The third largest city of Austria is well-known for mini Christmas cookies. However, at the turn of the century, another important export article appeared: DJ Marcus Füreder better known under the stage name Parov Stelar. He successfully turned the mix of jazz, house, electro and breakbeat into a new genre named electro swing. → read more
In the last couple of weeks we received several emails that made us super excited and we hope that they will make festival-goers attending the 20th edition of Pohoda happy as well. After the confirmation of dreamy Sigur Rós came another confirmation of artist weʼve been trying to have playing the event basically right from the festivalʼs start. Pohoda 2016 is on the list of tour dates of the legendary UK multi-instrumentalist and vocalist PJ Harvey. → read more
After sixteen years, Pohoda Festival restores its original name. The best-known festival in Slovakia follows the trend set by big European festivals that gradually stopped being named after their partners. This change is an outcome of the end of fourteen-year-long partnership with company Heineken Slovakia. Serve good-quality beer to the visitors at the 20th edition of festival. Thatʼs the challenge Banská Bystrica-based brewery with their brand Urpiner has risen to. → read more
Festival brand Pohoda and beer brand Zlatý Bažant joined forces 14 years ago in order to build a festival of European significance and world-class quality in Slovakia. Right from the start of their cooperation in 2002, they managed to meet their goal and both brands confirmed the leadership position in their respective fields in Slovakia. For this amazing partnership, a big thank you goes to HEINEKEN Slovakia Company and their flagship Zlatý Bažant. After 14 years, we decided to bring our partnership to an end. This also means that the 20th edition of festival changes its name to Pohoda 2016. → read more
Next spring, Japanese math rock band Tricot is planning another European tour, named Face to Face. After amazing gigs in Košice, Žilina and 4 concerts at two Pohoda editions, on March 19th 2016, we're going to organize their first public concert in our capital. → read more
The number of ticket, clothing and winter accessories orders at our shop increased significantly in the last couple of days. So we have a piece of good advice for you. If you’re planning to give people who are close to you some Pohoda stuff for Christmas, please place your orders by the end of next week (December 18th) at the latest. Otherwise, we can’t guarantee your gift will get delivered before Christmas time. → read more
Eugene Hütz, an immigrant from the Ukraine, founded his band Gogol Bordello in 1999. According to Pitchfork, he created “one of America's most chaotically enthralling live acts.” Their show full of energy mesmerized Pohoda festival-goers in 2006, too. Those who didn’t see them back then will have a second chance on July 7th 2016 during Thursday's opening party. → read more
The sold out Bez ladu a skladu & Para tour has officially ended, but the bands are coming to POHODA PARTY at Urban House on 16th December to play together one last concert. Prior to the gig, we're going to announce another batch of artists confirmed for the 20th edition of our festival (at least two big and a few more names). We're about to present the concept of the 2016 campaign and announce an interesting change regarding our partners. Peter Konečný, the director of Kinema.sk portal, will prepare a selection of Best Pohoda 2016 clips for the attendees. You can also come to watch the premiere of Petra Všelichova's documentary Pohoda 2015. → read more
Starting today, you can buy awesome winter accessories and baby clothing at our shop. If you'd like to gift your close ones with Pohoda presents, we've prepared a limited offer for you. The first 100 orders over 100 € will include a Christmas Pohoda tote bag and the first 100 of you who will make a purchase of more than 200 € will get a tote bag, socks and earrings for free.* → read more
If you missed out on Dutch band My Baby’s show at St. Vincent de Paul low threshold night shelter, you will get another chance to see them at the 20th edition of Pohoda Festival. The band combines funk-blues roots with dance music. This mix of styles wills you to dance and fall into (according to band’s fans) the so-called voodoo trance. We saw them live and can confirm that they are one of the best up-and-coming bands in Europe. → read more
