Inhabitants of Ptuj are fond of all kinds of entertainment and they willingly participate in numerous events the purpose of which is fun, entertainment, transmission of oral traditions and their preservation.
The Day of Ptuj Municipality is always the first Saturday in August, as a remembrance of the distant past, the year 1513, when the archbishop Lenart of Salzburg approved of a new, amended and adjusted statute of the town of Ptuj.
During summer months, there are numerous entertainment events which culminate in the Ptuj Summer Night. Town squares become stages for music groups, and at midnight fireworks illuminate the sky above Ptuj. Some 10,000 visitors come into town for the occasion.





