{"id":11778,"date":"2026-02-25T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ment.si\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11778"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:51:43","slug":"hvala-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/news\/hvala-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"HVALA = THANK YOU!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<div id=\"content-text-block-block_1a4f4e487671d4b911d8eeff8ca058ab\" class=\"content-text-block\">\r\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both the rabbit and the snail made it to the end. MENT #12 is officially over, although its echo still resonates.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Help us make MENT #13 better and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1KSHVHmKpCCJO33UYEhTHiBjYFa6x_etpivNds75JAcg\/edit?urp=gmail_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">answer our survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MENT feels like a place where real connections happen and where ideas actually move forward. I am leaving Ljubljana grateful and motivated.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYour take on the music industry was inspiring and thought-provoking. I truly appreciated the opportunity to contribute and connect with everyone involved.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGood panels and focus on the industry, good vibe, amazing audience and amazing line up: experimental and not taken for granted. It has given me the hope that innovation and another way is still possible in this music industry.\u201d<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In four days, more than <\/span><b>6000 listeners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>700 delegates from more than 40 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>78 artists<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gathered in Ljubljana, making this edition unforgettable for all of us.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We really appreciate all of you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">starting with everyone involved in the team, the artists, the speakers, the delegates, the Specials, the volunteers, the audience and everyone else involved in the festival. A huge THANK YOU for being an integral part of the work that means so much to us!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you Kino \u0160i\u0161ka for being a home to MENT. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you SIGIC &amp; Music Slovenia for producing the conference with us \u2014 and congratulations on finally launching an official export office, expanding MENT and Slovenian sounds beyond borders.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you Ljubljana Castle for co-producing the event at your beautiful venues. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to all the amazing venues and their crews: Stara mestna elektrarna, Gala hala, Channel Zero, Klub Gromka, Menza pri koritu, Orto bar, the Vodnik Homestead, M hotel, DobraVaga and the Computer History Museum Slovenia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special thanks to the DobraVaga team for the beautiful appointMENT #10, and to Modul@rnice for a triple event that widened horizons in modular and electronic sound and history.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><b>Thanks to our supporters:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Municipality of Ljubljana, The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Upbeat, JP Vodovod Kanalizacija Snaga, Energetika Ljubljana, Zavarovalnica Sava, Liveurope, Bevog, Austrian Cultural Forum Ljubljana, The French Institute in Slovenia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Thanks to our partners:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M hotel, B&amp;B Hotel Park, Hostel Celica, Nomago, Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, European Talent Exchange, DobraVaga, LPP &#8211; Ljubljanski potni\u0161ki promet, Zavod Projekt ATOL, TMSQR, Bunker, Stara mestna elektrarna, Eventim, Motovila, CED Slovenija, Keychange, Rejv utopija, Red Bull, Cockta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><b>Thanks to the export initiatives:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Belgium Booms (WBM &amp; VI.BE), Dutch Music Export, Culture Hub Poland, Music Export Poland, Austrian Music Export, Wirtschaftskammer Karnten, CNM, Bulgarian Music Association, Emilia-Romagna Music Commission, ATER Fondazione, Puglia Culture, HOTS, We Move Music Croatia, SoundCzech<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Thanks to our media partners:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mladina, Full Moon Magazine, Muzika.hr, Crack Magazine, Tam-Tam, Europlakat, Zaslon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See you in 2027 for #13!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":11779,"template":"","class_list":["post-11778","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}