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Highlights in June
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Tourism, Krekov trg 10, SI-1000 Ljubljana,       Godibodi                      June in Ljubljana               Barjanka
T: +386 1 306 45 83,                             This year's three-day         Light entertainment by          Barjanka cycling event will
E: info@visitljubljana.si,                       festival of contemporary      day, high culture by night -    present to cycling lovers
W: www.visitljubljana.com                        original and ethno music      available in the heart of the   the natural beauty of
Photography: Archives of Ljubljana               Godibodi takes place at       city free of charge.            Ljubljana Marshes.
Tourism and individual event organisers          Ljubljana Castle.             P. 4                            P. 14
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Ljubljana, June 2018                             13 Jun - 24 Aug               27 - 30 Jun                     28 Jun - 3 Sep
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Festivals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Festivals

                                                                                     When I Close My Eyes - Slovenian film        Chorus - dance performance                 A Morning with the Ljubljana Ballet
    June in Ljubljana
                                                                                     through music, a concert,                    Kino Šiška and Exodos Ljubljana            19 Jun, 10:00
    8 - 21 Jun, Kongresni trg square
                                                                                     10 Jun, 21:00                                15 Jun, 22:00                              Opera house
                                                                                     Slovenian Philharmonic
                                                                                                                                  Play Drums and Sing - musical              Ballet Concert
                                                                                     Poop and His Adventures - show for           performance for children and families      19 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                     children of 2 +                              StoP Slovene Percussion Project            Opera house
                                                                                     Mini theatre                                 16 Jun, 10:00                              Free tickets
                                                                                     11 Jun, 10:00 and 17:00
                                                                                                                                  Ovbe, Kekec, ujma gre! - puppets for       Holiday of Music - Fête de la musique
                                                                                     Oskar Longyka and Tobija Hudnik -            young and old                              21 Jun
                                                                                     concert                                      Rozinteater                                Over four hundred musicians and
                                                                                     11 Jun, 21:00                                16 Jun, 17:00                              singers of all generations and musical
                                                                                                                                                                             genres will introduce themselves at
                                                                                     Butterfly Boy and Butterfly Girl - show      Rossini Cards - ballet performance                                                      Each year, the Summer in Ljubljana
                                                                                                                                                                             the Holiday of Music event in Ljubljana.
                                                                                     for children of 2 +                          Croatian National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc,                                                Old Town festival adds to the
                                                                                                                                                                             The city centre and the Ljubljanica
                                                                                     Labirint Theatre                             Rijeka                                                                                  vibrancy of city life in Ljubljana
                                                                                                                                                                             River will be painted in the colours of
                                                                                     12 Jun, 10:00                                16 Jun, 21:00                                                                           by presenting a programme of
                                                                                                                                                                             the music by acoustic musicians and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          classical music concerts held in the
                                                                                     Rent - musical                               It Happened in School - theatre            choirs; enthusiasts of rock and electronic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          picturesque surroundings of the
                                           June in Ljubljana                         Ljubljana City Theatre                       improvisations by primary school pupils    musical genres are welcome to the
 The June in Ljubljana Festival is                                                                                                                                                                                        historical city centre. Most of the
                                                                                     12 Jun, 21:00                                17 Jun, 10:00                              parks, namely the Tivoli and Tabor Park;
 celebrating its 10th anniversary         P. I. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - ballet                                                                                                                                           concerts are free.
                                                                                                                                                                             the acoustic music and choirs will be
 and invites you to the city centre       Slovene National Theatre Maribor           White Kitty, Who Was Completely Black        High School Improvisation League -                                                      The festival begins in June and is
                                                                                                                                                                             singing at the Kongresni and Prešernov
 of Ljubljana, to the Kongresni trg       8 Jun, 21:00                               - show for children of 2 +                   theatre improvisations                                                                  held until the end of August, when
                                                                                                                                                                             trg square, the Stari and Mestni trg
 square to enjoy the artistic creations   Opening of the 10th June in Ljubljana      House of Children and Art                    The Great ŠILA Finales                                                                  it traditionally concludes with a mini
                                                                                                                                                                             square and on the bridges of the
 of dance, theatre and music. Light       Festival                                   13 Jun 10:00 an 17:00                        17 Jun, 18:00                                                                           festival titled Nights in Ljubljana
                                                                                                                                                                             Ljubljanica River.
 entertainment by day, high culture                                                                                                                                                                                       Old Town.
                                          Dance and music programme on stage         Tag, You’re It! - show for children of 2 +   All Stars 2018 Improvisation League -
 by night - available in the heart                                                                                                                                                                                        www.imagosloveniae.net
                                          9 Jun, 10:00 - 20:00                       The Ljubljana Puppet Theatre                 theatre improvisations
 of the city free of charge. Those
                                                                                     14 Jun 10:00 and 17:00                       17 Jun, 20:30
 taking place in the morning will be      Rock Village
 particularly intended for children,      9 Jun, 10:00 - 12:30, 15:00 - 17:00        Visionist (G. Britain) & Pedro Maia          Little Red Riding Hood - a circus show
 afternoons will be reserved for light    Rock workshops                             (Portugal) - electronic music concert        with puppets
 dance and music performances,                                                       14 Jun 21:00                                 Bufeto Institute
                                          Children for Children - concert
 and evenings for top quality dance,                                                                                              18 Jun, 10:00
                                          Rock Kidz - rock and rap bands and         Juri Muri Dances in Africa - show for
 theatre and music events.
