Saturday Program of the 21st Saltpans Feast Postponed Due to National Day of Mourning
Due to the declared national day of mourning following the passing of the Pope, the Saturday event of the 21st Saltpans Feast, traditionally held in celebration of St. George’s Day, will not take place on April 26th. The event is expected to be rescheduled for the conclusion of the saltmaking season in August.
The Sunday program will proceed as planned. Additionally, the celebration of the Piran Local Community, originally scheduled for Friday, April 25th, will now be held on Sunday afternoon.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
SUNDAY PROGRAMME (27.4.2025)
Tartini Square
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Stalls – a market of delights and nature’s fruits
9:00 AM: Performance by the Brass Band Kras from Doberdob
9:30 AM: Performance by mixed choir MePZ Georgios Piran
9:40 AM: Procession from Tartini Square to the Church of St. George
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Paint your taperin – children’s art workshop: let your imagination run free and paint your own colorful wooden taperin under the guidance of Vasko Vidmar, a versatile artist from Piran
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Museum collection of the birthplace of composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini
Presentation of artistic groups bringing Piran's cultural heritage to life: La famea dei Salineri, Al tempo di Tartini, Voga Veneta Piran – Pirano,
Viva san Zorzi! – a documentary video about the monumental and spiritual Latin-Benetic heritage in Piran,
Il silenzio della memoria - Silence of Memories; an exhibition by teacher and artist Guido La Pasquale from Piran (Free entry)
Pastoral Cultural Centre Georgios
10:00 AM: Holy Mass at the Church of St. George
11:00 AM: Blessing of the renovated bell tower
11:10 AM: Social gathering with treats from Piran’s households and music by the Brass Band Mužika sv. Lazar from Boršt, along with a screening of short films about the renovation of the bell tower (St. Peregrine's Hall)
11:15 AM, 11:30 AM, and 11:45 AM: Lea Bajc, dance performance with silk (inside the bell tower)
12:30 PM: Procession with the Sallt-worker’s Family – La Famea dei Salineri, accompanied by the Brass Band Mužika sv. Lazar from Boršt, to the pier
Fishermen's Pier, in front of the Tartini Theatre
12:45 PM: Performance by the music group Lancana (Gruppo Lanzana)
1:15 PM: Departure of the Saliner Family with the boat to the salt pans, accompanied by the group Voga Veneta Piran-Pirano
Piran, Zelenjavni trg (organized by the Piran Local Community)
1:00 PM: Piran delicacies from the grill and pot
2:00 PM: Competition in cooking Istrian snacks (pre-registration required at the Piran Local Community)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Feast with live music
4:00 PM: Piranese Tombola / Piran-style tombola (demonstration of the ancient game in collaboration with the Giuseppe Tartini Italian Community)
5:00 PM: Tug-of-war competition, announcement of the cooking competition winner
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Feast with live music
Herman Pečarič Gallery
07:00 PM – 10:00 PM - Feel the Salt Crystal: Images, Sounds, and Tastes of the Salt Crystal
Let’s explore Piran salt with all our senses! The Institute for Landscape, Culture, and Art ABAKKUM will guide you into the unknown world of sea salt crystals with an interdisciplinary program. In the beautiful spaces of the gallery and its garden with wisteria, we will discover the shapes of the salt crystal cosmos and life within it, the sounds of the salt crystal in the Sound Landscape of the salt pans and electronic music by DJ Benjamin Shock, as well as tastes in crusted bread with salicornia, crystal-salted cocktails, and cakes.
Participants in the 21st Saltpans
Feast on the Feast of St. George
Abakkum Institute
for Landscape, Culture, and Art Piran, Aquarium Piran –
Center for Science, University of Primorska, Art – Dance
Promotion Society, Brass Band
Comunità degli Italiani di Visinada, Self-managed
Community of the Italian Nationality Piran, Comunità degli
Italiani “Giuseppe Tartini” di Pirano, Society of
Enthusiasts of Cultural and Natural Heritage Anbot Piran, Society of
Citizens of the City of Piran, Society "Ne
me jugat", Portorož Choir
Society, Society Friends of
the Treasures of St. George, Emilja Pavlič, Folk Dance Society
Val Piran, Brass Band Mužika
sv. Lazar from Boršt, Local Community Piran, Sečovlje Salt Pans
Nature Park, Strunjan Nature
Park, La Famea dei
Salineri – Salt-worker’s Family, LASR Feral and LAS
Green Istria, Lea Bajc, Loredana Zega, Me PZ Georgios, Mediteranum Piran, Morigenos –
Slovenian Society for Marine Mammals, National Institute
of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Nika Solce, Coastal Galleries
Piran, Primary schools:
Ciril Kosmač Piran, Sečovlje, Lucija, and Scuola elementare V. e D. de Castro
Pirano, Maritime Museum – Museo del mare "Sergej Mašera" Piran – Pirano, Volunteer Fire Department Piran, SOLINE Salt Production d.o.o., ŠIMC - EPI Center Piran, TD Taperin Sečovlje Tourist Association, TD Solinar Strunjan Tourist Association, Vasko Vidmar, Voga Veneta Piran - Pirano, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Regional Unit Piran, Institute for the Preservation of Maritime Heritage Portorož - Museum of
Underwater Activities Piran, Association of Cultural Societies Piran and OI JSKD Piran, Parish of Piran
Organizer: Auditorium Portorož – Portorose with
the support of the Municipality of Piran, JP Okolje Piran, TZP – Tourist
Association Portorož, g.i.z.