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

Pohoda 2020 will also feature the British-Korean duo Wooze. The band describe themselves as pansori for the 21st century (a traditional Korean music genre) or baroque'n'roll. Our graphic designer and curator Tereza Maco saw Wooze live in Soul and said about them the following: "If the band DEVO was called futuristic art rock, then Wooze is metamodernist pansori, all nice and sweaty in the K-pop raincoat ". The quote may need an explanatory dictionary, but the joy of their performance needs nothing... All you need to do is come to Pohoda 2020. → read more

Icelandic industrial-techno-punk-rock formation Hatari is another confirmed name of Pohoda 2020. The band got the attention due to their impressive performance at Iceland Airwaves and Eurosonic. Shortly thereafter, they won the national competition Söngvakeppnin 2019 which enabled them to qualify for the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Their participation at Eurovision was a big surprise and they fitted into the kitsch freak show perhaps only with their eccentric costumes. The name of the band translates as "haters", which characterizes the basic paradigm of the band – they respond to the dystopic tendencies of the consumer world with harsh criticism of capitalism while wearing sadomasochistic outfits.   → read more

Since their premiere at Pohoda 2014, the Israeli band Lola Marsh has come to Slovakia every year, and 2020 will be no different. The favourites of our festival-goers are releasing the expected second album at the beginning of next year. At the beginning of March, they’ll also introduce it to their fans in Tabačka in Košice, Mestské divado in Žilina, Piano Club in Trenčín and Refinery Gallery in Bratislava. All of the concerts will be supported by young talented singer from Trenčín, Nina Kohoutová. → read more

The eleventh edition of the Concert for the Attentive is moving to two exceptional venues: Umelka Gallery will host Bez ladu a skladu and Ještě jsme se nedohodli, and the club Fuga will host Chór vážskych muzikantov, The Wilderness and a world premiere of the Slovakian-Hungarian project titled Drť (Fragments). Admission fee to Umelka is 15€, to Fuga 9€ and a combo ticket to both venues, Umelka and Fuga, is priced at 19€. → read more

Alyona Savranenko, an unknown Ukrainian nursery teacher, became the biggest hip-hop sensation in the country in less than a year. In October 2018, she uploaded her first song on YouTube under the pseudonym of Alyona Alyona and today she has 167,000 subscribers on her channel and almost the same number of Instagram followers. In July, she stole our hearts away as well – on and off stage. In addition to her great performance on Sporka stage, she also performed within Pohoda acoustic session series. https://youtu.be/xx5cJ35M-r4 → read more

Big things coming up... We are proud to be a part of this prestigious group of festivals that are pioneers in the field of sustainable development. Their "green" innovations inspire other European events too.  → read more

Karpatskí pastieri got the band together after many years, released and launched eponymous debut album at Pohoda. In addition to their concert at Café Kušnierik, they also played for us within Pohoda Acoustic Session. → read more

After a fantastic concert with Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke will return to Pohoda in 2020, this time with the Thom Yorke Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes project. Performing works spanning his solo career Thom Yorke will be joined by legendary producer Nigel Godrich, and visual artist Tarik Barri. This is the earliest confirmed big name in the history of our festival. In early August he released his third solo album Anima. According to Denník N, "he was looking for a soul and found a new beginning" on it. The newspaper further states: "Anima by Radiohead’s frontman belongs to the best you can listen to this summer." British The Telegraph rated the album with a 10/10 score and described it a bleak dystopian rhapsody that you can actually dance to. You can see for yourself in nine months at Pohoda 2020. → read more