                                          musicians and children from the            children of 5 +                              Circus for Everyone!
 The events may be cancelled in case
                                          Slovenian institution of deaf and hard-    PTL-Dance Theatre Ljubljana                  18 Jun, 11:00 - 13:00
 of bad weather.
                                          of-hearing children.                       15 Jun, 10:00 and 17:00                      Circus workshops and performances by
                                          9 Jun, 21:00                                                                            young circus enthusiasts
                                                                                     Dancers Without Answers - dance
                                          Rock Academy - concert                     intervention                                 Omare stare šar - workshops and short
                                          Pionirski dom - Centre for Youth Culture   DUM Association                              performances
                                          10 Jun, 12:00                              15 Jun, 18:00                                18 Jun, 16:00 - 20:00
                                          Lena and Lenart - mini concert with        Set and Reset - dance performance            Lurrak - circus performance
                                          jokes for children of 4 +                  EN-KNAP Dance Group and Trisha               Lurrak Antzerkia Circus Group (Spain)        Imago Sloveniae: Summer in Ljubljana Old Town
                                                                                                                                                                               13 Jun - 25 Aug; historical city centre’s churches, inner courtyards,
                                          Pionirski dom - Centre for Youth Culture   Brown Dance Company                          18 Jun, 21:00
                                                                                                                                                                               and public squares
                                          10 Jun, 17:00                              15 Jun, 21:00
                                          Centre for Youth Culture
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Festivals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Festivals

                                                                                    - tenor; Breda Zakotnik - piano; Urša        Rohey (Norway)                          Ljubljana Festival
    59th Jazz Festival Ljubljana
                                                                                    Kržič violoncello; Janez Jocif - different   29 Jun, 20:00                           Sfera Mundi - Voyage around the World
    27 -30 Jun, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre
    and various vanues
                                                                                    instruments                                  Cankarjev dom park                      - world premiere
                                                                                    27 Jun, 20:30                                Admission free                          La Fura dels Baus (Spain)
                                                                                    Church of St. Jacob                                                                  Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
                                                                                                                                 Hermia / Ceccaldi / Darrifourcq Trio                                               This year’s 66th Ljubljana Festival
                                                                                                                                                                         Ballet Ensemble SNG Ljubljana
                                                                                    Evening of young jazz vocalists              (Belgium/France)                                                                   edition will open with the world
                                                                                                                                                                         Irena Parlov - mezzo-soprano
                                                                                    29 Jun, 20:30                                29 Jun, 21:30                                                                      premiere of the musical scenic
                                                                                                                                                                         Carlus Padrissa - director
                                                                                    Stari trg square                             Cankarjev dom park                                                                 performance Sfera Mundi - Voyage
                                                                                                                                                                         Josep Vicent - conductor
                                                                                                                                 Admission free                                                                     around the World by the world-
                                                                                     Jazz Festival Ljubljana                                                             28 Jun, 21:00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    renowned Spanish group La Fura
                                                                                                                                 Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra         Kongresni trg square
                                                                                    DrummingCellist (Slovenia)                                                                                                      dels Baus. The summer is going to
                                                                                                                                 (Sweden)                                Opening of the 66th Ljubljana Festival
                                                                                    27 Jun, 19:00                                                                                                                   be marked by renowned soloists
                                                                                                                                 29 Jun, 23:00
                                                                                                                                                                         Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra              and orchestras such as; the Munich
                                                                                    Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain in Chris
                                                                                                                                 Do your own music instrument -          Perpetuum Jazzile                          Philharmonic Orchestra, the Milan
                                                                                    Potter Trio (G. Britain/India/USA)
                                                                                                                                 workshop for children                   Soloists: Gibonni, Tomi M (Siddharta),     Philharmonic Orchestra of the Scala,
                                                                                    27 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                                                                 30 Jun, 10:00                           Nuška Drašček, KiNG FOO, Maja Keuc,        the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
                                                                                    MTF feat. Sub-Lime (Slovenia)                                                        Katrinas, Murat & Jose, Lana Trotovšek,    Amsterdam, sopranos Kristina
                                                                                                                                 Abece (Slovenia)
                                                                                    27 Jun, 21:00                                                                        Metalsteel, Nina Strnad, Omar Naber,       Opolais and Diana Damrau, pianist
                                            Summer in the Old Town                                                               30 Jun, 11:00
 Jazz Festival Ljubljana is one of the                                              Cankarjev dom park                                                                   Tinkara Kovač                              Peter Bence, Boris Eifman’s Academic
                                                                                                                                 Cankarjev dom park
 oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It       State Ensemble of Russian Cossacks       Admission free                                                                       Rok Golob - author and conductor           State Ballet from St. Petersburg, tenor
                                                                                                                                 Admission free
 started in 1960 when it was founded       13 Jun, 21:00                                                                                                                 30 Jun, 21:00                              Marcelo Álvarez, Laibach and Voca
                                                                                    Aleš Rendla Sextet (Slovenia)
 as a festival presenting classical jazz   Kongresni trg square                                                                  Clean Feed feagtures: Lisbon            Kongresni trg square                       People, and choreographer Edward
                                                                                    28 Jun, 18:00
 bands from former Yugoslavia. The         Opening concert of the 30th                                                           Underground Music Ensemble L.U.M.E.     Symphonic Ecstasy 2 - Great “cross-over”   Clug. The festival is closing with a
                                                                                    Cankarjev dom park
 Jazz Festival Ljubljana has kept pace     International Festival Imago Sloveniae                                                (Portugal)                              concert                                    concert by the Royal Concertgebouw
                                                                                    Admission free
 with international developments           and Summer in Ljubljana Old Town                                                      30 Jun, 15:00                                                                      Orchestra from Amsterdam.
