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Have you ever daydreamed about starting your day by exploring galleries, museums, and trendy spots, experiencing culture and trends, tradition and innovation, knowledge, business, theater, concerts, castles, and so much more, all in the same destination?

This Joyful Day of Culture

Have you ever daydreamed about starting your day by exploring galleries, museums, and trendy spots, experiencing culture and trends, tradition and innovation, knowledge, business, theater, concerts, castles, and so much more, all in the same destination?

On the birthday of France Prešeren, every year on December 3rd, This Joyful Day of Culture takes place in numerous cultural institutions, organizations, theaters, libraries, and museums, traditionally initiated by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. It beautifully combines accessibility and people's desire for culture.

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UGM, Kristjan Čeh, exhibition Spekter, Maribor

St. Martin's Day

St. Martin's Day is a traditional holiday celebrated on November 11th, in honor of Saint Martin. This day is important for many Slovenians and provides a great opportunity for socializing and enjoying food and wine. St. Martin's Day is also closely tied to vines, winemaking, and the arrival of autumn.

It is a chance to gather with friends and family, who often attend one of the many cultural events, concerts, or traditional celebrations together.

Old Vine Festival

Old Vine House

The Old Vine Festival is a wine, culinary, and cultural tribute to the 450-year-old Guinness World Record holder, the oldest vine in the world. Slovenia's wine capital comes to life during the harvest season, offering a rich variety of autumn experiences. Wine, food, culture, and tradition.

As part of the festival, there are wine and culinary evenings with concerts. You can taste top-quality local wines and dishes prepared by renowned chefs.

At the local products market, you can find fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade treats, and products made of wood, ceramics, and other materials.

The traditional rafting baptism is an event held on the Drava River, where new rafters are baptized, connecting them with the tradition of river transport.

The ceremonial harvest of the world's oldest vine is the highlight of the festival and will take place at Lent, in front of the Old Vine House. Here, grapes are harvested from the world's oldest vine, which is over 450 years old.

Festival Maribor

September 11-21, 2025

The Autumn Festival Maribor is a festival of high-quality classical music, featuring an excellent selection of internationally established musicians and a curated selection of young talents.

A cradle of new sounds, a map of undiscovered musical landscapes, a launchpad into new constellations. A laboratory where originality sparks and creativity is refined! A bridge between musical periods, a crossroads of artistic expressions.

An ocean of new acquaintances, a harbor of friendship. The perfect opportunity for a first encounter with classical music, a refined offering of exquisite pleasures for connoisseurs.

A festival with a proud fifty-year tradition and a bold vision aimed at the future.

Ballet Under the Stars

September 5, 2025 – Main Square, Maribor

Ballet Under the Stars by the Maribor National Ballet, in collaboration with the National Hall Maribor and the EZL EK Society, under the honorary patronage of the City Municipality of Maribor, in cooperation with the Maribor Tourism Institute, is a gift to the citizens at the beginning of the new season.

Festival Arsana

June 14 – September 7, 2025 – Ptuj

The oldest Slovenian city, Ptuj, transforms into a global hub for musical artists from all corners of the world every July. The Arsana International Music Festival, over its 14 years, has offered more than 1,000 events featuring classical, jazz, ethno, world, rock, and popular music, hosted 10,500 internationally renowned artists, attracted nearly half a million visitors from around the globe, and has grown into one of the most recognizable and genre-diverse music festivals in Slovenia and this part of Europe.

Festival Lent

June 20-28, 2025 – Maribor

The largest multicultural and multi-genre summer festival in this part of Europe is not just another summer festival – it is an experience of culture and socializing, hospitality and cuisine, and a vibrant, open, and friendly city that invites visitors to its lively streets and squares for nine days and nights of festivities.

Under its umbrella, the festival also hosts other internationally recognized festivals, such as Folkart, Jazzlent, the street theater Ana Desetnica, and Art Kamp.

60th Borštnik Festival

June 2-15, 2025 – Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Maribor

The Borštnik Festival is the central Slovenian theater festival, which has enriched the Slovenian theater and cultural scene for over half a century. The program includes a selection of performances by Slovenian institutional and non-governmental producers in the competitive and accompanying programs, invited theater performances from abroad, training sessions, workshops, and activities for community development, student theater, and professional events in collaboration with Slovenian and international co-organizers. The festival usually lasts for fourteen days and attracts numerous domestic and international guests, including selectors from foreign festivals, artistic and program directors, journalists, and other interested and professional audiences.

Opera Night in the City Park

May 30, 2025 – City Park Maribor

At the traditional Opera Night concert, conducted by Simon Krečič, we present a diverse and stylistically varied musical program, featuring excerpts from the greatest operatic hits of the current season as well as from previous years. This free and open-to-the-public concert event, typically attracting large crowds in both Maribor and other Slovenian cities (Ptuj, Murska Sobota), promotes Slovenian opera performances and contributes to the popularization of opera and related music genres.