Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Slovenia
- Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival’s website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism site for Slovenia.
- This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Slovenia. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn’t a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
- See upcoming holidays and festivals across Europe
2015
January 1: New Year’s Day (closures)
January 6: Epiphany
February 1–18: Kurentovanje Carnival (Ptuj)
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
March 19–22: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
April 5–6: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
April 23: St. George's Fair, Ptuj (medieval market)
April 27: National Resistance Day (closures)
May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)
May 2: Labor Day Holiday (closures)
May 24: Pentecost (closures)
May 28–30: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
June 4: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 19–21: Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 24–28: Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomelj
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 26–July 11: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
Early July (four days): Ljubljana Jazz Festival
Early July (four days): Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival
Mid-July (five days): Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
Mid-July (three days): Bled Days and Nights (folk music, crafts, fireworks, floating candles)
Mid-July–mid-August (two weekends): Okarina Etno Festival, Bled (ethno music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
Mid-August–mid-September: Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
Mid-September (10 days): Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
September 20: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
Mid-October (two weeks): Maribor Theater Festival
Late October: Ljubljana Marathon
October 31: Reformation Day (closures)
November 1: All Saints’ Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, some closures)
November 11: St. Martin’s Day (official first day of wine season, wine festivals across Slovenia)
December: Ljubljana Christmas Market
December: Christmas events at Postonja caves (live nativity tableaux inside the caves, music and market just outside)
December 25: Christmas Day (closures)
December 26: Boxing Day/St. Stephen’s Day; Independence and Unity Day (closures)
December 31: New Year’s Eve (fireworks in Ljubljana, Bled, elsewhere)