Maribor hosts a number of musical events over the course of the year, the most famous being the Lent festival which takes place at the end of June, beginning of July. Flamenco, jazz, traditional Indian, gypsy and blues will all feature in this year’s programme. 2016 will see the 27th Okarina Festival and the performers will come from as far and wide as Egypt, Palestine, and South Korea, as well as from Slovenia. Those into world music should head to Bled for the Okarina Ethno Festival which takes place every year around the beginning of August. As well as hosting a plethora of stars from the reggae scene, there are activities for the youngest members of the family too. Tolmin is also the location for another international music event in August, this time the Overjam Reggae Festival which takes place against the beautiful backdrop of the Soča Valley. More than 100 bands are scheduled to play at the event, some coming from Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. Right at the other end of the spectrum is Metaldays, the week-long heavy metal festival that takes place every July near Tolmin in western Slovenia. Concerts take place throughout June, July and August and take place in such venues as the town’s maritime museum, the Franciscan monastery and the historic house in which the composer was born. Piran is the location for the summer festival that celebrates the work of composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini, the coastal town’s most famous son. Not only do Slovenia’s festivals cover a huge diversity of music types, they also take place in some of the country’s most scenic and interesting locations. There are events that celebrate traditional Slovenian music, others that feature world music and some events that invite an eclectic array of performers from all kinds of genres. The content ranges from medieval music to the latest dance music with sets from internationally renowned DJs, and everything in between. But this doesn’t mean that Slovenians don’t love music: quite the opposite, in fact, as can be seen from the number and variety of music festivals that take place around the country each year. Apart from one or two exceptions, it’s fair to say that Slovenian music is not very well known outside the country.
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