Didn’t make the Royal Pohoda in 1997? No worries. With a unique concept, year 2017 is bringing two festivals in one. Apart from the new edition, one of the days at one of the stages, will be dedicated to the whole first year’s lineup, which will show how the festival has evolved in the 20 years of its existence… :) A fun fact: almost all the bands are still active; the only bands that don’t usually play are those of the two festival founders. At Pohoda 97 and at Pohoda 2017 will play: Russian phantasmagoric Auktyon, Czech alternative fixtures Garage, Laura a její tygři and MCH Band, ska dance party Polemic, fathers of the Trenčín alternative and long-term festival supporters Chór vážskych muzikantov, hardcore project Flow of Pohoda’s co-founder Mário Michna and Bez ladu a skladu. → read more

Elektro Guzzi play techno with punk lineup: drums, bass, guitar. Pohoda visitors already had a chance to hear their top-class electronica in pure instrumental arrangements two years back. This time, they will have a brass section, namely, three trombones that have been incorporated as oscillators. → read more

Resisters is a trio of crazy girls whose music and choreography merge into a humorous show. A mix of arrangements with a leading three-part singing of dancing princesses. There’s easiness, humor to it that manage to entertain in an elegant way. We saw them at Waves Vienna and their energy recharged our batteries for the whole evening. → read more

T-shirts and sweatshirts that we sold out at the festival are again available in our shop. We have also launched ticket sales for the disabled and their assistants, caravans lots, and parking cards. We have added winter merch and launched christmas offer for the shoppings above 100 €. → read more

C Duncan is a young Scottish indie-folk composer, artist, singer and multi-instrumentalist. His debut Architect (2015) was nominated for the Mercury Prize. In October, he released his second album The Midnight Sun. According to The Line of Best Fit, he eclipses all expectations and the album received 9 out of 10 points. The versatile and talented graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will be playing his meticulous work at Pohoda 2017. → read more

Young Brazilian-born singer based in Germany makes music characterized by dark-tinged melodic songs, muted electronica, piano and a distinctive voice and work with vocal. The BBC compares her to Lykke Li and Fever Ray; Berlinger Zeitung to Björk. After two successful albums and this year’s beautiful recording of her live performance at Haus der Berliner, she’s planning to release her third studio album and go on tour in 2017. One of the stops will be at Pohoda, where she’ll be performing with a Slovak female choir. → read more

Slaves released their debut album, Are You Satisfied?, on 1 June 2015. A week later, it ranked number 8 on the UK Album Chart and was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2015. In 2015, they were also nominated for the BBC Sound of 2015. This year, they played the main stage at Reading festival and the BBC praised them for their energetic set. This young band will play their political, cynical, ruthless, energetic punk of the 70’s with catchy garage guitar riffs of the 90’s at Pohoda 2017. → read more

She has won the Echo Music Prize, was nominated for Brit Awards and Grammy, and is this year's best-selling British singer. She released her album in 2016 and has so far sold 18 million CDs. Birdy, a young musician with a beautiful voice, had managed to do all this by the time she was twenty. In early July, she will play also at Pohoda 2017. → read more

Thursday night highlight will be Ylvis with their spectacular The Expensive Jacket Tour set. Brothers Ylvisåker made a name for themselves when their song “The Fox”, whose purpose was to promote the third series of their show I kveld med Ylvis (Tonight with Ylvis), went viral in 2013, exponentially spreading across the internet with over 640 million views as of today. Thanks to this anti-song, people all around the world got to know the gems such as “Stonehenge”, “Dubstep”, “Trucker’s Hitch”, “Jan Egeland”, “A Capella”, “The Cabin” and many more. → read more

“Does Humor Belong in Music?” is a question Frank Zappa asks on his legendary album from 1984. Currently, brothers Ylvisåker and their comedy-music project Ylvis is the best answer out there. Pohoda is the first European venue outside of Scandinavia, where these nice, talented creative siblings will play their show. There is hardly a better fit in Slovakia than Milan Lasica with album Bolo nás jedenásť (There Were Eleven of Us) and band Chiki liki tu-a to accompany them. → read more