The days Piran keeps every year — the saltmakers' feast, the Tartini music festival, the town's own holiday — in the order they come around, each with the organiser's page for the exact programme.
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Piran runs on two seasons and one calendar. These are the days the town keeps every year — the saltmakers' feast, Giuseppe Tartini's music festival, the town's own holiday — worked out forward from today so the next one is always in front of you. Each links to the organiser's own page for the exact programme, hours and any changes.
In 22 days
Tartini Festival
20 August–5 September 2026 · KD Lib-Art
Piran's international music festival, dedicated to the town's own Giuseppe Tartini — the virtuoso violinist and composer born here in 1692. Concerts in the churches, monasteries and squares of the old town, with free Tartini Junior concerts afterward in Koper. The 25th edition runs in 2026.
The exact concert dates, venues, ticket prices and the festival pass are on the festival's own site.
Thursday, 15 October 2026 · Občina Piran / Comune di Pirano
Piran's municipal holiday, marking the 1944 founding of the first Koper naval detachment. At a central ceremony the mayor awards the town's highest honour, the Golden Coat of Arms of Piran, with events through the surrounding days.
December into early January 2026 · Tartinijev trg
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
Holiday lights and a small programme on Tartini Square through the festive season. The larger Christmas market and events are over in Portorož and Lucija.
Friday, 23 April 2027 · Piran salt pans & old town
The saltmakers' feast on St. George's Day, celebrating the centuries-old salt trade that built Piran. Traditional harvesting in the pans, salt-makers' fare and music, in town and out at the Sečovlje and Strunjan salt pans.
Held on and around St. George's Day (23 April), usually on the nearest weekend — check the programme for the exact day and hours.
How these dates work
Fixed dates — feast days, holidays — recur every year and are worked out forward from today, so this stays right without updates. Dates marked as approximate move year to year. The exact hours, and whether an event runs at all in a given year, are set by the host: confirm with them before you set out.
Fuller calendars: Tartini Festival — full programme — Concert dates, venues, tickets and the festival pass. · Tartini International Music Competition — The competition for young violinists and pianists, held in Tartini House and the Tartini Theatre in the years it runs (late May). · Portorož & Piran — what's on — The regional tourist board's full events calendar.
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