24.7.2017 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 25.7.2017 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 26.7.2017 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA 17.00 MINI COURSE OF SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE Slovenian Tourist Information Centre (STIC) 26.7.2017 17.00-18.30 The University of Ljubljana's Centre for Slovenian as a Second/Foreign Language runs a "survival" language course offering an opportunity to get to know the basics of the Slovenian language and some common and useful expressions which can make a stay of a foreigner in Slovenia more pleasant. Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 27.7.2017 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA 1/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
19.30 JULIA'S WEDDING Grand hotel Union 27.7.2017 Become a guest at a romantic wedding in a beautiful venue, experience the timeless love story and feel the sincere love at Julia's Wedding musical play. 20.00 Ljubljana Festival BELGRADE PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET FEATURING CLAUDI ARIMANY, FLUTE Križanke Church (Church of Our Lady of Mercy) 27.7.2017 Members of the Belgrade Philharmonic formed a string quartet in 2011. This highly active formation has already appeared in numerous concert venues in Serbia and abroad. 20.00 JAZZ ON GORNJI TRG Stari trg & Gornji trg squares 27.7.2017 The Jazz on Gornji Trg series of free open-air jazz concerts, held on summer evenings in Ljubljana's Gornji trg square, will feature various jazz ensembles from Slovenia and abroad. 20.00 MUSIC ON WATER From Prule bridge to the Butchers' Bridge and back 27.7.2017 Concerts of classical and Slovenian folk music on the boat, which floats from Prule Bridge to Butchers' Bridge and back. Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 28.7.2017 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA 10.00 OPEN KITCHEN - FOOD MARKET Central Market 28.7.2017 10.00-22.00 The Open Kitchen is a food market where you can experience the delights of freshly cooked food prepared by different Slovenian chefs right there in front of you, on the market stalls. 19.30 JULIA'S WEDDING Grand hotel Union 28.7.2017 Become a guest at a romantic wedding in a beautiful venue, experience the timeless love story and feel the sincere love at Julia's Wedding musical play. 20.30 JAZZ STAGE Stari trg square 28.7.2017 Free open-air jazz concerts held on Friday evenings in July and August will feature various jazz ensembles from Slovenia and abroad. Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 2/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
09.00 ARTISH - A SELLING EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS Stari trg & Gornji trg squares 09.00-20.00 The ARTish festival, held in Ljubljana on selected Saturdays at Gornji trg square, features a selling exhibition of original works by Slovenian creators. 09.00 LJUBLJANA ART MARKET Breg embankment 09.00-16.00 Each Saturday during the warm months, Slovenian artists set up their stalls on the Breg embankment on the river Ljubljanica, where they sell and often also create their wares. 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA 10.00 SEM FAIR - A CREATIVE FAIR Kavarna SEM 10.00-18.00 Home-made designers, creators and all sorts of artistic souls gather every Saturday of the summer in the garden of SEM Café (Slovenian Ethnographic Museum) to exhibit and sell their unique and creative products. 11.30 PERFORMANCES BY THE LJUBLJANA FANFARE TRUMPETERS 11.30 11.00 The Ljubljana Fanfare Trumpeters will perform on the Town Hall balcony on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, reviving the tradition of ceremonial fanfares typical of Ljubljana. 19.30 JULIA'S WEDDING Grand hotel Union Become a guest at a romantic wedding in a beautiful venue, experience the timeless love story and feel the sincere love at Julia's Wedding musical play. Film Under the Stars is an open-air cinema in the magical setting of s courtyard. In the most starry 30.7.2017 08.00 ANTIQUE FLEA MARKET Breg embankment 30.7.2017 08.00-15.00 Ljubljana's Antique Flea Market offers antiques, art pieces and all kinds of bric-a-brac of collectible or simply nostalgic value. 09.00 LOGBOAT AT ŠPICA 3/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
11.00 PROMENADE CONCERTS OF LOCAL BRASS BANDS The Tivoli Park 30.7.2017 Every Sunday local brass bands will be giving promenade concerts at Jakopič Promenade in front of Tivoli Mansion in Tivoli park. 20.00 Ljubljana Festival BRANIMIR SLOKAR ACADEMY: LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Grand hotel Union 30.7.2017 The Branimir Slokar Academy is considered to be one of Europe's most renowned non-profit educational organizations in the field of classical music. It is named after its founder, the renowned trombonist Branimir Slokar, who re-established the role of the trombone as a soloist instrument in symphonic music. other events BIO 25: THE 25TH LJUBLJANA BIENNIAL OF DESIGN - FARAWAY, SO CLOSE Fužine Castle: Museum of Architecture and Design 25.5. to 29.10.2017 