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Events8th February - Prešeren DayThe Slovenian Cultural HolidayFebruary 2019

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Highlights in February

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21 Jun - 10 FebIvana Kobilca (1861-1926) - paintingsTo mark its one hundredth anniversary, the National Gallery of Slovenia presents the life and work of Ivana Kobilca, one of the most well-known Slovenian artists of all times.P. 6

2 - 6 FebLjubljana Winter Festival The Ljubljana Festival, contributes significantly to the cultural life of Ljubljana in the summer. Its shorter winter edition is a new addition, established in 2017.P. 4

27 Feb - 2 MarGibanicaGibanica, the biennial of contemporary Slovenian dance art, has provided a biennial selection of the best contemporary dance productions of local artists. P. 5

1 - 3 MarSnowdrops FestivalAt the beginning of March, the traditional Snowdrops Festival will take place at Ljubljana University Botanic Gardens.P. 15

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The Ljubljana Festival and the Slovenian Philharmonic mark the opening of the Ljubljana Winter Festival with a special concert entitled Quiet, Please! The programme includes cult works by the twentieth-century composers. The orchestra will be conducted by Gregor Mayrhofer while the outstanding young Israeli soprano Rinnat Moriah will offers us performances of Zerbinetta’s aria from Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos and Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre.On 4 February the famous Argentine tenor José Cura will appear with the SNT Maribor Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Krečič. A vocal spectacular featuring six male voices awaits us on 6 February. Their repertoire extends from austere early chant, Renaissance polyphony, madrigals and folk songs, to upbeat jazz and pop arrangements. www.ljubljanafestival.si

Festivals

Ljubljana Winter Festival2 - 6 Feb, 19:00 Slovenian Philharmonic Hall, Union Hall

Ljubljana Winter FestivalRinnat Moriah - sopranoSlovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Boris Ostan - narratorGregor Mayrhofer - conductor2 Feb, 19:00Slovenian Philharmonic HallCult works by the twentieth-century composers.

José Cura - tenor and conductorElvira Hasanagić - sopranoMonika Bohinec - mezzo-sopranoSNT Maribor Symphony Orchestra Simon Krečič - conductor4 Feb, 19:00Union HallConcert of opera arias

The Queen’s Six (G. Britain)6 Feb, 19:00Union HallCrossover concert

GibanicaLasting - Passing and video sketchOpening of Gibanica 2019Artistic guidance of the opening: Andreja Rauch PodrzavnikKsenija Hribar award giving ceremony for lifetime achievement27 Feb, 19:00Museum of Modern Art

Image Snatchers present: Matilda and Her BunsAuthor and performer: Urška Vohar 27 Feb, 21:30Metelkova mesto alternative culture centre

J. Konjar, A. Podrzavnik, J. Šimenc, B. Celarec: Thursday at Five Performers: Andreja Podrzavnik Rauch and Jurij Konjar (movement), Jaka Šimenc (light), Blaž Celarec (sound)28 Feb, 17:00Španski borci

Staging a Play: AntigonaChoreography and performance: Matija Ferlin28 Feb, 19:00Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station

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M. Mandić, L. Jurišić, B. Jablanovec, S. Osmanagić: Together - performancePerformers: Marko Mandić and Leja Jurišić1 Mar, 18:00 Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station

S. Premuš: Poíesis of SelfCo-creators and performers: Snježana Premuš and Rok Vevar2 Mar, 16:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

M. Kagao Knez: Concert for MamCo-creators and performers: Dalanda Diallo, Leticia Slapnik Yebuah, Irena Yebuah Tiran, Joseph Nzobandora - Jose, Murat, Maša Kagao Knez2Mar, 18:00PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana

I. Tomažin Zagoričnik: Moved by VoiceCo-creators and performers: Adriana Josipović, Nika Rozman, Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik, Nataša Živković 2 Mar, 20:00Stara mestna elektrarna- Elektro Ljubljana

