In cooperation with the civic association Fórum Pi s rozumom (Drink reasonably), we are introducing an important novelty of Pohoda 2018. Visitors under 18 years of age will receive special wristband this year at Pohoda. This will make the work easier for our bartenders who will be able to better understand who can take what kind of drink. Pohoda is known with the fact that we do not sell spirits here, and this year we want to take another next step to responsible entertainment. In addition, Fórum Pi s rozumom will have a number of mobile patrols equipped with certified alcohol testers. → read more

Our food zone offers everything tasty and necessary. Carnivores or vegans, those requesting gluten free and lactose free food—everyone will get tasty bites. Coffee connoisseurs will raise their pinkies enjoying coffee from Kaffeehaus Goriffee and Cofee sheep; you can switch to a glass of prosecco in Doubledeckercoffee. When the time comes to fill your bellies, Master halušky makers will be of help (also in vegetarian and gluten free version), as well as sausages of special kinds and tastes served in cones, and pastrami from the Barskde stand. → read more

This morning, spots at P3 Parking got sold out as well, which means the festival parking lot will be filled to capacity. We would like to ask everyone who is planning to attend Pohoda to use alternative ways of transport. Comfy options to get to Trenčín include traveling by train or bus. At station, shuttle buses dispatch on a regular basis and our partner TAXI service is available as well. Thank you. We are looking forward to seeing you. → read more

Michal was born on the Independence Day, but in a country where song lyrics used to be inspected by censors. Today, he is celebrating his birthday one day before our biggest independent multi-genre fest, founded by Michal and Mário Michna 21 years ago, kicks off. Happy birthday, we wish you a lot of pohoda and, to Pohoda, we wish a lot of Michal. → read more

Traditional as well as untraditional: this has always been the key concept at the popular music-and- dance-focused stage NAY HOUSE OF DANCE which forms one of the essential parts of our festival. Fun is the essence; interactivity, communication and accessibility are the cornerstones and everyone is welcome. We put the program together in cooperation with Fero Morong, the propagator of houses of dance. We also can’t forget to mention our long-time partner – NAY company, which has been with us for 12 years already. → read more

Excellent 22nd Pohoda pre-sale surpassed even the festival’s 20th anniversary when the remaining tickets for our festival were sold two days before the beginning itself. This morning the remaining accommodation places got sold out too. There are only last remaining places for special festival trains and parking spots in sector P3 in sale. Since the capacity of our festival is limited, there won’t be any 3-day passes available at the gates. Thank you for your immense interest and we are looking forward to seeing you in two days at Pohoda 2018.   → read more

Visual arts at the 22nd Pohoda will be the strongest in the history of our festival. Its main part will consist of art works within the Visual Stage. The grounds will host the work of Ilona Németh Hľadisko pre Pohodu (Auditorium for Pohoda), Mega Viki by Viktor Frešo,  and Minaret. We will honour the big figures of Czechoslovakia with the installation Know Them; Ján and Martina will be commemorated with a symbolic gate Spojili nás (They unified us), visual artists initiative called Reakcia (Reaction), and the winning project of the Pohoda Visual Art Contest, Ján and Martina at Pohoda. Another winner of our contest will draw the largest jumping numbers game called Good Feelings on the taxiway. You will also see the Offsite Specific Installation and the installation of the head of our production, architect Michal Sládek, responding to cut-down areas in forests called Les (Forest). Galéria Žumpa (The Cesspit Gallery) will cross the threshold of its apartment and will take care of your needs at Pohoda with the installations Hra o tróny (Game of Thrones) and Oáza (Oasis). As part of the 4D Gallery on site, you will see again the installations Kôň (Horse) (by Adamčiak) and Bolesť (Pain) (by Sabo); Ivan Csudai will present his Macík (Teddy bear). The HALA project will bring famous Asian performers on its “Open Stage”. A curiosity of the festival will be unique taking photos of artists in the Artist Village using Camera Obscura.  It will be performed by Dávid Doroš as part of his award-winning project “60 seconds with”. Thanks to well-known artists, many new works will be painted on ducts directly at Pohoda. A special piece will be performed on the back side of the Garáž Stage by Danglár. A vernissage will take place at the Garáž on Friday at 2:14 PM, accompanied by the swing music of Funny Fellows. → read more

Thank you for your immense interest. The pre-sale continues at fantastic rate. Three days before the opening of Pohoda 2018 gates there are remaining 500 tickets in sale for Pohoda 2018. In this connection we would like to ask you to buy your tickets only through our online shop, the Ticketportal network and our official vendors. Their list is available here: www.pohodafestival.sk/sk/listky → read more

We are introducing personal and large-capacity ashtrays for smokers (table receptacles and concrete bowls filled with sand) this year. Special personal ashtrays can be found at the separation points and in the Pohoda shop. Smoking is forbidden at Pohoda in the tents, the entire Family Park, and the grandstands. Smoking in other parts of the grounds is allowed, but please be considerate of other people (especially during concerts on the main stages). We are asking smokers not to drop cigarette ends, as each of them must be picked up by someone at the end of the festival. → read more

ŠKODA AUTO Slovakia – chain of authorized service providers will be giving away practical breathalyzers so that you go home with good memories of the event only. Not sure if you had too much to drink during the festival? We definitely recommend to make use of this service. It would be a pity to let the breath alcohol test ruin all those amazing experiences. → read more