Bob Geldof and Jesus Christ Superstar to headline Lent Festival

The main festival stage will be set up in the central Leon Štukelj square and is set to host La Traviata opera and the Faun-Carmen-Bolero ballet performance by the SNG Maribor Theatre, one of the festival's most important partners.

Another important feature will be the festival's first foreign musical - the famous creation by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Jesus Christ Superstar, performed by the Brno City Theatre.

The Leon Štukelj square will also host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Folkart folklore festival, featuring folklore groups from Cuba, Botswana, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria and of course Slovenia.

The festival's main attraction will be Irish musician Bob Geldof. Other performers include S.A.R.S, The Real McKenzies, GoGo Penguin, Hot 8 Brass Band, Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Omar Sosa Quarteto Afeocubano, Psihomodo Pop, Zabranjeno pušenje and...