Cerkno

Location: Cerkno / Star plac / SloveniaDate: Friday, July 17, 2020 Yet another seriously fresh evening that we had the privilege of spending in Cerkno brought us there on the wings of an exciting concert announcement — another…

Location: Cerkno / Star plac / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 11 July 2020 After a blunt dose of that brave new world reality — the one we sink deeper into day by day, with no salvation in sight until the final catharsis (that is, the…

"Despite the fact that the trio must stay locked in at all times, Gorilla Mask keep teasing the listener with the shock element of 'expect the unexpected.' The band deftly rolls between calm, almost subtle passages, then suddenly erupts…

"Damir Avdić – when the devil takes the joke, or: a concert 'murder' of capitalism in Cerkno!"

"The 25th international festival of (good music) known as Keltika invited the Scandinavian — more precisely Norwegian — jazz outfit Cortex to Cerkno as its opening concert of the year."

"The band played. Played with a capital P. A full two and a half hours. No breaks. No pauses. They threw the crowd headlong into the legendary 'Orlek theater.'"

"The Frictions, led by the iconic Chris Eckman, and Martin Ramoveš with his backing band. An evening well worth spending heart and soul in Cerkno — a place we always find ourselves coming back to, time and again."

"The band never hid their great mood and sunny spirits, which kept the show alive in the middle of a storm and warmed soaked hearts!"

"Nothing left to add except that this year, in its 24th edition, the Jazz Cerkno festival once again blew everyone away, delivering a bunch of exclusive performances and brilliant live sensations"

"The second day of this year's 24th edition of Jazz Cerkno festival brought Koromač, Amirtha Kidambi Elder Ones and Luc Ex' Assemblée to the stages."

"Right from the start, especially after the quirky and lucid escapades of their cheerful, always-up-for-a-good-joke leader Christian Kühn, Kuhn Fu made it clear they've got a mild, almost hidden "drawl" of parodic provocation, or, to put it…

location: Cerkno / Gabrijel / Sloveniadate: Friday, March 8, 2019 At the seventh Deuje Babe festival, which, like every year, is once again taking over the middle of Cerkno, this time from March 1 to March 23, 2019, three girls stopped…

Location: Cerkno / Bar Gabrijel / Slovenia Date: Thursday, 07.02.2019 Leon Matek is a Slovenian singer-songwriter who, art-wise, is a multi-talented creator, so it's lucky that among all his other pursuits Leon still finds time for music.…

"An outstanding show of experimental jazz excess from the four-piece collective Shanir Blumenkranz’ Abraxas, walking in John Zorn's footsteps in Slovenia's jazz temple, Cerkno."

"What could be better than closing out the concert year in one of the coziest venues around, in the company of one of Slovenia's hottest bands right now? Cerkno, bar Gabrijel and... Prismojeni profesorji bluesa, of course."

"Brencl Banda won over Cerkno with an incredibly convincing, deeply internalized knack for walking the invisible thin line that fuses the quartet's improvisational sensitivity on one side with a masterfully maintained, highly invasive…

place: Cerkno / Stari plac / Slovenia date: 19.05.2018 Day three, and Cerkno again? Of course! Jazz plus every other kind of cultural and artistic creativity the festival always has room for. We started the morning with Gombač's…

location: Cerkno / Stari plac / Slovenia date: 18.05.2018 And then came day two of this year's 23rd edition of the traditional Jazz Cerkno festival. Once again with three seriously interesting acts on the bill. And once again the clock…

location: Cerkno / Star plac / Slovenia date: 17.05.2018 The year has come around again, and with it a new edition of the legendary Jazz Cerkno festival. Believe it or not, it's the 23rd one! As always, going to this event is about way…

"This year it became part of the "Im memoriam prof. Peter Hafner" festival program and, as part of it, hosted a combo of three extremely interesting acts. Two Slovenian and one Croatian."

"Žen are musicians who know exactly what they want. Their musical vision is firmly chiseled, and it's confirmed by the eclectic expression that runs through their original music, which makes them downright special and unique in the…

"Demolition Group are a band that always delivers their concert maximum. And this time was no different. The show at Gabrijel bar was in the category of those one-of-a-kind gigs you simply never forget"

"Excellent sound, with all four building blocks that shaped it sitting in an even balance and contrast. Musically, Mart are a pretty interesting act for the Slovenian scene, but they're still seriously developing and polishing their…

"This round of musical revelry at C.M.A.K. featured the Belgian alternative rock trio Brutus. The band, who recently dropped their debut “Burst”, are getting more and more well known and are increasingly in demand on stages across Europe.…

Location: Cerkno / Star plac / Slovenia Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017 Day three of the traditional, and by now 22nd, Jazz Cerkno Festival had arrived. This one was special because female jazz players absolutely dominated the lineup!…

"b musically cunning weirdness, a generous dose of the contagious humor of this wildly likeable quintet, who will hopefully be back on our turf soon to deliver a fresh helping of musical delights from their story of Scandinavian jazz vibes…