More than a year after the military invasion of Ukraine, the Concert for Ukraine will take place in Bratislava on Sunday, 26 February. It is organised by Pohoda Festival, which together with the general public wants to express its solidarity and sympathy with our eastern neighbours. At the same time, we want to support Ukrainian artists who have limited opportunities to perform in their home country. This year’s Concert for Ukraine will feature only Ukrainian artists – the Kharkiv Choir and the bands Zapaska and Druga Rika. The Concert for Ukraine will begin at 5 p.m. on Bratislava’s Main Square and is free to the public. → read more

You can support Pohoda also by assigning 2% of your income tax to civic association Do pohody. It is also via this association that since 2015 we have been implementing projects at our festival. Thank you for your support. → read more

Pohoda will once again focus on artists from Ukraine, which has been proudly resisting Russian aggression for a year. We are also deepening our cooperation with Music Saves Ukraine. The excellent projects Dakh Daughters and Zapaska return to Pohoda; Kurs Valüt, Ragapop and UA TRIBAL will perform for the first time. → read more

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Just yesterday – the day we announced Caroline Polachek’s performance at Pohoda 2023 – the American singer and producer (with roots in Slovakia, by the way) released her second solo album “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You“. And we are glad that the response from music reviewers, critics and fans alike exceeded probably all expectations. DIY Magazine, Evening Standard, PopMatters and Dork gave the album a full 100 points, and the overall critics' score on albumoftheyear.org reached 90 points. → read more

The line-up of Pohoda Festival has been expanded by two more big names of the contemporary world music scene. British singer, songwriter, and composer Ben Howard and American singer and producer Caroline Polachek will perform at Trenčín Airport in July. The new names were confirmed today by Pohoda Festival director Michal Kaščák during a live broadcast on Rádio_FM. → read more

Slovak star Jana Kirschner, the popular Tata Bojs from the Czech Republic and the legendary Slovak band Karpatské chrbáty have been added to the programme of the biggest Slovak festival. The nominees for the Radio_Head Awards in the Discovery of the Year category – the duo Meowlau X Val and the band Krstní otcovia – will also perform. Visitors can also look forward to the Slovak-Czech-Norwegian project Angrusori, underground rapper RNZ, pop star Zea and punk band RozpoR. → read more

Even more music stars and legends will perform in Slovakia this year. The organizers of Pohoda Festival introduced nine more international artists who will perform at Trenčín Airport on 6 – 8 July 2023. Festival visitors can look forward to representatives of the global rap scene such as Central Cee, slowthai or Shygirl, as well as singers Suzanne Vega and Perfume Genius, Arooj Aftab, Mandidextrous, Amor Elefante and O.. The line-up released so far will also include representatives of drum & bass, indie-rock, jazz, and world music. → read more

Slovakia was once again the only country at ESNS in Groningen that considered this festival as an important journey for its music scene. → read more

Ukrainian festival Atlas and charity initiative Music Saves Ukraine have won the prestigious Take a Stand Award, presented by the European Festival Awards. Vlad Yaremchuk, our close friend and program director of Atlas Festival, accepted the award directly at Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. The Take a Stand Award aims to raise awareness for social engagement in the European music and creative industries. → read more