ARTISTS
In 2023, 16 top performers will perform. In addition to traditional Czech, Slovak and Polish musicians, two guest countries - Slovenia and Spain - will also have their space.
FRI 30/6/2023 11:45 Community Hall
Tradition revived by pop, jazz and chanson
Brina Vogelnik and her band, performing with the name Brina, are one of the most well-known representatives of Slovenian music. Her music is inspired by traditions, which she modernizes and combines them with pop, chanson, rock and jazz.
Thu 29/6/2023 15:45 Community Hall
Slovak folklore in all its beauty
A music-vocal group of young girls, led by Andrej Dostál, focuses on traditional and popular music of their native village Terchová, located in the heart of Malá Fatra mountains. Local polyphonic folk songs, such as the grass-cutting songs, are part of the unique artistic phenomena that have not only made the village famous in Slovakia but also around the world.
FRI 30/6/2023 20:45 Alšovo náměstí
Energetic folklore with a brisk beat
This six-membered folk-rock band is existing since 2001 and is led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Jiří Buksa. The name "Docuku" means "quickly, rapidly, and lively" or "together" in the Wallachian local dialect. And the meaning is infused very well into their brisk, melodic songs on the edge of folk and rock.
THU 6/29/2023 17:15 Community Hall
The return of the young generation to their own traditions
Although this five-member acoustic band is named after a dove, their music is not exclusively about love. However, part of repertoire collected from Slovenia and the Balkans are song with romantic themes.
THU 29/6/2023 20:00 Theatre Hall
Fresh and original fusion
Point of Few is a new Czech instrumental quartet, organically blending modern jazz with elements from contemporary popular music. Point’s music is colorful and adventurous, always with catching melodies, energic, modern beats and unique sound.
THU 29/6/2023 22:15 Community Hall
A sparkling meeting of non-traditional and traditional instruments
A new music project in which members of the electronic dance duo Noisy Pots – Michal Šupák and Jakub Tengler – have joined with multi-instrumentalist Antonín Dlapa and have dived into different genres.
THU 29/6/2023 16:30 Theater Hall
A trio of young musicians exploring tiny and vast spaces, flowing between rhythms and textures. The realm of chamber jazz is the starting point for our musical endeavors, but our final goal is to think outside of genre barriers, fusing together a diverse set of inspirations.
THU 29/6/2023 21:30 Theater Hall
Experimental electronic music with a vibraphone
Stroon has been a vibrant element on the Slovak music scene for more than a decade. Not only thanks to vibraphone, typical of him, but also because of countless projects and cooperations where he leaves his imprint.
FRI 30/6/2023 12:30 Theater Hall
Unusual, playful and hard to classify
SUTARI is the power of three female voices and rich musical imagination. The artists continue the traditions of Polish folk singers. Their work set a new direction in thinking about traditional music in Poland.
FRI 30/6/2023 19:15 Alšovo náměstí
The band plays an extraordinary medley of gypsy and swing music. It is a project where nostalgia blends with new stories, as the boys perform fresh, original songs.
TH 29/6/2023 15:00 Theater Hall
From modern jazz to free jazz to Bartók
Treetop is a Contemporary Chamber Jazz trio of Berlin based accordionist Vojta Drnek, Prague based trombonist Richard Šanda and Bratislava based bass player Michal Šelep.
FRI 30/6/2023 11:00 Theater Hall
Fresh approach to modern instrumental music
A cross-genre band proving that instrumental music can spread strong topical themes. Their original compositions oscillate between prog-rock, nu-jazz, alternative and classical music.
SAT 1/7/2023 16:30 Alšovo náměstí
Genre mix with a Balkan flavor
The quartet inventively combines klezmer and Balkan music with funk and hip hop, as well as dubstep and electronic music. All of this is played on acoustic instruments, primarily wind and percussion, which gives the band a very distinctive color and energy.
THU 29/6/2023 20:45 Community Hall
Authentic music of the Don Quijote region
The history of Vigüela is the story of a vital surrender to a cultural legacy of a wild and very ignored beauty: the traditional music of the center of the Iberian Peninsula.
FRI 30/6/2023 17:45 Alšovo náměstí
Discover the magic of the Basque instrument trikitixa
Internationally famous virtuoso on the diatonic accordion trikitixa, an inherent instrument of Basque traditional music since the 19th century, nicknamed the "devil's bellows".
SAT 1/7/2023 18:30 Alšovo náměstí
Tambourines, dance and music of the Mediterranean and Africa
In his brand new work Xurxo Fernandes presents the two pathways of his lifetime investigation and musical creation: the Galician singer and tambourine player facet and the Sephardic eastern music researcher aspect.