Banska Bystrica

EUROFOLKLOR BANSKA BYSTRICA (June 2013) - International Folklore Festival and presentation of national music and song.

International Dixieland Festival Banska Bystrica (May 2013) - Festival with
prominent Slovak and foreign Dixieland orchestras.

Puppetry festival "Babkarska Bystrica" (next festival will be in September 2013) - International festival of Slovak puppetry theatres with the puppetry theatre in Central Europe and select world ensembles.

Banska Bystrica Music Days (October 2013) Slovak opera and music festival, opera performances, symphony concerts, chamber music concerts, solo performances, singing choirs and dance and theatre performances.

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Banska Stiavnica

Festival of crafts and entertainment (August 2013) - Exhibition of crafts, theatre, games and attractions for children.

Juniales (June 2013) traditional merry-making, cultural program.

Stiavnicky hudobny tajch (June 2013) music festival.

Animatus Lusus (July 2013) - Chess game on a chessboard 12x12m on the square Nám. sv. Trojice, theatre performance, historical fencing, falconers and market of historical weapons.

Festival of Nice Music (July 2013) – International festival of classic music.

Cap á l´Est (August 2013) – European festival of poetry, theatre and music.

Salamander Days (September 2013) mining, historical parade called Salamander in period costumes - the ambience of ancient times

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Bojnice

International Ghost Festival (May 2013) - International festival in Bojnice chateau.

Festival of Folk Art and Crafts (May 2013).

Bojnice Fair (May 2013) - Stalls and cultural program.

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Bratislava

Opening of Cultural Summer of Bratislava (June 2013)

Coronation Ceremony (September 2013) - Largest cultural event in Slovakia.
Bratislava returns back to the time of Renaissance. Experience the crowing of Rudolf II - a Hungarian king in St. Martin´s Dome. Take part in the royal procession, watch the dubbing of the knights of the Golden Stirrup, witness the royal oath and join the grand feast with folk merrymaking.

Bratislava Music Celebration (November-December 2013) - International Music Festival
http://www.bhsfestival.sk/

Bratislava Jazz Days (October 2013) - International Jazz Festival

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Brno

Easter Festival of Sacred Music (April - May 2013)-international music festival. Six concerts at Easter time devoted solely to sacred music.
http://www.mhf-brno.cz/vfdh/en/

Brno - City in the Center of Europe (May-June 2013) - Festival of fun under Spilberk and Veveri Castles in Brno. Includes: International fireworks competition IGNIS BRUNENSIS (25 May-16 June 2013); MUSEUM NIGHT (May 2013) presentation of Brno Museums and galleries; BALLOON JAM (May 2013) – dozens of hot-air balloons launched; historical trains, buses, trams, trolleys, cars and motorcycles presented at TRANSPORT NOSTALGIA (June 2013); FUN BENEATH THE CASTLE WALLS (June 2013); PEOPLE´S CASTLE FESTIVITIES (June 2013) – historical shows at Spilberk Castle.

Brno Summer of Culture (June-September 2013) - Theatre and music festival.
http://www.kultura-brno.cz/index_english.php

International Folk Festival (August-September 2013)
http://www.folklornet.cz/mff/index.php?clanek=10

The International Music Festival Spilberk (August 2013) - Music Festival in the grounds of Spilberk castle in Brno.

Moravian Autumn (September-October 2013) - Festival devoted to symphonic and chamber music. Takes place at venues throughout Brno and features the best of Janacek and Dvorak plus a few others.

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Budapest

Budapest Spring Festival (22 March– 7 April 2013) - Huge music festival that takes place in the outstanding city of Budapest.
http://www.btf.hu/btf2013/

Danube Carnival (June 2013) - The Danube Carnival (Duna Karnevál) is the framework event for the music and dance presentations, held by different settlements alongside the Danube.

