At the end of 2013, Walter Schnitzelsson released their amazing debut Fever which earned them the Newcomer of 2013 Award (Radio_Head Awards). In January 2016, they represented Slovakia at the largest showcase festival Eurosonic, and released the second album Sugar kids won’t stop screaming earlier this year. Before their autumn tour, this great home rock'n'roll band will perform in an even more consistent form with a new fourth member, "the concert guitarist", at Pohoda 2019, too. → read more

Unique comfort and sleep in our cottages will be provided by the Dormeo mattresses, which are complemented by anti-allergic fluffy pillows and blankets. The festival-goers staying in cottages Trenčín and Inovec will also test the pleasant cotton sheets. Please note that from among higher standard accommodation only the Tent Inn Classic and Tent Inn Black & Fresh remain on sale. More here: https://www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop → read more

Thanks to Slovlak, you can make your own original festival merch at Pohoda. Their stand will offer a possibility to create your own painted t-shirt or tote bag, having a wide range of Slovakryl water-based paints to choose from. → read more

Yesterday was the premiere of the documentary “As It Was”, which follows the rise of Liam Gallagher as a solo star, and this morning he published a new song “Shockwave” that will be included in the upcoming album Why Me? Why Not. He played the song live for the first time at a concert in Londonʼs Round Chapel on Wednesday. NME described it as a continuation in the classic “vintage rock and roll” sound that also beautified his previous solo album As You Were.   → read more

Another of the names of Pohoda 2019 is the drum & bass duo The Prophecy. Ero Drummer & M. Bass combine bold bass lines, mental synths, and striking drums. They have already released their songs through well-known record labels such as Ram Records (founded by Andy C), Program Records, C4C Records, and Bad Taste Recordings. At the end of last year, they released a collaboration with B-Complex named Encapsulation, which the darkdnb.com portal called the sound wave of the future. → read more

Bus carrier Slovak Lines offers convenient transportation that will bring you up to the gate of the Pohoda Festival (Gate B). Buses will depart in the afternoon of Thursday, July 11th from 14 cities across Slovakia: in addition to Bratislava, they will run also from Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Trnava, Nitra, Piešťany, Púchov, Brezno, Prievidza, Lučenec, Zvolen, Žiar nad Hronom, Hlohovec, and Čadca. In the morning of Friday, July 12th, some more buses will set off from Bratislava, Trnava, and Piešťany. On Sunday, after the end of the festival, buses will take visitors also back home, departing directly from the main Urpiner stage at 10:30. For more information, please visit www.busnapohodu.sk, where you can easily purchase online tickets for individual buses. → read more

Changing Faces attracted attention already in 2016 at the Prague drum & bass Beats Evolution Conference. He performed at Pohoda a year later, and in 2018, he brought home a statue from the Radio_Head Awards for the Discovery of the Year. His timeless melodies, shiny drums, and hot bass base have already captured record labels such as Hospital, Med School, RAM, UKF, Spearhead Records and many more. The daily SME informed that he already has more fans abroad than in Slovakia. At Pohoda, he will play an energetic drum and bass mix, which will include the best selection as well as new, unreleased tracks. → read more

Lost and Found will be traditionally provided by the City of Trenčín in their stand. Except for this extremely important service, they’ll provide the festival goers with information about Trenčín and its surroundings – what to see in the city, where to take a dip and do sports, where to possibly go shopping and they can also get shuttle and suburban transport information.  → read more

The most eminent figure of our jazz scene – Peter Lipa – will perform at Pohoda 2019. Just four months after the premiere of the album Slovenské evergreeny, he released the new album Dobré meno at the end of March. It is a "standard Lipa-like" album with singer’s own songs on the border of jazz, soul, blues and pop. Peter Lipa Band will perform at Pohoda in a line-up consisting of Peter Lipa Jr. (keyboards), Miroslav Fedor (drums), Radovan Tariška (saxophone) and Michal Šimko (bass). → read more

In cooperation with our environmental partner, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (Slovak Railways), we’ll dispatch a special festival express from Košice and Bratislava this year, too. Both tickets and seat reservations for the return journey can be purchased quickly and easily at their festival stand as well. Besides, ZSSK will come to Pohoda with the popular festival train that’ll help you to get anywhere on festival site without any problem. Throughout the duration of the festival, there will be ZSSK relaxation zones available to the festival goers. → read more