Jazz festival Ljubljana
Cankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Prešernova 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 241 7147
Organised byCankarjev dom Cultural and Congress Centre
Ljubljana Jazz Festival
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26 Sep 2015
Follow the white rabbit, a lecture by Bogdan Benigar, director of the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, at the European Jazz Conference
International Ljubljana Jazz Festival is one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. In the year 2009 it was celebrating its 50th anniversary. It is the central jazz event in Slovenia, as it was before in ex-Yugoslavia.
History
Festival began life in 1960 as Yugoslavian Jazz Festival. For the first six years it took place in Bled and in 1967 moved to Ljubljana to Tivoli Hall and then to its now traditional domicile Križanke. later moving to Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre. It presents the most eminent European, African and American jazz musicians. Many open air or interdisciplinary events accompany the festival, including street performances, film music events at the Slovenian Cinematheque in co-operation with the Cinema-ear, exhibitions of film posters or jazz photography and open-air concerts by the jazz ensemble of Ljubljana Music and Ballet Secondary School. Ljubljana Jazz Festival co-operates closely with Izzven Jazz Festival, Maribor and Jazz Cerkno Festival.
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