Danube Festival (June 2013) - One of Europe’s greatest water events to be organized in Budapest, on the 1,5 km section of river Danube between Margaret Bridge and Chain Bridge on these two summer days. Different programs, sports events – rowing, kayak, canoe and motor boat competitions – await spectators during the whole day. Besides these events, hand-driven and motor boat processions are organized both in the morning and in the evening. Burning candles float down on the river and Midsummer Night’s fireworks are presented in the closing event.

Budapest Fair (April 2013) Real carnival spirit takes over the city, marking the day when the last Russian soldier left Hungary.

Island Festival - multicultural youth festival (5-12 August 2013) - Thousands of young people move out to a deserted shipyard island (Hajógyári sziget) in tents for a week to participate in a giant pop festival better known as Pepsi Island. Pepsi Island has since grown into the largest concert festival in Central Europe.
http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english

The Jewish Summer Festival (August - September 2013) is a celebration of Hungarian and indeed Central European Jewish Culture. Events range from exhibitions to music concerts and theatre performances.
http://www.jewishfestival.hu/index.php?lang=eng

Foundation of the State and Constitution Day (August 2013) As part of the celebrations a large-scale fireworks display is held in Budapest. All are welcome to join the crafts fair and concerts held along the Pest side of the Danube Embankment in the days before and after the festivities.

Budapest parade (August 2013) - Budapest street carnival at the end of the summer. The procession convoy goes through one of the most beautiful route of the capital between Roosevelt tér (Roosevelt Square) and Hősök tere (Hero’s Square).

Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival (September 2013) - International Wine Festival presents famous Hungarian wine specialties and wine regions.

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Buchlov

Summer of Theater in Buchlov (July 2013).

Summer of Music in Buchlov (June–August 2013).

Chateau Culture Summer (June–September 2013).

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Buchlovice

Open air (garden) celebration (June 2013).

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Cesky Krumlov

Krakow

April:
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (April 2013) - Dozens of famous performers and ensembles play the music of this great composer as well as other famous composers of the time.
http://www.beethoven.org.pl/index.php?l=en

May:
Krakow International Film Festival

Festival of Krakow Composers

Orthodox-Church Music Meetings

Juvenalia Student Festival

June:
City of Krakow Festival incorporating many smaller festivals is a huge musical, theatrical, exhibition, historical event that takes place throughout Krakow and the surrounding area.

International Festival of Military Bands

Opera and Operetta Summer Festival

July:
Jewish Culture Festival (28 June- 7 July 2013)The Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow is one of the most important and largest events of its kind in the world. The First Festival took place in 1988 and its program focused on a scholarly conference on the encounter betweentwo cultures, Jewish and Polish. It was a modest occasion but it turned out to have enormous significance, considering the boldness of the subject matter, upon which the communist authorities of the day looked askance.
http://www.jewishfestival.pl/index_en.php

Summer Festival of Early Music

Summer Jazz Festival

International Street Theatre Festival

Summer Festival of Opera and Operetta

Crossroads Festival of Traditional Music

Old Jazz in Krakow Festival

August:
Music in Old Krakow - International Festival of classical music with the participation of artists from the whole world; all concerts are held in the historical buildings of Krakow.

Summer Academy of Music

Old Jazz in Krakow Festival

Cepeliada Folk Art Fair

September:
International Competition of Modern Chamber Music

Bajt Chadasz-Jewish Culture Month

October:
Autumn Festival of Contemporary Art

International Festival of Early Music

'Music from Isles' Folk Festival

Cepeliada Folk Art Fair

September:
International Competition of Modern Chamber Music

Bajt Chadasz-Jewish Culture Month

October:
Autumn Festival of Contemporary Art

International Festival of Early Music

'Music from Isles' Folk Festival

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Domazlice

The Folklore Festival – Chodsko celebration (10-11 August 2013)

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Dresden

Karl-May-Festtage Radebeul (May 2013) - Historical camps, shows, stunts and action, folkmusic and bluegrass.
http://www.karl-may-fest.de/

