An exceptional name that connects the worlds of jazz, grunge, funk, and pop is being added to the Pohoda 2026 lineup. Emma-Jean Thackray – a British multi-instrumentalist, producer, and author with a strong signature style – will bring her world full of emotion, experimentation, and joyful musical freedom to the Trenčín airport. → read more
Pohoda has once again been nominated for the most prestigious European Festival Awards, in the Best Medium-Sized Festival category. You can support us with your vote until midnight on Thursday, November 20, 2025. → read more
Thank you for joining us on the PINK WHALE boat to celebrate the 17 November holiday with music and time spent with loved ones. → read more
Pohoda 2026 welcomes an extraordinary musical family from West Point, Mississippi, who are currently attracting attention around the world. Annie & The Caldwells play unique, energetic disco soul music that blends family ties, gospel roots, and pulsating grooves. The band is led by singer Annie Caldwell and her longtime life and musical partner, guitarist Willie Joe Caldwell, Sr., to whom she has been married for fifty years. They are joined on stage by their children and goddaughter – Deborah Caldwell Moore, Anjessica Caldwell, Toni Rivers, bassist Willie Jr. and drummer Abel Aquirius. → read more
Under a bridge in the Japanese city of Toyota, a kind of music was born in 1999 that you’d be hard-pressed to fit into any single genre. More than twenty-five years later, this fierce ensemble is coming to Pohoda. Turtle Island freely draws on various forms of traditional music, cultures, and styles from different eras and corners of the world, transforming them into its own original and energetic sound. → read more
Join us today at PINK WHALE as we celebrate the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution with Peter Lipa, Už Jsme Doma, Sendreiovci, Meowlau x Val, Samo Benko Orchestra, Punkinson aj Kristie Kardio. → read more
To mark the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, we’ve prepared a limited edition of T-shirts, which you can buy until Monday at the Martinus bookstore in the Nivy shopping center in Bratislava. You’ll also find the T-shirts in our shop on November 17th from 6 PM at the Concert for those who Noticed on the Pink Whale boat. Whether you spend Monday with family and friends or at work, wearing the T-shirt will show that this holiday belongs to you — and no one can take it away. → read more
The Pohoda Festival will kick off on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, with an exceptional extra day headlined by the iconic The Cure. We wanted a strong young name from the domestic scene to play before them. We recommended the piano version of FVCK_KVLT, which Robert Smith ultimately chose from among several suggestions. With this extraordinary opening, Pohoda 2026 will symbolically launch its 30th edition, bringing together a world legend with the authentic energy of Slovak alternative music. → read more
On Monday, November 17, we will gather for the Concert for those who Noticed, an event commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The 20th edition of this exceptional event will bring a vibrant musical program to Bratislava’s Pink Whale club. In addition, all visitors will have free access to the local sauna, Bobor, during the event. → read more
With his fusion of metal, grime, punk, and rap, he breaks down genre boundaries and delivers an uncompromising dose of energy, honesty, and inner reflection. One of the most distinctive voices of the contemporary British alternative scene, Native James, will perform at Pohoda. → read more
