Cherry Wine is an eight-member group of professional musicians inspired by Amy Winehouse. Their calling is in reviving her legacy not imitating it.

Former member of the famed The Walkabouts from Seattle (USA), Chris Eckman is based in Ljubljana. As well as co-owner of the world music label Glitterbeat, Eckman is a producer, singer-songwriter and leader of several music bands (e.g., The Frictions, The Strange).

Christian Kroupa, also known as Alleged Witches, is an internationally renowned DJ and producer covering techno, electro, EBM, and more. A Red Bull Music Academy alumnus, he performed at Tokyo’s The Liquidroom and released on labels like Farbwechsel and Dimensions Recordings. His EP Initiation Rituals was praised by Andrew Weatherall. Since 2021, he collaborates with Le Chocolat Noir as Black Dot and performs at top European clubs and festivals.

Clavimerata is known for performing a diverse range of works from various musical periods and styles, combining traditional, classical, and modern elements. Their performances focus on exploring musical content, often collaborating with singers, actors, percussionists, accordionists, and double bass players. The ensemble’s unique approach fosters engaging musical dialogue with the audience, earning excellent reactions at their concerts. They perform major trio works and continually expand their repertoire with new compositions written for them.

Established in 1983, the Coastal Chamber Orchestra comprises former and current students of Slovenian coastal music schools, students of the Koper Art Grammar School and their teachers, as well as students of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana who were brought together by their desire for collective music-making. The orchestra fosters appreciation of orchestral music among wider audiences, offers young soloists the opportunity to play to orchestral accompaniment, performs works by national composers and enriches the cultural life of the Slovenian Coast. As well as developing into one of the crucial mainstays of cultural life in Slovenian Istria, the orchestra has established itself internationally and holds concerts both around Slovenia and abroad. The Coastal Chamber Orchestra has worked with several national and international soloists and choirs, played at all major cultural commemorations in the Slovenian Coast and released several cassettes and records, primarily comprising works by Slovenian composers ranging from baroque to new music.

Consule is a bedroom project by producer and musician Vid Benjamin Krajnec. His soothing music, a dreamy, wistful and cinematic blend of indie electronica and warm ambient tones, evokes strong nostalgia. In his emotive compositions and performances, he touches on everyday life situations, taking inspiration from the uncertainty of the near future. His debut album Lost Imagination (2020) was followed by the EP somehow, anyhow and the single Coping, which gained support on social media from renowned YouTube channel MrSuicideSheep. Marked by lush melodic atmospheres, nostalgic guitar strumming and warm piano chords, his second EP released last June represents a reflection on various fragments of the past that sometimes still seem appallingly intimidating to us.

Cosmic Sex is a club night/collective based in Ljubljana and run by Jaša Bužinel and Blažen DJ, hosts of Partijska linija, a show on Radio Študent dedicated to cutting-edge electronic and experimental music. After two years of throwing parties anywhere they could, from Gala Hala and Koncertna dvorana Rog to Mostovna, the collective found its home at Channel Zero, a Ljubljana club with a long tradition of electronic music events. Cosmic Sex supports local DJs and established names of the global underground. Past guests include Ploy, Bruce, Samuele Pagliai, Szch, Alleged Witches & more. Every July, the collective organises Monade, a 12-hour music marathon located at the edge of a scenic forest in the wine region of Goriška Brda.

The band’s wild mix of rock & roll and sweet indie rock has been sprinkled with electronic sounds in the form of a pounding rhythm machine and contagious synth lines. Their veins are still filled with 90s alternative rock, though. Using typical multilingual shout outs, Čao Portorož create moments of euphoria. Through its punk attitude, the quartet reaffirms its old-school “Yugo” temperament. From Portorož down the Balkans and beyond – everybody understands what “čao” means.

A popular folk-rock band that has scored some notable successes on the national music scene.

The band is led by singer and accordionist Janez Škof, who has achieved distinction as a stage and screen actor. Čompe are known for their vaudeville-like shows that foreground the humour of the main protagonist. Their repertoire mainly features musical settings of poems by Dane Zajc and Edvard Kocbek.