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"Every Monday through summer in the tiny Bohinj valley village of Srednja vas, locals and visitors gather beneath the linden tree for an evening of traditional singing, dancing, and community gathering kept alive by the Bohinj Tourist Association."

Petje in ples pod lipo v Srednji vasi

"A long-running open-air summer market in the heart of Prekmurje's spa village, offering local produce, artisan crafts and authentic regional specialities from across Pomurje in a relaxed riverside setting."

Poletna turistična tržnica Moravske Toplice

"Every summer Monday at dusk, local folklore groups, brass players and dancers gather beneath the ancient linden tree in Srednja vas to perform the Upper Bohinj Valley's living folk heritage for visitors and neighbours alike."

Večer pod lipo

"All summer long, the medieval hilltop walled village of Vipavski Križ opens its ancient piazza for concerts, theatre performances and documentary screenings, animating one of the Vipava Valley's most atmospheric small settlements."

Poletje v Vipavskem Križu

"Every Saturday evening through high summer, the heart of Bohinjska Bistrica opens as a free outdoor stage ranging from swing dancing and local markets to acoustic sets, drawing the whole Alpine valley community together at the foot of Triglav National Park."

BistricaFest

"A small-scale seasonal Saturday market in the gateway village of Triglav National Park, where local alpine producers from the Bohinj valley bring cheeses, honey, crafts and seasonal produce to the centre of Bohinjska Bistrica."

Bohinjska Bistrica Local Saturday Market

"A beloved annual gathering of Slovenian folk-music bands held in the small lakeside settlement of Zbilje, celebrating the village veselica tradition at its most festive."

Veselica veselic

"Ptuj's medieval old town becomes an open-air stage every August where international poets perform alongside pours of the finest Slovenian wines in a uniquely literary-vinous festival."

Dnevi poezije in vina

"Each August, the old mercury-mining town of Idrija celebrates its UNESCO-recognised pasta speciality, žlikrofi, with certified producers competing in dumpling preparation, chefs presenting inventive sauces, and hunting clubs slow-cooking game-based bakalca alongside local wineries."

Festival žlikrofov

"Slovenia's largest bograč cooking competition fills Lendava's medieval old-town street with rival teams stirring the iconic Pannonian stew in kettles, surrounded by local wine, folk music and children's entertainment."

Bogračfest 2026

"The volunteer fire brigade of the small Notranjska village of Grahovo ob Cerknici stages its annual open-air veselica with the Poskočni muzikanti folk band, local food and the convivial communal spirit that defines Slovenian village summer."

Gasilska veselica PGD Grahovo

"A traditional ethnological and culinary harvest celebration in the small wine town of Lendava, featuring a costumed parade through the old town, folk song and dance, and a full day of Lendava wines and regional food."

Festival Vinarium: Lendavska trgatev

"Lendava's 47th grape-harvest festival brings a traditional ethnological parade through the old town, folk dance and song, a farmers' market and all-day culinary programme under the shadow of the Vinarium tower."

47. Lendavska trgatev

"Bohinj's annual summer highlight gala brings an evening of music and entertainment to the village, drawing the whole valley together for the closing weeks of the alpine high season."

Bohinj Night

"On the oldest continuously operating stud farm in Europe, this open day on the Karst plateau combines a Lipica market, children's workshops and a riding school performance by the Lipizzaner horses, with international guests from the Marbach stud farm joining for the occasion."

Lipica Stud Farm Day

"Vipava's grape harvest festival, running for over half a century, fills the main square each second September weekend with a wine queen pageant, farmers market, wine competition, and the living b'ndima harvest custom of the Vipava Valley."

Vipavska trgatev

"Held on the eve of the Kravji bal, this lakeside autumn festival in Ribčev Laz showcases award-winning Bohinj mohant cheese alongside a curated selection of Slovenian wines, making the most of the descent-season's freshest alpine dairy produce."

Bohinjski sir in vino (Cheese and Wine Festival Bohinj)

"Slovenia's most beloved alpine custom: shepherds lead flower-garlanded Cika cattle down from the Julian Alps to the meadow at Ukanc, accompanied by brass bands, folk dancers, and a buckwheat-porridge farmhouse kitchen, in a tradition unbroken since the 1950s."

67. Tradicionalni Kravji bal

"At this beloved alpine end-of-summer custom beside Lake Bohinj, flower-wreathed cows are driven down from the high pastures in a procession accompanied by folk music, traditional costumes and Bohinj sports."

Kraviji Bal

"At the far end of Lake Bohinj in the hamlet of Ukanc, herds of flower-garlanded cows return from alpine pastures in a colourful procession, celebrated with traditional costumes, alpine sports, folk dancing and music."

Kravji Bal (Cow Ball)

"The medieval walled wine village of Šmartno in the Brda hills marks St Martin's Day with a festive blessing of the new vintage, local food stalls lining the cobbled lanes, and a programme rooted in the Goriška Brda winemaking tradition."

Martinovo v Šmartnem

"In the medieval walled village of Štanjel, the St Martin's Day wine festival transforms narrow Karst stone streets into an open-air tasting trail for autochthonous Karst wine varieties, with guided walks, a hop-on-hop-off bus and a village marketplace."

Vinska Fontana v Štanjelu

"On St Martin's Day the walled medieval village of Šmartno in the Brda wine hills hosts the traditional blessing that turns grape must into young wine, with open cellars, folk customs, roasted chestnuts and the first pour of the new vintage."

Martinovanje v Brdih

"Since 1962 on the feast of the Forty Martyrs, the masters of Sevnica's Salami Association gather to prepare the traditional Sevnica salami by hand, a men-only ritual that claims to be the oldest salami festival in Europe."

Sevniška salamiada

"Laško's celebrated Beer and Flowers festival transforms this small Savinja valley spa town into a three-day open-air party uniting craft beer tasting, live music stages, and floral displays that have drawn crowds to the town for decades."

Pivo in cvetje

"A lively weekly morning market on the banks of the Mura in the small wine town of Gornja Radgona, where local growers and producers sell fresh vegetables, bread, sausages, honey and fruit in an informal open-air setting."

Sobotna tržnica ob Muri

"A long-standing summer parish fair in the small Gorenjska village of Bohinjska Bela near Lake Bled, combining a crafts market, live music, and traditional merrymaking around the feast of St Margaret."

Sveta Marjeta - Shromska veselica

"For over half a century this ten-day Karst village festival has celebrated two iconic local products together: the deep-red iron-rich Teran wine and the slow-cured Karst prosciutto."

Praznik terana in pršuta

"Formerly known as Kresna noč, this midsummer night festival at the Pod Skalco stage on the shore of Lake Bohinj brings music, acrobatics, a village market, and local food to the heart of Triglav National Park with free shuttle buses to protect the valley."

Bohinjska noč

"The volunteer fire brigade of the Upper Savinja valley village of Luče hosts a classic Slovenian gasilska veselica with live folk-pop band, home-cooked food, a raffle and dancing under the stars."

Gasilska veselica PGD Luče