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Adámek´s Folklore Festivities

28 to 30 August 2009, Hlinsko.This is an encounter of folklore ensembles in a historical enclave of Hlinsko called Betlém (Bethlehem), which constitutes an open-air museum.

Advent Chanting

29 November to 14 December 2009, Říčany.It begins on the first Advent Sunday with a concert and the ceremonial lighting of the Christmas tree in Říčany square, and it continues until Christmas.

Autumn Festivity “Třebovice Cake”

Třebovice Cake

18 to 20 September 2009, Ostrava-Třebovice.Not only folklore groups from the whole country appear on its stage, but also popular folk bands, which make the program more diversified.

Central Bohemian Folklore Festival

Folklore Scene

CENTRAL BOHEMIAN FOLK FESTIVAL 8st - 10th May 2009,Tuchlovice

“Consonance”, IF of Advent and Christmas TraditionsCIOFF

17 to 20 December 2009, Ostrava.The “Consonance” festival is an associate member of the prestigious worldwide organization CIOFF.

Country Festivities at Holašovice

25 and 26 July, Holašovice.Holašovice lies about 15kms southwest from České Budějovice.
In 1998 this small village was entered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Encounter of Folklore Orchestras

6 to 8 November 2009, Prague.Another special feature of the festival is a collective singing of all the orchestras with the public.

Ethnographic Festival of the Kyjov Dolňácko area

Z festivalu,foto František Synek

7 to 9 August 2009, Milotice,The festival aims to preserve and present folklore inits original beauty and purity of style.

European Traditions Festival

3 to 8 November 2009, Pardubice Region.The Festival of Tradition is an international children's festival.The ceremonial opening is always in Chrudim, and then the festival goes to Ústí nad Orlicí, Dolní Čermná, Přelouč, Svitavy, and Pardubice.

FF “Frenštát Festivities”

Festival scene 2006

28 nad 29 August 2009, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.Brings together ensembles from the whole of the Czech Republic and invariably two to four foreign groups.

FF “Horácko in its Songs and Dances”

Festivalová scéna

29 and 30 May 2009, Světlá nad Sázavou.The festival is staged in the precincts of the Světlá castle, dating from the 16th century.

FF in Pardubice – Hradec Králové

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A5th - 7th June, 2009 Pardubice,Hradec Králové.Prestigious festival display of groups dedicated to the practice and presentation of folk art and craft from the Czech region.

FF of the Czech Diaspora

24 to 27 September 2009, Prague.This festival is held in cooperation with the Permanent Commission of the Czech Senate for Czechs living abroad.

FF “Podluží in its Songs and Dances”

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5 to 7 June 2009, Tvrdonice.The festival is focused on the south Moravian ethnographic area Podluží.

FF “The Mělník Plait”

Foto Filip Huml

5 to 7 June, 2009, Mělník.The main festival day is Saturday, with the parade of the participating groups and the main program in the afternoon.

FF“The Year in the Country”

Folk player

27 and 28 August 2010, Velká Bystřice.

Folklore Festival “Polabí Posy”

Folklore scene

5 to 7 June 2009, Nymburk Polabi Posy.(Polabi is the area that lies on the banks of the river Labe) The Polabí Posy festival endorses the cultural legacy of Svatopluk Šebek (1926-1996), an eminent native of Nymburk, who devoted all his life to the collection of folk songs, particularly from Polabí, i. e. the Labe (Elbe) basin.

Folklore Festival “Seniors”

Festival Senios-Starší děcka soubor Žerotín ze Strážnice

23th May 2009, Petrov u Strážnice.The idea for this festival first originated in 2000 and was intended as a get together for those who had stopped actively dancing .

Folk Musicians´ Days

27 and 28 November 2009, Břeclav.This is a review of the adult folk music groups from the several subregions of the Slovácko ethnographic region.

“František Lýsek´s Oder Basin” Festival

Dates and locations in 2009:24th-25th April:Ostrava-Proskovice,29th-30th May:Stara Ves nad Ondrejnici,19th June:Stara Ves nad Ondrejnici,20st June: Jistebnik.

Frýdek-Místek CIOFF IFF

IFF 2006

16th - 22rd June, 2009,in the town of Frýdek-Místek. This is an international folk festival regularly held six days at the end of Spring and beginning of Summer and its surroundings

Gala Concerts “Little Singer"

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9 to 11 October 2009, Prague.“Little Singer – Nightingale” and “We Sing for Joy”

Haná Festivities in Prostějov

12 and 13 September 2009, Prostějov.The first Hana festivvities was held in 1983.