9th Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance ArtGibanica offers a selection of the best contemporary dance production by domestic producers and is considered the most significant contemporary dance platform in Slovenia. Since 2003, Gibanica represents Slovenian contemporary dance production, which is always selected by the three-member selection team especially for the festival. Of the 38 contestants, artists and groups, 9 performances were picked for the competition and additional one the accompanying programme. The selected competition performances will compete for Gibanica 2019 Audience Award for Best Performance and for Gibanica 2019 Jury Award for Best Performance. http://www.sodobniples.si

Gibanica27 Feb - 2 Mar, various locations

Ž. Krajnčan, G. Kunšek, J. Krmelj: Chorus - dance performanceCo-creators and performers: Sara Janašković, Teja Modrijan, Kristýna Šajtošová, Alex Tesch, Gregor Luštek, Kaja Lorenci, Ivan Mijačević, Borut Bučinel, Kristijan Krajnčan, Gašper Kunšek, Žigan Krajnčan, Nejc Osovnikar, Andraž Prokofijev, Bor Prokofijev, Branko Potočan28 Feb, 20:30Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Radio HitChoreography and performance: Urša Sekirnik28 Feb, 22:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Body ConcertChoreography and performance: Ana Romih and Beno NovakLockedChoreography, dance: Veronika Valdés1 Mar, 16:00 PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana


Exhibitions

The Gold of Chinese Emperor16 Aug 2018 - 15 Feb 2019, National Museum of SloveniaPrestigious exhibition of original artfully made jewellery, tableware, and other items of artistic merit.The gold items from the imperial treasury of the Ming dynasty, more precisely, from the Wanli period (1573-1620), are great masterpieces of gold crafts, and they show the sophisticated taste as well as the economic power of the famous rulers. Jewellery, tableware, and other items of artistic merit show the social position of their owners, while depictions of dragons with five claws and phoenixes reveal connections with the imperial family. These items rarely leave China and can be seen in Slovenia for the first time. Open daily: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00-20:00.

Milton Glaser: Posters23 Nov 2018 - 3 Mar 2019, International Centre of Graphic ArtsMilton Glaser (1929, New York) is one of the most important graphic designers in the world, who has designed hundreds of corporate images, magazines, newspapers, books, LP covers, and has created thousands of posters during his career spanning over fifty years. He has been inscribed into the world history of design with his iconic “I love NY” logo. Milton Glaser has decided to donate thirty-five original posters (created between 1966 and 2016) to the City of Ljubljana, which will enrich the collection of the International Centre of Graphic Arts after the exhibition. Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: Mondays Admission free on 8 February.

Over my Eyes: Stories of Iraq4 Dec 2018 - 3 Mar 2019, Jakopič Gallery The exhibition offers an unfamiliar perspective of Iraq through the eyes of a generation of young local photographers. The work of these photographers forms a unique and previously unseen view of Iraq and captures the fragmented picture of contemporary life across the country: from the vastness of the mountainous northern borderlands, to a multiplicity of scenes across the country, with the fading flashbacks of its recent history and the effects of the ongoing conflict.Saturdays and 3 Feb at 16:30 public guided tours in English.Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: MondaysAdmission free on 8 February.

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Plečnik CollectionThe new permanent exhibition at the Plečnik House in Trnovo presents the most important projects of the late architect. Plečnik’s creativity comes to life through the plans, models and photographs of his creations such as the Zacherl House in Vienna, Prague Castle, the National and University Library in Ljubljana, the Ljubljana Central Market, Žale Cemetery, the Church of St. Michael at the Ljubljana Marshes and numerous other masterpieces. Several plans of Plečnik’s never realized visions are also on display. The Cathedral of Freedom, the master’s vision of the Slovenian parliament, is especially worthy of our attention.Guided tours: every hour, on the hour (the last guided tour at 17:00). A group may be a maximum of seven persons.Open: 10:00 - 18:00. Closed: MondaysAdmission free on 8 February.