BIO The Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, organized by Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), is an international platform for new approaches in design. BIO was founded back in 1963, making it the first design biennial in Europe. DINOSAUR EXHIBITION Volčji Potok Arboretum 25.2. to 26.11.2017 Are you curious to know just how mighty the creatures that inhabited the Earth before humans were? Visit the Volčji Potok Arboretum and view its exhibition of dinosaur sculptures depicting a selection of the most iconic dinosaur species. SUMMER AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF GRAPHIC ARTS Tivoli Mansion: International Centre of Graphic Arts 25.7.2017 On Tuesdays in July and August, the International Centre of Graphic Arts will be running extended opening hours. Exhibitions, open for viewing until 21.00, will be accompanied by a programme of free events. Admission to exhibitions will be free from 20:00-21:00. LET'S MEET IN FRONT OF THE ŠKUC Škuc Gallery 21. to 30.7.2017 Let's Meet in front of Škuc is a series of events and activities held on the street, in front of the Škuc Gallery. The series includes exhibitions, music concerts, literary, theatre, dance and film events, creative workshops for children, and the so called Škuc Market. 32ND INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS Tivoli Mansion: International Centre of Graphic Arts 16.6. to 24.10.2017 Make sure not to miss Ljubljana's artistic event of the year, the International Biennial of Graphic Arts, which celebrates its 32th edition this year. GALA HALA SUMMER STAGE AT METELKOVA MESTO - OPEN-AIR CONCERTS AND DJ NIGHTS Gala hala (Metelkova mesto alternative culture centre) 1.7. to 30.9.2017 Each summer, the city life of Ljubljana is livened up by a programme of concerts and other events held on the summer stage of the Gala hala club at the Metelkova mesto autonomous culture centre, home to artists, alternative people, and various subcultures and a popular hang-out for young people at night. MODELS OF AIRPLANES BY SLOVENIAN AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS - EXHIBITION Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 9.7.2015 to 3.12.2017 A exhebition puts on display a collection of airplane models, mainly of domestic design, donated to the museum by the pilot and model maker Albin Novak. The models illustrate the Slovenian creativity in aircraft design. LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL Various venues 29.6. to 31.8.2017 The Ljubljana Festival, with its long history and tradition of presenting premier artistic events, contributes significantly to the cultural life of Ljubljana in the summer. 4/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT SOUND Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 25.3.2016 to 3.12.2017 Sound follows humans and animals at every step and its perception is, in particular for animals, often essential for their survival. In the exhibition, visitors will learn about the mechanism of hearing, modes of sound generation, units of measurement and analyses. LIBRARY UNDER TREETOPS Various venues 2.6. to 10.9.2017 Library under Treetops (Knjižnica pod krošnjami) is a project aimed at adding variety to the range of Ljubljana's leisure activities. It offers visitors an opportunity to borrow books, comic books, magazines and newspapers in different languages free of charge. SUMMER IN LJUBLJANA OLD TOWN BY IMAGO SLOVENIAE churches, inner courtyards and squares in the old city centre 14.6. to 23.8.2017 Each year, the Summer in Ljubljana Old Town festival contributes to the vibrancy of city life in Ljubljana by presenting a programme of classical music concerts held in the picturesque surroundings of the old city centre. Most of the concerts are free. COMMON SPACES Fužine Castle: Museum of Architecture and Design 14.9.2016 to 31.8.2017 Intervention are designed as a series of micro- interventions in the existing space in the vicinity of Fužine Castle and neighborhood Nove Fužine in Ljubljana. Designed by the Chilean - French architecture bureau Plan Común and Portuguese landscape architect Tiago Torres - Campos this intervention is set in the context of the first pan-european platform Future Architecture. A NEW AGE IS COMING! INDUSTRY - LABOUR - CAPITAL City Museum of Ljubljana - MGML 27.10.2016 to 3.9.2017 This exhibition offers a comprehensive historical overview of the development of industry, labour and capital in Ljubljana from the early days of the Industrial Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century until today. OUR LITTLE BIG SEA - INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION Slovenian Museum of Natural History 20.10.2016 to 31.8.2017 Although it is small, the Slovenian sea is an important part of our natural heritage. It is part of a major global sea. It created a life that has straggled incredible diversity in millions of years. Its treasures feeds us, gives us raw material and has a significant impact on the climate. All too few are aware that the big sea is vulnerable and at the same time too small to