Decadent touch, intense vocals, electronic and live arrangements, and unconventional videos keep winning still more fans for Panáčik. Even more remarkable are his performances; he did one of his shows also at this yearʼs Pohoda Deň_FM and at Pohoda. His set simply cannot go unnoticed: the visitors of the Concert for the Attentive will be able to experience that. → read more

This yearʼs Koncert pre všímavých (translated as the Concert for the Attentive) in the KC Dunaj club will be ruled by one of the best Czech hip-hop formations Prago Union. They will perform in Bratislava with a new live band composed of Tonda Dlapa (guitar), Ondra Hauser (bass guitar), and Oliver Lipenský (drums). → read more

Lola Marsh is the only foreign band to perform at Pohoda three times in a row. Each time they managed to attract huge crowds under the biggest stages. The registrations for free entry for their concert at Pohoda Deň FM were gone in bare two hundred seconds! Also the tickets for their concert in the A4 club virtually disappeared and the concert was sold out three months before the event. Similarly, their show in the Tabačka club was sold out in advance. Since their premiere at Pohoda in 2014, they have performed in Slovakia every year, and 2018 will not be an exception. In three months, on the 14th of February, we will welcome them again—this time they will appear at the Refinery Gallery in Bratislava. → read more

ABOP is an acronym for the Croatian proverb “After party is better than the party”. This prominent Croatian electronic band loves dance music, but every beat is hand-made. Instead of patterns, two drummers, precise as a watch, beat the drums sitting opposite each other. The band is further composed of a bass guitar player, sound engineer, and two keyboard players, all of whom are also known from other top Yugoslav bands.  → read more

Talented Roma musicians from Veľká Lomnica, Gypsy Band Lomnické Čháve managed to pack and make sweat the NAY dance house at Pohoda.  → read more

Also your votes in the poll of the American portal Everfest brought us the wonderful 3rd place, all of that among hundreds of newly nominated festivals. And it is thanks to your votes that we will be part of their updated database of the best festivals in the world. 30 new festivals will be awarded in Las Vegas at the XLIVE/Everfest Awards, part of the XLIVE Conference, on the 12 December. Thank you! :) → read more

Since November 1st, Pohoda team has become a bit bigger. Our Production Team has a new member, Gretka Pavlovová. Grétka has been organizing an amazing Festival Atmosféra (by the way, you can nominate it in the last section of EFA poll) in her home village of Hontianske Nemce for seven years. She also won our favor at Pohoda where she did a great job during her premiere working as a stage manager. A young Belgian, Suzanne Verschueren, helps us with international communication as well as other tasks. “Zuzka” worked for us as an intern and we often could not keep pace with her and give her assignments. While taking care of email communication with journalists from aboard, she completed a fork-lift operation training and also photo-documented preparation works at the airport. We believe that with their help, Pohoda will be even more chill and fun. Ladies, welcome :) → read more

A jury comprising music industry experts have listed Pohoda 2017’s lineup in Europe’s Top 10. Taking the fact that this is the second time in a row that we have received this nomination into account, our happiness is even bigger. We are competing with much bigger and richer festivals – Glastonbury, Roskilde, Lollapalooza Berlin, Rock Werchter, NOS Alive, Melt!, Lowlands, OpenAir St. Gallen and Sziget. “It’s something exceptional; we’ve appeared in the company of the most prestigious events. Putting a lineup together for an independent festival in a country of Slovakia’s kind, with its sponsoring limits and with our ticket prices, is an interesting artistic discipline… We choose a more difficult way and want to remain an interesting alternative festival – colleagues from abroad noticing our effort and appreciating it to such an extent that they add us to the elite club, is something that makes me even prouder. This exceptionally positive and motivating piece of news comes at the right time, when the selection of artists for the next edition is in full swing,” says Michal Kaščák as a reaction to this great achievement. → read more

This yearʼs Koncert pre všímavých (translated as the Concert for the Attentive) in the KC Dunaj club will be ruled by one of the best Czech hip-hop formations Prago Union, that will perform with the new live band, and the Croatian band ABOP, which plays electronic music in the rock setting. Panáčik will bring together performance, music, video, and theatre; we will see also the Gypsy Band Lomnické Čháve, that was probably the most energetic show at the NAY dance house at this yearʼs Pohoda, and DJ Džbán will take care of the afterparty. The event will also feature the Michal Kaščákʼs debate with the figures of November 1989 Ladislav Snopko and Fedor Gál. This yearʼs edition will turn into a small multi-genre festival, as besides music and the debate, the event will also include a great literary programme called Walden alebo život na Brízgalkách (Walden or life in Brízgalky). Publishing house BRaK will introduce two books: H. D. Thoreau: Walden or Life in the Woods and Augustín Dobrovodský: Kurič v letnom kine (translated as Stoker in the Summer cinema). The debaters will be Alexander Balogh, Laco Teren, Robert Roth, Alexander Dobrovodský, and Tomáš Hučko. Before the Concert for the Attentive, the P. O. Hviezdoslav City Theatre will hold the Day of the White Crows, which, besides handing over awards for civic bravery, will include narratives about courage, crossing borders, community, musical performances, theatre performance, films, workshops, and debates with new white crows. → read more

The www.everfest.com portal has released a poll looking for the best festivals in the world. Each year and based on public polls, they update their list by 30 new festivals. Each person to vote for his or her favourite event also competes for two tickets for each of the festivals on the Fest300 list. You can support Pohoda on this link: www.everfest.com/magazine/best-fest-quest-2018. Thank you. → read more