Since 1995 the Summer Music Festival at Podsreda Castle has regularly taken place at Kozjanski park. During summer months, musical performances by masters and their students resonate among the castle walls and the music programme and music seminars contribute significantly to keeping the castle alive with activity. The seminars, which feature internationally renowned musicians, are the only events of this kind in the Kozjanski region. Work at the seminars includes technically focused individual music lessons as well as ensemble music-making. The artistic director of the festival is professor Andrej Zupan.

Summer Theatre Khislstein is an auditorium that hosts concerts and theatre shows. It has the form of an amphitheatre and is enclosed by medieval town walls. Various concerts, theatre performances and other spectacles take place here, bringing summertime variety to Kranj’s social life. Location: Kranj

A vital force of the Slovenian hip-hop and dance music scene, SunnySun is an acclaimed producer, mentor, seasoned DJ with over 15 years of experience, and founder of the BigNose record shop. Hailing from both Syria and Croatia, his artistic expression shines through his explosive blend of hip-hop, breakbeat, house, acid and electro, infused with soulful samples and a street attitude. As an eclectic selector, he shares a profound love and passion for exploring new sounds and digging into dusty crates. He also produces music and collaborates with his sister Sahareya, and has many new house, electro and ghettotech projects coming up.

An established post-punk rock band.

The trio Svojat is a proper rock’n’roll band that grew out of Slovenia’s exceptional free-improvisation scene. The trio is a classic rock line-up, however, the band is its own blend of experiment, difficult to nail down in terms of genre, which combines elements of avant-pop, post-punk, and improvisation.

Swenak has operated under the auspices of the Idrija Student Club since 1997. Location: Idrija

The intertwining of diverse musical approaches and tools, histories of sounds and unbridled musical imagination and craftmanship is the expansive guiding principle of the Širom trio, whose members stem from the regions of Prekmurje, Tolminsko and Kras. More than a dozen instruments can be found in the repertoire of Iztok Koren, Samo Kutin and Ana Kravanja and at least as many given musical forms that can be perceived as an inspiration behind the character of this new ensemble. However, in their practice as well as experiencing they remain anchored in their creative process to an extent that allows them to avoid merely reflecting existing patterns. What this generates in an original, stylistically homogeneous form of expression that oscillates between a wide array of folk sounds and contemporary acoustic rock-style meditations. The end result is grounded yet still mystical minimalism. Širom’s music is contemplative, but can get harder when necessary, it is closer to being band- than chamber-like, to being street as opposed to urban in nature.

The instrumental ensemble ŠKM band, established in 2000 in Beltinci, creates its music at the intersection of rock, noise rock and jazz rock.

The Castle houses the Loka Museum collections, which display the historical cultural, artistic, ethnological and natural heritage of the Škofja Loka area, and occasionally hosts diverse cultural and music events. Location: Škofja Loka

The tower’s highly unique architecture provides an intimate atmosphere for concerts. The venue is managed by the Layer House. Location: Kranj