Pohoda will also feature an experimental rap by the Czech band P/\ST, who will come to join us from the Startér chart in cooperation with Radio Wave. The band released their debut /Expedice do vnitrobloku/ just last Friday. When they performed in the Prague café V lese at the Starter Showcase at the beginning of May, Jonáš Zbořil wrote about them: “The rapper duo P/\ST delivered by far the best show on stage yesterday. Dan and Ivo are friends from the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at the Theatre Faculty in Prague. P/\ST have just played their third concert, but they’re gaining on their brothers quite nicely. The music is a combination Dan Kranich's machine-gun flow and the dark beats that sometimes move P/\ST almost somewhere to grime. ” → read more

After huts, caravan parking, and P1 & P2 parking were sold out, now also Camping Family Park, Family & Silent Camping, and all special accommodation facilities in the Family Park—Chill Village and Black & Fresh Family Park—are gone as well. Higher comfort accommodation is still available in 5-person PSS Fox Village tents, Black & Fresh tents, and Tent Inn tents in both sizes. Your great interest was also shown in the pre-sale of tickets, which is already well ahead of the last year that sold out. We thank you. → read more

Pohoda is nearly upon us and Budiš will be there again, too. Thanks to Budiš, the attenders will get a chance to experience the festival from a new bird's-eye perspective. That will be offered by the highest building onsite, a 32-meter high ferris wheel. You can enjoy the views from the wheel with a cold, non-alcoholic drink, for example. In addition to the unique views, you can relax and chill out in Budiš zone. The stage itself will deliver quite a party again. Afterwards, you can refresh yourselves with a new edition of homo festivalis expertus beverages. → read more

"The picturesque Pohoda is one of the highlights in the European festival calendar, boasting its biggest line-up to date with names which make the sunny weekender all the more exciting. We’ve picked out six artists whose performances at Airport Trenčín should not be missed at any cost." More here: www.allthingsloud.com/festival-season-six-acts-look-pohoda-festival-part-one → read more

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Concert for Martina and Ján in Gregorovce. We thank all the attenders, artists, volunteers, suppliers and production members. We patricularly thank the inhabitants of the Gregorovce village, together we managed to create an unforgettable event. → read more

The Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Bohdan Warchal led by Ewald Danel opened Pohoda 2018 with a concert dedicated to Ján and Martina. The set of the orchestra in Gregorovce will be similar: they will play the highlights of Baroque, Romantic, and Contemporary Slovak music, such as Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Musica Slovaca by Ilja Zeljenka, and Dvořák's Biblical Songs. During the performance, the choirs from all over Slovakia, including the local choir Gregos, will join the orchestra.    → read more

The concert for Ján and Martina will also feature a performance by the Czech-Slovak legend Richard Müller. He's an artist with an impressive career who's still got a lot to offer even after more than 30 years on the scene. He writes new songs, plays successful concerts and starts unusual projects. Richard is, just like most people, horrified by the story of Ján and Martina. He wants to support their families this way and to contribute to making sure they're not forgotten. He'll sing the greatest hits of his impressive career, such as "Po schodoch",  "Cigaretka na dva ťahy", "Milovanie v daždi" and many more. → read more

Ida Kelarová and the choir Čhavorenge will come to Pohoda in a unique fusion with the Czech Philharmonic. Čhavorenge means "to children" in translation and it’s the development of talented Roma children from Czech and Slovak settlements that this project is focused on. “Roma children lack the feeling that they are welcome in society. We strive to create an environment that motivates them not to give up their dreams and goals, and to follow their life story fulfilment," says the project's founder, Ida Kelarová. Members of the Chalani z chatrče from the Budulovská settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou also became part of Čhavorenge some time ago. The headmaster of the Moldava primary school, Andrea Papp, was so impressed by the project that she set up something similar at her school – the Savorenge choir, which has already played a joint concert with the pupils of the local art school. Savorenge will symbolically join Čhavorenge during the concert. → read more

Richard Müller, Katarína Koščová, Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Bohdan Warchal, Folklore ensemble Šarišan, folklore ensemble Javorníček, and several choirs from all over Slovakia will perform on Saturday 18th May at the Concert for Martina and Ján that will be held in Gregorovce at Prešov. The concert will take place on the first anniversary of the planned wedding of Martina Kušnírová and Ján Kuciak. → read more

Pohoda 2019 will also host Afghanistan’s firstall-female orchestra – Zohra. The ensemble closed the 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. It was not only their first performance outside their native country, but also the first time stage fright was the only fear they had to brave. Back home, they often have to deal with various threats, from personal invectives to bomb attack threats (which has already occurred, for example, against the founder of the school under which the ensemble falls). The members of the ensemble are one of the first women in their families and throughout the country to study music in the past 30 years. In a very short time, these brave musicians earned the recognition of the media as BBC, NPR, CNBC, The New Your Times, Le Figaro, La Repubblica and many others. Young orchestra members dressed in colourful embroidered costumes are ready to share their culture and their message of hope with the world. → read more