HALA, in cooperation with Tansart Communication, organizes Performance Box 2 at the Pohoda Festival 2019, which is a follow-up to last year's activity, when 8 performers from Asia presented themselves at the space of the box. Based on a positive audience response, our dramaturg, the visual artist Rokko Juhász, addressed the interdisciplinary artists from Latin America. This year at Pohoda, in an area of 6 m2, they will allow viewers to experience an unconventional, conceptual show and to recognize the  thinking of artists' from other cultures. You will find Performance box at the area of airport, at the main runway on Friday and Saturday, from 11:30 to 21:00. → read more

The reason is the injury of the band’s singer Sophie Hawley-Weld singer injury. Although she recovers quickly, doctors say she must skip the tour at least in the first half of July, which unfortunately also affects Pohoda and festivals Exit, Balaton Sound, and Down the Rabbit Hole. Get well soon, Sophie! We will keep you updated on the edited programme.   → read more

The great advance sale exceeds the last year and only 2,000 tickets are currently available for sale in our shop. Last call to order printed tickets via our e-shop. You can order printed tickets and our merch by 6 PM today. After this date, you can still purchase e-tickets on our website and printed tickets will be available via our partner points of sale (the list is available for you to see on our website in section “Shop”). The old as well as new merch will be available at the festival. Please make sure not to buy tickets via unofficial channels. Otherwise, you might not get to the festival site. We are looking forward to seeing you in two weeks.   → read more

The construction of Pohoda will begin by marking out its area at the Trenčín airport as early as in two days. In addition to the art festival, there will also be a festival of services held in almost three hundred facilities, with our partners making a significant contribution to it. Without them, Pohoda could not be such an interesting place to meet music, literature, theatre, dance, debates, and visual arts, and it would not be able to offer this very wide range of services. Recently, a strong scientific programme has been added to all of that. → read more

In cooperation with our environmental partner, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (Slovak railways), we’ll dispatch a special festival express train from Košice to Bratislava this year, too.  The capacity of each train is 350 seats. The train arriving from eastern Slovakia will also have a party coach with a DJ. Tickets are available only via our shop at www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop. You can find festival trains departure times below. → read more

The Martinus bookshop, in cooperation with the OZ Literárny klub, will offer Pohoda attenders two days full of quality reading and interesting guests. You can look forward to Simon Mawer, the author of the successful novel Glass Room. A film of the same name was based on the book. Czech journalist Jan Urban, Hungarian writer Ferenc Czinki, authors of popular Čierne diery, Milan Lasica, Dano Majling, Michal Hvorecký, Dorota Nvotová and SND actors will read excerpts from the latest book by Dušan Mitana. In addition, a selection of great books, excellent coffee and other goodies from the Foxford Café await you in the Literary Tent Martinus. → read more

You just need to move one finger to have your tent set up at Pohoda. Prvá stavebná sporiteľňa will do the rest for you. All you need to do is find a PSS volunteer in the campsites during the first day and have your tent set up for you. → read more

You can discuss various medical topics with experts in Dr. Stan this year as well. In the interactive part there will be a lot of activities that you don’t have time for or don’t feel like doing throughout the year. → read more

Six years ago, the operation of special forces in a Romani settlement near Moldava nad Bodvou resulted in 30 injured people. 60 policemen with dogs took part in the operation named “100”, yet the Interior Ministryʼs inspection assessed it to be appropriate. On the contrary, the attacked Romani, who witnessed the case, were charged with perjury. The legal inquiry is already in the hands of the judges of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Zuzana Wienk, activist Lydia Šuchová, and Roman Kvasnica, the legal representative of the attacked Romani, will talk about the genesis of the case in Optimistan. We will also commemorate this event with the exhibition of photographs by Tomáš Halász and the joint concert of bands Chalani z chatrče and Gipsy centrum, both from Moldava, in Café Kušnierik. → read more

For the ninth time, 20 volunteers of the Young Generation of the Slovak Nuclear Society (SNUS) will present themselves at Pohoda festival. In a tent located next to the NGO passage you will be able to measure your radioactivity, demonstrate your knowledge in a quiz and thus get a chance to win five smart watches, power-banks and other great prizes. You will find out what radioactive elements are found naturally in the human body and that radioactivity is all around us. You can get a look at the radon map of Slovakia, learn more about the operation of a nuclear power plant, or find out where you can come across ionizing radiation. → read more