British rapper, singer-songwriter and visual artist M.I.A. played Pohoda back in 2011. The amazing show she put on was the main reason why we wanted to have her play our festival again. She herself added a couple of good arguments, too: excellent albums Matangi (2013) and AIM (2016) on which she collaborated with producers such as Blaqstarr, Diplo and Skrillex; two MTV Video Music Awards for track “Bad Girls” (2012); the 2016 Q Award for Innovation in Sound and the 2017 NME Award for Best British Female Artist. Her concert at Pohoda 2017 is part of M.I.A.’s AIM Tour. → read more

They are played on KEXP, mentioned by NPR, Clash, and the BBC. IQ magazine editor in chief Gordon Masson included them in the selection of bands to be seen. Vic Galloway of BBC Scotland likened them to the best of post-rock Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai. They received a positive feedback from the ILMC boss Greg Parmley ILMC and the head of Eurosonic told about them: "Well composed and played. They have everything necessary, emotion, and style.” This is not a feedback on a band nominated for Brit Awards, but rather of the Bratislavaʼs band The Ills. They performed their combination of shoegaze, post-rock, and math rock at Pohoda also last year. Then, they were very well received at Iceland Airwaves and important showcase events Eurosonic and Ment. Their show will open the action on the Pohodaʼs second largest stage.  → read more

Thursday evening at Pohoda will be completed with the legend of shoegaze Slowdive and one of the most abroad successful Slovak bands The Ills. Pitchfork wrote that Slowdive recorded 3 out of the 15 best shoegaze recordings of all time and NME included two of their albums in a similar chart (TOP 10). In 2014, they performed at Barcelonaʼs Primavera after a twenty-year break; fans waited two more years to hear their new song that was released in early January this year. In exactly 100 days they will take care of the magical, dreamlike atmosphere of the opening evening at the 21st Pohoda. → read more

Another amazing band from Czechia confirmed for this year’s Pohoda is Ghost of you. This export article of the Czech music scene has more than 200 gigs under their belt, including shows played at the biggest Czech festivals, a series of concerts in London or a gig at Sziget festival as winners of “Jednou ranou na Sziget” competition. This young indie pop band is influenced by psychedelia, electronic music and math rock. Also, Brno is not that far from Trenčín, where you’ll get a chance to see them and listen to their music at the beginning of July. → read more

Pohoda 2017 will also see a Czech urban-folk duo Kieslowski. Kieslowski is guitarist and vocalist David Pomahač (a.k.a. DKP) and vocalist and keyboardist Maria Kieslowski. They played festivals such as Waves Vienna; Urkulte in Sweden and Frazy in Poland. “Kieslowski know how to write a powerful life story or just put you in a certain mood; they provide melodies that will get under your skin and play them in a way you’ll have a spine-shivering experience.” The band is coming to our festival to prove Antonín Kocábek’s (from www.tyden.cz) superlatives. → read more

The 283 tickets from Teachers’ Day offer sold out in record time. With so many ITIC, ISIC and Euro<26 card-holders interested, we decided to add 283 more festival passes that can be purchased for 79 €. The offer lasts until midnight, March 28, or while stock lasts. The maximum of 2 tickets per card can be purchased here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/product/ticket-teachers-day → read more

The greatest vocalists and musicians of West Africa have joined voices to support gender equality. Band Les Amazones d’Afrique is a phenomenon on the world music scene that cooperated with the likes of Nneka or Mariam Doumbia (Amadou et Mariam). Their concert at last year’s Womad in London was praised by The Guardian or The Financial Times alike. The band will offer a mix of rock, blues, reggae, pop, African rhythms, exuberant harmonies and musical colorfulness at Pohoda 2017. → read more

Teachers and students can purchase their tickets for Pohoda with a €10 discount, starting today and available until Teachersʼ Day (midnight of 28th March). A total of 283 three-day tickets for €79 will be sold with discount to ITIC, ISIC, and Euro <26 card holders. Two tickets maximum per one card can be purchased at this link: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/product/ticket-teachers-day → read more

Catchy Colombian melodies and rhythms will be played also at Pohoda 2017. They will be delivered by band La Mambanegra, which was, ranked by Billboard one of the five Colombian bands that you should know. As Guardian put it, the first class musicians deliver their energetic mixture of salsa, Caribbean influences, funk, hip-hop, R&B, and jazz in a riveting and entertaining way. Billboard also wrote that La Mambanegra achieved the ideal balance between virtuosity and the dance aspect of their music, and they will show that to Pohoda visitors this summer. → read more

The album contains 11 covers of Squarepusherʼs tracks, while the extra quality of the album has already been appreciated by AllMusic and Exclaim, which gave rated it 8 out 10 points. Flea said about Jenkinson that he is the best electric bass player in the world. This album proves why he said so. Shobaleader One are going to play incredible rhythmic patterns and superior electro-jazz-funk also at Pohoda 2017.  → read more