The Jesus and Mary Chain will perform at Pohoda 2017. While Slowdive are the legend of the shoegaze genre, The Jesus and Mary Chain are its predecessors.  Noisey described them as the hottest band in history, and they are super cool according to Pitchfork, too. Last month they released their first album in nineteen years, and in an interview for Fullmoon, they suggested that fans can look forward to a large portion of their most popular hits, too, during their current tour. → read more

After Gigwise and The Culture Trip, Aaron Howes from Highsnobiety lists Pohoda in his festival selection as well. In the article “Six Festivals You Probably Haven’t Heard of but Should Check out in 2017” he focuses on more alternative festivals offering intimate atmosphere, great lineup and memories that will last a lifetime. → read more

London Elektricity will perform at Pohoda 2017 twice: as Big Band and as a DJ set. This project of Tony Colman, the pioneer of the Drum & Bass genre and a co-founder and chief of Hospital Records, is also referred to as fast soul music, thanks to the spectacular delivery by the 22-member big band that included names such as MC Dynamite (Reprazent) and the winner of the BBC Jazz Awards Lianne Carrol, which brings D&B to a whole new level. The second concert of London Elektricity, the DJ set, will be one of three Tonyʼs appearances in this form in 2017.   → read more

Portal Gigwise ranked Pohoda among the 37 best European festivals. Even more than the nomination itself, we enjoyed the words they used to describe our festival in their selection :) → read more

The new Partnership Director of the Pohoda festival is Katka Hittrichová. Katka's previous position was the specialist of internal communications at Orange and she had also worked in the same position with our other partner PSA Peugeot Citroën. Before Katka boarded our team, festival partnerships were for 4 years and a half taken care of by Veronika Gulášová. Besides perfectly performed work and beautiful memories, Veronika left us with a list of “Gulášová's rules” (a theory of sustainable development of our office).   → read more

At the beginning of the year, we opened Pohoda Shop at Pohoda office premises, where you can find all the items that are also available on our website. You can pick your tickets and other items up in our very first brick-and-mortar store in Svätý Jur. In-store pickup can be arranged via phone or email and applies to all merchandise. Pohoda Shop is located at Prostredná 46, 900 21 Svätý Jur. → read more

Pohoda Festival is launching the third year of Pohoda Visual Art Contest that focuses on art suitable for festival venue. From April 7th until May 12th, anyone can send their proposals and the author of the winning project will be granted 1,000 € to implement their work at the 21st edition of Pohoda Festival. → read more

One of the most distinctive export articles of the Slovak music scene, B-Complex, will be playing Pohoda as well. Matia, who’s behind the project, has played clubs, cities as well as festivals across Europe and beyond. In 2010, Radio_FM named her Discovery of the Year. Her track “Past Lessons for the Future” won this year’s Radio_Head Award in the category of Single of the Year. In 2017, B-Complex is planning new tracks, remixes and collaborations that you can hear at our festival as well. → read more

Parking spaces in the P1 sector were sold out in record time. You can purchase parking spaces in the P2 and P3 sectors here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop-tickets → read more

We have launched the sale of security locker service Lock Inn. Via Ticketportal, you can also rent Tent Inn tents. After last year’s successful premiere, we’re again offering the service that allows visitors to keep their valuables safe throughout the festival. If you decide to use this service, you will get your own locker and a key, while one cabinet can be shared by two people. The rental of a locker for the whole duration of the festival is €25. You can rent Lock Inn here: www.ticketportal.sk/event.aspx?ID=22537 → read more