CzechTourism - Newsletter - October

St. Martin’s degustation Brno

An autumn menu with roast goose must be accompanied by St. Martin’s wine.

St. Martin’s wine is the Czech equivalent of French Beaujolais. The first wine of the new year, fresh, young and fruity, aged for just a few weeks and recommended for consumption before Easter by winemakers. The first St. Martin’s wines every year are festively opened on the feast day of St. Martin, that is November 11th. The degustation will be held on Brno’s Freedom Square, with the ceremonial opening of the first bottles taking place at 11:00 AM. On offer will be over a hundred St. Martin’s wines to sample.

Date: November 11, 2015

Type: Wine and Food Festival

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/brno-st-martins-degustation/

Something purely Czech: Cubism in architecture

Join us for a unique exhibition dedicated to Czech cubism. Where else but at one of the most famous cubist buildings in the Czech Republic.

In the center of Prague stands a building very different from the others. It is one of the finest examples of a purely Czech invention: cubism in architecture. A unique and long-awaited exhibition dedicated to Czech creativity in this style will open here on 20 November. Furniture, ceramics, posters, graphic designs or selected works of cubist painting by Emil Filla and Josef Čapek and many others will blend in perfectly with the environment. The house has a unique café, which, like the rest of the building, was designed by renowned architect Josef Gočár. It remains the only cubist café in the world.

Date: November 20, 2015

Type: Exhibition of Architecture

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/czech-cubism-exhibition/

Jazz Without Borders Pilsen

Jazz and autumn go together – Enjoy a jazz festival in Pilsen!

The international festival Jazz Without Borders, which in addition to Pilsen visits many other cities in the region from October to December 2015, has gained a respectable position on the European jazz scene during the past ten years. The festival welcomes amateur and professional jazz ensembles and soloists, especially from the Czech Republic and Germany. The program offers a workshop for active jazz musicians, a jazz dance workshop and also a guitar and big band workshop, with the participants traditionally performing before audiences in a special concert.

Date: November 6 – December 3, 2015

Type: Jazz Festival

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/pilsen-jazz-without-borders/

Fair Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Visit the traditional Christmas fair in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm at the foot of the Beskydy Mountains.

The traditional fair in the Rožnov open-air museum will offer you a lot to choose from, including products by traditional artists and handcrafters, and you will have a chance to find out how our grandfathers practiced Christmas carolling, meet costumed devils or “Lucys”, buy traditional Christmas foods or try out feather stripping. In the part of the open-air museum called the Wallachian Village there will be “animated” expositions – in the individual houses you will be able to meet and talk to the owners who will be happy to show you what they can do and tell you about their lives.

Date: December 12, 2015

Type: Traditional Fair

More information: http://www.czechtourism.com/e/roznov-pod-radhostem-christmas-fair/

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