International Dixieland Festival (12-19 May 2013) - Over 65 venues with more than 28 bands and solo performers from 11 countries. Dresden sings and swings like crazy.
http://www.dixieland.de

Elbhangfest (28 - 30 June 2013)
http://www.elbhangfest.de/

Moritzburg Festival (11 - 25 August 2013) - One of the world's most prestigious chamber music festivals. The festival takes place in Moritzburg Castle near Dresden every August. During two weeks soloists from all over the world concentrate on works of chamber music and perform them in concerts at the end.
http://www.moritzburgfestival.de/english/index.html

Dresden Music Festival (May-June 2013) - Classical music/ ballet Germany's biggest classical music festival. Concerts feature international stars and Dresden's top ensembles inthe city's most exquisite palaces, theatres, fine rooms and churches.
http://www.musikfestspiele.com/cms/en/home/

Dresden Festival of Contemporary Music (October 2013) - For over ten years, the Dresden Festival of Contemporary Music has been one of the most important festivals of contemporary music. From October 1 to 10 every year the public is invited to experience, alongside a famous speciallist audience, the whole breath of music of our time: from symphonies and music theater to experimental dance, from chamber music to electronic music, from jazz to multimedia performances.

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Frydek Mistek

International Folklore Festival (June 2013) - Performance of folklore dancing ensembles with live music and singing choirs.

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Furth im Wald

The famous, annual festival, Slaying the Dragon (August 2013) is a representation of a traditional 1000-year-old local legend consisting of a Dragon show and a parade of 1400 people in traditional costume with 200 horses.

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Hradec Kralove

Folklore Festival Pardubice-Hradec Kralove (August 2013) - The largest Czech folklore festival, which, according to tradition, takes place in both these East-Bohemian centers at the beginning of June. The best Czech folklore ensembles and foreign artists come to perform. The program is composed of a variety of presentations of different folklore dances, from the authentic folklore dancing, typical festival performances, to musical, dramatized and entertaining forms.
http://www.hradeckralove.org/modules/calendar/index.php?lang=2

Anniversary of the Battle of Hradec Kralove (July 2013) - Traditional meeting of military history societies to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Hradec Kralove in 1866.

Theater European Regions (June 2013) - Largest theatrical feast in Central Europe.

Choir Singing Festival (May 2013).

Queen Elizabeth Festivities (September 2013) - Medieval festival.

Jazz Goes to Town Festival (October 2013).

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Hukvaldy - http://www.hukvaldy.eu

The International Music Festival Janacek in Hukvaldy (June - July 2013) - Every year this music festival in Hukvaldy Castle attracts fans of symphonic, chamber and choir music. The festival is a tribute to Leos Janacek, one of the most famous Czech composers.
http://www.janackovy-hukvaldy.cz/

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Jindrichuv Hradec

The Folk Rose Festival (July 2013) - Folk groups from all over the world perform their music and dances.

South Bohemia Musical Festival: Concertino Praga (June 2013).

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Kromeriz

Forfest (June 2013) - Festival of spiritual music.

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Kutna Hora

Royal Silver Festival / Royal Silvering of Kutna Hora ( 22-23 June 2013) - Gothic celebration based on life in the town in the the 14th and the 15th centuries. Historical sword fighting, handcraft presentations and costumed parades bring this town alive.
http://www.stribreni.cz/english.php

St. Wenceslas Festival (September 2013) - Funfest, folk, country and modern music, handicraft markets, wine tasting, fireworks.

Kutna Hora Music Festival (September 2013) - Every year Kutna Hora`s churches echo to the sound of classical music and audiences have a unique opportunity to be enchanted by music from various periods (from Gothic to 20th century music) and at the same time be impressed by the magnificence and beautiful detail of the monumental Gothic architecture. Very few towns in the Czech Republic can offer such an intense cultural experience as Kutná Hora. Music in architecturally stunning surroundings which are now on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The festival organizer is the town of Kutna Hora with help from the archdeaconry and the Municipality.

