Exactly ten years ago Mladi levi festival marked the opening of the doors of Stara

elektrarna with the event If we didn’t exist, we would have to be invented. The event paid tribute to the scene and the artists, who through their combined efforts, managed to bring about the inauguration of the new Ljubljana venue. Looking back, these past years testify to the fact that Stara elektrarna has successfully fulfilled the mission it was meant to pursue when opened: it provides a stage for numerous creative individuals in the area of contemporary performing arts and stands as the cultural centre of the Tabor city quarter. Not only that, it’s one of the main cultural hubs of both Ljubljana and Slovenia. Looking ahead, we would like to believe that this decade of solid work will pave the way to a promising future, allowing the power plant to keep running, and that the cooperation between the Municipality of Ljubljana, the Ministry of Culture and the owner of the power plant, Elektro Ljubljana, will continue to bear the fruits of success.

We will be celebrating the beginning of the next decade at the opening of this year’s Mladi levi festival. Consider yourself invited to the opening party on the 23rd of August at 9.00 pm on the platform behind Stara elektrarna. The opening programme has been put together in collaboration with various artists, who have come to see Stara elektrarna as their artistic home. We would also like to invite you to join the representatives of the Tabor Cultural Quarter at the opening banquet. Assisted by volunteers from the Activity Centre for the Elderly, and under the guidance of chef Boštjan Napotnik, Bunker will bake bread for one thousand people. You are invited to bring as many different kinds of bread spreads as possible, according to your taste. Bread spread for the taste buds and art for the soul!