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Homecoming Slovenia 2011BASKETBALL

SLOVENIAProud host of the European Basketball Championship for men in 2013.www.slovenia.info/eurobasket

Feel Slovenia with your family, friends and acquaintances. Visit Slovenia! If your roots lie in Slovenia, don’t miss the invitations to HOMECOMING SLOVENIA 2011 at

www.slovenia.info/homecoming.

14/5 Vipava Old-timer car rally – national championshipwww.ajdovscina-motorsport.si

19–21/5 Cerkno 15th International Jazz Festival

20/5 Towns and cities across Slovenia

Graduation Parade – the largest synchronised dance in the worldwww.paradaplesa.si

21/5–4/6 Bohinj 5th International Wild Flower Festivalwww.bohinj.si/alpskocvetje

22/5 Bled 1000 years of Bled castle www.blejski-grad.si

27–28/5 Zreče International Volleyball Tournament

JUNE VENUES EVENT

June–August CerknoInternational festival of street events ALA FESTIVALwww.agencija-lars.si

June – August Celje Summer in Celje – City of Princes

June – September Postojna 13th International Youth Music Festival

www.tdpostojna.si/si/prireditve/mednarodni_glasbeni_festival_mladih

11/6 Kamnik 15th Path of Venus – Medieval Days programme in Kamnik

13–20/6 Koper Slovenia Match Race Cupwww.cleanport.si/smrc/info.html

17–19/6 Idrija 30th Idrija Lace Festivalwww.idrija-turizem.si

18–20/6 Velenje Adventure Race Sloveniawww.adventurerace.si

24/6–9/7 MariborLENT 2011 – 19th International Summer Festivalwww.nd-mb.si

25–27/6 Škofja Loka Historic Music and Dance Festival www.historial-skofjaloka.si

27/6–3/7 Nova Gorica International Saxophone Meetingwww.kulturnidom-ng.si/glasbeniprogram-dnevisaksofona.html

29/6–9/7 Ljubljana 52th Jazz Festival Ljubljana 2011www.ljubljanajazz.si/jazz-festival

JULY VENUES EVENT

Last week in July Ptuj

ART Ptuj - International Music and Arts Festivalwww.artptuj.si

July–August LjubljanaLjubljana Festival – 59th Ljubljana Summer Festivalwww.ljubljanafestival.si

1/7 Velenje Athletics rally – international competition

3/7 Postojna Erasmus Knights’ Tournamentwww.postojnska-jama.si

3/7 Kamnik 5th Cycling Marathon Alpewww.kd-alpe.si

4–6/7 &11–13/7 Bled 16th International Music Festival Bled

www.festivalbled.com

6–10/7 KoperMIFF – Mediterranean International Folklore Festivalwww.miff.si

25/7–6/8 Novo mesto11th Photo workshop, Fotopub festival of documentary photographywww.fotopub.com

27/7–2/8 Ljutomer 7th Grossmann Film and Wine Festivalwww.grossmann.si

AUGUST VENUES EVENT

August Kamnik Kamfest town festivalwww.kamfest.org

5–7/8 &12–14/8 Bled 21st Okarina Ethno Festival Bled 2011

7/8 Ajdovščina

Njoki summer festival - Festival of good music, socializing, sports games, culinary delights and positive energy! http://njoki-festival.com

13–15/8 Koper 24th International Regatta Capris — kayaks and canoes in still water

15–20/8 Novo mesto12th International Music Workshop and Jazzinity Festivalwww.jazzinty.com

16–25/8 Žalec 8th International Rudi Španzel art school

20/8 Zreče 11th International meeting

21/8 Velenje VIP International tennis tournament

26/8 Lipica Alpe Adria Cup dressage

28/8–4/9 Bled World Rowing Championships, Bled 2011www.bled2011.org

SEPTEMBER VENUES EVENT

7–14/9 Celje International trade fairwww.ce-sejem.si

September Maribor11th Festival of the Old Vine – ceremonial harvesting of grapes from the world’s oldest vine; international tourist event

September Vilenica, Sežana 26th Vilenica International Literary Festivalwww.vilenica.si

2–4/9 Ljubljana Auto Motor Showwww.automotorshow.si

4/9 Maribor 12th European Day of Jewish Culture in Slovenia

16–18/9 Koper European Mobility Week

19–29/9 Velenje 22nd Pika's Festivalwww.festival-velenje.si/pikin-festival

22–25/9 Ajdovščina12th Štrudlfest – international festival of theatre, dance, music and filmwww.strudlfest.com/program

