Difference between revisions of "Summer in Velenje Festival"
Anže Zorman (talk | contribs) |
Anže Zorman (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
{{Teaser| | {{Teaser| | ||
− | The festival [[Summer Cultural Events]] (''Poletne kulturne prireditve'') was launched in [[established::1984]] in Velenje as one of the first multidisciplinary summer city festivals in Slovenia. Since 2008 organised and coordinated by the Festival Velenje Public Institute, it includes | + | The festival [[Summer Cultural Events]] (''Poletne kulturne prireditve'') was launched in [[established::1984]] in Velenje as one of the first multidisciplinary summer city festivals in Slovenia. Since 2008 organised and coordinated by the [[Festival Velenje Public Institute]], it includes various events like music concerts, film screenings, theatre plays and children oriented programmes and lasts throughout the summer months of July and August. |
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. | 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. | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | The festival takes place at venues such as the [[Velenje Castle]] | + | The festival takes place at venues such as the [[Velenje Castle]], the [[House of Culture Velenje]] and its yard, the bank of the Škale Lake (Škalsko jezero) and also on the many streets and parks of the city. |
===Festival Velenje Public Institute=== | ===Festival Velenje Public Institute=== |
Revision as of 13:08, 11 December 2015
The festival takes place at venues such as the Velenje Castle, the House of Culture Velenje and its yard, 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.
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.
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.
A part of the Summer Cultural Events programme is provided by producers from other parts of Slovenia like the Imago Sloveniae and the Seviqc Brežice Festival.
See also
- Velenje Castle
- Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures
- Kino Velenje
- Imago Sloveniae
- Seviqc Brežice Festival