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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2022
May–June: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
May 27–June 12: International Wildflower Festival, Bohinj
May 30–June 12: Maribor Theater Festival
June 4–5: Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 5: Pentecost (closures)
June 10–12: International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 15–18: Ljubljana Jazz Festival
June 16: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 17–19: Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 22–26: Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomelj
June 24–July 2: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 24–July 3: 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)
July 1–July 19: Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
July 15–17: Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 19: St. Margaret's Fair, near Bled in Bohinjska Bela (crafts market and music)
July 22–24: Bled Days and Bled Night (folk music, crafts, fireworks, floating candles)
Late July (12 days): Okarina Ethno Festival, Bled (world music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 18–September 11: Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 9–11: National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), near Ljubljana in Kamnik (parades)
September 18: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 29–October 2: Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 23: 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 12: Folk Music Hit Parade, Lake Bled (Oberkrainerfest)
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)
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 3–17 (likely): Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj
February 7 (likely): Carnival procession, Bled
March 23–26 (likely): 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–June: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana