On Friday, 28. and Saturday, 29. in August, the festival of Beer Without Borders returns on the square of Europe between Gorizia and Nova Gorica, this time for the sixth time.
One of the most original and symbolic events of the cross-border summer, which is now an entrenched tradition among the events that enliven our region.
The event is the result of a collaboration between two cross-border breweries: Antica Contea brewery in Gorizia and Reservoir Dogs brewery in Nova Gorica.
The release of 2026 will be enriched by the music competition open 6th, which builds on the cultural and value legacy of GO! 2025-Nova Gorica-Gorizia, European capital of Culture 2025, fully shares its strategic vision based on crossing borders and promoting cross-border cooperation.
The aim of the competition is to present the energy and creativity of young musical groups from Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia, and to promote meetings between talents, regions and cultures that find their natural space of expression in the boundless context of GO!2025.
The cross-border Music Competition is promoted by EGTC GO, with the organizational support of open Modulave and the Antica Contea brewery, and is dedicated to young groups from Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia.
The initiative was created with the aim of encouraging emerging talents from the cross-border area and offering them an important opportunity for visibility and artistic growth.
After two preselections in July, the six finalist groups will perform on the stage of the Beer Without Borders festival. In both evenings, the audience, together with the jury, will vote for the best group of each evening, which will receive the prize of the competition based on performance, technique, text and composition, as well as originality.
Programme :
Friday, 28. August 2026
Open wave competition (18.30) - > Finalist 1
(19: 15) - > Finalist 2
(20: 00) - > Finalist 3
Main event (21.30) - > overlaps (ITA)
Saturday, 29. August 2026
Open wave competition (18.30) - > Finalist 4
(19: 15) - > Finalist 5
(20: 00) - > Finalist 6
Main event (22.30) - > KING FOO (SLO)
V petek, 28. in soboto, 29. avgusta, se na Trgu Evrope med Gorico in Novo Gorico vrača Festival piva brez meja, tokrat že šestič.
Eden najbolj izvirnih in simboličnih dogodkov čezmejnega poletja, ki je zdaj že utrjena tradicija med dogodki, ki poživljajo našo regijo.
Dogodek je rezultat sodelovanja med dvema čezmejnima pivovarnama: pivovarno Antica Contea v Gorici in pivovarno Reservoir Dogs v Novi Gorici.
Izdajo leta 2026 bo obogatil glasbeni natečaj OPENWAVE, ki gradi na kulturni in vrednostni zapuščini GO! 2025 – Nova Gorica-Gorizia, evropska prestolnica kulture 2025, in v celoti deli njeno strateško vizijo, ki temelji na preseganju meja in spodbujanju čezmejnega sodelovanja.
Namen tekmovanja je predstaviti energijo in ustvarjalnost mladih glasbenih skupin iz Furlanije - Julijske krajine in Slovenije ter spodbujati srečanja med talenti, regijami in kulturami, ki najdejo svoj naravni prostor izražanja v brezmejnem kontekstu GO!2025.
Čezmejno glasbeno tekmovanje promovira EZTS GO z organizacijsko podporo Openwave in pivovarne Antica Contea, posvečeno pa je mladim skupinam iz Furlanije - Julijske krajine in Slovenije.
Pobuda je bila ustvarjena z namenom spodbujanja vzhajajočih talentov iz čezmejnega območja in jim ponuditi pomembno priložnost za prepoznavnost in umetniško rast.
Po dveh predizborih v juliju bo šest finalističnih skupin nastopilo na odru festivala piva brez meja. V obeh večerih bo občinstvo skupaj z žirijo glasovalo za najboljšo skupino posameznega večera, ki bo prejela nagrado natečaja na podlagi izvedbe, tehnike, besedila in kompozicije ter izvirnosti.
Program :
Petek, 28. avgusta 2026
Odprto valovno tekmovanje (18.30) -> Finalist 1
(19:15) -> Finalist 2
(20:00) -> Finalist 3
Glavni dogodek (21.30) -> PREKRIVANJA (ITA)
Sobota, 29. avgusta 2026
Odprto valovno tekmovanje (18.30) -> Finalist 4
(19:15) -> Finalist 5
(20:00) -> Finalist 6
Glavni dogodek (22.30) -> HERE and EVERYWHERE (SLO)