 in the genre. Today it provides                                                    December Soul (Italy/Slovenia)                                                                                                  www.ljubljanafestival.si
                                           Cantando Admont (Austria)                                                             Rok Zalokar - Port Songs (Slovenia/
 a connoisseur’s choice of music                                                    28 Jun, 19:30
                                           Akiko Ito - soprano; Helena Sorokina                                                  Italy/Netherlands)
 and offers an exciting insight into                                                Cankarjev dom park
                                           - mezzo-soprano/alt; Bernd Lambauer -                                                 30 Jun, 17:00
 creativity in contemporary jazz.                                                   Admission free
                                           tenor; Gerd Kenda - bas
 Each year, the Jazz Festival Ljubljana                                                                                          Elifantree (Finland)
                                           Cordula Bürgi - choir leader             Lovro Ravbar & Get On Board Collective
 features some of the world’s biggest                                                                                            30 Jun, 18:15
                                           20 Jun, 20:30                            (Slovenia/Cuba)
 names in jazz, attracting music                                                                                                 Cankarjev dom park
                                           Ljubljana City Museum                    28 Jun, 21:00
 lovers from home and abroad.                                                                                                    Admission free
                                                                                    Cankarjev dom park
 www.ljubljanajazz.si                      Duo Ingolfsson - Stoupel (Island,
                                                                                    Admission free                               Dhafer Youssef 4tet (Tunisia/USA)
                                           France)
                                                                                                                                 30 Jun, 19:30
                                           Judith Ingolfsson - violin; Vladimir     Portico Quartet (G. Britain)
                                           Stoupel - piano                          28 Jun, 22:00                                Bowrain (Slovenia/Germany)
                                           26 Jun, 20:30                                                                         30 Jun, 21:00
                                                                                    Lore (Italy/Slovenia/France)
                                           Ljubljana Castle                                                                      Cankarjev dom park
                                                                                    29 Jun, 18:30
                                           Admission free                                                                        Admission free
                                                                                    Cankarjev dom park
                                           Ljubljana Vocal Academy                  Admission free                               Shake Stew (Austria)
                                           Stojan Kuret - conductor                                                              30 Jun, 22:00
                                           Special guests: Bernarda Fink - mezzo-                                                                                          Ljubljana Festival 2018
                                                                                                                                 Vasko Atanasovski Melem feat. Bojan Z     28 Jun - 3 Sep, Kongresni trg square and venues
                                           soprano; Aco Aleksander Bišćević
                                                                                                                                 (Slovenia/France)
                                                                                                                                 30 Jun, 23:30
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Exhibitions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Exhibitions

                                                                                                                                      musician and printmaker David Lynch in          Monument - Drago Tršar
                                                                                                                                      Slovenia. The Fire on Stage exhibition offers   15 Jun - 30 Sep, Museum of Modern Art
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   To mark its one hundredth
                                                                                                                                      a selection of seventy fine art graphic         Drago Tršar is unquestionably one of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   anniversary, the National Gallery
                                                                                                                                      prints produced in the lithography              main and most prolific representatives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of Slovenia will present the life
                                                                                                                                      technique. The presentation is rounded          of modernism in Slovenia. In
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and work of Ivana Kobilca, one of
                                                                                                                                      off by paintings from private collections,      collaboration with six other public
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the most well-known Slovenian
                                                                                                                                      watercolours, as well as a selection of         institutions, Museum of Modern Art
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   artists of all times. Together with
                                                                                                                                      experimental and animated films. What           has conceived a project in the form of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   her friends and acquaintances like
                                                                                                                                      all the displayed works have in common          a series of retrospective and themed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Rosa Pfäffinger, Maria Slavona and
                                                                                                                                      is the intertwining of the surrealistic,        survey exhibitions across Slovenia. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Käthe Kollwitz, she was one of the
                                                                                                                                      expressive and grotesque, by which a            project, entitled Monument - Drago
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   first female painters of the modern
                                                                                                                                      Lynchian atmosphere is established. This        Tršar, includes monumental sculpture,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   age that succeeded in a traditionally
                                                                                                                                      is followed in the exhibition set-up with a     public sculptures and monuments,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   male field.
