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Events in Ljubljana from 4. to 10.9.2017 5.9.2017 21.00 BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE (GB) Kino Šiška - Centre for Urban Culture 5.9.2017 Benjamin Clementine is the recipient of the prestigious British Mercury Music Award and the French Grammy Award equivalent. According to several publications, he is one of the most influential British people. 6.9.2017 17.00 MINI COURSE OF SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE Slovenian Tourist Information Centre (STIC) 6.9.2017 17.00 - 18.30 Free admission The University of Ljubljana's Centre for Slovenian as a Second/Foreign Language runs a "survival" language course offering an opportunity to get to know the basics of the Slovenian language and some common and useful expressions which can make a stay of a foreigner in Slovenia more pleasant. 18.00 SUMMER CONCERTS ON LJUBLJANICA RIVER City center - from Prule Bridge to Dragon 6.9.2017 Free admission Local brass bands will be giving free concerts for the passers-by on the Ljubljanica river embankments. Concerts will be performed on the boat sailing between Prule bridge and Butcher's bridge on the Ljubljanica river. 20.00 MANOUCHE - ELECTRO GIPSY SWING Kavarna Slamič 6.9.2017 Electro gipsy swing band, Manouche, will take you back to the sounds of the 20s and 30s of the last century with a twist of the modern-dance sound. 7.9.2017 18.00 PICNICONCERT The Tivoli Park 7.9.2017 We invite you to escape the heat every Thursday afternoon in the summer months and relax on a picnic blanket under the pine trees next to the Promenade in Tivoli Park and have a bite to eat while enjoying ethno and folk concerts. 20.30 STREETWALKER: "READY-MADE" OPEN-AIR GALLERY Trg francoske revolucije square 7.9.2017 Free admission Streetwalker open air "ready-made“ gallery invites you to discover the finest artworks hiding behind every street corner of Ljubljana. Come and see a newly found Michelangelo, Pollock or even Zankič - in places where you would never expect them! 8.9.2017 10.00 OPEN KITCHEN - FOOD MARKET Central Market 8.9.2017 10.00 - 22.00 Free admission The Open Kitchen is a food market where you can experience the delights of freshly cooked food prepared by different Slovenian chefs right there in front of you, on the market stalls. 9.9.2017 09.00 ARTISH - A SELLING EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS Stari trg & Gornji trg squares 9.9.2017 09.00 - 18.00 Free admission The ARTish festival, held in Ljubljana on selected Saturdays at Gornji trg square, features a selling exhibition of original works by Slovenian creators. 09.00 LJUBLJANA ART MARKET Breg embankment 9.9.2017 09.00 - 16.00 Free admission Each Saturday during the warm months, Slovenian artists set up their stalls on the Breg embankment on the river Ljubljanica, where they sell and often also create their wares. 1/6 Events in Ljubljana from 4. to 10.9.2017 LJUBLJANA TOURISM Events in Ljubljana from 4. to 10.9.2017 10.00 SEM FAIR - A CREATIVE FAIR Kavarna SEM 9.9.2017 10.00 - 18.00 Free admission Home-made designers, creators and all sorts of artistic souls gather every Saturday of the summer in the garden of SEM Café (Slovenian Ethnographic Museum) to exhibit and sell their unique and creative products. 11.30 PERFORMANCES BY THE LJUBLJANA FANFARE TRUMPETERS Ljubljana Castle 9.9.2017 11.30 | 11.00 Free admission The Ljubljana Fanfare Trumpeters will perform on the Town Hall balcony on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, reviving the tradition of ceremonial fanfares typical of Ljubljana. 10.9.2017 08.00 ANTIQUE FLEA MARKET Breg embankment 10.9.2017 08.00 - 14.00 Free admission Ljubljana's Antique Flea Market offers antiques, art pieces and all kinds of bric-a-brac of collectible or simply nostalgic value. 11.00 PROMENADE CONCERTS OF LOCAL BRASS BANDS The Tivoli Park 10.9.2017 Free admission Every Sunday local brass bands will be giving promenade concerts at Jakopič Promenade in front of Tivoli Mansion in Tivoli park. 18.00 SOMIRU - MUSICAL CIRCUS PERFORMANCE Roman town walls in Mirje 10.9.2017 Somiru, musical circus performance combines innovative movement on the ground and in the air, using hanging fabrics and is accompanied with live music. 19.00 M. KLEMENČIČ: DOCTOR FAUST - PUPPET SHOW Ljubljana Castle 10.9.2017 The puppet show Doctor Faust is based on a famous 1938 production of Goethe's Faust conceived by Milan Klemenčič, the founding father of Slovenian puppetry. other NATIONAL COSTUMES AND CLOTHING HERITAGE DAYS The town of Kamnik near Ljubljana (old town centre) events 7. to 10.9.2017 Free admission The National Costumes and Clothing Heritage Days festival, held in the old town centre of Kamnik, includes costumed processions featuring folk costumes of various regions of Slovenia and other countries. BIO 25: THE 25TH LJUBLJANA BIENNIAL OF DESIGN - FARAWAY, SO CLOSE Fužine Castle: Museum of Architecture and Design 25.5. to 29.10.2017 BIO – The Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, organized by Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), is an international platform for new approaches in design. BIO was founded back in 1963, making it the first design biennial in Europe. DINOSAUR EXHIBITION Volčji Potok Arboretum 25.2. to 26.11.2017 Are you curious to know just how mighty the creatures that inhabited the Earth before humans were? Visit the Volčji Potok Arboretum and view its exhibition of dinosaur sculptures depicting a selection of the most iconic dinosaur species. 