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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2018
October 7–November 11: Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 15–28: Maribor Theater Festival
October 28: 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 Festive Winter Village
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)
2019
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
January 6: Epiphany
February 3: Carnival procession, Bled
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
February 23–March 5: Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj
March 21–24: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
April 21–22: 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 23–25 (likely): Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
June 1–2: Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 9: Pentecost (closures)
June 14–16: International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 14–16: Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 19–23 (likely): Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomelj
June 20: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 21–29: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 22–July 6 (likely): Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 26–29 (likely): Ljubljana Jazz Festival
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival
July 1–13 (likely): Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July 11–14 (likely): Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 19–21: Bled Days and Bled Night (folk music, crafts, fireworks, floating candles)
July 25–August 4 (likely): Okarina Ethno Festival, Bled (world music)
August 1–September 7 (likely): Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
September 6–8 (likely): National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), Kamnik (near Ljubljana; parades)
September 15 (likely): Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)