23/9–20/11 Ljubljana 29th Biennial of Graphic Artswww.mglc-lj.si/slo/index-bienale.htm

24/9–1/10 Bohinj 2nd Fishing festival and international fly-tying meeting

OCTOBER VENUES EVENT

3–9/10 LjubljanaGolden Thumbelina –14th international biennial festival feature performances for children and young people

15/10 Kranjska Gora Merrily to Kranjska Gora – folk music festival 2011

23/10 Ljubljana 16th Ljubljana Marathon www.ljubljanskimaraton.si

NOVEMBER VENUES EVENT

6–9/11 in and around Ormož

St. Martin’s Week – baptism of new wine, St. Martin’s Fair, St. Martin’s celebrations in Ormožwww.martinovanje.si

11/11 across Slovenia Martinovanje/St. Martin’s Festival wine-harvest festival

19/11 Bled Oberkrainer – folk music hit parade

DECEMBER VENUES EVENT

December across Slovenia Christmas and New Year events

December Bohinj, Pokljuka Skiing: Biathlon World Cup (men's and women's)

Christmas–New Year period

Postojna Living crib in Postojna Cave

1–3/12 Celje Fabulously Celje

3/12-2/1/2011 Ljubljana Festive fairs and festivities

25–26/12 Žalec Christmas mystery in the Pekel cave

31/12 across Slovenia New Year celebrations and fireworks

MARCH VENUES EVENT

5–6/3 Kranjska Gora50th World Cup, Vitranc Trophy World Cup: men's slalom and giant-slalom races.www.pokal-vitranc.com

5–8/3 across Slovenia Carnival events

17–20/3 Škofja Loka Congress of the European Passion Play Cities

17–20/3 Planica Ski Flying World Championship; conclusion of World Cup ski-flying season

19–21/3 Pokljuka Alps Cup Biathlon finalswww.biathlon-pokljuka.com

23–27/3 BledBled PEN Conference – international literature meetingwww.penslovenia-zdruzenje.si

23–30/3 Ljubljana 13th International Documentary Film Festival

27/2 Sežana 11th Small Karst International Festivalwww.sport-sezana.com

31/3–1/4 Ljubljana

World Book Summit 2011 – books as promoters of human developmentwww.ljubljanasvetovnaprestolnicaknjige.si/program/svetovni-vrh-knjige-2011

APRIL VENUES EVENT

6–10/4 Celje 31st International Youth Choir Festival Celje www.celeia.info/mednarodni_mladinski_pevski_festival

10–14/4 Ljubljana 5th International Mountain Film Festivalhttp://imffd.com

23/4 Ajdovščina 33rd International Gathering of Collectors

23/4–2/5 Volčji Potok, Arboretum

Spring Flower Show www.mozirskigaj.com/dogodki/spomladanska-razstava.aspx

24–25/4 Koper Festival of flowers, wine and olive oil

30/4–1/5 Piran and Sečovlje Regional Park salt works

Salt-makers’ Festivalwww.kpss.si

MAY VENUES EVENT

May Maribor 44th Šalamun Memorial Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

May Maribor XCO and DH Mountain Bike World Cup

2–8/5 Novo mesto Cviček Week www.zdvd.si

10/5 Ljubljana La Vie en Rose – 11th International Evening of Chansons

10–15/5 Portorož Internautica International Boat Showwww.internautica.net

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5th International Wild Flower Festival21 May - 4 June 2011Building sustainable future for people and naturewww.bohinj.si/alpskocvetje Media Burn by Ant Farm (Lord, Michels, Schreier), 1975

Photo: Bill Harlan

THE EVENT. 29th Biennial of Graphic ArtsLjubljana, 23 September – 20 November 2011Mednarodni grafični likovni center / International Centre of Graphic ArtsGrad Tivoli, Ljubljanawww.mglc-lj.si

It’s time for Bled.World Rowing Championships 28 August – 4 September 2011www.bled2011.org

Ljubljana – World Book Capital City 20102 April 2010 – 23 April 2011In the framework of the Ljubljana - World Book Capital City 2010 project, Ljubljana and Slovenia have hosted and will host more than 500 events connected to books and reading. Various events in all areas of culture are thematically linked to the main programme and the book in the broader sense and are conducted by mu-seum, galleries, theatres, musicians and other artists.