1st ALMA festival

✨ ALMA FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2026
📅 September 9–13, 2026
📍 Celje
ALL DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL
🍽️ ALMA – plate
Selected catering providers in the city
Food and drink prices are set by each catering provider according to their valid price list.
📸 ALMA – exhibition
Photo exhibition DF SVIT
📍 Celje Princes' Square
🖼️ ALMA – exhibition
Borrowed Gods, Stone Viennese – photographic exhibition by Christine de Grancy
📍 Fotohiša Pelikan / Božena Gallery
The exhibition will be on display until September 29, 2026.
🖼️ ALMA – exhibition
Alma M. Karlin Paths – permanent exhibition
📍 Old County Hall, Celje Regional Museum
🚶 ALMA – walk
Alma's monument
📍 Krekov trg
⭐ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
🎬 7:00 PM | Cinema under the stars: Bitter Christmas
📍 Lapidarium on Savinjsko nabrežje
Pre-festival film warm-up
Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad, Spain, 2026)
Drama / comedy | 112 min
Directed and written by: Pedro Almodóvar
🌧️ In case of bad weather: Kino Union
⭐ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
📖 10:00 AM | ALMA – stories
📍 Home for the Elderly Celje
PATH under the FEET
storytelling workshop on the theme of holiday stories
KUD 567 and U3O
🎨 10:00 AM | Art workshop
📍 Savinjsko nabrežje
Led by: Mojca Senegačnik and Maja Antončič
Celje Regional Museum / Center for Contemporary Arts and Gimnazija Celje Center
🌧️ In case of bad weather, the event is canceled.
🧵 4:00 PM | From thread to being – Alma's textile painting
📍 Mestna plaža
Presentation of a community textile workshop that combines artistic creation, craft knowledge, and the story of Alma Karlin.