                                                                                                                                      stage-like feel conjured up by set designer     small-scale sculpture, various series,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Her first retrospective in forty years
                                                                                                                                      Branko Hojnik.                                  e.g. erotic works and portraits, as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   will present around 130 works of
    Švicarija: Community, Art and Nature                                                                                              Tuesdays at 18:00 guided tours in English       as works on Japanese paper, paintings,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   art from all periods and of different
    8 Feb 2018 - 6 Jan 2019, Švicarija Creative Centre in Ljubljana                                                                   Open: 10:00-18:00. Closed: Mondays              marine motifs and more - all the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   genres. Besides popular works, like
                                                                                                                                                                                      many threads that make up the artist’s
                                                                                                                                      Lighting Guerrilla: Colours                                                                  Woman Drinking Coffee, Summer,
                                                                                                                                                                                      oeuvre. More than just a tribute to
 The Švicarija: Community, Art           Stanko Kristl, Architect: Humanity and      conceptualist who passed away seven              11 May - 16 Jun, Galerija Vžigalica/Match                                                    Children in Grass and Mira Pintar,
                                                                                                                                                                                      Drago Tršar, the project aims to present
 and Nature project encompasses          Space                                       years ago, presents an overview of               Gallery                                                                                      many lesser-known paintings will
                                                                                                                                                                                      an unprecedented, comprehensive
 a multifaceted exhibition and a         19 Dec 2017 - 27 May 2018, MAO -Museum      his six-decade long art career. The              In its current edition, the festival of light                                                be presented; together, the pictures
                                                                                                                                                                                      overview of the artist’s oeuvre to date to
 year-long programme of events           of Architecture and Design                  demonstration of his practice through            that celebrates its 12th anniversary,                                                        reflect Kobilca’s creative power
                                                                                                                                                                                      as wide an audience as possible.
 linking the past with the new vision    Stanko Kristl is considered one of the      various art mediums and different                comprises numerous lighting                                                                  and the influences of European art
                                                                                                                                                                                      Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00 -
 of the Švicarija Creative Centre.       most prominent Slovenian architects,        creative phases is complemented by a             installations, objects and projections                                                       centres.
                                                                                                                                                                                      20:00. Closed: Mondays
 Drawing from the diverse history of     a man whose work has provoked and           comprehensive look into his extensive            presented in the streets and squares of                                                      Odprto: 10:00 - 18.00, Thursday 10:00
 the building, the meeting space of      inspired local and international publics    production.                                      Ljubljana, and in two gallery settings.                                                      - 20:00. Closed: Mondays
 various models of coexistence and       alike, both during the process of their     The exhibition presents both older and           At the Match Gallery we are presenting:
 cooperation, as well as the specific    creation and up to the present day. As      newer works, made by the artist during           Yoko Seyama, Aleksandra Stratimirović &
 environment of domesticated             an architect in the broadest sense of       the last years of his life. It displays his      Athanassios Danilof, Boštjan Čadež.
 nature, the building of Švicarija is    the term, Stanko Kristl uses his projects   well-known projects and interventions,           Open: 12:00 - 23:30. Closed: Mondays
 imbued by reflection on history,        and research work to pose, at every         videos, various documents (examples              Admission free
 architecture and art. The exhibition    opportunity, the fundamental question       of judicial processes, therapist’s
                                                                                                                                      Marc Riboud: Conscious Traveller.
 was produced by International           of architecture: What is architecture in    visits, etc.), newspapers, collages,
                                                                                                                                      Concerned Photographer.
 Centre of Graphic Arts in cooperation   relation to human? People and their         urban interventions, etc. A special
                                                                                                                                      29 May - 14 Oct, Jakopič Gallery
 with the Institute for the Protection   perception of space is a key theme in       emphasis is given to his interventions
                                                                                                                                      Marc Riboud (1923-2016), a French
 of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, the   his work, one that has left a significant   and performance art from the 1970s,
                                                                                                                                      photographer with a worldwide
 City Museum of Ljubljana and the        mark on architect Kristl’s design           and to his particularly piercing video
                                                                                                                                      reputation, as part of the Magnum
 Arrea Architecture Bureau.              research approach.                          production.
