Bled Festival Hall
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Orion, one of the awarded songs from the Slovenska popevka Festival, 1963
The modernist Bled Festival Hall was designed by architect Ivo Špinčič and built in 1961 to host the World Chess Championship. In 1962 an 1963 Bled hosted also the first two editions of the Slovenska popevka Festival, which over the next two decades had a great influence on the Slovene entertainment industry. The Bled Hall was thoroughly renovated in 1989 and 2008.
See also
External links
- Bled Festival Hall website
- Slovenska popevka Festival at Bled, a brochure by Gorenjska Museum (pdf)