Children´s Folklore Days at Liptál

Foto Slávek Hrzal

12 to 14 June,2009, Liptál.The main programs take place on an open-air stage in a magnificent natural setting.

IF Encounter Gorolski Święto (Gorol Festivities)

7 to 9 August 2009, Jablunkov.This tradition sprang from the first Polish postwar celebrations in 1947 - 1948.

IFF at Červený Kostelec

19 to 23 August,2009, Červený Kostelec.The Červený Kostelec festival attracts visitors especially by the regular presence of foreign ensembles from different parts of the world.

IFF “Below the Zvičina Hill”

18th - 21nd June 2009,in Lázně (Spa) Bělohradl.More than 250 folklore ensembles have visited the International Folklore Fes called “Festivities below the Zvičina Hill”

IFF “Brno ´09“

26 to 31 August 2009, Brno.The festival has a CIOFF and IOV statute. It was the cornerstone in the creation of Brno Folk Festivities.

IFF Čermná Festivities

18th - 21nd June 2009 in Dolní Čermná. The international folk festival called the “Cermna Celebrations” is held annually – one of the largest towns in the Podorlicko ..

IFF “F-Scene”

25 June to 25 July 2009, Brno. The F-Scene (i. e. Folklore Scene) project was created as an integral part of a complex program called Brno Cultural Summer.

IFF in Český Krumlov

25 to 26 September 2009, Český Krumlov. Has been held since 1992 as part of the Saint Wenceslas celebrations.

IFF Klatovy

9 to 12 July,2009, Klatovy.The Klatovy folklore festival boasts a rich program with international participation.

IFF “Liptál Festivities”

26 to 31 August 2009, Liptál.The main festival programs take place in the open-air amphitheater of the former castle park.

IFF “Marienbad Autumn”

17 to 20 September 2009, Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad).This is a folklore festival in Indian summer colors.

IFF“Meeting with Folklore”

foto Evžen Paiskrt

21 to 23 August 2009, Hradec Králové.“Meeting with Folklore” is a kind of a “chamber” folk event, with only four to six participating ensembles.

IFF of the Czech Army “The Rožnov Valaška”

Foto VUS Ondráš

12 to 14 June 2009, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.The ingenious dramaturgy of the festival, complete with skirmishes between historical swordsmen.

IFF“On the Bystřice Green“

3 to 5 July 2009, Bystřice pod Hostýnem.The meeting developed into a festival with a rich program and an interesting international participation.

IFF Plzeň

Foto Zdeněk Vaiz

10 to 14 June, 2009, Plzeň (Pilsen).The various festival events take place in the historical city center in the pleasant environment of Kopecký Gardens.

IFF “Prague Fair”

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25 to 30 August,2009, Prague.Is one of the Czech festivals with the largest audiences and the most variegated mosaic of participaitng ensembles.

IFF“Rožnov Festivities”

3 to 5 July 2009, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.The International Folklore Festival “Rožnov Festivities” if held once every two years in the the Wallachian open-air museum of rural architecture in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (founded in 1925).

IFF Šumperk

12 to 17 August 2009, Šumperk.Šumperk it turns into a stage on which musicians, singers, and dancers from all imaginable corners of the world incessantly take turns.

IFF “The Bohemian Village Green - Dýšina”

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28 to 30 August 2009, Dýšina.The festival builds on a rich tradition of folk festivities, music and dancing at the pub, may-pole celebrations, and carnivals.

IFChFE “Singing and Dancing” CIOFF

10th -13th September,2009,spa town of Luhačovice.The festival has permanent membership of CIOFF.The international festival of children´s folk ensembles takes place in the beautiful environment of the

IF of Children´s Ensembles “Štěpy“ (“Scions“)

MFDS Štěpy Veslí nad Moravou

4 to 7 May 2009, Veselí nad Moravou.The festival was founded with the aim to provide more performing opportunities for children´s folk ensembles.

IF of Slovak Folklore “Jánošík´s ducat”

7 to 9 August 2009, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.The main performances at the festival are by Slovakian groups based in the Czech Republic.

IF of Urban Folk Ensembles

Folklore Without Frontiers 2006

17 to 21 August 2009, Ostrava.It is a festival of urban folk groups, is that it goes from Monday to Friday.