                                                                                                                                      Photos agency, spent many years
 Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays    Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays        Open: 11:00 - 17:00. Closed: Mondays
                                                                                                                                      working as a photojournalist, while
                                                                                     Admission free
                                         Tomislav Gotovac - retrospective                                                             also building his own oeuvre of auteur
                                         exhibition                                  David Lynch: Fire on Stage                       photography, which developed mostly
                                         Apr 4 - Jun 10, City Art Gallery of         13 Apr - 29 Jul, International Centre of         on his unbelievably numerous journeys
                                         Ljubljana                                   Graphic Arts                                     around the world.                                  Ivana Kobilca (1861-1926) - paintings
                                                                                                                                                                                         21 Jun - 10 Feb 2019, National Gallery
                                         The retrospective exhibition of Tomislav    The first presentation of the American film      Guided tours in English: Saturdays at 16:30
                                         Gotovac, a renowned Croatian neo-           director, scriptwriter, photographer, painter,   Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays
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Music                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Music

                                                                                      Nataša Zupan - soprano                          8 Jun, 20:00                               Concert of classical music by Austrian
    Venice Baroque Orchestra                                                          Andrej Zupan - clarinet                         Stožice sports hall                        composers
    2 Jun, 20:00, Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre
                                                                                      Nejc Lavrenčiča - piano                         Crazy World Tour 2018                      14 Jun, 19:00
                                                                                      Mlad PerArtem: Marko Erzar - baritone                                                      EU House Slovenia
                                                                                                                                      Orkestrada, Počeni škafi, Yanu                                                       In recent years, the festival of
                                                                                      and Klara Hrovat - piano                                                                   Free tickets
                                                                                                                                      8 Jun, 20:00                                                                         contemporary original and ethno
                                                                                      6 Jun, 19:30
                                                                                                                                      Ljubljana Castle                           Flora&Paris                               music Godibodi has become a
                                                                                      Museum of Contemporary History
                                                                                                                                      Godibodi - Festival of contemporary        14 Jun, 20:00                             synonym for quality Slovenian
                                                                                      Programme: F. Schubert / L. Spohr / R.
                                                                                                                                      original and ethno music                   CSK France Prešeren                       original and ethno music, and for a
                                                                                      Schubert / F. P. Tosti / D. Jenko / J. Ipavec
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           comprehensive concert experience.
                                                                                      / G. Faure / A. Ajdič / B. Glavina              Maja Keuc, Aleksandra Ilijevska, Bilbi,    Čedahuči
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           This year’s festival will take place
                                                                                                                                      Ana Mravlje, Noa Vilčnik in Brodolomec     14 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                      Damien Dubrovnik (Denmark) - noise,                                                                                                  at a new location, the Ljubljana
                                                                                                                                      9 Jun, 21:00                               Vodnikova domačija
                                                                                      punk                                                                                                                                 Castle, where a series of fresh
                                                                                                                                      Ljubljana Castle
                                                                                      Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro) (Japan) -                                                         #FUKSi 2018 - Festival of Urban Culture   musical projects will be presented.
                                                                                                                                      Godibodi - Festival of contemporary
                                                                                      noise + Ontervjabbit (Slovenia)                                                            Morcheeba, Umek, Ten Walls, Matter,       Three ensembles will appear on the
                                                                                                                                      original and ethno music
                                                                                      6 Jun, 20:00                                                                               Sladica, Mike Vale, Urban Pfeifer,        first day of the festival: Šlajn, Buh
                                                                                      Kino Šiška                                      Uroš Perič & Primož Grašič trio - blues,   Žiga K                                    and Nula Kelvina. On the second
                                                                                                                                      soul, jazz                                 15 and 16 Jun                             day of the festival, new projects
                                                                                      Marina Martensson Quartet - pop-jazz
                                                                                                                                      13 Jun, 20:00                              Tobačna mesto                             will be presented by the bands
                                                                                      6 Jun, 20:00
 Committed to the rediscovery of          Venice Baroque Orchestra                                                                    Slamič Coffeehouse terrace                 https://www.facebook.com/FUKSi.si         Orkestrada, Počeni škafi and Yanu.
                                                                                      Slamič Coffeehouse terrace
 17th- and 18th-century masterpieces,     Franco Fagioli - countertenor                                                                                                                                                    The third and final day of the festival
                                                                                                                                      Anbot concert                              Blue Crime - moonpsych + Crush
 the Venice Baroque Orchestra is          2 Jun, 20:00                                RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra                                                                                                      will feature a festival production
                                                                                                                                      13 Jun, 20:00                              (Austria) - shoegaz-dream pop
 recognized as one of the premier         Cankarjev dom cultural and congress         Benoît Fromanger - conductor                                                                                                         entitled Butterflies are Going to
                                                                                                                                      Vodnikova domačija                         17 Jun, 20:00
 ensembles devoted to period              centre                                      Boštjan Gombač - tidldibab                                                                                                           the Sky, with songs by Rok Vilčnik
                                                                                                                                      Songs from the Balkans, Italian film       Kino Šiška
 instrument performance. Under the        Programme: A. Vivaldi / G. F. Händel / F.   7 Jun, 19:30                                                                                                                         performed by Maja Keuc, Aleksandra
                                                                                                                                      themes, Irish and French folk…
 leadership of harpsichord player         M. Veracini                                 Cankarjev dom cultural and congress                                                                                                  Ilijevska, Bilbi, Ana Mravlje, Noe
 and explorer Andrea Marcon, the                                                      centre                                                                                                                               Vilčnik and Brodolomca.
