Polemic played the very first Pohoda and also performed at the festival within Pohoda 97 Project last year. After the concert, the band were mainly singing Pohoda festival-goers’ praises. According to these musicians, “Slovak language is not rich enough to describe the audience: to use the word ecstasy is not enough.” We’re glad that the local ska fixture will be performing in front of the best audience now that they are celebrating 30 years on the scene. At Pohoda, they will be playing their exclusive show with the ska legend, German trombonist and producer Dr. Ring Ding and other guests. They will also be playing new material from the upcoming album. → read more

WE ARE ADDING 50 PARKING SPOTS TO CARAVAN PARK Even after Caravan Park sold out, you kept asking us about the availability of this accommodation option. Given the popular demand, our Michals rearranged the space in the surroundings of Caravan Park, which allowed us to create 50 additional spots that now go on sale. This is the maximum we can do this year due to space limitations in the Opatovce camping ground and car park area. Please note that it is not allowed to pitch tents in Caravan Park. You can buy the last free spots in the Caravan park here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/product/parking-caravan  → read more

Eastern Slovakia will have their reggae representative, too: a band from Prešov called Akustika. The band started in 2013 as N3O Akustika. In 2014, they released the album “Vnímaj to svetlo” that featured another band of Pohoda 2018—Medial Banana. The single “Duchovná revolúcia” received quite the attention, and other songs like “Pridaj sa k nám”, “Vnímaj to svetlo”, and “Rastaman” have tens of thousands of views on YouTube. They changed their name to Akustika in 2016; the band is currently working on a new album that they will present also to the visitors of Pohoda 2018.   → read more

Reggae music will be extremely strong at Pohoda 2018. In addition to the legendary Ziggy Marley and the great US reggae band SOJA, the Trenčín Airport will host also Medial Banana, a local band from Bratislava. The band already performed at Pohoda in 2015; the recording of their concert is the second most watched video ever on our YouTube channel. Their own videos have millions of views and their success lies on the bandʼs basic pillars, which are tolerance, chill, love for nature, sun, and comfort. → read more

You can send your artistic project proposals to participate in Pohoda Visual Art Contest until Monday, May 14. The winning proposal will be granted 1,000 € in order to be implemented at festival site. You can find more info here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/contest and on Pohoda Visual Art Contest page → read more

This is what the 21st edition of Pohoda Festival looked like. We’re looking forward to seeing you at Pohoda Day_FM next week and at Pohoda 2018 in two months. Made for Pohoda Festival by ROADTRIP STUDIO Music: Walter Schnitzelsson – This Night's Fever → read more

Next Wednesday (May 16) we’re teaming up with Radio_FM to host our traditional festival warm-up event Pohoda Day_FM in the Slovak Radio building. You’re in for amazing concerts, the premiere of documentary Pohoda 2017 and also a public press conference where we will be talking about the 22nd edition of Pohoda Festival. As usual, Pohoda Shop is part of the event as well. We will make 89 full festival tickets available for you to buy at the special price of 89 € during Pohoda Day. More info soon… FB event: www.facebook.com/events/174095553421134 → read more

Martina and Ján brought a lot of people together. We saw that at yesterday’s concert in Gregorovce where many visitors, artists, volunteers as well as production team came to pay tribute to them and express their togetherness with Martina and Ján’s relatives. Thank you so much. Most of all, we would like to thank the Kušnír and Kuciak families as well as other Martina and Ján’s relatives. We would like to thank artists, musicians and the host who all came to Gregorovce yesterday to perform gratis...  → read more

At Pohoda 2018, you will get to see a selection of Jana Kirschner’s work spanning two decades in beautiful string arrangements by Spectrum Quartett led by Ján Kružliak. This exceptional project of the most successful Slovak singer was performed last week in Nová Cvernovka and this is how Hudba.sk portal captured it: “The result is a very playful and organic project with no space for boredom. Great examples would be songs such as “Divná,” “Sama” or “Na čiernom koni” which, despite having a more modest lineup, in no way lack the energy.” The concert will feature popular songs, new tracks as well as material from albumsKrajina Rovina or project Moruša. Please note that Jana Kirschner will also perform tomorrow at “Concert for Martina and Ján” in Gregorovce. → read more

Jana Kirschner, Sima Martausová, Para, B-Complex, Michael Kocáb and Karpatské Chrbáty, Longital, Chiki liki tu-a, Puding Pani Elvisovej, Bez Ladu a Skladu, Vec and Zuzana Mikulcová, Konvergencie Quartet, Štefan Štec and ĽH Hornád, Sendreiovci, Živé kvety and the choir Gregos of Gregorovce will perform at the Concert for Martina and Ján this Saturday in Gregorovce.   → read more