STA, 30 March 2022 - Orto Fest, the largest club music festival in Slovenia, will be held in the Orto Bar club in Ljubljana from 31 March to 30 April, bringing 19 Slovenian and seven foreign acts. There will be no attendance restrictions due to Covid.
While there are several big names in Slovenian rock music in the line-up, many young hopefuls will perform as well. One of the main missions of Orto Fest is to serve as an incubator for up-and-coming Slovenian groups.
The 22nd Orto Fest will open on Thursday with a sold-out concert by the Slovenian alternative rock band Siddharta.
Notable Slovenian acts at the festival include Laibach, Elvis Jackson, Dan D!, Prismojeni Profesorji Bluesa, Slon in Sadež, Zmelkoow, and Pero Lovšin.
Providing festival with the international note are Serbia's Partibrejkers and Pero Defformero, Croatia's Brkovi, Denmark's Baest, Poland's Vader, Belgium's Reject the Sickness and Latvia's Mara, among others.
After being held in alternative formats for the past two years due to the coronavirus epidemic, this year there will be no restrictions.
The organisers stressed that Orto Fest is an independent festival that has survived for 22 years without subsidies and other financial aid, so far hosting almost 700 bands and performers.
