We will hear the words and tunes of Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the most prominent Russian composers of the 20th century. Robert Roth will read the controversial book Testimony - Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov. A string quartet composed for Jozef Lupták Marián Svetlík, Peter Biely, and Martin Ruman will perform his most famous String quartet no. 8, Op. 110, which is devoted to the memory of victims of fascism and war. Jožko Lupták is an important person of Pohoda. His enthusiasm was greatly influenced by the fact that classical music is strongly represented at our festival. He is one of the main advisors for this area and you will be able to see him several times at this anniversary edition. Also Robo Roth is a member of the Pohoda family. He holds the record in number of appearances at one edition (7) and we are pleased to have him at this year's celebration too.   → read more

Trenčín Chamber Orchestra interprets mostly older music of the Baroque period. At their performance at Pohoda, in addition to Baroque concertos by Vivaldi and Telemann, they will also play the wonderful works of more contemporary music: Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances and Hajdu dances by Vladimír Godár. → read more

You will be able to hear some beautiful classical music tracks at the twentieth Pohoda. Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra will perform works of the most famous Czech composers (Smetana – “Vltava”, Dvorak – “Carnival”, Suk – “Fantastic Scherzo”, and Janacek – “The Ballad of Blanik”), as well as the Slovak song perhaps most played by orchestras abroad, "Musica Slovaca" by Ilja Zeljenka. → read more

What would Pohoda be without Braňuško? Braňo Jobus, the high representative of non-serious music in Slovakia, will be active as a speaker, will play with the bands Karpatské chrbáty and Vrbovskí víťazi, and will also present the project Jobus Pubertus in the Family Park. Karpatské chrbáty, the pioneers of Slovak alternative music, will conclude the Saturday schedule on the Budiš Stage. A couple of hours later, the music and work group Vrbovskí víťazi will greeted the final sunrise over the twentieth Pohoda. → read more

The captivating music of the band Zrní stems from the improvisation of musicians who enjoy constant exploration of new possibilities. Five lovers of folk music born in this electronic age (slowly but surely) made it from the streets of Kladno and Prague among the elite of Czech music. In their music, however, there is no sign of elitism, just constant curiosity and joy of playing. After their excellent concert at Pohoda in 2013, they are coming to the 20th edition of our festival with a musical company of 40 members of the Janáček Philharmonic.   → read more

Also this year, music, dance, circus, educational activities and workshops and Talostan, the master of micromagic and entertainment, will not be missing in the Family Park. → read more

Puppet Theatre at the Crossroads, theatre ZkuFraVon, Deep sea fairy tales narrated by Robert Roth, Kempelen Biomatic Orchestra, and reading with Mr Carrot are some of the theatrical performances available in the Family Park at the 20th edition of Pohoda. → read more

Dear children and dear parents. Do you miss pogoing together? Do you want to see various groups from all over the world and magician...? Once upon a time, under the castle of Matúš Čák, between Váh and Inovec, a funny magician will use magic to create animals out of balloons; Songs about characters will be sung by the one who wrote them. Fairy tales will be read by real actors; Teachers will teach children using toys; Children will produce musical instruments and play them as a famous band; there will be children in orchestras, choirs, and ensembles; all day around just games and clever toys playing during the biggest summer camping and comfort throughout the day, at the beginning of the holiday. And the best behaving one will be able to go to see Prodigy at night, or at least they will sing him a nice lullaby in the tent. ;) → read more

Branči Kováč, aka Vec, will appear at the twentieth Pohoda, this time at mixing console. His domain is not just the microphone, and he made it clear already in 2001, when he made it to the DMC World Finals in London as a DJ. Vecʼs DJ set will be the last Saturday's show in the SLSP arena. → read more

Midi Lidi are slowly but surely becoming a traditional Pohoda band. It is due to the exceptional dance expression of Petr Marek and the fact that he “likes to cook”. The female colleagues from the agency present the same ultimatum each year: they would not depart for the airport without Midi Lidi. They and the rest of the agency value the detachment in the work of this five-member trio and the abundant curls of Prokop Holoubek. Agency people aimed to extend Tomino Kelarʼs stay at Pohoda so they unambiguously asked him to hold the post of stage manager of the Visegrad stage. We will also examine the veracity of their lyrics at the festival – we strongly believe that Koller will not be slayed by cholera and Prodigy “will come with their parents”.  → read more