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KIŠD x KO: NIGHTS OF LIGHTS 2026
Five nights of music delights from near and just across the border, served to you in collaboration with the Izola Students’ Club.
Insan (live)
10. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Insan is a Yugofuturist force that, through a nostalgic lens on the ex-Yugoslav musical underground, blends pop, new wave, and rock. After their striking debut and several line-up changes, the band returned at the end of 2025 with the album Planet Tuga (KAPA), which explores the depths of grief and reflects on how the anomalies of the modern world affect our bodies and communities. The new record envisions the band as a hypersonic, cosmonautical crew of cyborgs and intergalactic misfits on a journey to discover Zenit, a planet that tests the limits of optimism.
Nastynancy (DJ set)
10. 6. 2025, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Katjuša Stare, also known as nastynancy, is a DJ and member of the band Nimaš Izbire, who became active in the Ljubljana club scene in 2022. As a DJ, she is most drawn to faster rhythms and various types of breaks, including jungle, breakbeat, footwork, electro, ghettotech, and other bass-driven sounds. In her highly energetic sets, she seeks a meeting point between euphoric melodies and rhythmic chaos, feeling especially at home on the stages of Ljubljana’s clubs.
Bugaboo (live)
11. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Bugaboo is a complex quintet based in Trieste, brought together by a genuine pleasure in resonating the air between bodies. They are driven by a shared and lively jazz tension, and propose an original repertoire whose complex flavours recall typical funk, blues, and post-rock rhythms and sounds, enriched with hints of electronic and hip hop cultures. This mix creates a unique compositional style and sound, with a vaguely acid and moody identity – in short: rancid.
Zvèn (DJ set)
11. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
DJ and record collector Zvèn (Tilen Mavrič) is a member of the DJ collective Cosmic Sex, a young music enthusiast, and is regarded as one of the most promising figures of the new generation. In recent years, in addition to regularly playing club gigs in Ljubljana, he has performed at the Butik and Ment festivals. His selections span a wide range, building bridges between psychedelia and euphoria, and he is also passionate about regional musical heritage, especially ex-Yu and East European jazz, folk, and rock.
Kiki (live)
12. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Singer-songwriter KiKi (Kikiwritings) has been described by the media as a “sorceress of intimate storytelling”, with her music called “magical folk-pop”. KiKi’s voice transports listeners into her fairytale world, and, together with the wonderful harmonies of her backing vocalists and her somewhat unusual, at times dark lyrics, she weaves tales that draw concertgoers close, with these stories often sounding almost like confessions.
She performs live with a band consisting of keyboardist Matevž Košutnik, guitarist Jan Kopač, drummer Martin Jocif, and vocalists Nika Trdin and Gala Pregel.
Mima & Späti (DJ set)
12. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Mima is a young world music collector from Ljubljana, with a special devotion to organic sound and funk, blending her selections with rhythm-driven beats, timeless electronic styles, and obscure discoveries that broaden her horizons.
Späti, a member of the Housetherapy collective, has in recent years moved from Kersnikova to Metelkova, from Diskoterapija to the legendary Roza parties, from bars to summer festivals, and even beyond her home turf. Sonically, she weaves together punchy bass drums, 4/4 beats, varied percussion, and flirtatious vocals.
Kavč (live)
13. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
KAVČ is a coastal pop/rock trio that has quickly established itself as one of the most prominent young bands on the domestic scene. Their sound combines melodic pop and energetic rock with contemporary production and a strong concert presence. With the singles Tvoj papagaj (Your Parrot) , Komaj čakam, da zaspiš (I Can Hardly Wait For You To Fall Asleep) and Usedi se z mano (Sit Down With Me), they were selected for Song of the Week on Radio Koper and Pop Song of the Week on Val 202, while also ranking among the most played artists of the year on Radio Koper. In 2024, they released their self-titled debut album, Kavč, while Prstan zlat (A Golden Ring) and Casino are already singles for their new second album.
Jazza (DJ set)
13. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Jazza is a DJ who loves to tell stories and create ambiance through music, blending deep house, cutting-edge electronica, Italo disco, and new wave into his dark, immersive sets. He first emerged in Trieste in the 1990s with the DJ collective Electrosacher and has since performed across Europe in clubs, festivals, theatres, museums, fashion shows, and social and urban spaces. Since 2002, he has curated the soundtracks for ITS – International Talent Support, a major fashion platform.