                                          Vevče Brass Band
 ensemble has been reviving the                                                       Programme: Ž. Stanič / L. van Beethoven
                                          3 Jun, 11:00
 forgotten historical masterpieces                                                    / B. Cavanna
                                          Old town
 and re-imagining well-known
                                                                                      Šlajn, Buh, Nula Kelvina
 works. In the spirit of a true Baroque   Wolf Parade (Canada) - indie rock
                                                                                      7 Jun, 20:00
 orchestra, the ensemble’s line up        5 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                      Ljubljana Castle
 is adapted in compliance with the        Kino Šiška
                                                                                      Godibodi - Festival of contemporary
 requirements of the repertoire. The
                                          Saltsjöbaden Church Choir (Sweden)          original and ethno music
 red thread is Vivaldi, his widely
                                          4 Jun, 19:30
 familiar compositions as well                                                        Klemen Slakonja & Big Band RTV
                                          Cathedral
 as those virtually unknown. The                                                      Slovenia
                                          Sacred music
 orchestra has been enthralling the                                                   7 Jun, 20:00
                                          Admission free
 audiences worldwide with their                                                       Kino Šiška
 fresh energy, stylistic idiosyncrasy     PIK: Eva Jurgec - oboe and Žiga Fabbro
                                                                                      Ravi Shrestha&Miha Petric - guitar duo
 and clarity of sound.                    - sacophone
                                                                                      7 Jun, 20:00
                                          6 Jun, 19:00
                                                                                      CSK France Prešeren
                                          Waldorf School Ljubljana
                                          Admission free                              Scorpions (Germany) - rock                                                                                                                                Godibodi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                7 - 9 Jun, Ljubljana Castle

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Music                                                                                                                         Ukrep 2018:                                                                             Opera, theatre, dance

                                                                                  RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra                 Enter                              G. Rossini: Cinderella - opera               France Marolt Academic Folklore Group
                                                                                  Big Band RTV Slovenia                                                              1 Jun, 18:00                                 20 Jun, 18:15
                                                                                  Vocal soloists                                                                     Opera house                                  Dvorni trg square
                                                                                  Patrik Greblo and Lojze Krajnčan -                                                                                              Slovenian folk dances
                                                                                                                                                                     G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly - opera
                                                                                  conductors                                                                                                                      Admission free
                                                                                                                                                                     2 Jun, 19:30
                                                                                  20 Jun, 21:00
                                                                                                                                                                     Opera house                                  Sheherezade - Oriental dances
                                                                                  Kongresni trg square
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alja Shaar, Ines Kočar and Arabian club
                                                                                  RTV Slovenia Anniversary Gala Concert                                              Via Negativa: 365Falls - modern dance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in Slovenia
                                                                                                                                                                     2 and 3 Jun, 20.00
                                                                                  Punk In Drublic Festival                                                                                                        20 Jun, 19:30
                                                                                                                              Ukrep 2018 (Taking Measures),          Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station
                                                                                  NOFX - punk-rock, Mad Caddies - punk-                                                                                           KD Španski borci
                                                                                  ska-reggae, Snuff (G. Britain), Bad      Festival of Dance Perspectives with       V. Valdés: Nor.Mal - modern dance
                                                                                                                          the title Enter! is a creative area that                                                Dance Academy / Alma Mater
                                                                                  Cop/Bad Cop - pop-punk, The Bronx                                                  Authorship, choreography, performance:
                                                                                                                          offers a varied, pervasive, innovative                                                  Europaea: Annual production
                                                                                  - hardcore, The Mor(R)ons.                program of domestic and foreign          Veronika Valdés
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Performers: Neža Blažič, Ivana Gregurić,
                                                                                  21 Jun, 16:00                             contemporary dance creativity. It        7 and 8 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tina Habun, Laura Ivančič, Katja Kolarič,
                                                                                  Square in front of Kino Šiška             brings together the youngest and         PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana
    Scorpions (Germany) - rock                                                                                             the middle generation of Slovenian                                                     Ondina Kerec, Manca Vukelič, Anamarija
    8 Jun, 20:00, Stožice sports hall                                             Šiška Open Festival                     and foreign dance artists who insist       G. Verdi: Macbeth - opera                    Bagarič, Neja Jeršin, Urška Centa, Ema
                                                                                  22 Jun, 15:00                              on developing their own ideas,          8 and 9 Jun, 19:30                           Grgić, Špela Šafarič
                                                                                  Square in front of Kino Šiška               thus creating perspectives for         Opera house                                  20 Jun, 20:00
 Scorpions, who celebrated their          Grease - musical                                                                         contemporary dance.
                                                                                  Cultural and sports events and rock                                                                                             PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana
 50th anniversary less than two           22 - 25 Jun, 21.00                                                                  PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana          Evening of dance
                                                                                  concert in the evening.