The permanent exhibition about the history of Ljubljana. How well do you know the rich history of Slovenian capital? Pile-dwellers, Emona, Middle and New Ages, the 20th and 21st centuries… what is the history of Ljubljana? A chronological presentation of Ljubljana’s millennia of heritage with precious authentic artefacts, like the world’s oldest wooden wheel with an axle aged 5,200 years, is on display on Ljubljana. History. City. exhibition. In our globalised world, heritage just might be what differentiates cities the most, and it also shaped our capital’s identity. Therefore, the exhibition proudly highlights local peculiarities, stories of everyday life in the past, and the individuals who left the strongest impressions on our history. Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays until 21:00. Closed: Mondays Admission free on 8 February.

Ljubljana. History. City.Permanent exhibition at the City Museum of Ljubljana

Let’s Celebrate Together. Hundred Years of the National Gallery of Slovenia15 Jan - 15 Mar, Tivoli Park, Jakopič PromenadeDisplayed along the Jakopič Promenade in Tivoli Park are details of works of art from the Gallery’s permanent collection which was considerably expanded after the renovation of the palace of Narodni Dom in 2016. To recognize them as creations of our artists means to belong to the Slovenian community, to participate in its happy and less happy days with that creative willpower that brought into existence the National Gallery of Slovenia.

Zoran Mušič (1909-2005)Permanent exhibition at the National GalleryZoran Mušič, the best known 20th century Slovenian-born painter and a man with more than one homeland, spent most of his life between Venice and Paris. He mostly painted landscapes, still lives, portraits, Dalmatian donkeys and horses, trees, views of Venice, double portraits with his wife Ida, and poignant self-portraits depicting him as an old man. His visual motifs were always related to the Slovenian region of Kras and its typical scenes. He became world famous with his series of paintings We Are Not the Last, in which he relived the scenes he experienced in the Dachau concentration camp. Ljubljana’s National Gallery displays the world’s only permanent survey exhibition of Mušič’s work, which explores the entire range of the famous artist’s painting techniques. Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursdays 10:00-20:00. Closed: MondaysAdmission free on 8 February.

Experience Prešeren Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday, for FREEEvery year on 8 February, Slovenia celebrates its National Day of Culture in honour of the great 19th-century poet and cultural iconic France Prešeren, which is not only a work-free holiday but among other events and festivities the vast majority of the country’s cultural institutions offer free admission to the public.

To mark its one hundredth anniversary, the National Gallery of Slovenia presents the life and work of Ivana Kobilca, one of the most well-known Slovenian artists of all times. Together with her friends and acquaintances like Rosa Pfäffinger, Maria Slavona and Käthe Kollwitz, she was one of the first female painters of the modern age that succeeded in a traditionally male field.Her first retrospective in forty years presents around 130 works of art from all periods and of different genres. Sundays at 10:00 guided tours in English.Open: 10:00 - 18:00, Thursday 10:00 - 20:00. Closed: Mondays Admission free on 8 February.

Ivana Kobilca (1861-1926) - paintings21 Jun - 10 Feb 2019, National Gallery


Ment Ljubljana Festival1 Feb, 18:00Ljubljana CastleVarious concerts at different castle venues

Tomislav Bralić & Klapa Intrade (Croatia) - pop-folk1 Feb, 20:00Stožice sports hall

Janez Bončina Benč (Slovenia) - rock1 Feb, 21:00Cvetličarna

Blasius (Slovenia), Dissociative (Italy) - rock2 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

Contrast Brass Quintet with Martin Belič3 Feb, 19:00Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Programme: J. S. Bach / F. Borne / A. Hillborg / A. Bazzini / M. Svoboda / N. Samitz

Bojan Gorišek - piano 3 Feb, 19:00SNT DramaProgramme: Ph. Glass: Etudes Book II

Dani de Morón: 21 (Spain) - flamencoSpecial guest: Patricia Guerrero - dance4 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Hannah James and Kate In The Kettle Quintet4 Feb 20:00Puppet Theatre

