Jasna Hribernik, Robertina Šebjanič, Rene Rusjan, Olga Toni, Jan Cvitkovič, Martin Turk. The exhibition is produced by Rok Govednik and Polona Dolžan. Supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA).

  at the Ars Electronica Festival

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Upcoming events

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  Netherlands Leusden Fort 33

  
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  A concert by Hellcats, an all female metal band.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Serbia Belgrade Park Maniez

  
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  A concert by Raiven, as part of the "Sirene" tour.

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  Finland Helsinki Kattilahalli

  
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  A live performance by renowned DJ Umek.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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Festivals

Festivals in Slovenia

Festivals are up and running!

Our graphic calendar of festivals shows almost 190 festivals in 2023.

Explore all the upcoming festivals at the interactive Festivals in Slovenia infographic.

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The printed version of the calendar of Festivals in Slovenia in 2012 contains 141 festivals. Later on, in 2019, the festival number rose to 199. Check out the current annual festivalscape.

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  Museum of Modern Art is the central museum and gallery of the Slovenian art works from the 20th and 21st centuries.

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  Female nude, by Zdenko Kalin and Echo, by Karl Putrih.

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  The Stroj performing at Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, 2014

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  Site-specific installation in the forest at the Floating Castle Festival in the vicinity of Snežnik Castle, 2015

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  The Čaplja service building at the Nordic Centre Planica designed by the STVAR architects, 2016

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  Corporate identity for the Museum of Architecture and Design by IlovarStritar design studio, 2011

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  Pocar Homestead, Mojstrana main dwelling from the outside, built in 1775

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  The tank from the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) in front of the National Museum of Contemporary History. On the eve of the International Women's Day in 2012 it was sprayed pink by the unknown activists and became a new popular landmark in Ljubljana. It is owned by the Military Museum of Slovenian Armed Forces and was transferred to the Park of Military History Pivka only a few months after the action. The pink paint was removed.

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  A Place under the Sun by students of the Chair of Textile and Fashion Design at the Department of Textiles of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2011

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Overview

Fields of Experimental Music in Slovenia

Luka T. Zagoričnik

Let's take a ride on the term experimental music, which currently mainly defines certain more fringe musical practices, across the expanses of various musical plains, styles and genres. We can apply this (overly) broad term to designate the varied creative simmering in certain segments of the present-day Slovenian music scene. A scene that spans the realms of electro-acoustic music, musique concrète, experimental music in the context of modern classical music, free improvisation, experimental electronic music and sound art as well as their associated present-day trends. This scene is diverse and exceptionally agile. It has developed a strong infrastructure for itself (festivals, concert series, labels, international networks) and exists in the space between self-organising and DIY models and institutional environments.

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Žarkolom, Tadej Droljc at Lunchmeat Festival, 2020

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