undertake and survive the human greed. PLEČNIK ABOVE THE CITY - PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION 25.5. to 1.10.2017 The exhibition will depicit the Ljubljana based architect Jože Plečnik's realized and unrealized architectural plans for. SLOVENIAN MODERNIST GLASS National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova ulica street 8.3. to 1.10.2017 An exhibition depicits a collection of modernist glass, which has a tradition in Slovenia mostly in the period between 1950s and 1980s of the 20th century. Some important objects from the 16th century to the present day, which represent an important milestone in the creation of glass, are also on display. JUSUF HADŽIFEJZOVIĆ: DEPOTGRAPHY - INSTALLATION Museum of Modern Art 26.4. to 17.9.2017 Jusuf Hadžifejzović began his career as a painter, but since the 1970s, his main focus has been on performance and a special type of practice: he's been collecting the stored items and depositing them again, rearranged, in the form of installations in the exhibition space. PATHS OF THE SAMURAI. JAPANESE ARMS AND MARTIAL CULTURE IN SLOVENIA National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova ulica street 30.5. to 5.11.2017 The exhibition of the National Museum of Slovenia presents its first comprehensive exhibition of about 50 selected items of Japanese weapons and armour of the museum's as well as several private collections. In addition to samurai s martial culture, the exhibition also depicits the world the samurai s lived in, their worldview and ethos, and also the paths by which the legacy of the samurai s reached the Slovenes. 5/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
GORAZD VILHAR: IN THE SPIRIT OF JAPANESE TRADITION: MATSURI - JAPANESE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS - PHOTOGRAPHS Slovene Ethnographic Museum 17.5. to 7.9.2017 Photographs of Gorazd Vilhar depicits traditional Japanese festivals. These festivals consists of grand and magnificent prayers, processions in ancient costumes, offerings, tea ceremonies, sacred dances, martial arts demonstrations, purifications, as well as performances of N AFGHANISTAN - SLOVENE VIEWS Slovene Ethnographic Museum 25.5.2017 to 30.3.2018 The exhibition depicits Afghanistan, its rich cultural history and heritage, although the decades of conflict that began in the late 1970s have dramatically reshaped its cultural landscape and affected its people. The stories of more than twenty Slovenes who travelled in Afghanistan in the early 1970s are presented through photographs, memories and objects from their private collections. SUPERLIGHT Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 9.5. to 3.12.2017 The exhibition, Superlight, sheds some light on the origins and development of laser technology in Slovenia, as well as the many products and their fields of application. WHEN AN IDEA BECOMES PROPERTY: PETER FLORJANČIČ AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 9.6. to 3.9.2017 Exhibition presents key works from Petr Florjančič and concentrates on his work related to inovations. VANISHING CULTURES - PHOTO EXHIBITION BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SLOVENIA 9.6. to 24.9.2017 Photographers Arne Hodalič and Katja Bidovec will exhibit photographs from the project Vanishing Cultures, which aims to present peoples who still live as they did centuries ago, but, according to anthropologists, are on the brink of extinction for various reasons. GIAMBATISTTA TIEPOLO: DRAWINGS (FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE CIVICI MUSEI OF TRIESTE) National Gallery 1.6. to 3.9.2017 Giambattista Tiepolo was a highly influential and charismatic personality on the impressive continental scene of 18th century art production, and one of the most important painters of the great Rococo period. His painting is characterized by spatial illusionism, highly imaginative interpretation of mythological and literary motifs, and by narrative tendencies. AVE CRUX ALBA: 800 YEARS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA IN SLOVENIA - EXHIBITION National Gallery 2.6. to 3.9.2017 The exhibition features more than two hundred artefacts from private collections, extraordinary pieces of art and historical rarity, never put on public display before. ARHEOMUZIKA. THE SOUNDS AND MUSIC OF ANCIENT EUROPE National Museum of Slovenia 12.6. to 24.9.2017 The exhibition shows the links between European cultures of the past through music, the development of instruments through the ages, and their uses and meanings. The highlights of ancient European musical instruments are brought together, presented in the form of high-quality replicas and reconstructions. MASTERPIECES OF SPANISH ARTS AND CRAFTS: 10 YEARS OF NATIONAL CRAFT AWARDS Slovene Ethnographic Museum 17.6. to 3.9.2017 The exhibition presents different winning craft products in the categories of the National Craft Award and Product Award in the years from 2006 to 2015. LJUBLJANA, A CITY WITH PLEČNIK'S SIGNATURE The Tivoli Park 15.6. to 3.9.2017 This exhibition of large format photographs, dedicated to work by the architect Jože Plečnik, is on view at the Jakopič Promenade in Tivoli Park, which was designed by Plečnik. 6/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
