Festival Lent is Slovenia's premier music and arts event, attracting over 600,000 visitors - equivalent to nearly a third of the country's population - to Maribor's old town on the banks of the River Drava every June. This will be the festival's 17th year, with an expected 400 performers from 34 countries taking to 30 stages. Aside from music, dance and theatre performances, the festivities also include children's workshops, mimes, magicians, acrobats and of course fireworks.
