On Saturday, DJ Džbán will take you on a musical adventure around the world in a hot-air balloon, and he will play also the songs you cannot find even on Spotify. You can expect an uncompromising choice of music from India, through the Near East to the Republic of South Africa, as well as characteristic movements associated with an all-encompassing eco-smile that will gain everyoneʼs heart. → read more
“Suddenly the third one says: “Well what could possibly connect us?”, so here we are, just a friend and I...” Out of the 16-member line-up of the Bolo nás jedenásť project, this time the Trenčín airport will host Milan Lasica and Dorota Nvotová. The songs from the cult album and the ideal second part of our anthem My sme národ holubičí will be played in the version as created by the author duo Lasica & Filip. Large compositions in a minimalist arrangement with a piano and an original hammond organ on the huge airport runway will open the Pohoda in the Air festival. → read more
Even though we will not meet this year, we would like to connect with you in some way. We are planning to make a short video of the highlights of Pohoda in the Air, and we would like to have you in it as well. It would be great if you could send us 10–30-second long videos (ideally in a higher quality and landscape proportions submitted via WeTransfer or Úschovňa) of you watching Pohoda in the Air to ambassador@pohodafestival.sk. We will include the best videos in the aftermovie. From all the submitted videos, we will draw the winner of a 3-day ticket for Pohoda 2021. You can watch Pohoda in the Air from Thursday to Sunday for free at www.pohodafestival.sk. → read more
Visual art will have an exceptional space at the Pohoda in the Air festival. In cooperation with the Slovak National Gallery, we are installing Stano Filko's work The Celebration of Air – Breathing, in the centre of the airport, Greeting for Bruce Neuman by Ilona Németh will be based on the empty runway. Flag of the Earth by Otto Hudec will be installed at the main square in Trenčín, and the Wandering Gallery with performance by Erik Sikora (Džumelec) will also appear in the city centre and several performers will appear in the main broadcast. → read more
The Czech duo Oliver Torr & OGJ (Ondřej Merta) will showcast their analogue mastery in the airport locator at Pohoda in the Air. Their first joint project was the Noise.Kitchen store in Prague, where they realized they had a similar taste and approach to art and sound, and so they started working together. They performed their sets at the Nachtdigital festival, on New York radio The Lot, and they prepared an extensive audiovisual installation in the St. Salvator church for Signal Festival. They have recently released an improvisational EP and are already working on their debut album. Their sound philosophy and free improvisations make their live sets a roller coaster of emotions and colours that will add to the diversity of Pohoda in the Air. → read more
Pohoda in the Air will feature a performance with lights and the airport runway delivered by Bass Drum Horn System (BDHS). The band plays dance music on wind instruments, claims that they want to save rave and techno through their work, and further writes about themselves: “We still really like our original, entirely acoustic intention, but at the same time we try to change ourselves musically to the opposite position of processed sound. One thing that has always been clear to us: dance music goes hand in hand with a light show! If we manage it as we play, everything flashes as much as possible. From the original one bike flasher to what we have today, our light show, that we still consider the best one we've ever seen.” → read more
Already tomorrow night will start the on-line festival Pohoda in the Air. On this occasion, we launched a new version of our website with some features specially designed for the on-line festival. Also, the complete line-up has been announced, as well as three contests for spectators in connection with the festival: a contest for pianists who will welcome the Sun directly in Trenčín, a competition for a tandem jump to the Trenčín airport, and a challenge for all Pohoda fans to send us videos of them watching Pohoda in the Air. → read more
After seventeen years of hibernation, band Neuropa will play at Pohoda in the Air. Nine musicians, a five-member wind section, one electronics engineer, one guest. The Freemusic magazine wrote about them in 2000: “Neuropa is the Danube monarchy in a modern guise. Worth mentioning is the relaxed performance of the artists free of any tension. The answer to the Zappa question is: Yes, humour is part of music (and Neuropa is a proof of that).” Neuropa in 2020 are: Peter Kohout (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Pavel Poliak (tuba), Tibor Duriak (trumpet), Marcel Majoroš (trombone), Anton Majoroš (French horn), Marek Minárik (double bass, bass guitar), Dano Salontay (guitar), Peter Slameň (drums), Slavo Solovic (electronics), Michal Kaščák (vocals, keyboards) + Braňo Jobus (vocals). → read more
Greeting for Bruce Nauman, or Ilona Németh´s Auditorium, was already at Pohoda twice, it was with us in Groningen during focus on the Slovak music. This time, it has been installed directly at the airport runway, through which usually the majority of our visitors pass when Pohoda takes place. The artwork thus gets another meaning. The installation will serve more purposes – it will host a debate, a concert and a performance. Greeting to Nauman is the only physical artwork, which will be installed this year at the empty Trenčín airport. → read more
This phenomenon makes you believe every words he says, not pretending anything: everything is based on real grounds. Add an original expression, great flow, and excellent background. The half-Roma artist uses the Záhorie dialect in his work, talking about rough street life, racism, gambling, drugs, indebtedness, and subsequent seizures. → read more
