The event at Fuga will start with a gig by the underground band Chór vážskych muzikantov (a.k.a. CHVM). Thanks to the band, Trenčín became the center of Slovakian alternative scene. They helped many bands, including Bez ladu a skladu. Ľuboš Dzúrik with his Fukkavica Records was distributing underground recordings across Slovakia. → read more

Ještě jsme se nedohodli will open the Concert for the Attentive at Umelka. Representatives of the so-called Brno new wave started out in the 1980s as a one-time thing put together just for fun, but they soon became a sensation on the alternative scene. Not only because they were ignoring bureaucratic obstacles whose purpose was for the regime to control who says what, how and to whom, but, most of all, because of their ability to make quirky music with unusual lyrics. “Nedohodli were original to such an extent that they were regarded as a deviation even in the context of the deviating world of the Czechoslovakian alternative scene. Karel David is a genius lyrics writer, Petr Liška dances and sings those lyrics fantastically. On top of that we have music, which would make some hipsters on the math-rock scene a discovery worldwide if recorded today. This is one of the perfectly hidden music gems,” says Michal Kaščák.   → read more

Earlier this year, Black Midi released their last new single 7-eleven. They went to Eurosonic 2019 as the band into which perhaps the greatest expectations were put. With combining (almost) sold-out concerts with an ambiguous output on social networks, they have created a huge hype around them. This was fully confirmed even at the Europe's largest showcase, ESNS. After the festival they became the second most booked band of Eurosonic → read more

The installation by Stano Masár called Fragment K will also form part of the Concert for the Attentive, November 11 / Umelka and Fuga. It’s a series of 16 postcards that together form a photograph of a demolished sculpture of Klement Gottwald on today's Námestie Slobody (Freedom Square). The attenders themselves also take part in the project since they are allowed to take freely from the series of postcards displayed on the wall. This way they will take home a certain fragment of the situation that happened 30 years ago and can keep it or pass it on, since the medium is a real postcard. The image on the wall is being fragmented, it’s slowly decreasing and some parts are disappearing, they’re being taken apart by visitors. → read more

London band Archive is another name of Pohoda 2020 line-up. During a quarter of a century of their existence they’ve recorded dozen albums that spoke to guitar enthusiasts, trip-hop fans and electronic music fans alike. A retrospective collection of their best work called “25” was released in May of this year. You'll find 43 songs on six vinyls – the greatest hits and eight new releases (including their collaborations with Band of Skulls and Steve Mason). The extraordinarily prolific band Archive will introduce a selection of their work complemented by impressive visuals at the Trenčín airport as well. → read more

Bez ladu a skladu are coming back to Bratislava after four years to play Concert for the Attentive in Umelka. Before 1989, they mostly played in Czech alternative clubs. They couldn’t release their albums officially until after 1989. In 2009, The New York Times named them one of the bands that “poked at the Iron Curtain”. → read more

Pohoda is the only medium-sized festival to be among the 10 festivals with the best line-up in Europe. This was decided by a panel of music industry experts. “This nomination can be considered a miracle. I am proud that our foreign colleagues and experts take note of our approach to programme production and appreciate its quality. Thank you to everyone who helped us with the programme,“– said Michal Kaščák about the nomination. In addition to Pohoda, the list includes only events of the "heaviest weight category" with much greater capacity and, especially, a greater budget, such as Glastonbury, Primavera, Sziget, Rock Werchter or metal Wacken Open Air. It is a great honour and satisfaction for us to be in this list. Moreover, this has been the third nomination in the last four years. Pohoda is traditionally also in the wider nomination in the Best Medium Festival category. → read more

Combo Tickets - Concert for the Attentive and TEDxUniverzitaKomenského In cooperation with Comenius University, we are launching a sale of combo tickets for the second year of TEDxUniverzitaKomenskéhoand the Concert for the Attentive at Umelka and Fuga. Today we’re releasing a limited series of 50 tickets for both events on our website. The joint admission will be 48 € (discounted by 10 €). → read more

In early 2018, Gilles Peterson's Brownswood record label released a compilation of contemporary London jazz bands We Out Here. The selection is clearly dominated by the poetic song "Abusey Junction" by until then a relatively unknown band Kokoroko. It immediately skyrocketed and now it has 34 million views on YouTube. Earlier this year, they released an eponymous EP which was also brought to attention by The Guardian. Another name of Pohoda 2020 is a real gem of the afrobeat genre – the London all-star band Kokoroko. → read more

Pohoda 2021 will also feature the British band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or PIGSx7, if you like). The band combines acid-rock and psych-metal, while their songs are dominated by hammerblow-like drums and thick riffs that transforms into an "uplifting and inviting barrage of hedonistic abandon". Last year, they released the album Kings of Cowards which, according to Loud & Quiet, was designed to blow your speakers. The Crack magazine said the recording is akin to bottling hellfire and The Guardian subsequently included them in their selection of bands to follow. So we followed them afterwards and they seconded the odes to their music at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival. You will be able to see their concert thanks to our participation in the European Talent Exchange Program. → read more