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Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor
Mednarodni festival Folkart Maribor
Street address: Narodni dom, Kulturno prireditveni center, Kneza Koclja 9, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 (0) 2 229 4000
Fax: 386 (0) 2 252 5376
Website: http:/
Proprietor: Narodni dom Maribor
Contact: Vladimir Rukavina Director
Telephone: 386 (0) 2 229 4001
E-mail: gogo@nd-mb.si
Contact: Alenka Klemenčič Producer
Telephone: 386 (0) 2 229 4003
E-mail: alenka@nd-mb.si
Dates and duration: Annual, Jun-Jul, 3 weeks
Organised annually under the patronage of the International Council for Organisations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art (CIOFF), the Folkart International Folklore Festival, Maribor is an important platform for folklore groups and musicians. Performances are regulated under CIOFF rules and range from five to 60 minutes in length, with short presentations by each group in the line-up, the number of participants being limited to 35 persons per group. The festival takes place at various venues: the central stage is a floating stage on the river Drava and there are also several open-air stages in squares and streets all over the city of Maribor, plus additional venues in Murska Sobota, Pesnica, Miklavž, Dravograd, Rogaška Slatina, Lendava, Izola, Kranj and Metlika.
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