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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2024
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
January 6: Epiphany
February 3–13: Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
March 21–24: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
March 31 & April 1: 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: Pentecost (closures)
May 23–26: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
May 23–26 (likely): European Rowing Championships, Bled
May 24–June 9: International Wildflower Festival, Bohinj
May 30: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 1–2 (likely): Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 3–16: Maribor Theater Festival
June 7–9 (likely): International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 14–16 (likely): Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 19–23: Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomel
June 21–29: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 26–30 (likely): Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana; takes place in a few smaller towns several days before and after the Ljubljana dates
July–August: Bled Summer (series of cultural events)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
July 1–14: Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July 3–6 (likely): Ljubljana Jazz Festival
July 12–14: Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 21 (likely): St. Margaret's Fair, near Bled in Bohinjska Bela (crafts market and music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 24–September 4: Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 6–8 (likely): National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), near Ljubljana in Kamnik (parades)
September 15: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 26–29 (likely): Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 19–20: 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)