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 dates21.6.2024 - 29.6.2024

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

Each June, the medieval Lent district along the Drava River, the historic squares, picturesque streets of the Old Town, and even the mighty city park emerge as festival venues bursting with art, culture, and creativity. With thirty years of tradition, Lent Festival is one of the oldest and largest open-air festivals in Central Europe. Every year, it welcomes about two hundred thousand visitors; almost every fourth Slovene has visited it at least once. It celebrates art, culture, and creativity of all genres for all generations, providing a space for discovery, learning, meeting, and coexisting in a variety of cultures. For the thirtieth time, the festival will transform 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) and the Association of Slovene Festivals (SloFA).

Programme

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).

Who's been here? Music giants and legends such as B.B. King, James Brown, Ray Charles, and Stephane Grapelli, alongside an array of internationally acclaimed artists including Macy Gray, Mercedes Sosa, Paquito D'Rivera, Bob Geldof, Dr. John, Jose Feliciano, Lester Bowie, David Byrne, Maynard Ferguson, Taj Mahal, Alfredo De La Fé, Alfredo Rodriguez, Malia, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Living Colour, Maceo Parker, Femi Anikulapo Kuti, and many more, have graced the festival with their presence.

Seun Kuti and Egypt80 Jazz Lent Festival Lent 29 06 2023 Blaz Crnic.jpg

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 City Park, are only a few minutes' walk away. The genre-diverse and varied program allows everyone to find something for themselves - from the youngest to the oldest. There are opera and ballet performances, theater and dance shows, jazz concerts, classical music performances, world music showcases, singer-songwriter concerts, chanson and ethno music performances, folklore evenings, street theater 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

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

Art Camp, Lent Festival 2023. Author: Dejan Bulut

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mladinin oder, Satchmo Jazz Club, 2016.

Mladinin oder, Satchmo Jazz Club, 2018.

Seun Kuti and Egypt80, Jazzlent, 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