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.
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2023
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
January 6: Epiphany
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
February 11–21: Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj
March 30–April 2: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
April 9–10: 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: Second Labor Day holiday (closures)
May 19–June 4: International Wildflower Festival, Bohinj
May 22–30: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
May 25–28: European Rowing Championships, Bled
May 30–June 5 (likely): Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 5: Pentecost (closures)
June 5–18: Maribor Theater Festival
June 8: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 9–11 (likely): International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 16–18: Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 21–25 (likely): Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomel
June 23–July 1: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 23–July 2 (likely): Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana; takes place in a few smaller towns several days before and after the Ljubljana dates
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 30–July 1: Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
July 5–8: Ljubljana Jazz Festival
July 14–16 (likely): Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 21–23: Bled Days and Bled Night (folk music, crafts, fireworks, floating candles)
July 23 (likely): St. Margaret's Fair, near Bled in Bohinjska Bela (crafts market and music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 18–22: Folklore Festival, Bled
August 26–September 8 (likely): Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 8–10 (likely): National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), near Ljubljana in Kamnik (parades)
September 17: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 28–October 1: Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 22: Ljubljana Marathon
October 31: Reformation Day (closures)
November 1: All Saints' Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, closures)
November 11: St. Martin's Day (official first day of wine season, wine festivals across Slovenia)
December: Ljubljana Christmas Market, Bled's "Winter Fairy Tale" festivities (including lakeside market), Christmas events at Postonja Caves (live nativity tableaux inside the caves, music and market just outside)
December 25: Christmas Day (closures); Legend of the Sunken Bell, Lake Bled
December 26: Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day; Independence and Unity Day (closures)
December 31: New Year's Eve (fireworks in Ljubljana, Bled, elsewhere)