DiS preview: Pohoda 2017

DiS preview: Pohoda 2017

„As we slide into the long hot days of summer, festival season is in full swing. But it’s not just fields in Britain that fill with the sound of music and revellery; mainland Europe now has a good number of events that rival anything that the UK produces, including (whisper it) Glastonbury. Lineups are just as star-studded and interesting, the weather is better, the food options are out of this world, and there are far less Lads On Tour boorishness and drunken buffoonery to put up with. Add in cheap flights and prices that represent far better value for money than anything you’re likely to find in a field in Hampshire, and it’s a wonder more people don’t jet off and leave the mud and warm, flat beer behind.“ → read more

05. July 2017
Bolo nás jedenásť – the legendary album to be played live for the first time ever

Bolo nás jedenásť – the legendary album to be played live for the first time ever

If The International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris were on the lookout for a unit for a perfect fusion of humor, composer genius and virtuosity, album Bolo nás jedenásť of trio Lasica – Satinský – Filip would be an obvious candidate. We’re glad that we will have a chance to see the premiere of its live version at Pohoda. Lasica will sing Lasica, Dorota Nvotová Filip and various artists will sing Julo Satinský’s part.    → read more

03. July 2017
Program at Literature Tent Martinus

Program at Literature Tent Martinus

“I was so overwhelmed by Pohoda Festival last year. I’m kind of not very fond of festivals and crowds and usually don’t feel like going anywhere! At that time, I was just about to finish my book Citlivý člověk (A Sensitive Person) and all I wanted to do was keep on writing! But I was sent to Pohoda from Václav Havel Library so I had to go there! Going there was the best thing that could happen to me! The plot of a chapter that I still had to finish was suddenly clear to me; I realized that the protagonists, lovers, traveler Táta and actress Soňa – were meant to meet at Pohoda! It was after that that they could start traveling the world. I wrote that chapter right away; that’s how pleasant an influence the festival had on me. I felt like I was part of the future where all went well; all those bands, people everywhere; everything just worked well.  So I was very happy at Pohoda and worked well, too. And I think that there are few novels in the world that were finished in a small green tent to the sound of hellish and at the same time beautiful music of The Prodigy,” Jáchym Topol wrote after Pohoda 2016. He’s going to present his new novel A Sensitive Person at this year’s edition of the festival. Apart from him, the author of book All the Kremlin's Men Mikhail Zygar, Etgar Keret, Irena Brežná and many more writers are coming to the festival. → read more

01. July 2017