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Panč Festival

Panč Festival is an international stand-up comedy festival which was established in 2008 in Ljubljana by the Kurz Rock Vibe crew, that later become Ceh za smeh (Association of Laugh). This several-day-long event usually takes place at the Ljubljana Castle courtyard and is the central stand-up occasion in Slovenia. It has hosted most, if not all, of the leading Slovene performers from this field as well as a strong international line-up, with the guests being invited from all over the world. The name of the festival is a derivative of the term punchline, which connotes a joke's climax.

Since 2010, in addition to the main summer event, a winter edition of the festival has also been taking place, a slightly more low-key evening called Zimski Panč (Winter Panč). Held at different Ljubljana venues like Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Cvetličarna, and the Festival Hall, it was for a time also simultaneously organised in Maribor at Narodni dom Maribor. The festival also had an over the border venture in Zagreb, Croatia, where a sister event, Pančić, was organised.

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The laughing audience at the international stand-up comedy festival Panč, Ljubljana 2022. Author: Jaka Škrlep

Pisana Loka Festival

Pisana Loka is a local summer festival taking place at various locations in Škofja Loka in August. At first a rather modest endeavour, it began in 2008 and has since grown into an annual event of ten packed days, encompassing music, theatre, urban sports, stand-up comedy, a children's programme, film screenings and more. The name of the festival means Colourful Loka, a bit of an archaic way of calling Škofja Loka when alluding to the charms of the town.

The festival locations are numerous, among them Sokolski dom Cultural Centre, Loka Castle, the summer garden of various local bars, some smaller squares and the main square of the old city centre (one of the best-preserved medieval squares in Slovenia).

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Concert by acoustic quintet Swingatan at Pisana Loka Festival in Škofja Loka, 2022. Author: Denys Shadro

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Slovene art abroad 2010 – 2024

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  Germany Berlin Kunstgewerbemuseum

  
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  Opening of the exhibition "Lygophilia Aquatic Life - Lygophila Vodno Življenje" by artist and researcher Robertina Šebjanič, who in her work investigates the biological, geopolitical and cultural reality and the influence of humans on other organisms. The exhibition is held as part of the platform "More Than Human. Shaping After the Anthropocene" until 12. 1. 2025. Supported by SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin.

  
  

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  Slovenian photographer Ciril Jazbec will be participating in the group exhibition "A View from No-Place: Time in the Age of Anthropocene", with works from his series "Dream to Cure Water".

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  United States of America Cleveland

  
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  Slovenian Days 2024 will be celebrated with a series of educational and entertaining cultural events for all ages. These events are brought to you by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia in Cleveland, Ohio, along with many partners within the Slovenian community. All events are open to the public, and guests of all ages are welcome. Events will include a concert by Oktet Jurij Dalmatin; presentation of the exhibition "Us and Them Without Frontiers"; Reflections in the Slovenian Cultural Garden; Dedication of the Sister Cities Flags, Centennial celebration of Cleveland's Slovenian National Home, and many others.

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  Austria Vienna Loop Vienna; Ever Artst Songwriter Evening

  
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  Two concerts by 3:rma, a folk singer/songwriter duo with Urška Supej on guitar and Maša But on vocals, the first one at Loop Vienna and second at Ever Artist Songwriter Evening.

  
  

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  Belgium Brussels The Music Village

  
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  "Unusual Suspects" plus jazz jam session is an evening of international jazz talent. Diogo Alexandre from Portugal, Wajdi Riahi from Tunisia, and Toine Thys from Belgium will be led by Slovenian bassist and composer Robert Jukič.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Croatia Šibenik Arsen House of Art

  
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  A solo theatre performance "This is my truth, tell me yours" by playwright and writer Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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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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