Students’ jamm session4 Feb, 20:30Jazz Club Gajo - Jazz Paradise, Slovenska cesta street 58

RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Robert Lakatoš - violinJames Tuggle - conductor5 Feb, 19:30Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreProgramme: D. Žebre / D. Shostakovich / L. van Beethoven

Ema Grčman - celloOlena Miso - pianoDuo Koren - Stachowski5 Feb, 19:30Town HallAdmission free

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The fifth edition of the winter festival of music creativity MENT Ljubljana, named Best Small and Best Indoor Festival in Europe at the beginning of the year, is doubling down on the awarded titles by celebrating the exciting concert scene from all over Europe with no fewer than 75 performers. The festival takes place at various venues in Ljubljana from 30 January to 1 February 2019.www.ment.si

Martina Zadro - soprano; Matjaž Robavs - baritoneAndreja Kosmač - piano8 Feb, 19:30Opera houseA lieder recital celebrating the Slovenian Cultural Holiday

The Dire Straits Experience (G. Britain) - rock8 Feb, 20:00Tivoli sports hall

The Dukes of Prunes (Slovenia) -rock8 Feb, 21:00Ljubljana CastleMusic of Frank ZappaJazz Club Ljubljana Castle

Tom Odell (G. Britain) - pop9 Feb, 20:00Tivoli sports hall

Klemen Slakonja & Small Band9 Feb, 20:30Jazz Club Gajo - Jazz Paradise, Slovenska cesta street 58

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Drago Ivanuša - piano; Anja Novak - vocals; Lola Močnik - vibraphoneLeïla Martial - vocals - keyboards; Pierre Tareygeol, - guitar - vocals; Éric Perez -drums - vocals - sampler5 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Teo Collori and Momento Cigano (Slovenia) - gipsy swing5 Feb, 20:00Slamič Coffeehouse

Katastrofa Trio with guests (Sweden, Slovenia, G. Britain, France, Austria...) - folk5 Feb, 21:00Hostel CelicaThe Harmony of the World concert seriesAdmission free

Igor Matković »Ephemeral« Quintet (Slovenia) - jazz6 Feb, 20:00 Kino Šiška

Teo Collori and Momento Cigano (Slovenia) - gipsy swing6 Feb, 20:00Slamič Coffeehouse

Jucifer (USA), Asheraah (Croatia), TSO (Italy) - metal6 Feb, 21:00 Orto bar

Elektro Guzzi (Austria) - techno+ Alleged Witches (DJ set)7 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

Grob (Slovenia), Britof (Slovenia), Smrt (Slovenia) - metal7 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

StoP Slovene Percussion Project8 Feb, 10:00 and 13:00Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Slovenian Cultural Holiday concertFree tickets

Popular British singer-songwriter and pianist Tom Odell will perform in Ljubljana for the very first time.He released his debut album Long Way Down in 2013 and reached No1 at the UK Albums Chart. His second album Wrong Crowd was released in 2016. At the concert in Ljubljana, he will present the songs from his upcoming album Jubilee Road, which will be released in October.

Tom Odell (G. Britain) - pop9 Feb, 20:00, Cvetličarna

MENT Ljubljana 201930 Jan - 1 Feb, Kino Šiška and other locations


6 Pence - Queen Tribute Band (Italy) - rockArstiđir (Iceland) - indie-folk-rock9 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

Claripiano DuoSaša Mihelčič - actress10 Feb, 19:30Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Programme: F. Schubert / A. Makor / E. Grieg / P. Šavli / R. Strauss / C. Debussy / C. Schumann / R. Schumann / J. SibeliusEvening of love poetry and the most beautiful songs on the subject of love.

