Twenty-five years ago today, Trenčín’s city stadium welcomed the very first Pohoda. In the past quarter century, what started as a small gathering of friends and alternative music fans has evolved into the best-known multi-genre festival in Slovakia and an important spot on the European festival map. Each year, Pohoda appears among the nominees for the most prestigious festival awards. The festival also has reviews of praise by renowned media such as The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, DIY or Gigwise under its belt.   → read more

We discovered Roller Disco at the Burning Man festival, and just a year after visiting this extraordinary festival, we introduced it to Pohoda. It's making its return again after several years, now under the patronage of LeasePlan. There will be an in-line skate rental, workshops, and in the evening, we will welcome amazing people strongly connected with Pohoda as DJs. → read more

We will celebrate 25 years of Pohoda in ten days. We currently have less than 2,000 tickets for Pohoda 2022 left for sale. Tickets are available for purchase here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop/shop-tickets We are looking forward to seeing you :) → read more

On Thursday, after the concerts of Nick Cave, Nemoderný chalan, and Metronomy, a festive set “Pohoda 25” will take place in the Nay Dance House. Former and current members of the Pohoda core team will play their favourite songs from performers who have appeared at our festival throughout its existence.  → read more

Yesterday late at night, our production super duo – Ondro and Paulička – arrived at the airport and, this morning, Ľubka and Michal, joined them. We’re at the airport where Vlado prepared our new office for us and several suppliers had first – positive – surprises in store for us.  → read more

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Isama Zing has been coming to Pohoda since he was a child, he has played there as a member of the band Tukan, as Pjoni with Ink Midget, with Katarzia, and he will also appear there with his latest album Blurry AF. He was praised by the media such as The independent, Gigwise, and Clash, and you can praise him after his concert in the beautiful wooden tent of Aktuality. → read more

"This year’s selection of theatrical performances at Pohoda reflects the situation we’re finding ourselves in Slovakia and Europe. All of the plays and performances are intended to turn into healing medicine. Some rough examinations will be followed by laughter through tears and the gravity of freedom," says the curator of the Pohoda theatre, director Alžbeta Vrzgula. → read more

The National Orchestra of Afghanistan concert will celebrate the power and freedom of music as well. The orchestra is formed by the Afghanistan National Institute of Music students who managed to flee the Taliban regime and moved to Portugal. It also features some of the girls who already played at Pohoda as part of the female orchestra Zohra. This orchestra was founded in 2018 and has been a great influence on Afghan music life since then. Their repertoire features compositions by Western as well as Afghan authors of classical and traditional music. According to the orchestra’s music director, the program for Pohoda will focus mainly on Afghan music. → read more

We conclude the list of foreign names in the Pohoda line-up with a great discovery of the American hip hop scene, the duo They Hate Change. We liked them instantly and Gleb, who will play after them, also confirmed their uniqueness. Dre and Vonne are sound omnivores, lovers of rare and radical sounds. Their work is influenced by bass music variants such as jook (unexpected Gulf of Mexico response to house) and crank, as well as drum’n’bass, post-punk, prog, grime, krautrock, emo, and basically any music genre.    → read more