CzechTourism - Newsletter - June

Colours of Ostrava

The musical event of the year in Ostrava: A music festival with an exceptionally wide range of styles and genres.

This international multi-genre music festival has been held in Lower Vítkovice since 2013, in an industrial area of abandoned mines, smelters and iron works with a unique atmosphere. Twice has Colours of Ostrava won the Angel Award for the Music Event of the Year, and it also picked up the award for the best music event of the year several times in the ALMA survey (Akropolis Live Music Awards) in the category of concert/festival of the year.

In addition to more than 150 bands and a heaping dose of jazz, world music, rock, pop and alternative, the festival includes a splendid supporting program full of films, discussions, workshops and theater performances.

Date: July 16 – 19, 2015

Type: Music festival

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/colours-of-ostrava/

Festival of National Cultures Podyjí Mikulov

A gastronomic festival in Mikulov offering ethnic cuisine and wines.

All ethnic groups living in South Moravia have a chance to present their music, dance, theater and culinary creations at the 15th Podyjí Festival of National Cultures. There will be exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances, and on Saturday Mikulov Square will be filled with stalls offering samples of ethnic cuisine and wine testing. You can try Armenian, Bulgarian, Italian, Caucasian, Hungarian, Mongolian, Roma, Russian, Serbian, Viennese and Jewish cuisine, as well as, naturally, Czech and Moravian delicacies.

Date: July 17 – 19, 2015

Type: Food festival

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/mikulov-festival-of-national-cultures-podyji/

Fragile Beauty Jablonec Nad Nisou

A spectacular show of glass art and making jewelry.

The Fragile Beauty Exhibition, the largest international exhibition of glass and jewelry in the Czech Republic, was inspired by the tradition of the great jewelry exhibitions that took place in Jablonec nad Nisou in the 1960s and 70s. In addition to the exhibition stands of dozens of companies that maintain the traditions of the Jizera Mountains, you will see a variety of techniques for working with glass, jewelry and ceramics. You will enjoy demonstrations of glass blowing, the crushing of glass stone, grinding, engraving and glass painting, the technique of underpainting on glass, and creating blown figures or black jewelry. The program also includes presentations by glass artists, concerts and fashion shows of clothing and jewelry creations.

Date: August 6 - 9, 2015

Type: Exhibition of glass and jewelry

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/jablonec-nad-nisou-fragile-beauty/

Moravian Karst Half Marathon Blansko

Run through the Moravian Karst: an experience with running for children, non-sporting types and half marathoners!

Fantastic nature and the equally amazing support of spectators along the route are the main reasons to try the half marathon through the Moravian Karst. Whoever might not be up to the challenge of the 21.0975 km route can choose to run the 2.4 km version through the city. With a time limit of one hour, even a slow walker can manage it! Other races where no record is at stake, rather the joy of ordinary movement and fun, include a children’s run with parents and without. A number of bands and dancing and sporting groups will perform on Republic Square, which will certainly include attractions for children.

Date: August 29, 2015

Type: Half marathon

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/blansko-moravian-karst-half-marathon/

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destination both at home and abroad.

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