Sara Čano - celloJelena Boljubaš - pianoRok Zaletel Černoš - violin Beata Ilona Barcza - piano11 Feb, 19:30Town HallAdmission free


Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard (France) - organ12 Feb, 19:30Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreProgramme: J. S. Bach / J. Alain / I. Stravinski / P. Pincemaille

Ansambel musica cubicularis12 Feb, 20:00ZRC SAZU/SASA - Slovenian Academy of Sciences and ArtsProgramme: D. Buxtehude: Trio sonatas and spiritual concerts

Ikue Mori (USA) - experimental music12 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreProgramme: Pomegranate seeds, solo audio-visual show

Aleksandra Bijelić Aleksijević & Primož Grašič trio feat. Ivan Aleksijević12 Feb, 20:00Slamič CoffeehouseValentine’s jazz evening

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After seven years, Neneh Cherry, the iconic electro pop and hip-hop artist, is returning to Ljubljana. In addition to classics such as “7 Seconds”, she’ll present her brand new album Broken Politics, recorded with Kieran Hebden.Growing up in a musical environment and under the strong influence of the musical openness and innovative approaches of her father, her career-long success is characterised by creative approaches and the awareness of political realities and social issues.

Neneh Cherry (Sweden) - pop26 Feb, 20:00, Kino Šiška

Marzella (Switzerland, Ireland, Italy) - folk-rock12 Feb, 21:00Hostel CelicaThe Harmony of the World concert seriesAdmission free

Aleksandra Bijelić Aleksijević & Primož Grašič trio feat. Ivan Aleksijević13 Feb, 20:00Slamič CoffeehouseValentine’s jazz evening

Aversions Crown, Psycroptic, Hadal Maw, Hollow World (Australia) - metal13 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

Želja po kakavu, Jackson and BO! (Slovenia) - pop, Darja Švajger, vocals; Jaka Pucihar, piano14 Feb, 18:00 -22:00In front of the Town HallValentine’s Concert within the Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine - ESSM 2019Admission free

Kjoka Macujama - violin, Milana Černjavska - piano, Maja Vrbnjak - guitar14 Feb, 19:30KrižankeProgramme: F. Schubert / M. de Falla / E. Granados / W. WaltonInternational Music Cycle Young VirtuosiAdmission free

Andrej Omejc - saxophoneSae Lee - piano; Teja Komar - pianoPanduo: Filip Korošec - drums; Žiga Petrič - drums14 Feb, 19:30Russian Centre for Science and Culture Admission free

Algiers - post-punk+ Hope (Germany) - pop techno14 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

The famous Argentine tenor José Cura, a multiple award winner who is known for his remarkable concert performances and intense interpretations of operatic roles, particularly those of Verdi, will appear with the SNT Maribor Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Krečič. His voice is a distinctive bold and bright tenor with tints of dark baritone that has brought him international fame. In 2007 he designed and directed La Commedia è finita, a re-imagining of Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci, in his first creative experience of this kind. In 2015 he was appointed artist in residence of the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

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Zdravko Čolić (B&H) - pop14 Feb, 20:00Stožice sports hall

Nina Strnad - vocals; Lenart Krečič - saxophone; Gregor Ftičar - piano14 Feb, 20:30Jazz Club Gajo - Jazz Paradise, Slovenska cesta street 58Valentine Date with Nina

Tabu (Slovenia) - rock14 Feb, 21:00Cvetličarna

Koala Voice (Slovenia) - rock14 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

Nermin Puškar (B&H) - pop-rock15 Feb, 21:00Ljubljana CastleJazz Club Ljubljana Castle

Tony Cetinski (Croatia) - pop15 Feb, 21:00Cvetličarna

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José Cura (Argentina) - tenor4 Feb, 19:00, Union hall


Jure Pukl, Lenart Krečič, Tadej Tomšič (Slovenia) - tenorsBig Band RTV Slovenia Tadej Tomšič - conductor16 Feb, 20:00SiTi teater

Anja Hrastovšek & The Oakleys16 Feb, 20:30Jazz Club Gajo - Jazz Paradise, Slovenska cesta street 58

