And so much more
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
Nastynancy (DJ set)
10. 6. 2025, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Bugaboo (live)
11. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Zvèn (DJ set)
11. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Kiki (live)
12. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Zazi & Mima (DJ set)
12. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
St. Jacob (live)
13. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
Jazza (DJ set)
13. 6. 2026, 23.00–2.00, Lighthouse Beach
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.