Indian Summer

10th - 12th September 2010, Valašské Mezříčíi.On Saturday, the fourth day, the festival belongs to Valasske Mezirici.

International Children´s FF“Kunovice Summer”

Foto Romana Habartová

15 to 21 June,2009, Kunovice.Educational concerts, thematic shows ,contests of little singers and verbuňk dancers.

International Mistřín Folklore Festival

24 to 26 July 2009, Svatobořice-Mistřín.The township of Svatobořice-Mistřín lies at the heart of the ethnographic subregion of Dolňácko in the area of Kyjov.

International Písek Folklore Festival

19 to 23 August 2009, Písek.Five to six hundred performers take part in the Písek festival every year.

Karlsbad Folklore Festival

3th - 6th September, 2009, Karlovy Vary.On Saturday there is music and dancing on stage in front of the Grandhotel Pupp and on the Spa colonnades.

„Little Singer“

Rok 2008,foto Jiří Janda

15 to 17 May 2009, Velké Losiny.“Little Singer” is a nation-wide competition of child singers of folk songs.

Meeting of Dulcimer Bands of the “Wallachian Kingdom”

22 and 23 May 2009, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.Today it is an important musical festival with international participation of dulcimer bands representing the Wallachian culture .

Meeting of Musicians in the White Carpathians

Dúbravanka, foto Zbyněk Fiala

14 to 16 August 2009, Valašské Klobouky.There are brass bands, dulcimer bands, choirs, rock and country bands, but also church music.

Moravian Ball in Prague

Moravian Ball in Prague 2007

It is held annually in the National House at Smíchov 21 February 2009, Prague. More information at www.nds.cz.

National Costumed Ball Prague

12th National Costumed Ball Prague the Municipal House,7 February,2009,19.00

ROZNOV VALASKA ,CIOFF

12th - 14th May,2009 in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.The international military folk festival is held in the Wallachian open air museum.

SILESIAN DAYS IN DOLNI LOMNA

39th Folklore Festival "Silesian Days"in Dolní Lomná 13th - 14th September 2008

Socha´s Ethnographic Festivities

22 and 23 August, 2009,Lhotka pod Ondřejníkem.

South Bohemian Folk Festivity

,Jarmark,foto Milan Škoch

1 August 2009, České Budějovice.This event, whose main organizer is the South Bohemian Folklore Association, brings a mosaic of South Bohemian and foreign folklore.

South Bohemian Folklore Festival Kovářov

Průvod 2008,foto Milan Škoch

28 to 31 May, 2009 Kovářov.The stage program focuses on domestic, i. e. south Bohemian folk groups.

Strážnice Folkloristic Festival

It traditionally features a contest of verbuňk dancers (verbuňk is a UNESCO-listed south Moravian recruits´ dance).

25 to 28 June 2009, Strážnice.The festival has a CIOFF statute, which places it among selected world folklore festivals. The main organizer of the festival is the National Institute of Folk Culture in Strážnice

Šumava Wreath ball

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The 2009 “Šumava Wreath” of the National House in the Prague neighborhood of Smíchov,14 February.

UNDER THE KŘENOVICE MAYPOLE

This festival is part of smaller local and regional festivals. It was first held in 1985.
June 2010, Křenovice

Vsetínský Krpec

It is an international festival and it has show/display character.2.-4.7.2010 in Vsetin

Calendar

11.9.2010
Setkání na Podhorácku
Velká Bíteš
11.9.2010
Na paletě krojů
Uherské Hradiště
9. - 12.9.2010
18. MFDFS Písní a tancem
Luhačovice
11. - 12.9.2010
13. Jižní město zpívá,hraje a tancuje
Praha 11-u stanice metra Opatov v centrálním parku
11. - 12.9.2010
28. Prostějovské hanácké slavnosti
Prostějov
11. - 12.9.2010
41. Slezské dny
Dolní Lomná
11. - 12.9.2010
5.Slovácké slavnosti vína a otevřených památek
Uherské Hradiště
8. - 12.9.2010
9. MFF Babí léto
Valašské Meziříčí
7. - 12.9.2010
20. Jičín město pohádek
Jičín
9. - 12.9.2010
4. Krajanský folklorní festival
Praha

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Media partners

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Worldwide organizations

International Organization of Folk Art

Mezinárodní stránka CIOFF

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