32ND INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS Tivoli Mansion: International Centre of Graphic Arts 16.6. to 24.10.2017 Make sure not to miss Ljubljana's artistic event of the year, the International Biennial of Graphic Arts, which celebrates its 32th edition this year. 2/6 Events in Ljubljana from 4. to 10.9.2017 LJUBLJANA TOURISM Events in Ljubljana from 4. to 10.9.2017 MODELS OF AIRPLANES BY SLOVENIAN AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS - EXHIBITION Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 9.7.2015 to 3.12.2017 A exhebition puts on display a collection of airplane models, mainly of domestic design, donated to the museum by the pilot and model maker Albin Novak. The models illustrate the Slovenian creativity in aircraft design. SOUND EXPLICIT - A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC CONCERTS Jakopič Gallery 4. to 5.9.2017 Sound Explicit is a cycle of live audio-visual experimental performances that presents a Diversity of genres: from sound research to various forms of improvisation and experimental sound processing, sometimes accompanied by video. ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT SOUND Bistra Castle: Technical Museum of Slovenia 25.3.2016 to 3.12.2017 Sound follows humans and animals at every step and its perception is, in particular for animals, often essential for their survival. In the exhibition, visitors will learn about the mechanism of hearing, modes of sound generation, units of measurement and analyses. LIBRARY UNDER TREETOPS Various venues 2.6. to 10.9.2017 Free admission Library under Treetops (Knjižnica pod krošnjami) is a project aimed at adding variety to the range of Ljubljana's leisure activities. It offers visitors an opportunity to borrow books, comic books, magazines and newspapers in different languages free of charge. OUR LITTLE BIG SEA - INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION Slovenian Museum of Natural History 20.10.2016 to 30.12.2017 Although it is small, the Slovenian sea is an important part of our natural heritage. It is part of a major global sea. It created a life that has straggled incredible diversity in millions of years. Its treasures feeds us, gives us raw material and has a significant impact on the climate. All too few are aware that the big sea is vulnerable and at the same time too small to undertake and survive the human greed. PLEČNIK ABOVE THE CITY - PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION Ljubljana Castle 25.5. to 1.10.2017 The exhibition will depicit the Ljubljana based architect Jože Plečnik's realized and unrealized architectural plans for Ljubljana Castle. SLOVENIAN MODERNIST GLASS National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova ulica street 8.3. to 1.10.2017 An exhibition depicits a collection of modernist glass, which has a tradition in Slovenia mostly in the period between 1950s and 1980s of the 20th century. Some important objects from the 16th century to the present day, which represent an important milestone in the creation of glass, are also on display. JUSUF HADŽIFEJZOVIĆ: DEPOTGRAPHY - INSTALLATION Museum of Modern Art 26.4. to 17.9.2017 Jusuf Hadžifejzović began his career as a painter, but since the 1970s, his main focus has been on performance and a special type of practice: he's been collecting the stored items and depositing them again, rearranged, in the form of installations in the exhibition space. PATHS OF THE SAMURAI. JAPANESE ARMS AND MARTIAL CULTURE IN SLOVENIA National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova ulica street 30.5. to 5.11.2017 The exhibition of the National Museum of Slovenia presents its first comprehensive exhibition of about 50 selected items of Japanese weapons and armour of the museum's as well as several private collections. In addition to samurai’s martial culture, the exhibition also depicits the world the samurai’s lived in, their worldview and ethos, and also the paths by which the legacy of the samurai’s reached the Slovenes. GORAZD VILHAR: IN THE SPIRIT OF JAPANESE TRADITION: MATSURI - JAPANESE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS - PHOTOGRAPHS Slovene Ethnographic Museum 17.5. to 7.9.2017 Photographs of Gorazd Vilhar depicits traditional Japanese festivals. These festivals consists of grand and magnificent prayers, processions in ancient costumes, offerings, tea ceremonies, sacred dances, martial arts demonstrations, purifications, as well as performances of N 3/6 Events in Ljubljana from 4.