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Kyjov

Summer Celebration (August 2013)

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Melnik

Melnik Wine Festival (September 2013) - Traditional wine celebrations, program of events taking place on three stages (main country and historical stage), arts and crafts,Procession led by Charles IV, firework display

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Mikulov

Concertus Moraviae (June 2013) - International Music Festival of Thirteen Towns.

The International Guitar Festival (July 2013) - Festival with master-classes of interpretation and concerts by world-class guitarists.
http://www.gfmikulov.com/en/

The Sixth Festival of the Nations from the Podyji (July 2013) - presentation of the original cultural and culinary specialties of the nations living in the Podyji region.

Festival Of The Three Neighbors (9-10 August 2013) - Meeting of folklore ensembles.

Eurotrialog Mikulov (August 2013) - Central-European Music Festival with pop,
rock, alternative and ethnic music.

Kampanila (September 2013) - International Choir Festival.

Pilgrimage to Holy Hill (1 September 2013) - Traditional pilgrimage to the Black Loretan Madonna on Holy Hill in Mikulov.

Palava Wine Harvest Festival (6-8 September 2013)-a grand event with a historical fair and wine market, historical and folk costume parades, wine tasting, a program of events for all ages and local culinary specialties.
http://www.palavske-vinobrani.cz/ (in Czech)

Golden Grapes of South Moravia Competition (September 2013) - International brass band show.

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Olomouc - http://www.olomoucko.cz/eng/

Dvorak's Olomouc (May 2013) - International classic music festival. A tribute to one of the most famous Czech composers, Antonin Dvorak, of New World Symphony fame.
http://www.mfo.cz

Olomouc Summer of Culture (June-September 2013) - Series of open air shows, concerts, exhibitions, literary evenings, theatre performances in the historical city center.
http://www.okl.info/

Autumn Festival of Sacred Music (September-October 2013) - First class concerts and performances of sacred music in Olomouc churches.
http://www.podzimni-festival.cz/en/about-the-festival

International Organ Festival (September 2013) - Organ performances.
http://www.mfo.cz

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Pardubice

Running the Steeplechase (October 2013) - The world famous Velka Pardubicka steeplechase has taken place annually since 1874.

The Chateau Festival under the Crest of the Bison (June 2013) - Annual festival harking back to the age of the Lord of Perstejn with fencing demonstrations,historical costumes and old crafts coming back to life in Pardubice castle.

IFAS –International Festival Singing Choirs (1-3 July 2013).

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Passau

Passau European Music Festival (28 June– 28 July 2013) - Festival with events covering oratorios, masses, choral, solo and chamber concerts, musicals, dance, theatre, readings, film, exhibitions, lectures and podium discussions.
http://www.ew-passau.de/

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Policka

Policka Jazz (April 2013) - International jazz festival in the beautiful Tyl house.

Martinuv Fest (July 2013) - Annual classical music festival paying tribute to the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu.

Policka 555 (August 2013) - Annual multi-genre summer festival – music, theatre, fireworks.

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Prague

International Prague Spring Music Festival (May–June 2013) - International music festival featuring orchestral and theatre series, church concerts, recitals, morning concerts chamber music and symphony orchestras.
http://www.festival.cz/en/

Khamoro (May 2013) - Roma Festival strives to show the richness and complexity of Roma culture and traditions. The festival is divided into 3 sections - professional, cultural and media. The festival strives on the one hand to present Roma culture, art and traditions as an integral part of Czech, European and world culture.
http://www.khamoro.cz

Verdi festival (August-September 2013)-traditional festival of Verdi operas.
http://www.opera.cz/en/

Prague Autumn (September- October 2013) - International music festival.
http://www.strunypodzimu.cz/en

International Jazz Festival (October-November 2013).

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Prostejov

The Hana Celebrations (September 2013) - Folklore festival with celebrations of folk memory, fairs and folk music.

