Festival Ambassador Zlatko: "I literally watched kids grow through play!"

A rich offering of morning and evening events until the 27th of May

In all of its years the festival has done a lot in the area of inclusion i.e the equal participation of children, youths and elderly persons with physical disabilities, as well as those underprivileged and excluded, in social happenings. Foto: MMC RTV SLO/Tanja Mojzer

The 10th International Festival »Play with me« is even bigger this year. In May it will be taking place in five Slovenian cities and five other countries. The festival kicked off in Ljubljana today and will run until Friday, the 27th of May. All the events and workshops will be free of charge.

Congress Square and Zvezda Park invite the young
Those interested can take part in free educational and fun workshops everyday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The evenings, starting at 8 p.m. (except on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m.), are reserved for concerts by the renowned Berklee College of Music – Campus Valencia. Special guests at the concerts will be Perpetuum Jazzile, Zlatko, Čudoviti um (Phantom of the Opera), MuzikaViva, Vrtiljak — Cirius Vipava (dancers with physical disabilities), Malo drugače and the Venas band — Cviu Velenje, Fanika Križaj, the Big Bands of KGBL, KGBM and FKK, and the Janez Levec Center.

Main aim: inclusion, relaxed socializing
In all of its years the festival has done a lot in the area of inclusion i.e the equal participation of children, youths and elderly persons with physical disabilities, as well as those underprivileged and excluded, in social happenings. The basic festival motto is that we are all equal when we play.

Rapper Zlatko – My kids grew before my eyes
"I literally watched kids grow in all the years that I've been an ambassador to the festival. It was like when a grandmother, for example, sees you after some time and says: Oh, look how you've grown in these few months, or one year! Well that's how I feel with this team and with this festival. I come to socialize with everyone and most of all to have a fun. That's what counts; play, laughter, and to have a nice and good time. With a bit of luck I'll visit all of this year's festival cities," said the popular rap artist.

Tanja Mojzer; translated by K. J.