The Martinus bookshop, in cooperation with the OZ Literárny klub, will offer Pohoda attenders two days full of quality reading and interesting guests. You can look forward to Simon Mawer, the author of the successful novel Glass Room. A film of the same name was based on the book. Czech journalist Jan Urban, Hungarian writer Ferenc Czinki, authors of popular Čierne diery, Milan Lasica, Dano Majling, Michal Hvorecký, Dorota Nvotová and SND actors will read excerpts from the latest book by Dušan Mitana. In addition, a selection of great books, excellent coffee and other goodies from the Foxford Café await you in the Literary Tent Martinus. → read more

You just need to move one finger to have your tent set up at Pohoda. Prvá stavebná sporiteľňa will do the rest for you. All you need to do is find a PSS volunteer in the campsites during the first day and have your tent set up for you. → read more

You can discuss various medical topics with experts in Dr. Stan this year as well. In the interactive part there will be a lot of activities that you don’t have time for or don’t feel like doing throughout the year. → read more

Six years ago, the operation of special forces in a Romani settlement near Moldava nad Bodvou resulted in 30 injured people. 60 policemen with dogs took part in the operation named “100”, yet the Interior Ministryʼs inspection assessed it to be appropriate. On the contrary, the attacked Romani, who witnessed the case, were charged with perjury. The legal inquiry is already in the hands of the judges of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Zuzana Wienk, activist Lydia Šuchová, and Roman Kvasnica, the legal representative of the attacked Romani, will talk about the genesis of the case in Optimistan. We will also commemorate this event with the exhibition of photographs by Tomáš Halász and the joint concert of bands Chalani z chatrče and Gipsy centrum, both from Moldava, in Café Kušnierik. → read more

For the ninth time, 20 volunteers of the Young Generation of the Slovak Nuclear Society (SNUS) will present themselves at Pohoda festival. In a tent located next to the NGO passage you will be able to measure your radioactivity, demonstrate your knowledge in a quiz and thus get a chance to win five smart watches, power-banks and other great prizes. You will find out what radioactive elements are found naturally in the human body and that radioactivity is all around us. You can get a look at the radon map of Slovakia, learn more about the operation of a nuclear power plant, or find out where you can come across ionizing radiation. → read more

Trio Mandili, a musical miracle from Georgia, will replace Sho Madjozi who had to cancel her concert at Pohoda. The group's story is a modern Caucasian fairy tale. Three friends would sing polyphonic Georgian songs during a walk in the village. They recorded one of these "singing" walks on a mobile phone, uploaded it on YouTube and another viral phenomenon was born. Nowadays, the band has 900,000 followers on Facebook, millions views and a quarter of a million video subscribers on YouTube.   → read more

Liam Gallagherʼs concert in Prague was attended also by Oliver Rehák of Denník N, who described it for us: “This ainʼt no fokin disco, we’re a rockʼnʼroll band—those were the first words to the audience and that was exactly what it was: a guitar massage topped with the familiar voice and melodies. They say that everyone should see McCartney or Rolloshow at least once in their life; similarly, you simply must see Gallagher with Wonderwall. Otherwise one canʼt understand what a good song can do with people when performed live.” You can see Liam Gallagher perform live in just 20 days at Pohoda 2019. → read more

NYC Corner will again be preparing their most popular specialty, Bacon Cheese hot-dog with cheddar, bacon and top-quality weenie containing 96 per cent of meat. On top of that, crunchy fries with dressing made of fresh herbs will be served. This year’s addition to the offer is the juicy Pulled Pork Burger made of 12-hour slow-baked pork shoulder with homemade BBQ sauce and served in a freshly baked butter bun from their baker. And, each morning, you can enjoy the breakfast combo – toasts with exclusive filtered coffee from Brew Bar. Also, with the option of delivery directly to the campsite ;) → read more

At the occasion of the 30th anniversary of The Velvet Revolution, Pohoda will also see a concert by band Ještě jsme se nedohodli. Representatives of the so-called Brno new wave started out in the 1980s as a one-time thing put together just for fun, but they soon became a sensation on the alternative scene. Not only because they were ignoring bureaucratic obstacles whose purpose was for the regime to control who says what, how and to whom, but, most of all, because of their ability to make quirky music with unusual lyrics. “Nedohodli were original to such an extent that they were regarded as a deviation even in the context of the deviating world of the Czechoslovakian alternative scene. Karel David is a genius lyrics writer, Petr Liška dances and sings those lyrics fantastically. On top of that we have music, which would make some hipsters on the math-rock scene a discovery worldwide if recorded today. This is one of the perfectly hidden music gems,” says Michal Kaščák. → read more

This year you can also play open-air table tennis at Pohoda. An instructor from the Slovak Table Tennis Association will help the beginners to get the hang of the game. In addition, a varied program, competitions and games await you in their tent from Thursday to Sunday. You don't have to bring your own racket, they’ll happily lend you one of theirs for free :-) → read more