Sixto Rodriguez was halfway between the hotel and the Viennese airport when he asked his Slovak driver to turn the car and go back. He wanted to be at Pohoda for some more time and personally thank our Michal for a great festival. We fainted. When we came around he discussed music and life with us for more than an hour and he also played his guitar for us. Rodriguez’s concert was one the highlights of Pohoda 2018, a while ago he became the last performer to leave the site. Thank you and travel safe, Sixto :) → read more

Jamie Cullum and many others have already taken the time to praise Pohoda and its visitors at their social media pages, and we keep getting more and more e-mails from artists, tour managers, or agents. The strongest memories of the 22nd edition of our festival couldn't have been made without you - our best visitors. We wish you a safe and happy journey home and look forward to seeing you at the 23rd Pohoda festival, taking place from the 11th to the 13th of July 2019. Pohoda Team :) → read more

Residual alcohol when driving is not worth to risked. This year you can find alcohol testers in VšZP tent, on the parking lot and ŠKODA Service will give them out in the area and you can "measure" alcohol in your blood also with UNION guards and NGO Forum Pi s rozumom ( "drink wisely"). If you are not sure, rather you have cheered yourself up  a bit too much or not, we are recommending you to use this service. It would be pitty to ruin spectacular experiences in breath test.  → read more

The phenomenal concert of the band Rebel Babel with local brass band Textilanka will take place at Pohoda again. Yesterday they were melting crowds on the main stage with their opening concert, today they are going to replace the band Tshegue, who won’t arrive at the festival regarding their visa problems. Rebel Babel and Textilanka will play their second Pohoda concert at 8 p.m. in the NAY tanečný dom (house of dance). This is how they filled the room with their music in the "Audience" instalation by Ilona Németh within Pohoda accoustic sessions... → read more

The band Bukahara had to cancel their performance at Pohoda due to their singer’s injury. Donny Benét, an exceptional singer, performer, and excellent dancer will perform his second concert in their place. If you didn‘t see him play last night, we strongly recommend that you come to Orange stage at 16:00. We wish Bukahara’s Soufian an early recovery, and we wish Pohoda’s visitors lots of energy for dancing at Donny Benét’s concert. → read more

How do showcase festivals help flourishing bands ? How could bands get the most from opportunity like this ? What means Czechoslovak focus on Waves Vienna and Eurosonic 2019 for artists from the former common republic ? Will the head of booking for Eurosonic Robert Meijerink, head of czech export office (Soundczech) Márton Náray, the co-booker for Pohoda and person responsible for contracts with artists Monika Matiašovská along with manager of bands, promoter from Real Something Táňa Lehocká; talk about this ? Discussion will be lead by the head of magazine for music proffesionals IQ, Gordon Masson, → read more

Please note that the program in EUrópa stage is starting at 9am. The first 4 slots of the program are mistakenly shifted by one hour in the printed version of line-up. Divadlo Přes ploty (Through fences) is starting at 9 am, debate Café Europe: What is dividing our society? Is starting at 11.15 am and the debate by Aktuality.sk with Zlatica Kušnírová and Jozef Kuciak is starting at 12.15. → read more

Each visitor leaving the festival grounds and wishing to return must take a return ticket bearing a barcode from the organisational staff. A return ticket must be obtained before passing the turnstile outwards. If you re-enter, you have to produce both your identification wristband and pass the turnstile using your valid return ticket. The identification wristband entitles you to enter the festival only when it is accompanied by a return ticket. → read more

Blossoms concerts on Urpiner stage is postponed to 7 p.m. They are going to play in the time of cancelled Glass Animals show. We were trying to find replacement, yet in spite of unfavourable weather forecast between 4 - 6 p.m., we'll skip the slot at 5 p.m. → read more

It is possible that this afternoon the weather will get worse. From 13:00 there could be rain-showers, whereas from 15:00 till 18:00 the chance of rain and storms is really high. In the evening the weather should get better again. If you are planning to arrive to Pohoda today, we are recommending to plan your arrival after 6 o' clock - especially to families with children. Don't forget to take your waterproof shoes and raincoats. In the case of bad weather please follow the instructions of organisator and also the evacuation plan.  → read more