Tango Story (Slovenia) - tangoGuests: Irena Yebuah Tiran - mezzo-soprano; Andreja Podlogar and Blaž Bertoncelj - dancers17 Feb, 19:00SNT Drama

Đani Stipaničev, Marko Škugor, Vladimir Garić, Marko Pecotić (Croatia) - classical and Dalmatian music17 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreValentine’s concert by for tenors

Tereza Kesovija (Croatia) - pop18 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre


Mak Muni MihevcStefan Pajanović19 Feb, 19:30Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Free tickets

Sanja Repše - celloAleksandra Pavlovič - piano19 Feb, 19:30Town HallProgramme: S. Rahmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano; lieders

Ljoba Jenče - vocals, gong; Jure Goručan - pianoGuest: Boris Kovač - saxophone-flute19 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Martin Kohlstedt (Germany) - piano19 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

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Goran Bojčevski has finished the master's degree in clarinet at the famous Salzburg Mozarteum with the highest grade in the class of world-renowned prof. Alois Brandhofer. Forum answers.com ranks him among the best clarinetists in the world. He is also a composer - he creates music for films, commercials, ballet, and has written a feature film Balkan Portraits, which he also recorded in collaboration with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. His compositions are performed at various universities around the world, especially at the Salzburg Mozarteum. He is the founder of the new musical style Balkan nuevo, which relies on its Balkan roots and updates them with elements of classical and tango music.

Goran Bojčevski (Slovenia) - jazz20 Feb, 20:00, Slamič Coffeehouse

Đuro & friends19 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Jararaja (Slovenia) - folk19 Feb, 21:00Hostel CelicaThe Harmony of the World concert seriesAdmission free

Let 3 tbf Vojko V (Croatia) - rock20 Feb, 19:00Cvetličarna

Timotej Kosovinc - guitar20 Feb, 19:00Town Hall

Goran Bojčevski Quatet (Slovenia) - ethno jazz20 Feb, 20:00Slamič Coffeehouse

The Strange???+ Malamor20 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

Edo Maajka, Klemen Klemen, Elemental (B&H, Slovenia) - rap21 Feb, 19:00Cvetličarna

Morywa (Slovenia), Maskardh (Slovenia), Morost (Slovenia) - metal21 Feb, 21:00Orto bar

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Müller-Schott - celloAxel Kober - conductor21 Feb, 19:30Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreProgramme: J. Widmann / J. Haydn / A. Schönberg

Nuška Drašček - vocalsJaka Pucihar - pianoVid Ušeničnik - drums21 Feb, 20:00SiTi Teater Evening of French chansons

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Müller-Schott - celloAxel Kober - conductor22 Feb, 19:30Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreProgramme: J. Widmann / J. Haydn / A. Schönberg

Milan Stanisavljević (Serbia)22 Feb, 21:00Jazz Club Ljubljana Castle

Svetlana Makarovič - chanson23 Feb, 20:00Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centre

Triiiple (Slovenia) - hip-hop23 Feb, 21:30Orto bar

Buba Corelli (B&H), Jala Brat (B&H), Rasta (Serbia) & Djani (Serbia) - rap23 Feb, 22:00Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre

Severa and Gal Gjurin (Slovenia) - pop24 Feb, 19:30SNT Drama

Slovenian Philharmonic ChoirPaul Van Nevel - conductor24 Feb, 19:30Slovenian Philharmonic Hall Programme: J. Gallus / O. di Lasso

Altin Gün (Netherlands) - funk-rock+ Karpov not Kasparov (Bulgaria) - synth-pop24 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

Students’ jamm session25 Feb, 20:30 Jazz Club Gajo - Jazz Paradise, Slovenska cesta street 58

Neneh Cherry (Sweden) - electro pop, hip-hop26 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

Ravi Shrestha & Miha Petric feat. Andrej Tomazin26 Feb, 21:00Hostel CelicaThe Harmony of the World concert seriesAdmission free

Echo Collective (Belgium)27 Feb, 20:00Kino ŠiškaEcho Collective plays “Amnesiac” by Radiohead.