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Beach Library by Izola Public Library
10. 6.–12. 6., 14.00–18.00, Lighthouse Park
13. 6.–14. 6., 10.00–18.00, Lighthouse Park
A summer library in the shelter of pine trees with 400 books in Slovenian and foreign languages and no formal registration or membership fee. A festival rest area will be set up nearby for reading pleasure and quiet rest.
Yoga among Trees
10. 6.&12. 6., 9.00–10.00, Lighthouse Park
14. 6., 10.00–11.00, Lighthouse Park
The festival mantra will manifest through slow movements under the expert guidance of the Izola-based yoga studio Joga Soba. Join us for a relaxing experience!
Crocheting the Future
12. 6. 2026, 17.00–20.00, Lighthouse Park
A moment for fashion to slow down. Swap your clothes, browse our pop-up store for pre-loved items, take a crochet hook and join Kaja Pinter in tackling hyperproduction, or give old garments a new life with colourful elements from the festival’s identity. In collaboration with the Izola Reuse Centre (CUP) and the Koper-based studio ‘2. Skica’.
Cinema on the Border with Gorizia-based Kinoatelje
9. 6. 2026, 19.00, Manzioli Palace
As part of GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture, Kinoatelje conceived two projects. Oriente Vzhod / Occidente Zahod creates an atlas of cinematic images, historical turning points, and shifting borders between Slovenia and Italy, while Our Daily Cinema sheds light on the history of Gorizia through the traces of an omnipresent film culture. Both projects encourage reflection on how we understand and experience our shared cross-border space through cinema. The event will be in Italian.
The Poetry of Dialects and the Landscape of Images
10. 6.–14. 6. 2026, Alga Gallery
The Otok Institute showcases the literary and visual outcomes of a project undertaken in collaboration with the Stazioni_Postaje APS association to explore the Slovenian-Italian cross-border multicultural space through its poetry, dialects, and cinema, bringing together two generations: seniors in nursing homes, who translated the poetry into dialects, and young people, who adapted it into short films.
The PODIPO project was funded by the EU through the Small Projects Fund GO! 2025 of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 Programme, managed by EGTC GO.
The Silences of a Restless World II: Exhibition by UNG School of Arts
10. 6.–14. 6. 2026, Salsaverde Gallery
This year’s Salsaverde Gallery exhibition by the University of Nova Gorica School of Arts features student works in which the artists, drawing on their personal experience, reflect on the interplay between them and the world: their struggles, their relationship to their generation, and to society at large. These are quiet, individual explorations, islands of telling silence in a restless world.
Counterpoint: Multimedia installation by the Format Art Society
10. 6.–14. 6. 2026, Drat Gallery
Through video fragments, spatial elements, and research notes, the installation examines everyday gestures as unconscious routines. By deconstructing bodily memory, the project allows space for reflection on the patterns we unconsciously inscribe with our bodies into the collective choreography of everyday life.
High Noon: A meet and greet with festival guests
12. 6.–13. 6. 2026, 12.00–13.30, Largo pri špini
Come and hang out with festival guests in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere at the social crossroads of Izola.
A Isola voio andar
13. 6. 2026, 10.30–12.00, Piazza di San Mauro
A guided tour of the hidden corners of Izola’s old town, with a special focus on the Venetian cultural heritage, organised by members of the Circolo VitaNova Association for the Promotion of Italian Identity in Istria. The tour will be in English.
Ding Dang Dong: Poetry Evening in collaboration with Trite
13. 6., 21.00–22.30, Largo pri Špini
Come hear local lyricists’ poetry echo down the Ljubljanska Street to the sound of music and sight of live illustrations—and polish your verses and spruce up your rhymes to share your words in an open mic.
The event will be in Slovenian, but there are no restrictions on style, genre, or language for the open mic.
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Betty’s Kitchen
10. 6.–13. 6. 2026, 20.30–2.00, Lighthouse Park
Carefully prepared snacks from the creative hands of Bettina Skok, a cheerful chef from Izola.
Biradiski Craft Beers
10. 6.–13. 6. 2026, 20.30–2.00, Lighthouse Park
A fresh selection by locals surfing global craft beer trends.
Frequency Bar
10. 6.–13. 6. 2026, 20.30–2.00, Lighthouse Park
An essential selection of the most popular mixed drinks to save all sorts of thirsty souls.
Admission is free for all And So Much More events. Follow our social media pages for updates on social events. For other things to see and experience in Izola, visit visitisola.com.
