Debates are a waste of time and are getting nowhere. It’s just philosophizing and they all end with the same outcome: In Slovakia, it is what it is… If this is your view on debates, you’d better give Orange Foundation’s Optimistent at Bažant Pohoda a try. → read more

Your phone is vital for you to share experiences at the festival, and there will be a plenty of them to share! So, it is a good idea to have your phone fully charged... which will not be a problem because Orange has again provided hundreds of sockets to charge your smartphone or tablet during the whole festival weekend. → read more

At the beginning of July, RTVS will broadcast on the channel Dvojka documentaries about Bažant Pohoda, the documentary Björk and Attenborough, the film Dancer in the Dark, and traditional festival minutes. → read more

Characterised with the creative arrangements of the songs of that age, historic instruments and costumes, and a veteran car from which they play their music and spread good mood, Funny Fellows will come to Bažant Pohoda also this year. The swing music played by this band is proven to bring you back to life and it completes the atmosphere of the mornings at the festival. → read more

This yearʼs Parade will feature the style of the pseudo-movement ZEF, which is part of the expression of Die Antwoord. The ZEF fashion is described with the unusual combination of materials, designs, and colours. → read more

Only a week until Bažant Pohoda's gates are open once again. → read more

Orbis street food has prepared an interesting selection of tastes for Bažant Pohoda festival. Close to the summer meadow, you will have a chance to try the following treats: → read more

Directed by Artforum, Prince Schwarzenberg and Martin M. Šimečka will discuss at Pohoda how samizdat publications and books were issued in the seventies and eighties. → read more

If you want to be informed about everything on time during the festival weekend but youʼre leaving your smartphone at home, you can activate the Festival SMS service from Orange again this year. This way, you can have practical and useful information at hand even without the official app. → read more

Become an apprentice at ALCHEMIST’S, ORACLE’S and DWARVES’ workshops. This is what DAPHNE – Živá učebnica_Banská Štiavnica (Live Textbook) – a book for kids aged 4-11 – has to offer. → read more