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Record number of volunteers
The volunteers worked over 15,000 hours during the festival, which equals to one person working 24/7 for 21 months. Volunteers work 8 hours a day, dedicating the resting 16 hours to relaxing, fun, and concerts. They usually work as "guardians"; the piano crew, for example, guarded a piano…
More than 200,000 beers drunk
This yearʼs amount of consumed alcoholic beer on tap itself equalled the sum of all beer products sold last year. 1,700 barrels of beer were opened in bars and visitors also drank almost 500 barrels of non-alcoholic Zlatý Bažant and non-alcoholic Radler. Strongbow cider appeared for the first time…
More than 11,000 coffees and nearly 1,100 litres of milk
This year, there were four Poetry Cafés opened in cooperation with Julius Meinl — the main café stand was placed opposite the Bažant Stage. Five lever coffee machines produced 11,340 coffees, and the most favourite drinks were milk and coffee specialties Cappucinno and Caffé Latte Macchiato. We…
TECH records of Bažant Pohoda 2015
• In total, more than 2,500 GB of data were transferred at the festival this year • 8,443 mobile phones got recharged at the charger spots • Orange used 2 km of Ethernet and 1.4 km of optical cables on the festival site to guarantee a quality…
ILMC director Greg Parmley: great bill and work on site
Greg Parmley was one of the panelists at "Will Slovakia find its Björk". Read his immediate feelings after the festival, which he sent to Michal Kaščák: "This time around, I think that the thing I most enjoyed was the booking. It was an inspired bill, and uncompromising in presenting great artistry,…
The record number of rented tents in the Tent Inn
The tents for two persons equipped with two sleeping mats and two blankets by the Tent Inn were extremely popular this year. Originally, we planned 500 tents and, as the interest progressively grew, raised the number to 600 tents. In the end, we had to extend the actual area designated for the Tent Inn…
The Skinny: An eclectic world class bill
You can read more here: www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/international-festivals/pohoda-festival-2015-reviewed…
Virtual Festivals review: 10/10
Virtual Festivals has published reports and reviews from festivals since 1999. Currently, more than 200 journalists write reviews on festivals such as Glastonbury, T in the Park, Isle of Wight, Reading or Leeds Festival for the website on a regular basis. 19th year of Bažant Pohoda was reviewed…
Pohoda from artists’ point of view…
Twins Ibeyi were enthused not only by the atmosphere, but also by the sky and people. Here’s what they posted on Facebook: “All day and all night long...beautiful sky and beautiful people #Slovaquia." On Twitter, they added: “Just left @pohodaofficial. 1st time in Slovaquia with wonderful…
"Bažant Pohoda 2015, or how to be sexi"
This is what Tomasz Balawejder (RMF FM) and Tomasz Bielenia (interia.pl) wrote about us: “Pohoda is not just a music festival, it is a lifestyle. It is a few days a year when you have no expectations from anyone, as well as Pohoda does not have any form you. From 9th to 11th July,…