Pohoda 2020 will also feature the rising star of experimental hip-hop JPEGMAFIA. A trained journalist and former soldier served in Iraq, Kuwait, North Africa and Japan, but was most influenced by Baltimore, where he worked briefly. After moving there, 25-year-old African-American Freddie Gray died there as a result of injuries caused during a brutal arrest. JPEG responded to the events with the mixtape Darkskin Manson, followed by his debut Black Ben Carson (2016). → read more

"The Libertines are, above all, about great music; the world would be much poorer without Carl Bârat and Pete Doherty. "They were the band that put raw, unpolished rebellion back into British rock'n'roll and swept up an entire generation in their wake,” wrote The Guardian, and was right." „These are the words about another great performer of Pohoda 2020, written by their fan (and Slovak publicist) Samo Marec. You can read his whole text below in this article.“  → read more

Pohoda 2020 will also feature the "voice of the Arab Spring" – Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi. Emel rose to fame for the protest song called "Kelmti Horra" (My Word is Free), which became the anthem of the Tunisian revolution and, in fact, of the whole Arab Spring as well. She also performed the song during the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, earning a standing ovation from the moved audience. Her work borderlines experimental, electronic, North African, Arabic and film music and it is characterized by highly emotional expression with many dynamic changes and ornamental singing with a wide range. In addition to fantastic music, her three albums Kelmti Horra, Ensen and Everywhere We Looked Was Burning, also carry strong messages, fears and visions of this extremely talented multi-instrumentalist, singer and poet.   → read more

Every year is accompanied by an anthem in our office, too. Probably the most played song in the office before Pohoda 2018 was "Boyfriend (Repeat)" by Confidence Man. After Glastonbury, Gigwise described them as one of the best live bands they had seen in recent years which was fully confirmed in Slovakia as well. According to The Independent, they launched into a type of tongue-in-cheek, hedonistic ambiguous disco bangers at Pohoda. Living up to their reputation as the summer’s greatest festival band, an hour in their company was the most delirious fun imaginable, combining the ridiculous, the highly camp, and the utterly magnificent. That’s why we didn’t hesitate when an opportunity arose to have them again, and so the Australian Confidence Man will come back after two years. → read more

For the second time in history, Pohoda goes to the European Festival Awards in the position of a festival with the highest number of nominations in Europe. Thanks to the attenders’ votes, Pohoda is, again, in the Top 10 of the Best Medium-Sized festivals on the old continent. Music professionals also shortlisted Pohoda in the categories of Best Line-up, Best Medium-Sized Festival, Best Promoter and The Health & Safety Innovation Award. Pohoda is leaving behind other Central European events – Hungarian Sziget and Polish Open’er or Dutch Lowlands – each with three nominations. Another Slovak festival, SHARPE, was nominated for the first time in the Best Small Festival category. → read more

Pengshui are a London trio of experienced musicians whose bulldozer riffs and aggressive rap blur lines between genres such as grime, hardcore and punk. Singer Illaman, bassist Fatty and drummer Pravva Prav have played with many stars of hip-hop (Foreign Beggars), RnB (Jorja Smith), oak and Drum&Bass music, but grew up on heavier foundations (Anthrax, Public Enemy, Napalm Death). It was the combination of rapping at a fast pace of 140bpm with a punk approach that brought them recognition on the British scene very quickly. → read more

Bas and his crazy bunch of great people and musicians, BAZZOOKAS, are already flying in from Holland. To perform will be also Saténové ruky and Lomnické Čháve. We are joining Bas in a cordial invitation to attend :-) See you tomorrow at 2:00 PM at the St. Vincent de Paul dormitory. → read more

A special socks delivery by Fusakle came to Urban Market yesterday. This is also connected with a special offer – if you buy two € 99 Pohoda passes at Urban Market, you will get new socks for free.  Urban Market → read more

The Gypsy Band Lomnické Čháve filled up the NAY dance house at Pohoda 2017 and left everyone feeling breathless. The editor in chief of the Music Festival Wizard portal described the concert as the best dance party of the year. A year later, they came to us with a documentary by Ladislav Kaboš entitled Kapela (The Band). A few hours afterwards, they started an energetic dance party on the main stage when they played during the Welcoming of the Sun ceremony with perhaps the greatest participation so far. In a few days, they will perform at Bashavel as part of the Roma Spirit event, which they also attend as a band nominated in the Culture category (for authentic and wild music production and presentation of the Roma culture). They are currently working on new songs, the first video and will also perform at the Doma Dobre concert. → read more

From today to Sunday we are at Urban Market Witner edition at Grösslingová secondary grammar school with our shop (you can find us on the ground floor in the classroom of Tercia A). We’re going to bring this year’s merch and printed festival passes to Pohoda. It’s going to be one of the last chances to buy printed tickets for 99 €, since the price increases to 109 € after the new year. You can buy e-tickets for 99 € until the end of the year. We can only guarantee the delivery of printed tickets before Christmas for orders made by midnight 16th December. → read more