Pisana Loka Festival

Pisana Loka is a local summer festival taking place at various locations in Škofja Loka and is annually held in August. It started out in 2008, at first being a rather modest thing. Since than, it has grown to be a ten packed days long event, encompassing music, theatre, urban sports, stand-up comedy, childrens programme, film screenings and more. The name of the festival means Colourful Loka, which is an old way Škofja Loka was sometimes called when alluding to the charms of the town.

Made with urban reinvigoration plans in mind, Pisana Loka used to be just a series of music concerts in the city centre. In 2011, the festival organisation was handed over to Zavod O, a cultural association run by the local youth, and its ambitions noticeably rose. It started connecting the various local institutions, groups and actors, from the local skateboarders to the pensioners society, the Ivan Tavčar Public Library, the scouts, student organisations and various local cultural enthusiasts and associations. The festival locations are numerous, with some of them being Sokolski dom Cultural Centre, Loka Castle, summer garden of some local bars and the old city centre square.

Pisana Loka, Bakalina 2013 by MMC Pulsar on Vimeo

Up until now, Pisana Loka hosted bands such as Laibach, Bakalina, Uršula Ramoveš in Fantje z Jazbecove grape, Katarina Juvančič & Dejan Lapanja, Vasko Atanasovski Trio, Dan D, Joe Cocker Tribute, Jan Plestenjak, Hamo & Tribute 2 Love – all in all, a varied line-up that joins alternative musicians with big pop acts. The festival also started encompassing the Loka Blues Fest and has a collaboration with the In Memoriam Prof. Peter Hafner Festival. There are series of public tribunes (with topics ranging from the cultural prospects of the town to youth employability), an open air cinema, numerous theatre performances (hosting both acts like the performances of the street theatre collective KUD Ljud as well as the more traditional comedy shows), gallery exhibitions and other events that actively try to engage the local and regional population.

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