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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2026
Through September 13: Bled Summer (series of cultural events)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August 20–September 5: Tartini Festival, Piran (classical music)
September 11–13: National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days (Dnevi Narodnih Noš), near Ljubljana in Kamnik (parades)
September 20: Cow Ball (Kraviji Bal), on Lake Bohinj in Ukanc (procession of decorated cows, with traditional alpine sports, dancing, music, costumes)
September 25–27: Old Vine Festival, Maribor (wine, folk music and dancing)
October 17–18: 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 3: Merry Day of Culture (also national poet France Prešeren's birthday; free entry to most state-run museums)
December: Ljubljana Christmas Market, Bled's "Winter Fairy Tale" festivities (including lakeside market), Christmas events at Postonja Caves (live nativity tableaux inside the caves December 25–30, 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 and elsewhere, drone show in Bled)
2027
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 2: Second New Year's holiday (closures)
February 3–9: Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj (more carnival celebrations across Slovenia around the same time)
February 8: Prešeren Day (a.k.a. National Day of Culture, celebrating Slovenian culture and national poet France Prešeren; free entry to state-run museums, business closures)
March 18–21: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Finals, near Kranjska Gora in Planica
March 28 & 29: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
April 23: St. George's Fair, Ptuj (medieval market)
April 27: National Resistance Day (closures)
May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)
May 2: Second Labor Day holiday (closures)
May 16: Pentecost (closures)
May 21–June 6 (likely): International Wildflower Festival, Bohinj
May 26–29 (likely): Druga Godba International World Music Festival, Ljubljana
May 30–June 6 (likely): Medieval Days at Bled Castle
June 7–20 (likely): Maribor Theater Festival
June 11–13 (likely): International Rowing Regatta, Bled
June 18–20 (likely): Idrija Lace Festival, west of Ljubljana
June 19–July 4 (likely): Ana Desetnica Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana and a few smaller towns
June 21–25 (likely): Jurjevanje Folklore Festival, southeast of Ljubljana in Črnomel
June 25: Statehood Day (closures)
June 25–July 3 (likely): Festival of Lent, Maribor (arts festival, fireworks)
June 30–July 3 (likely): Ljubljana Jazz Festival
July–August: Bled Summer (series of cultural events)
July–August: Ljubljana Summer Festival (classical music)
July 9–11 (likely): Festival of Beer and Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje, huge music festival), east of Ljubljana in tiny Laško
July 19 (likely): St. Margaret's Fair, near Bled in Bohinjska Bela (crafts market and music)