Czech Republic Events
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50.079151 14.43299 | 1 Held throughout the city centre, Prague's Bohemian Carnival features more than allegorical costumes. Divided into four sections, the programme includes evening parties, art shows, food events… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 2 Dancing the waltz is an essential skill to have in Prague. The Ball Season brightens up the dark winter nights at Prague's grandest venues, including the Lucerna Palace's Marble Hall. Expect… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 3 Prague's One World Film Festival promotes documentary filmmaking by inviting audiences of thousands to cinema screenings. With its current affairs topics it aims "to expose abuses, encourage… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 4 The Prague Half Marathon attracts major international athletes and is also open to amateur runners, although there is a three-hour time limit! The course is lined with groups of musicians and… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 5 Musica Sacra Prague Choir Competition Part of the Musica Sacra Prague summer festival, international choirs hold competitive performances in the capital's churches and National House of Vinohrady. Choirs must perform sacred pieces… |  |
50.081877 14.425273 | 6 The Days of European Film bring together the best of European and international feature films and shorts at Prague's Cinema Svetozor and Aero Cinema. Each year some 40 feature films and ten… |  |
49.198456 16.602646 | 7 The Days of European Film were first held in 1994. Bringing together the best of European feature films and shorts, the Brno leg of the event takes over the Sál B Bakaly Cinema, having already… | |
50.088517 14.40481 | 8 Marking the end of winter, Witches' Night, or Paleni carodejnic, involves an effigy of a hag or witch burning on top of hills across the Czech Republic. In Prague the weird but compelling… | |
50.088517 14.40481 | 9 1 May is the unofficial lovers' day in the Czech Republic. Lusty couples kiss on Prague's Petrin Hill after placing flowers by the statue of Karel Hynek Macha, the 19th-century romantic poet… |  |
50.107015 14.434828 | 10 Professional stuntman from all over the world get together in Prague to show off their skills on two and 4 wheels. Speed, acrobatics and suspense thrill the audience for Crazy Day at the Tesla Arena. | |
50.080415 14.46629 | 11 On VE Day Prague remembers the Soviet tanks liberating Czechoslovakia from German occupation on 9 May 1945, a day later than elsewhere in Europe. Today the Czech Republic still lays flowers on… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 12 The Prague Marathon starts and finishes in the old town square. Thousands of professional athletes and fun-runners from the Czech Republic and all over the world participate, cheered on by… |  |
50.102437 14.432741 | 13 BookWorld is a literary festival founded in 1995 and held at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. It gives the movers and shakers of the Czech literary scene a chance to meet foreign writers and… |  |
50.103961 14.488278 | 14 A spectacular dance and music phenomena, Sensation visits ten countries every year. The show returns to Prague's O2 Arena with the theme Ocean Of White. State-of-the-art lightshows, fireworks… |  |
50.062483 14.43047 | 15 The Khamoro World Roma Festival brings vibrant gypsy sounds and culture from around Europe to Prague Congress Centre and other selected venues in the Czech capital. Visitors can enjoy… |  |
50.74654 14.305148 | 16 The Czech Beer Festival gathers top and lesser-known national breweries to Prague's PVA Letňany Exhibition Centre. Each tent features its own entertainment stage and, from Pilsner to Budvar… |  |
50.079118 14.412873 | 17 A recent addition to the Prague cultural calendar, the Prague Food Festival celebrates local food and drink, prepared by some of the best chefs in the country. A daily selection of delicacies… |  |
50.079037 14.474424 | 18 On the anniversary of Kafka's death admirers from all over the world visit his burial place in Prague's New Jewish Cemetery. After paying their respects at grave number 21-14-33, people move… | |
50.080094 14.433115 | 19 Prague Spring International Music Festival This springtime music festival brings the world's best orchestras to Prague's State Opera House. Honouring Bedrich Smetana, father of Czech music, it opens on the anniversary of his death with… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 20 The World Festival of Puppet Art brings the finest international puppeteers to Prague to perform and compete for awards like Best Animation and Best Actor. Prague itself is well-known as the… |  |
49.226864 17.668977 | 21 Zlín has a history of film festivals, even under German occupation. From this tradition the Film Festival Zlín was born in 1961. This international festival for children and young people has… | |
50.0759 14.417792 | 22 Remembrance for the Assassins of Heydrich The Remembrance for the Assassins of Heydrich involves an Orthodox Mass at Prague's Cathedral of Saints Cyril & Methodius. It honours the Czech parachutists accountable for the assassination… | |
50.079008 14.425252 | 23 The Mystic Skate Cup in Prague is part of the World Cup Skateboarding, showcasing Vert and Street skaters from around the globe at the purpose-built Mystic Skatepark. With US$30,000 at stake… |  |
50.151199 15.509249 | 24 Award-winning festival Rock for People attracts thousands of music fans to the Czech town of Hradec Kralove. This hugely popular outdoor summer festival brings international rock, punk… |  |
49.602951 17.064119 | 25 The annual Zahrada festival in Náměť na Hané is one of the biggest festivals in the Czech Republic. Four main stages present over 160 bands and soloists, performing music from folk and… | |