 years ago, will present themselves       Cankarjev dom cultural and congress                                                                                        9 Jun, 18:00                                 M. Ferlin: Staging A Play: Antigone -
                                                                                  Admission free
 with a visually rich rock spectacle. A   centre                                                                                Young dancers’ dance solos           KD Španski borci                             dance performance
 specially designed »catwalk stage«       Slovenian premiere of Grease musical.   Gospel Fever 2018                                      14 Jun, 19:00               30 years of Dance Studio Intakt              Choreography, performing: Matija Ferlin
 will allow viewers to see the concert                                            24 Jun, 19:30                               Tina Dobaj, Sinja Ožbolt: Enter                                                     Jun 23 and 24, 20:00
                                          Carmen Manet                                                                                   14 Jun, 20:00               Divertimento - modern dance
 from close range.                                                                Cankarjev dom cultural and congress                                                                                             Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station
                                          Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber                                               Maša Kagao Knez, Murat: Lakeless         10 Jun, 20:00
 The famous German hard rock band                                                 centre
                                          Orchestra                                                                                      14 Jun, 21:00               KD Španski borci                             D. Dachauer: Wunderbare Jahre
 will visit Ljubljana as part of their                                            Anual concert
                                          Primož Kerštanj - conductor                                                            JAMirko & Murat - concert           Annual dance production of Plesni            - Summer Dance school - dance
 Crazy World tour.                                                                                                                       14 Jun, 22:00
                                          19 Jun, 20:00                           Vox Arsana                                                                         Epicenter                                    performance
                                          Cankarjev dom cultural and congress     27 Jun, 20:30                                  Veronika Valdés: Nor.Mal                                                         Choreography and dance: Dagmar
                                                                                                                                         15 Jun, 19:00               France Marolt Academic Folklore Group
                                          centre                                  Ljubljana Castle                                                                                                                Dachauer
                                                                                                                                  André Uerba: Burn Time             15 Jun, 18:15
                                                                                  My Favorite Things - 10 years of Vox                                                                                            26 Jun, 21:00
                                          Bossa de Novo                                                                                  15 Jun, 20:30               Dvorni trg square
                                                                                  Arsana quartet                              (Performance is in Glej Theatre)                                                    PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana
                                          20 Jun, 20:00                                                                                                              Slovenian folk dances
                                          Slamič Coffeehouse terrace              Academy of music soloists                 Dramaturgy & Dance - round table         Admission free                               France Marolt Academic Folklore Group
                                                                                                                                    16 Jun, 10:00 do 13:00
                                                                                  28 Jun, 19:30                             (Performance is in Trubar Literature                                                  27 Jun, 18:15
                                          Hanka Paldum (Bosnia and                                                                                                   S. S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - ballet
                                                                                  Opera house                                               House)                                                                Dvorni trg square
                                          Herzegovina) - folk                                                                                                        14 - 16 Jun, 19:30
                                                                                                                              Aleynne Dance: A Night's Game                                                       Slovenian folk dances
                                          20 Jun, 20:00                           Severa Gjurin with the band                                                        Opera house
                                                                                                                                         16 Jun, 19:00                                                            Admission free
                                          Festivalna dvorana Ljubljana            28 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                                                            Martin Inthamoussu & Vita Osojnik:       T. Svete, I. Svetina: Ada - chamber opera
                                                                                  Slamič Coffeehouse terrace                        Manada / Herd - V. 1                                                          M. Dobaj & Neus Barcons Roca:
                                                                                                                                                                     18 Jun, 19:30, 19 Jun, 18:00
                                                                                                                                         16 Jun, 20:30                                                            There. Nearby … - dance debut
                                                                                  Julia Adal ft. KillaBeatMaker & Les                                                Opera house
                                                                                                                                Johannes Randolf, Veronika                                                        Concept, choreography and
                                                                                  Flatmates (Finland) - indie, soul          Cimborova, Jerca Rožnik Novak :         Gala ballet evening                          performance: Matevž Dobaj & Neus
                                                                                  30 Jun, 20:00                                      2gather Al(l)lone
                                                                                                                                         17 Jun, 19:00
                                                                                                                                                                     19 Jun, 20:00                                Barcons Roca
                                                                                  Kino Šiška
                                                                                                                                                                     Opera house                                  28 Jun, 21:00
                                                                                  Admission free                                   Pere Faura: Stiptease
                                                                                                                                         17 Jun, 20:00               Admission free                               PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana
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Mini course of
  Miscellaneous                                                                                                                     Slovenian language                                                                                  Miscellaneous

                                                                                                                                         Wednesdays                    Ljubljana Wine Route                          boys who ride their horses, holding a
                                                                                                                                        17:00 - 18:30                  16 Jun, 11:00 - 21:00                         metal bat in the hand and try to shatter
                                                                                                                                     at Slovenian Tourist              Old city centre                               a mounted wooden barrel. Those who
                                                                                                                                     Information Centre,               The wine tasting and culinary event           inflict the final blow to the barrel is the
                                                                                                                                        Krekov trg 10                  entitled Ljubljana Wine Route will once       winner. The contest is monitored by the
                                                                                                                                    The course is free of charge       again bring together winemakers from          commission, which declares the winner.
                                                                                                                                                                       Slovenia's three wine regions. Wines          The event is later continued with a feast
                                                                                                                                                                       and traditional Slovenian dishes will         and a gathering.
