Since 1990, the Maribor Puppet Theatre has been organizing the Summer Puppet Pier, an annual international summer festival in the city. Every year, in August, thousands of visitors enjoy an excellent program.

Primarily, the festival offers the best foreign and domestic puppet performances for children, as well as performances for adults, workshops, exhibitions, installations, and other accompanying events.

With the support of the Municipality of Maribor, Maribor puppeteers every year attract the best that the puppet world has to offer.

Since the 30th Summer Puppet Pier Festival, the best performance selected by the children's jury has received the Golden Giraffe Award.