Spring Slovene Music Days
The Ljubljana Festival is the main summer festival in Slovenia, and one of the oldest in Ljubljana. Its origins go back to the first Tourist Week, organised by the Ljubljana Tourist Society in 1952. Though back then it was only a local tourist event featuring folklore, sport and economic activities, it has since developed into a renowned international summer event which offers its ever-growing number of local and foreign visitors a variety of music, theatre and dance performances by leading artists from around the country and the around world. Between 70 and 80 events ranging from concerts of classical and jazz music, to performances of opera, theatre and ballet take place over the two months of the Ljubljana Festival, attracting a total audience of nearly 80,000 spectators.Although the Ljubljana Festival is most active during the summer months, other parts of its programming include the spring Slovene Music Days, featuring concerts of works by Slovene composers and a conference attended by musicologists from around the world, and the Križanke International Art Colony, which gathers visual artists in the inspiring environment of the Križanke venue.
The Festival has evolved, changed and grown, and it has affected the cultural life in Slovenia considerably. In the last few years, between 70 and 80 events of different genres have taken place at the Summer Festival, attended by about 80,000 domestic and foreign visitors, which shows that the Festival has won recognition as an important summer festival.