                                                                                                                                                                       be available from stalls set up in front
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Neighbour’s Day at Križevniška and
                                                                                                                                                                       of the old city centre's restaurants and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Opening of the 19th Mini Summer
                                                                                                                                                                       bars. The event will be accompanied
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Children’s Festival
                                                                                                                                                                       by performances from various cultural
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     26 Jun
                                                                                                                                                                       societies and folklore dance groups.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Križevniška ulica street
                                                                                                                                                                       In case of bad weather the event may
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Once a dull and grey street at the
    Barjanka - cycling event                                                                                                                                           be cancelled.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     heart of Ljubljana is once again lively
    9 Jun, 8:00
    Start: Kongresni trg square
                                                                                                                                                                       Klovnbuf                                      and green. Yet buildings and streets
                                                                                                                                                                       18 - 21 Jun                                   don’t live by themselves, it is the
                                                                                                                                                                       Various venues                                people who bring them to life. And it
 Barjanka, a new cycling event within    Open Kitchen                                  Live Literature festival                                                        11th Klovnbuf - international festival of     was the people who came together
 the BTC City Franja Marathon, will      Fridays, 10:00 - 21:00                        8 - 15 Jun                                                                      contemporary clownfest and new circus         and created capital’s new cultural
 present to cycling lovers the natural   Pogačarjev trg square                         In front of the SKUC gallery                                                    Klovnbuf brings together Slovenian            quarter - Križevniška! Križevniška
 beauty of Ljubljana Marshes. It will    On Fridays from mid-March to October,         The Live Literature (Živa književnost)                                          and international clown artists.              Neighbour’s Day is the day when Mini
 also recall the beginnings of cycling   the Open Kitchen, a food market, offers       festival combines readings by poets and                                         Performances will be held in the city         teater together with street’s residents
 competitions when they were still       you an opportunity to meet Slovenian          writers with live music. What is special                                        streets as well as in theatres.               working and creating there come
 held on macadam roads.                  chefs, taste Slovenian and international      about it is that it is held in the street.                                      www.zavodbufeto.com                           together and prepare an unforgettable
 The route of Barjanka is leading the    dishes, and learn about different             Admission free                                                                                                                day for all for all. This year also it will
                                                                                                                                                                       Posavsko štehvanje
 contestants through the Ljubljana       methods of food preparation.                                                                                                                                                be organized along the opening of the
                                                                                       BTC City Franja Marathon                                                        23 Jun, 16:00
 Marshes (Ljubljansko barje) Nature      In case of bad weather, the market may                                                                                                                                      18th Mini Summer Festival, Mini teater’s
                                                                                       8 - 10 Jun                                                                      Village of Savlje
 Park. Inscribed under the UNESCO        be cancelled.                                                                                                                                                               International Children’s Festival.
                                                                                       Start: BTC City Ljubljana shopping centre.                                      Štehvanje is an old Slovene folk game,
 World Heritage List, Ljubljana                                                                                                       The University of Ljubljana's
                                         Lighting Guerrilla Festival: Coloure          BTC City Franja Marathon is the largest                                         a form of quintain. It is a traditional
 Marshes is a unique natural area                                                                                                   Centre for Slovene as a Second/
                                         11 May - 16 Jun, various venues               cycling event in Slovenia and is a part of                                      equestrian game that takes place every
 situated on the threshold of                                                                                                           Foreign Language runs a
                                         The annual Lighting Guerrilla festival        the UWCT Grand Fondo world series. Its                                          year during the summer in the village
 Ljubljana. This area of wetlands                                                                                                     »survival« language course
                                         presents a programme of light                 races are run on six different routes, all                                      of Savlje, on the outskirts of Ljubljana.
 and peat bogs is known for its rare                                                                                                   offering an opportunity to
                                         installations set up in Ljubljana’s streets   together more than 380 km in length.                                            The competition involves unmarried
 animal and vegetal species and for                                                                                                     get to know the basics of
                                         and parks and a number of galleries.
 the remains of the prehistoric pile                                                   Ljubljana Pride 2018                            the Slovene language and
                                         The festival makes public spaces
 dwellings, where, among other                                                         15 Jun                                          some common and useful
                                         across the city come alive with all
 important finds, archaeologists                                                       Various venues                                expressions which can make a
                                         kinds of lighting objects, exhibitions,
 recovered the world’s oldest                                                          Openin of Ljubljana Pride: 15 Jun, 21.00      stay of a foreigner in Slovenia                                                               Kavalir (Gallant Helper)
                                         video and site-specific installations,
 wooden wheel, made more than                                                          Peaches Live + Warrego Valles (DJ set)                more pleasant.                                                             You can get around the city centre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Recommended!
                                         screenings, performances, and
 5,000 years ago.                                                                      in Kino Šiška                                                                                                                      pedestrian area by the so called
                                         art workshops through which the                                                              No registration is necessary
                                                                                       The Ljubljana Pride is the best attended                                                                                           Kavalir (Gallant Helper) - a small
                                         organizers of the festival strive to                                                         for the course. Just come to
                                                                                       LGBTQ social, political, cultural and                                                                                                electric vehicle running free of
                                         redefine the role of space and artists in                                                   Slovenian Tourist Information
                                                                                       entertainment event in Slovenia.                                                                                                    charge daily from 9:00 to 18:00.
                                         contemporary society.                                                                           Centre on Wednesday
                                                                                       www.ljubljanapride.org                                                                                          Telephone: +386 (0)31 666 331 or +386 (0)31 666 299.
                                                                                                                                        5 minutes before 17:00.
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