Festivals

Ljubljana Summer Festival

Season or date: June–September

Large-scale arts festival with music, theater, and opera in the old town squares and along the river

Bled International Music Festival

Season or date: July

Classical music performances held at lakeside churches and castles

Kranjska Gora FIS Ski World Cup

Season or date: March

Traditional snow event hosting men's giant slalom and slalom races

Maribor Lent Festival

Season or date: Late June–Early July

Diverse international festival with jazz, folk, theater along the Drava River

Soča Outdoor Festival

Season or date: July

Combines rafting, trail running, and live music

Piran Sea Salt Harvest Festival

Season or date: Late August

Traditional manual salt pan harvest experience and citizen parade

Public holidays

  • New Year's Day
  • Prešeren Day (February 8)
  • Easter
  • Day of Uprising Against Occupation (April 27)
  • May Day
  • Pentecost
  • Statehood Day (June 25)
  • Assumption of Mary
  • Reformation Day
  • All Souls' Day
  • Christmas
  • Independence Day (December 26)