Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Slovenia
- Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival's website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism site for Slovenia.
- This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Slovenia. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn't a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
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2025
May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)
May 2: Second Labor Day holiday (closures)
May 23–June 8: International Wildflower Festival, Bohinj
May 29–31: Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
June 2–15: Maribor Theater Festival
June 7–8 (likely): Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 8: Pentecost (closures)
June 13–15: International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 13–15: Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 18–22: Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomel
June 19: Corpus Christi (religious festival; some closures)
June 20–28: Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 21–July 6: Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana and a few smaller towns
July–August: Bled Summer (series of cultural events)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
July 1–11: Bled International Music Festival (concert series)
July 2–5: Ljubljana Jazz Festival
July 11–13: Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 20: St. Margaret's Fair, near Bled in Bohinjska Bela (crafts market and music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 23–September 7: Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 5–7 (likely): National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), near Ljubljana in Kamnik (parades)
September 21: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 25–28 (likely): Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 18–19: Ljubljana Marathon
October 31: Reformation Day (closures)
November 1: All Saints' Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, closures)
November 11: St. Martin's Day (official first day of wine season, wine festivals across Slovenia)
December: Ljubljana Christmas Market, Bled's "Winter Fairy Tale" festivities (including lakeside market), Christmas events at Postonja Caves (live nativity tableaux inside the caves, music and market just outside)
December 25: Christmas Day (closures); Legend of the Sunken Bell, Lake Bled
December 26: Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day; Independence and Unity Day (closures)
December 31: New Year's Eve (fireworks in Ljubljana, Bled, elsewhere)
2026
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
January 6: Epiphany
February 8: National Day of Culture (celebrates Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; closures)
February 7–February 17 (likely): Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj (more carnival celebrations across Slovenia around the same time)
March 26–29 (likely): FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
April 5 & 6: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
April 23: St. George's Fair, Ptuj (medieval market)
April 27: National Resistance Day (closures)