We originally hoped that at least a few pubs and a few bands would join the cause. Finally, as for the number of performances, Slovenská krčma (The Slovak Pub Festival) became an event comparable to Pohoda. Over the past two weeks, 150 bands delivered almost 200 performances within 114 events in 100 pubs across Slovakia. You could also enjoy the atmosphere of the concerts on Friday through a unique live broadcast from all the pubs that was joined by Aktuality.sk, Týždeň, Denník N, NOIZZ, Artforum, Hudba.sk and ZOMRI as well. It was on Friday when the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová visited one of the pubs. However, most importantly, all the pubs, artists, bands involved, and especially the concert attenders showed that most of the pub frequenters in Slovakia are not racists and do not identify with fascist views. → read more

The anti-racist festival Slovak pub begins today with the concert of the band Fortuan in the Piešťany brewery ŽiWell. The event will get into full swing tomorrow with a performance by Bez ladu a skladu in Mariatchi in Nitra, the concerts of Uhol Dopadu, Queer Jane and NighTeen Seventies in Nová Cvernovka in Bratislava, Maca, the band of the year, will play in Špajzka in Bratislava, and Rock House in Topoľčany will welcome the bands Frázy and The Wids. On Wednesday, there will be concerts in six more pubs, on Thursday in eight and, gradually, almost 150 bands and artists will present themselves in 100 pubs throughout Slovakia over next two weeks. The busiest day of the festival will be Saturday, 15 February, when concerts will take place in 15 pubs of Slovakia at the same time. → read more

As a part of Valentine's Day offer, you can get two T-shirts from Pohoda 2019 merchandise for free when you buy two printed tickets (see attached pictures), starting today until the end of next week (9/2). * Valid only for printed passes (not e-tickets) purchased on this link: https://www.pohodafestival.sk/en/product/3-day-ticket-2020-109 Please include in the note what models and sizes you'd like. → read more

From now on you can buy merch from Pohoda 2018 in 50% discount through our e-shop. This offer is valid until the stock is sold out. www.pohodafestival.sk/sk/shop#vypredaj → read more

Another treat for the electronic music enthusiats at Pohoda 2020 will be the joint transatlantic project of Hudson Hohawke and Lunice – TNGHT. Seven years after their fantastic debut, which greatly influenced the electronics of the past decade, they’ve returned to the scene with the album TNGHT II. It’s not the kind of music suitable as a background noise or music you’d hear in a café. Hud Mo and Lunice describe it as the most perfect record they’ve ever made in terms of instrumentation. The result is excellent electronics with no categories applicable. It’s a record that falls outside the market rules or the expectations of others, one the duo made on their own terms. As Hud Mo says about the album: "I think it’s a good indicator if something sounds weird and refreshing to us " → read more

Pohoda 2020 will also see the living legend of outsider music, The Space Lady. The Guardian mentions her album The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits in their selection of “The 101 Strangest Records on Spotify” and NME in their list of “101 Album to Hear Before You Die”. Our Graphic Design and curator, Tereza Maco, discovered The Space Lady for us and says the following about the booking: “The Space Lady should become a guilty pleasure of all terrestrial beings as she has long dominated the space mainstream with her passion and batterry-powered Casio.” → read more

FKA twigs appeared at the beginning of the decade with EP1, in the middle decade she released LP1 and ended the ten years with the famous second album Magdalene (both of her albums were recordings of the year according to magazines Time and Clash). FKA twigs quickly turned from a companion dancer to a modern art icon comparable to David Bowie in the 1970s, Kate Bush in the 1980s, and Björk in the 1990s. Her work combines classical music, electronic music, ballet, opera singing, and pooldance, and she works with the best directors, costume designers, and animators. The head of all this is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, professionally known as FKA twigs, who, according to Fullmoon editors, took care of perhaps the best performance of last year’s Primavera, if not of the whole year. In a few months she will enchant with her Magdalena also visitors to the Trencin airport.  → read more

Would you like to join our team for Pohoda 2020? We are looking for a Communication & PR, a Hospitality and a Pohoda shop intern starting from the first of March. → read more

Almost 100 pubs across the country will welcome more than 130 bands and artists from the next Tuesday to February 16 as part of the Slovenská krčma Festival. The list of performers includes big names such as Billy Barman, Para, Rozpor, Vec & Škrupo + Tono, Bez ladu a skladu, Modré Hory, Komajota, and also emerging bands, whose members are still students of secondary schools. The genres played will be quite colourful as well: you will hear pop, rock, metal, jazz, punk, D&B, reggae, hip-hop, swing, and also a representative of classical music, Jozef Lupták. The venues will include a few “genuine” pubs, as well as some cafés and clubs. Pubs from all parts of Slovakia joined the festival, ranging from Bratislava, through Hurbanovo, Námestovo, Trebišov to Hostovice at the north-eastern border of Slovakia. → read more

Lola Marsh released their long-awaited second album named Someday Tomorrow Maybe. They already caught attention when they released singles from the new album such as “Only for a Moment”, Echoes”, “Hold On” or What Am I”. At the beginning of March, they are coming to introduce fans in Slovakia to the new album as part of their European tour. Lola Marsh will be playing Tabačka, Košice, on March 7; City Theater, Žilina, on March 10; Refinery Gallery, Bratislava, on March 12 and Piano Club, Trenčín, on March 13. Note that the show in Žilina is almost sold-out (only a few seats on the balcony are available). Advance tickets are priced at €19 and the walk-up price will be €25. → read more