BUMfest International Percussion Festival

Contact

BUMfest mednarodni festival tolkalnih skupin

ZKŠT Žalec, Aškerčeva 9a, SI-3310 Žalec

http://www.bumfest.si/

zkst.zalec@siol.net

Organised byStoP Slovenian Percussion Project

 ZKŠT, Zavod za kulturo šport in turizem Žalec

Frequencyannual

Festival dates22.1.2016 - 24.1.2016

As the name implies, the BUMfest International Percussion Festival is a rather specialised music festival. Established in 2007 in Žalec, BUMfest is quite successfully and regularly even sold out. Its musical programme presents all sorts of percussion and drumming projects that often feature elements of theatre, dance, humour and sound experimentation. Beside the usual evening concerts, the festival is also comprised of music workshops and matinee performances for schoolchildren,

Led by Dejan Tamše, of the StoP Slovenian Percussion Project, the festival more or less takes place at the Dom II. slovenskega tabora Žalec. An additional venue is the Savinov likovni salon, where post-festivals exhibitions sometimes take place.

BUMfest 8 2014 Highlights by Superstylish - DRUM dogodki on YouTube

Programme

The festival has until now invited artists from Taiwan, Brazil, the United States, Mexico and numerous European countries. It is, furthermore, often amongst the initiators for projects like the Faces and Places, which featured the SToP Slovene Percussion Project, the Studio Percussion Graz (AT) and guest musicians who came to Europe as refugees or migrants.

Some of the guests in recent years were Funky Currywurst Brothers (AT, DK), Percussive (BE), Odaiko (ES), Groovetrotters (DE, AT), Quatuor Beat (FR), Sudar Percussion (HR), Percossa (NL) and The Strokes (HU).

See also

• SToP Slovene Percussion Project
• Žalec Institute for Culture, Sport and Tourism
• Savinov likovni salon

External links

• BUMfest website
• SToP, Slovene Percussion Project webiste