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
2020
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
Through January 5: Winter Fairytale, Lake Bled (lakeside holiday celebrations)
January 6: Epiphany
February 3–9: Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
February 15–25: Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj
February 23: Carnival procession, Bled
March 19–22: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
April 12–13: 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 13–16: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
May 31: Pentecost (closures)
June 6–7: Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 11: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 12–14: International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 12–14 (likely): Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 15–21 (likely): Ljubljana Jazz Festival
June 17–21 (likely): Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomelj
June 26–July 4: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
July: Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival
July 1–4: Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana
July 9–12: Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 17–19: Bled Days and Bled Night (folk music, crafts, fireworks, floating candles)
July 19: St. Margaret's Fair, Bohinjska Bela
July 22–August 2: Okarina Ethno Festival, Bled (world music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 20–September 10 (likely): Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 4–8 (likely): Od Celja Do Žalca International Folklore Festival, Celje, Žalec and Laško (central Slovenia)
September 10–13 (likely): National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), Kamnik (near Ljubljana; parades)
September 13 (likely): Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 17–20 : Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 12–25 (likely): Maribor Theater Festival
October 25: 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)
November 14: Folk Music Hit Parade, Lake Bled (Oberkrainerfest)
November 29–January 5 (likely): Winter Fairytale, Lake Bled (lakeside holiday celebrations)
December: Ljubljana Christmas Market, Bled's Festive Winter Village, 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)