Featuring unestablished artists working in a broad array of genres, the two-day festival of innovative music is annually held in a pine forest overlooking the village of Trnje pri Pivki.

Tschimy is a musician, who formerly made hip hop beats and DJ sets for the Spejs collective and the rx:tx label; he also played bass for the Lube duše jazz line-up, and lent his penetrating voice to the Sankofa African choir. In 2020, he commanded attention with his solo project featuring singer-songwriter songs and a budding contemporary instrumental production.

With his new project, two round robins, Slovenian producer and composer Andi Koglot (Liamere, Ferguson, Monowi Twins) takes us to a sun-drenched plain where birds chirp and a stream gurgles. His debut EP if true return BLOOM can be placed in the broader milieu of contemporary ambient music, especially the more “naturalistic” segment in the tradition of Brian Eno. Koglot subtly constructs his soothing compositions, interspersed with sounds of gentle pads, static, stretched, reversed, reverberated melodies (kalimba, accordion, cranked piano chords) and other atmospheric elements. The performance will be accompanied by an improvised violin played by Margarita Ulokina, creating an organic blend of acoustic instruments and synthetic processing.

The unique black drone noise project Umdhlebi is the work of Luka Bevk, the long-time DIY activist, organiser of concerts, music journalist and musician, who plays in the bands Melete, Human Host Body and Pakt.

2018 marked 25 years in the world of electronic music for Uroš Umek, popularly known as DJ Umek. Umek’s audiences nicknamed him ‘Fotr’ (The Father) in honour of his merits as Slovenia’s techno pioneer. Slovenia’s most prominent electronica wizard rapidly rocketed onto the global club scene and today ranks among the world’s top-tier deejays and producers. In 2018, together with the Viberate start-up team, he launched Tonight – the ultimate nightlife guide application that achieved top ratings and huge popularity among users on the very first day. Events associated with Umek include Astrodisco nights at Ljubljana’s K4 Club, Žur z razlogom, Dan elektronike and Disconautica. He has been repeatedly included in the TOP 100 DJs and producers list of DJ Mag, a leading magazine dedicated to electronic dance music.

The International contemporary music festival Musica Danubiana was first organized by the Slovenian section of ISCM in 1998. The festival was renamed in 2004 and now continues the tradition as the international festival of contemporary music Unicum, which is held biannually. The festival features performances of new compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir and solo instruments by composers in Slovenia and abroad.

A concert venue in Maribor's city centre, Union Hall (Slovenian: Dvorana Union) seats 378 people in the stalls and 135 in the balcony. Location: Maribor

Located in the Ormož Castle cellars, Unterhund holds concerts, theatre shows, film screenings, exhibitions, literary evenings and other events organised by the Ormož Alternative Culture Club. In addition to hosting various events presented by the Ormož Youth Centre, the club also works in partnership with other regional concert promoters and cultural societies. Location: Ormož

The Urbano Dejanje Festival (Urban Act Festival), taking place over the course of five August days at the Tobačna Cultural Centre since 2015, represents the vibrant diversity of urban subcultures and music genres.

Uros Peric, an excellent and unique musician, pianist, arranger, songwriter, an artist in the fullest of senses, is known as an exceptional vocalist and interpreter of songs from the golden age of blues, jazz and soul. He is one of the most accomplished and successful Slovene musicians in both Slovenia and abroad. Musical critics worldwide have declared him as one of the few white musicians with a vocal and a feel of a black blues, jazz or soul musician.