British duo Heymoonshaker will play on Saturday, 4th February at Pohoda Party in the A4 club. Their loaded combination of beatbox, raspy vocals, and blues guitar was one of the best concerts of Pohoda 2015. Another performing duo will be the Russian-Hungarian Gonsofus and the afterparty will be taken care of by DJ Džbán (translates are DJ Pitcher), who will play until he breaks. Pohoda Party will also have Pohoda Shop, the “3-day for Pohoda and a box of pralines” promo, and Urpiner will offer a selection of four kinds of beer. Tickets for Pohoda Party will be available in advance sale in Ticketportal for € 10 starting this Monday. The spot price of tickets is € 15. The event starts at 8:00 pm. Tickets here: www.ticketportal.sk/event.aspx?id=23249 → read more

Our Monica says the Swiss duo Egopusher is the best she has seen at the Paris' showcase festival MaMA. Their intellectual compositions have incredible amount of energy, are virtuous, but also playful and joyful. Violinist Tobias Preisig and drummer Alessandro Giannelli use synthesizers, loopers and other SFX boxes to disintegrate acoustic motifs and reinvent them again in energetic and original compositions. Egopusher will bring wailing violin alternated with strong melodic parts, supported by high-speed rhythmic patterns to Pohoda 2017.   → read more

Virtuous cello play, captivating vocals, and jazz drums are basic elements combined by cellist Maya Belsitzman and drummer Matan Ephram in their performances. They will play their own compositions at Pohoda, as well as original interpretations of well-known rock and roll songs and jazz standards. → read more

American electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist Travis Stewart has released a number of albums and remixes as Machinedrum and collaborates in Sepalcure, Jets, and Dream Continuum. Stated as one of biggest stars of electronic music by DJ mag, he has set a standard to be aspired towards by a new wave of imitators. Machinedrum will demonstrate his impressive blend of genres, from IDM and glitch to jungle, at Pohoda 2017. → read more

We have had a fantastic edition and a fantastic evening. The name of our festival was pronounced four times at awarding the European Festival Awards 2016, a thing that, except for Pohoda, only Glastonbury and Primavera could boast with yesterday. Roskilde and Roch Werchter followed with three nominations. Although the nominations did not turn into an overall victory, it is the greatest achievement of Pohoda and Slovakia in the festival world so far. → read more

See the live stream from European Festival Awards 2016 ceremony. Keep your fingers crossed for us ;) → read more

We have arrived in the Dutch city of Groningen to attend the Eurosonic showcase festival. The festival offers a total of 321 bands on 42 locations... Which of them would you like to see at Pohoda? You can find the list of the artists here: www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/festival/line-up ...and keep your fingers crossed for us at European Festival Awards in the evening ;)   → read more

Today, we’re heading to the biggest European showcase festival and conference, Eurosonic. It’s a showcase of new music talents of the old continent, a place for music professionals to meet, and also a presentation of the latest trends and a place to share inspirational ideas in the world of music. Pohoda Team will also attend European Festival Awards 2016 (EFA) for best festivals of the last year. The extraordinary success of Pohoda’s 20th edition was appreciated not only by music professionals but also by a number of voters, which brought a record-breaking number of 4 Pohoda nominations in EFA shortlists.   → read more

President Andrej Kiska named twenty recipients of the highest civilian honor. One of the recipients was Michal Kaščák, who was presented The Ľudovít Štúr Order for defending the democracy and its development; for defending the human rights and freedoms and for development of culture. → read more

Jake Bugg, who’s just 22 years old, has three albums under his belt, each made it to TOP 5 on the UK Albums Chart (the debut reached number one). He played his catchy indie-rock tracks influenced by blues at Glastonbury at the age of 17 already. He won NME Award, Q Award and Silver Clef Award and received another 11 prestigious nominations in Mercury Prize, BRIT Awards or Ivor Novello Awards. Last year, he released his third album On My One, whose tracks together with older hits, you’ll get to hear at Pohoda 2017. → read more