The Festival of Kaikavian comedy - Days of Mladen Kerstner is being held every year in November in honor of Mladen Kerstner in Ludbreg. Mladen Kerstner from Ludbreg created in the 70s the most popular Kaikavian TV-serial called Gruntovčani, and thus contributed a lot to further development of Kaikavian langauge and culture that was in these times largely under-represented in public media.

The Festival of Kaikavian comedy is meant to foster creation in Kaikavian, says mr. Branko Dijanošić, who is the initiator of the festival and director of the community college in Ludbreg. His vision has turned into reality since every year amateur theatre troupes from Podravina, Međimurje, Zagorje perform at the festival. 

Ludbreg is a city grad in Podravina, between Varaždin and Koprivnica, located at the spot were an extraordingarily important antique Podravian route crossed the Bednja river. At its riverside Roman Iovia was founded, and on the fundaments of Ioiva the early Slavic people ancestors of Kaikavians built a settlement. A story tell us that Ludbreg was called after the Knight Lodbring from Bourgogne, when he stayed when coming back from Crusade wars. This story could be true, since we know that Ludbreg was important cross-point, and in Kaikavian there is no word "lud" (it is a Stokavian word). We also know from historic sources that medieval fort at Ludbreg belonged to Knights of the Hospital of St. John. Ludbreg was then called (1239.) called in Latin Bynna (Bygna, Bigna, Budna, Bedna = Bednja, V. Klaič).

Ludbreg is today also an important pilgrim centre, which it became in 1513 by the Bulla of Pope Leo X.
Sadly enough, the Church often destroys historical buildings of Ludbreg, instead to protect the historical face and ambient of Ludbreg city. In 2012 a historical house from 19th ct. was destroyed, to make place for a new house owned by Church. This seriously distorted the historical and ambiental looks of centre of Ludbreg in its authentic context, namely the one of Central Europe and Kaikavian region. 

Picture of Castle Batthyany in Ludbreg shared from http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludbreg#mediaviewer/File:Dvorac_Batthyany.jpg according to CC licence.