Country Profile: Slovenia
The closure of MetalDays festival in January has cast a dark shadow over the market.
Andrej Sevsek is a promoter and booker at the Gala Hala venue in Ljubljana, the country’s capital, as well as organising Punk Rock Holiday festival in August each year.
He says “conditions are good” in the country, but the pandemic put a pause on international acts coming to Slovenia, a situation that it is still grappling with.
“Currently, there’s an oversaturation of Slovenian artists performing locally, while international acts remain scarce,” he says. “However, efforts are underway to revitalise the market and attract more international performers.”
He says that getting a foothold in the market is tricky for promoters. He cites Dirty Skunks as key players in the promotion of metal acts but says the promoter world is small and restricted.
“Currently, there’s…
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