CULTURE

Prešeren Day, Slovenian Cultural Holiday

The Slovenian Cultural Holiday will be marked by an official state ceremony including the presentation of Prešeren Prizes, the country's most prestigious cultural awards, and many other cultural events held over a period of a few days before 8 February.

Prešeren Day at Ljubljana Castle

The event is part of LUV Fest

On 8 February, Ljubljana Castle will host free guided tours, access to exhibitions and other activities.

Marko Šajn: Tempo, tempo

Art Exhibition as part of LUV Fest

Presented within the framework of LUV FEST, the exhibition resonates with the festival’s core idea: love for fellow humans, interpersonal relationships, and collaborative creation. Šajn’s faceless figures encourage visitors to consider human connections and tensions that shape us, creating a space for empathy, reflection, and shared emotional experience.

Love for Love = Ljubezen za Ljubezen

Exhibition as part of LUV Fest

Love as inspiration. Love as expression. Love as art.

Galerija Fotografija and Photographic Stories

Literary corner as part of LUV Fest

To mark the LUV Fest, Galerija Fotografija is presenting a special book corner. In the gallery bookshop, we are highlighting photography books that tell stories of different kinds of love in the broadest sense.

Hector Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet

Symphonie dramatique

Opening of the 9th Winter Festival

A glimpse into theatre history: SLOGI and Drama. Ibsen’s Plays on Our Stages

Event as part of LUV Fest

In February, An Enemy of the People takes the stage at SNG Drama Ljubljana. Ibsen’s drama explores the struggle of an idealistic individual, who sincerely pursues truth and justice, against the rigid machinery of society that violently resists any change or recognition of its own faults.

Ivana speaks – the harp resounds

Recital as part of LUV Fest

This literary-musical recital is a quiet and intimate encounter between three artists: painter Ivana Kobilca, actress Polona Vetrih, and harpist Mojca Zlobko Vajgl.

Night of Erotic Cinema Kinosloga. Retrosex.

The event is part of the LUV Fest

The Night of Erotic Film Kinosloga. Retrosex. pays tribute to the history of the once-erotic and still legendary Cinema Sloga, as well as to a distinctive chapter of film heritage, cinematic erotica in all the diversity of its expressive forms.

Kunty horror show

Drag event as part of LUV Fest

House of Kunt, the biggest Slovenian drag house bringing together queens, kings and related artists, has prepared something truly intergalactic, fully sci-fi, thrillingly horrifying, and above all, hilariously entertaining: the Kunty Horror Drag Show.

Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde

Opera as part of LUV Fest

Experience one of the most anticipated musical and cultural events of the season.

Dominik Mahnič: Leisure

Exhibition as part of LUV Fest

Within LUV FEST, Dominik Mahnič invites us into a world where technology does not rush, but instead offers calm and moments of reflection. His brushography is a witty solution to modern haste: the physical act of painting is entrusted to his mechanical assistant, the Brushography.

Valentine’s ball at Pionirski dom

The event as part of LUV Fest

February is the month of love, a time when couples express their affection and, according to old tradition, when the birds choose their mates.

A Similar Illusion

Reperformance as part of LUV Fest

The performance within the ART VITAL project is performed out by Katarina Stegnar and Primož Bezjak.

Akram Khan: Thikra – Night of Remembering

Dance performance as part of LUV Fest

"As I stand humbled within the vastness of this epic desert known as AlUla, I feel the urge to unearth the many cultures that have passed through here." – Akram Khan

Duane Eubanks Lee Organ Quartet – Celebrating the Music of Lee Morgan

Concert as part of LUV Fest

Duane Eubanks is a renowned American jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer, known for his distinctive Philadelphia sound.

Budapest Concert Symphony Orchestra & Pianist Rafał Blechacz

Concert as part of LUV fest

One of Hungary’s most prestigious orchestras, the Budapest Concert Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble with a rich musical tradition and international acclaim, takes the main stage of Cankarjev dom.

WORK RELATION (1978) – REPERFORMANS

Reperformance as part of LUV Fest

ART VITAL – 12 Years of the Ulay / Marina Abramović Duo

As partners in life, love, and art, Marina and Ulay transformed everything they felt into performance. Experience one of the most groundbreaking performances of contemporary art, re-enacted by Katarina Stegnar and Primož Bezjak. Work Relation is a historic performance that reveals the tension, endurance, and dynamics of collaboration that defined the artistic duo Ulay / Marina Abramović.

A glimpse into theatre history: Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata

Event as part of LUV Fest

The most beloved and frequently performed opera of all time returns to the stage of Ljubljana Opera in March 2026 with a new production directed by Frank Van Laecke.

Sullivan Fortner Trio – Southern Nights

Concert as part of LUV Fest

Grammy-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner, one of the most original voices of his generation, pays tribute to the musical heritage of New Orleans on his album Southern Nights.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

Ballet drama as part of LUV Fest

Doctor Zhivago is one of the most beautiful and poignant love stories in the world of art. The story of Dr. Zhivago and Lara, fighting for their love amidst revolution and war, remains a timeless classic, where love becomes the only truth that endures.

Open day of ateliers

The event is part of LUV Fest

Hidden behind the streets of Ljubljana, the courtyard of studios becomes a quiet haven of Love, Art, and Wandering during LUV fest.

Ana srčna

Street theatre as part of LUV Fest

Ana Srčna is a magical light experience, part of LUV Fest, inviting visitors on an evening stroll through an illuminated space.

AAA- AAA (1978) – REPERFORMANS

Reperformans as part of LUV Fest

ART VITAL – 12 Years of the Ulay / Marina Abramović Duo

As partners in life, love, and art, Marina and Ulay translated everything they felt into performance. Experience one of the most groundbreaking performances of contemporary art, performed by Katarina Stegnar and Primož Bezjak. AAA-AAA is a raw, tense, and extremely physically demanding exploration of the limits of the body and of relationship - a performance that reveals how two artists test, confront, and at the same time connect with one another through screaming, proximity, and endurance.

Cveta Mirnik: Retrospective exhibition of costume designs

Event as part of LUV fest

Costumes can also be love letters. Cveta Mirnik (1951–2021) breathed emotion, identity, and story into characters through her sketches and stage creations.

Plečnik and the Power of Reuse

Guided tour as part of LUV fest

As part of LUV Fest, we once again explore Plečnik’s Ljubljana through the lens of love. This time, the focus is on one of the most distinctive aspects of his architectural vision: the creative reuse of historical architectural elements.