ARRANGEMENT OF THE ATHLETIC CENTER LJUBLJANA - PUBLIC PRESENTATION Town Hall 3. to 30.7.2017 With the competition, the City Municipality of Ljubljana was looking for the most suitable urban, architectural and landscape architectural solution for the renovation of the eastern part of the Ljubljana Sports Park. THE ESSENCE IS HIDDEN - EXHIBITION OF THE SLOVENIAN MICROSCOPY SOCIETY Town Hall 18. to 31.7.2017 The authors want to bring closer the micro and nano world to the visitors of the exhibition, by explaining the various techniques of image formation inside electron microscopes and to present years of experience in the field of electron microscopy, arising from a number of research institutes in city of Ljubljana. REVEALED HANDS Town Hall 13.7. to 3.8.2017 The exhibition presents the results of the project that was created in cooperation of the designing team Oloop with female immigrants from Jesenice. Hand-made decorative pillows, documentary video and copyright photos are on display. MARIA BONOMI: PRINTMAKING FOREVER Jakopič Gallery 16.6. to 19.10.2017 Exhibition of one of the most important representatives of Brazilian contemporary art and culture as well as an internationally renowned artist, Maria Bonomi. Her work is, regardless of its content, deeply personal and always optimistic, filled with enthusiasm, curiosity and joy for life. Her prints are expressive, yet defined by fragility and apparent simplicity. THE WORLD WITHOUT US. NARRATIVES ON THE AGE OF NON-HUMAN ACTORS Vžigalica Gallery - MGML 27.6. to 27.8.2017 Participating artists explore the possibility of an ecology after man an age of the post-anthropocene, in which other life forms, such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, artificially created nanoparticles, genetically modified micro-organisms and seemingly monstrous plants, have taken control. IŠTVAN IŠT HUZJAN - SOLO EXHIBITION City Art Gallery - MGML 16.6. to 17.9.2017 On the invitation of the International Centre of Graphic Arts, the City Art Gallery of Ljubljana will host the winner of the last edition of the Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ištvan Išt Huzjan. MIKE HENTZ - SOLO EXHIBITION Tobačna 001 (cultural centre) 21.6. to 28.7.2017 Mike Hentz is a visual and multi-media artist of Swiss-American origin. He is also a performer and musician, and belongs among the pioneers of media art in the 1980s. He was a professor at art academies in Hamburg and Stuttgart and since 2009 he has been lecturing at the RISEBA in Riga, Latvia. HIC PROCUL A CURIS/THIS IS FAR FROM THE CARES - ART WORKS SALVAGED FROM THE FIRE-DAMAGED ZALOG MANSION City Museum of Ljubljana - MGML 13.6. to 24.9.2017 The frescoes are signed Illouscheg and dated 1725, implying these are the earliest preserved frescoes by Franc Jelovšek known to us. THE HERITAGE OF 1989. CASE STUDY: THE SECOND YUGOSLAV DOCUMENTS EXHIBITION Museum of Modern Art 26.4. to 27.9.2017 The Second Yugoslav Documents presents a re-enactment of the last big art exhibition in Yugoslavia. Titled Yugoslav Documents 89, it was curated by the artists Jusuf Hadžifejzović and Rade Tadić and realized under the auspices of the ZOI 84 Olimpijski centar Skenderija in the 8,000-square-meter Skenderija Center in Sarajevo in 1989. 7/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM
DISOBEDIENT: EUL Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) 29.6. to 1.10.2017 The exhibition presents pioneer of feminist art Eulŕlia Grau, poet and artist Katalin Ladik and the activist group Žene u crnom / Women in Black. The thread that ties together the exhibition focusing on three positions of disobedience, with the disobedient in our case being women. THE LIVES OF MONUMENTS - STUDENT DOCUMENTARY EXHIBITION Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) 17.6. to 3.9.2017 The documentary exhibition about monuments related to World War II and erected in Slovenia at the time of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was developed at the seminar Art for Collective Use at the Department of Art History of the University of Ljubljana, in cooperation with the Moderna galerija. THE MESSENGERS: WHAT BIRDS TELL US ABOUT THREATS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE - EXHIBITION Krakovski nasip enbankment 22.7. to 6.9.2017 Birds are powerful messengers for the natural world. They provide vital insights on how climate change threatens species, habitats and communities worldwide. ARCADE GALLERY Central Market - market halls by architect Jože Plečnik 4.7. to 25.9.2017 Arcade Gallery, under the arcades of the scenic Ljubljana market is a sound gallery, located in the first arcade between the fish market and the first loge. The gallery is an eight channel installation that allows for spatial listening while strolling under the arcades. When the market goes to sleep, the Arcade gallery wakes up and lets you explore sounds in the calm ambient of Plečnik s market. 8/8 LJUBLJANA TOURISM