After we sold out the lodging in Trenčín huts and Inovec huts, we are launching the sale of another type of accommodation with higher comfort. 5-person tents PSS Fox Village are available in our e-shop, and so is their equivalent, 5-person tents in Family Park. → read more
Pohoda will feature also rapper Rudolf Danihel, aka Čavalenky, from the Czechia-Slovakia border region. This phenomenon makes you believe every words he says, not pretending anything: everything is based on real grounds. Add an original expression, great flow, and excellent background. The half-Roma artist uses the Záhorie dialect in his work, talking about rough street life, racism, gambling, drugs, indebtedness, and subsequent seizures. → read more
Fantastic impressions left by our artists in Groningen and experiences that the Eurosonic 2019 left in us are captured in an excellent video by Boris Šmotlák and Sophia Boyd of Roadtrip Studio. Its premiere amused the Aftersonic attenders in Nová Cvernovka, from now on you can also watch it on our facebook. → read more
"Those good Slovaks really do cause the biggest hype in the ESNS 2019 line-up," wrote the editor of the Dutch music website OOR, Koen Poolman, in advance of the biggest European showcase festival. DIY, Vice, Noise, German Rolling Stone and many Dutch and Belgian media also brought celebratory reviews of our artists. Beyond the borders of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, almost 100 articles about our artists and bands regarding Eurosonic have been published across Europe up till now. Odes to several of them prove that they did a fantastic job and they’re also a promise that the Czech and Slovak scene will be heard of abroad more and more often. → read more
Next Monday, on the 28th of January in Nová Cvernovka in Bratislava, we will give you a sense of ESNS 2019 atmosphere with members of the Slovak expedition. On the way from Groningen, questions of an after-party were often repeated in the joint chat of CZ/SK members. After all, we decided to arrange a smaller version of Eurosonic with a documentary, an aftermovie, a conference (Denník N debate) and eight concerts. → read more
Award for excellence and passion was presented to Michal by the last year's winner of this award, Fruzsina Szép. We admit that the director of the Lollapalooza Berlin festival and the former Sziget artistic director is a great Pohoda fan and our team’s friend. It was all the lovelier that Michal could accept this prestigious award from her hands. Before presenting him the award itself, she dedicated him very nice words. Subsequently she sent us the speech, so that you’re now able to read as well… → read more
LONG STORY SHORT "About the garage that turned into a legend right after its casting". We bought an authentic concrete garage weighing seven tons in Topoľčany, put it on a truck, moved it to Groningen through half of Europe, equipped it with sound equipment and acoustic components (meaning egg cartons), built a small stage from pallets, fixed real garage lights, decorated it both on the outside and the inside, eight gigs within the CZSK focus took place in it, it witnessed the first foreign booking of a Slovak band from ESNS 2019, we cleared it out, put it on a truck and moved it home with an accompanying vehicle – back to Trenčín. During the majority of the year it will serve as a warehouse near the airport. However, on July 11th - 13th it will turn into one of Pohoda 2019 stages together with the original Garage. → read more
Pohoda also won another exceptional award at ESNS 2019 – A Greener Festival Award. Along with other award winning festivals, the members of our production crew accepted the award from the founders of A Greener Festival – Ben Challis, Claire O'Neill and Teresa Moore. Claire said about the award: "This year we noticed unprecedented efforts and awareness of the need for our work and our lives to be more in harmony with nature. Festivals and events, which we had the honour to judge and award, contribute to the formation of this shift, which has positive consequences for the events themselves, and at the same time, they are an example for the world." Eurosonic Noorderslag 2019 was, therefore, undoubtedly the most successful one for Pohoda and Slovakia in history. → read more
Slovak artists in Groningen have done marvellous work for the whole scene. Together, they played 22 concerts, each with excellent attendance and strong response. The Ills, Tittingur, Thisnis, Möbius, Nvmeri, Our Stories, Autumnist, Katka Máliková & Ensemble, Vojdi, The Wilderness and Raptor Koch together with DJs and producers B-complex and Isama Zing showed different forms of our music and each performance met the strictest world criteria. "Every year I'm happy to find 3-4 interesting bands. Now we have seen all the concerts of our artists and I can say that each of them was far above average and was received with enthusiasm. It was obvious how responsibly the bands prepared themselves. This is good news for the whole scene, the impression that the thirteen of our representatives managed to make opens door for other musicians from Slovakia, too" says Michal Kaščák, Pohoda’s CEO (the partner of the Slovak focus together with Lala Slovak Music Export) and added: "It was also amazing to see the mutual support and respect. The event filled me with pride in our art and great joy from exceptional selflessness and togetherness. I think we've experienced a turning point." "Honour to have done that with you all. Huge compliments. Deeply impressed. Safe travels and be proud!" – this is a short message from the head of ESNS delivered before the departure of two buses with more than 120 delegates from Groningen. → read more
Slovak expedition's partner at ESNS 2019 is also Budiš which ensures the water intake for over 120 musicians, journalists and other musical professionals. They headed to Dutch Groningen together with Vec, who covers the biggest showcase festival in Europe for Budiš. → read more
