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EFA Award ceremony ruled by Arctic Monkeys, band made of festival pros with Michal Kaščák played during galas
And the European Festival Awards (EFA) winners are... Hungary’s Sziget Festival reclaimed its title amongst the Best Major Festival. Sea Dance Festival from Montenegro was awarded in our “weight category” of Medium-Sized Festivals. The Best Small Festival went to Poland’s Tauron Nowa Muzyka.…
African legend Les Ambassadeurs – World class musicians from Mali
From 1970 to 1985 Les Ambassadeurs not only formed the musical elite of west Africa, but also helped the national pride of its younger nations. After 30 years they have reformed and are here to remind us all of the true meaning of the term, “world music”. Amongst them are some of their most famous…
Bo Ningen – Japanese acid punk on the banks of the river Thames
The answer in music, rather than words, is offered up by the psychedelic rock and acid punk of Bo Ningen. At first sight they look like hipsters or a retro hippie quartet, but they certainly won’t serve up meadow honey or beansprouts! They will however hit you with reverb-drenched vocals, pounding…
Roni Size Reprazent Live
Roni Size is coming back to our festival – with a line-up comprising Dynamite MC, Onalee, Si John, Dave Amso, Jay Wilcox and Yuval Gabay. Reprazent are widely regarded as one of the most important live electronic music acts of the past two decades, their debut album ‘New Forms’ won…
Off! - a hardcore-punk treat
The lineup features musicians from several American hardcore bands; their live gigs as well as videos emanate massive energy as well as a good deal of ease. An amazing band that caught our attention right after first tunes. Red Hot Chili Peppers invite them to their gigs. We invited them as well.…
Young Fathers – This Year’s Mercury Prize Winners
Young Fathers are this year’s winners of the prestigious Mercury Prize enjoying exclusive company of the most interesting acts of the UK music scene. They already had their Slovakian premiere at Stanica in Žilina. According to what their Agent said during our meeting in London, this event is one of…
Kuenta i Tambu - a cheerful Caribbean electronic dancing party
They use the traditional Caribbean rhythms of Curacao Island – everything is centered around the tambu drum, wrapped up in samples and it all works just perfect. In summer, you can dance to Kuenta i Tambu at our festival as well.…
Music industry professionals named Pohoda one of Top 5 world festivals!
The results will be announced in March at the International Live Music Conference, London. Besides Pohoda, Latitude, Primavera Sound, Tomorrowland and Rock Werchter are nominated. “Good company, isn’t it? An independent Slovakian festival among Top 5 world festivals? Hmmm… that’s incredible!…
"Pohoda night" at Gorila.sk Urban Space - Monikino Kino, documentary premiere, new visuals and special merch
On Monday, December 1st, Gorila.sk Urban Space will see the first of “Pohoda at Clubs” series. We’re going to introduce you to the new Bažant Pohoda 2015 visuals, premiere the documentary about the latest festival edition and have a discussion with all the graphic designers who have worked…
Dÿse, Erotic Market, Vlasta Popič a Repetitor - the first four names for Bažant Pohoda 2015
Germans Dÿse, Erotic Market from France, Vlasta Popič band from Croatia and Repetitor from Serbia – these are the first four names announced for the nineteenth year of our festival. We discovered these performers at various showcase festivals. “Dÿse were the best band I saw at Reeperbahn in Hamburg.…