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
Three-times UK DMC champion, JFB, one of the best drummers in the world, Emre Ramazanoglu (Sia, Noel Gallagher, Alex Clare), world beatbox champion, Bellatrix, violinist and saxophonist, Ben Sarfas, UK Slam Poetry champion, Dizraeli, and one of the best MCs in the world, MC LeeN, have joined forces with a beatbox virtuoso, Beardyman, to create a freestyle super group and you will get a chance to see their incredible performance at Pohoda 2017. → read more
Electronic band BEAK> was founded in 2009 by producer Geoff Barrow, bassist Billy Fuller (Robert Plant), and Matt Williams, who was recently replaced by musician Will Young. This year, they recorded the soundtrack to the film Couple in a Hole, they performed at festivals such as Glastonbury and Primavera, and this summer they will play also at Pohoda 2017. → read more
Daily Denník N ranked them among the aces of Pohoda 2015. Milk chief Martin Jenča produced his own “directors cut” spot for their song. Great response to their performance confirms that Ho99o9 overcame all expectations. That is why we decided to make an exception and Ho99o9 will perform also at Pohoda 2017. → read more