Folk Union - folk music27 Feb, 20:00Grand Hotel Union

Siddharta (Slovenia) - rock28 Feb, 20:00SiTi teater

Brkovi (Croatia) - rock28 Feb, 21:00Cvetličarna

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Miscellaneous

G. Bizet: Carmen - opera16 Feb, 19:30 Opera house

G. Verdi: Rigoletto - opera 20 Feb, 19:30 Opera house

Heroe 2.0: Show of all showsPerformers: Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis21 Feb 20:00Španski borciPerformance is in English language.

Doktor Zhivago - ballet 22 and 23 Feb, 19:30Opera house

Via Negativa: 365 Falls - physical theatrePerformers: Grega Zorc, Anita Wach, Vito Weis, Kristina Aleksova, Loup Abramovici, Nataša Živković23 - 25 Feb, 20:00Stara mestna elektrarna/Old Power Station

Doktor Zhivago - ballet 24 Feb, 17:00Opera house

Unknown Fields: Tales from the Dark Side of the City25 Feb, 20:00Kino ŠiškaSlovenian premiere of the film and performanceIn English language

There. Nearby … - dance performanceConcept, choreography & dance: Matevž Dobaj & Neus Barcons Roca26 Feb, 20:00PTL - Dance Theatre Ljubljana

Treat Yourself - stand upReginald Bärris (USA)1 Mar, 20:00Klub smeha 10kaAmerican Comedy Night Ljubljana

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Kavalir (Gallant Helper)You can get around the city centre pedestrian area by the so called Kavalir

(Gallant Helper) - a small electric vehicle running free of charge daily from 9:00 to 18:00. Telephone: +386 (0)31 666 331 or +386 (0)31 666 332.

Slovenia is a country where snowdrops can be found almost everywhere. At the beginning of March, the traditional Snowdrops Festival will take place at the Ljubljana Botanical Garden. The festival will be enriched by a presentation of botanical illustrations of a simple little snowdrop, prepared by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Festival events will also include various lectures and workshops and a sales exhibition of Galanthus nivalis will be held from 10:00 to 17:00 every day. A free guided tour of the Botanical Garden is available on Saturday and Sunday at 12:00. Admission free

Snowdrops Festival1 - 3 MarBotanical Garden

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13th International Mountain Film Festival18 - 23 Feb Cankarjev dom cultural and congress centreThe festival programme features world-class mountaineering films from Slovenia and abroad, lectures by eminent alpinists, presentations of new books on mountaineering, and round table discussions.www.gorniski.si

B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride - opera 1 Feb, 18:00Opera house


Orphic Hymn - ballet 6 and 7 Feb, 19:30Opera house

A Toast to Presheren - stand up7 Feb, 20:00Klub smeha 10kaAn English comedy night, toasting our great poet France Prešeren.


J. W. Goethe: Faust - theatre performance9 Feb, 20:00SNT DramaEnglish surtitles


Mini operas IIAcademy of Music students11 Feb, 20:00Kino Šiška

B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride - opera 12 and 14 Feb, 19:30Opera house

G. Verdi: Rigoletto - opera 15 Feb, 19:30 Opera house

Project XKatja’s Dance Company 15 Feb, 20:00Španski borciBeneficiary dance multimedia performance.

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Natour Alpe-Adria30 Jan - 2 FebLjubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre The Natour Alpe-Adria trade fair features tourism offerings from Slovenia and other countries in the Alpe-Adria region, with a special emphasis on active and green experiences. The fair brings together providers of active holidays in the great outdoors, tourist destinations from across the Alpe-Adria region, travel agencies, and active leisure equipment providers, giving them an opportunity for networking with international buyers.

GASTexpo - Fair of tastes30 Jan - 2 Feb, 10:00 - 19:00Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre Gastronomy, beverage, coffee, confectionery, bakery, catering and hospitality, & ice cream & Wine fair. The fair is accompanied by an extensive professional programme.

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