Eurosonic is the largest European launch pad for new bands. It was here where the careers of names such as Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, Mø, and Royal Blood started. The next edition will offer a huge chance especially for Slovak and Czech artists, as the biggest showcase festival of the Old Continent will focus on music from our countries also thanks to Pohoda. The opportunity will be given to eight bands from each country, and our artists will be able to gain one more slot thanks to RTVS (Slovak Radio and TV) (as a member of the European Broadcasting Union, they can recommend one name). Artist registration was launched on 1st May and will end on 1st September; the form is available at the festival website: (https://esns.nl/play-at-esns). So, there is one month left to sign up! → read more

Argentinian band La Fanfarria del Capitán has made whole NAY tanečný dom dance on Saturday evening. On top of it they showed a mix of Latin American rhythms, Ska and rock at the Pohoda acoustic sessions at Huawei Roller Disco. → read more

Dávid Doroš put together a special compilation of Pohoda 2018 artist photos. He took pictures of them in Artist Village with the use of a special camera obscura technique and black-and-white film. Project name is derived from the exposure time: 60 seconds. His photos were awarded also within the Slovak Press Photo contest.   → read more

Photographer Martin Šveda, who regularly visits Pohoda as a festival-goer, captured some indeed beautiful moments of our festival’s 22nd edition. Check them out in the following album. Heartland by Martin Šveda → read more

Genuine Jacks played an acoustic version of their track “Youth” in the center of the festival site, right next to Pohoda F(lovers). → read more

Martina Mlčúchová took some amazing photos of Pohoda but also took these “live pictures” - cinemagraphs. → read more

This year, reputable British newspapers such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, Evening Standard and Metro have included Pohoda in the selection of the best festivals. Excited about that, our office were discussing also which newspaper in the list of renowned British media was still missing and we surely talked about The Independent. It was this daily that published the solo review of the Pohoda festival by the music journalist Derek Robertson at the end of last week, titled: “Jubilant three days where the feel-good vibes are reflected by a stellar, diverse lineup”, with subheading “Guests are treated like family, and there is truly something for everyone”. At the same time, our festival received a five-star rating out of five. Below is the link to this fantastic review. Thank you, Derek and The Independent. www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/pohoda-festival-review-2018-lineup-st-vincent-chemical-brothers-a8456391.html → read more

Our terrace also saw rap in acoustic version: Lyrik, Bene, Roland Kánik and their guests Michal Šelep and Ľuboš "Ežo" Ambrozai played song “Absint” there. → read more

Our photographer Lucia Kotrhová made a selection of snaps from Pohoda 2018, too. → read more

There is a rumour on the Internet saying that Michal Kaščák, the director of Pohoda, stated in Rádio_FM: “Nation, Christianity, and similarly oriented bands have no place at the Pohoda festival. If Iʼm to be honest, they should not even exist and play.” This statement is nonsense. Religious orientation and national beliefs of performers do not play a role for us, we are a free festival. There are Christians, Jews, Muslims, members of other religions, and non-believers playing at the festival. We have performing artists from 30 countries, which means they are of many nationalities, and the biggest number of them are local bands. Pohoda was opened with Antonín Dvořákʼs Biblical Songs and concluded with an ecumenical worship service; we had perform perhaps the most popular Slovak gospel band, Heartbeat, and several church choirs; there were several Christian non-profit organisations in the NGO passage. Pohoda hosted the concerts of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, and several ensembles of traditional music. Finally, we wish to state that the organiser of the Pohoda festival does pay all the applicable taxes and fees. → read more