50.086888 14.426713 | 26 There are more than 1200 choreographies to catch at Prague's Theatre Broadway during the New Prague Dance Festival. Performances by some 470 groups range from classic and contemporary to… |  |
50.22834 12.8648 | 27 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival One of the biggest film events in Central and Eastern Europe, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival screens feature films and documentaries, offers retrospectives and country spotlights. It… | |
49.7386 15.3352 | 28 Luhacovice's Janácek Festival is a music tribute to Moravia's most famous composer, Leos Janácek. Inspired by his (married) lady friend, Kamila Stösslová, his last four operas are legendary… |  |
50.013894 14.389105 | 29 Locally known as Festival Benátská noc, Venetian Nights is an open-air festival celebrating Czech pop and rock music. It takes place in the town of in Malá Skála, roughly 65 kilometres from Prague. | |
50.090011 14.415352 | 30 Instrumentalists of a range of abilities come together on piano, strings, woodwinds, horn and marimba at Prague's annual summer Ameropa festival. Since 1994, the event has presented concerts… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 31 Summer Festivities of Early Music Music performances by leading international artists, many of which are world premieres, take on a baroque tone at Prague's Summer Festivities of Early Music. In the unique settings of Bohemian… |  |
48.484788 16.382149 | 32 Artists from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and beyond perform at Mikulov's Eurotrialog, filling the town's amphitheatre (summer cinema) with different sounds including alternative… |  |
49.210342 16.41032 | 33 The Brno Circuit reverberates with the roar of high-powered engines as it hosts the Czech Moto GP. Its course is one of the secret treasures of the Grand Prix season, with a beautiful setting… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 34 A magnificent instrument, the French horn was praised by Mozart, who had a special affinity with it. The Prague Horn Festival is celebrated annually in the Bohemian capital, offering visitors… |  |
48.821449 14.316147 | 35 Ceský Krumlov International Music Festival The Ceský Krumlov International Music Festival is held annually in an idyllic area of southern Bohemia. A classical music bonanza, it fills the State Castle Ceský Krumlov with international… |  |
49.199863 14.216108 | 36 International Folklore Festival Ensembles from Bohemia, Moravia and beyond display their folklore traditions for the annual International Folklore Festival at cultural locations around Písek, including the Palackého Gardens.… | |
50.089772 14.396979 | 37 The Czech Republic's oldest and biggest open-air theatre festival, the Summer Shakespeare Festival hosts a series of plays, from comedies to tragedies. The performances and costumes are… |  |
50.560429 15.91166 | 38 Trutnov Open Air Music Festival Trutnov Open Air Music Festival is the oldest and largest of its kind in the Czech Republic. Since its inception in 1987, the festival has been promoting an alternative lifestyle, tolerance… |  |
49.746557 13.386024 | 39 Plzen lines its stomach and welcomes the annual Pilsner Fest where art meets culture... that's the culture of beer drinking and the art of gastronomy! Music fills the air at the Pilsner… |  |
49.226864 17.668977 | 40 Around 200,000 automobile fans get revved up for the Barum Rally Zlín. The competition, which has moved to the top of automobile events in the Czech Republic and represents the country's… |  |
50.080094 14.433115 | 41 Prague's Festival of Italian Operas was originally called the Verdi Festival and entirely dedicated to the works of the giant of 19th-century Italian opera. Today the festival at the State… |  |
50.090011 14.415352 | 42 The annual Dvorak's Prague Festival organises a series of concerts at Rudolfinum Concert Hall to honour Czech composer Antonín Dvorak. His music is celebrated alongside that of other… |  |
50.317379 13.53785 | 43 Said to be older than a thousand years, Zatec's Hop Harvest Festival was originally a hop-picking celebration. Today it includes beer drinking contests, music on stages and dancers… | |
50.15151 15.5043 | 44 The Czech International Air Fest is the largest air show and competition of elite military fighter planes in the Czech Republic. Thousands of fans from across Europe gather at Hradec Kralove… | |
48.80675 16.638368 | 45 Pálava Vine Harvest and Wine Festival For over two centuries the South Moravia region has kept up its Pálava Vine Harvest and Wine Festival, celebrated all around Mikulov. Visitors come to taste the authentic regional wine while… | |
46 International Brass Band Festival This international festival of brass band music takes place in Vejvoda's birthplace, Zbraslav, a suburb of Prague. It was started in 1998 by the music publisher Zbraslav Cultural Association… | | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 47 The Prague Autumn Festival ends the string of major European summer festivals with a series of classical concerts by leading international orchestras and soloists. Although younger than its… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 48 Over 200 companies head to Prague to exhibit at Designblok. This Czech expo presents recent innovations in international and Czech interior design throughout the city's myriad of shops and… | |
50.0202 15.748061 | 49 Velka Pardubicka & Pardubice St Leger Home of the steeplechase race that has become known as the "Czech Grand National", the Pardubice Racecourse hosts its annual early October weekend. The Saturday sees the Pardubice St Leger and… | |
49.19426 16.60445 | 50 Moravian Autumn (Moravsky Podzim) is one of three annual Brno International Music Festivals. The hometown of composers Leos Janácek and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno celebrates its musical… |
