Slovenia's register of intangible cultural heritage has been expanded with hat-making, a craft that has almost died out in the country. With her brand Boho Headwear, hatter and milliner Špela Strašek from Celje was named as its keeper.

The town of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia will underline its place on the country film events map between 27 July and 3 August with new editions of the Zebra animated film and Shots short film festivals.

A planned mass concert by pop star Magnifico marking 30 years of his career, which raised a lot of dust because it was to be held in Ljubljana's Tivoli park, has been moved to Stanežiče, northwest of Ljubljana. The substitute location was found after the organisers failed to get a permit to hold it in Tivoli.

Three acclaimed pianists, Alexander Gadjiev, Ido Ramot and Jong Hwa Park, will give a concert in Italy's Gorizia on Wednesday as the opening event of a new cross-border festival.

Fara, a small village on the border river Kolpa in the south of the country, will host a line-up of some of the most popular Slovenian and Croatian acts for what is the country's largest outdoor pop and rock music festival between 25 and 28 July.

The second edition of the heavy metal music festival Tolminator, located on the very banks of the Soča river that used to host the hugely popular MetalDays festival, will start in Tolmin on Wednesday.

The Slovenian community in Italy will honour the acclaimed writer Alojz Rebula (1924-2018), marking 100 years since his birth with a memorial plaque at his home in the village of San Pelagio north-west of Trieste on Sunday.