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Roznov pod Radhostem

International Festival of Army Folk Ensembles "Roznovska Valaska"
(June 2013) - Show of groups performing the historical fencing folklore performances.
http://www.vmp.cz/en/programme-2012/archive/roznovska-valaska.html

International Festival of folk ensembles – Roznov celebrations (July 2013)

International Festival of Slovakian Folklore in the Czech Republic “Janosikuv dukat”
(August 2013)
http://www.fos.cz/encyklopedie/objekty1.phtml?id=22037&user=24&session=58348551&menu=&lng=2

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Slavkov U Brna (Austerlitz)

Napoleonic Days (August 2013) - Celebrations to mark the anniversary of the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte – Re-enactments of military maneuvres and battles with soldiers in period uniforms.
http://www.zamek-slavkov.cz

Flowers at the reign of Emperor Napoleon (May 2013) - Flower exhibition.

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Tabor

Hussite Days (June 2013) - Theatre presentations of the life of the 15th century Catholic reformer Jan Hus.

The Tabor Meeting (13-15 September 2013) - Medieval celebration with markets, fireworks, fencing and demonstrations of historical crafts.

Summer of culture in Tabor (July–September 2013) - Open air concerts, historical evenings, exhibitions.

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Telc - http://www.telc.eu/index.php?lx=en

Holidays in Telc (July- August 2013) - Folk festival, theatre, discussions, performances and exhibitions.
http://www.prazdninyvtelci.cz/index.php

European Meeting of Folklore Ensembles (May 2013) - International festival of folklore.

Hot-air Balloons above Telc (July 2013) -
http://www.telc.balon.cz/

Telc Steam-Engine Summer (July-August 2013) - Historical train trips.

Historical celebration Zachariáš from Hradec and Kateřina from Valdštejn
(19-20 August 2011) - Historical celebration.

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Trebon

ANIFEST (May 2013) - Annual International Festival is a festival of animated films from all corners of the world. Oscar winning works are presented side by side with new talent.

Czech-Moravian Meeting of Brass Music (June 2013)

Trebon Cultural Summer (June-September 2013) - Concerts by various chamber ensembles in the Church of St.Mary Regina and St.Giles and in the chapel of Schwarzenberg Tomb.

Around Trebon Music Festival (June 2013) - Around Trebon Festival is one of the longest-running, multigenre festivals in the Czech Republic. It was first organized in 1992.The festival offers a variety of musical genres, unusual combinations of concerts and theatre performances, street happenings, competitive and fun races, and other entertainment.
http://www.okolotrebone.cz/

Krcin´s Trebon (July 2013) - Historical celebration.

Homage to Emma Destinn (August 2013) - Open air festival of classic music.

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Uherske Hradiste

Celebration of Wine and Open Monuments (September 2013) - Historical markets with traditional art and crafts, parade in folk costumes of the thirty wine regions and towns. Presentation of crafts, wines, local spesialties, music and singing in local historical objects.
http://www.kkuh.cz

Summer of culture in U.Hradiste (June-September 2013).

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Valtice

Valtice Wine Fair (10-11 May 2013) - Prestigious wine exhibition.
http://www.vinnetrhy.cz

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Velehrad

Day of People of Goodwill (July 2013) - Part of the Cyril and Methodius celebrations including
a pilgrimage to Velehrad and other events.

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Vienna

Vienna Spring Festival (March - May 2013)
http://www.musikverein.at

International Youth and Music Festivals (June 2013)
http://www.austrianfestivals.at

The Vienna Festival (May-June 2013) - Renowned for its superb international theatrical performances, also invites musical ensembles and opera companies from all over the world, in addition to staging many Austrian musical productions.
http://www.festwochen.at/

World Choral Festival (May 2013)
http://www.austrianfestivals.at

Jazz-Fest Wien (June-July 2013)
http://www.jazzfestival2013.com/wien-jazz-fest/

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Znojmo

Znojmo Wine Festival (13 - 14 September 2013) - One of the biggest wine harvest festivals in the Czech Republic. Try Burcak, young wine only weeks old.
http://www.znojemskevinobrani.cz

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