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"The oldest and largest ethnographic festival in western Bohemia, celebrating the Chod people's centuries-old bagpipe music, embroidered folk costumes, open-air pilgrim masses, and a traditional old-Bohemian market fair."

Chodské slavnosti a Vavřinecká pouť

"A traditional Marian pilgrimage fair at the Gothic Cistercian abbey of Zlatá Koruna on the Assumption of Mary, drawing worshippers and visitors to one of South Bohemia's most atmospheric small monastic villages."

Mariánská pouť

"A traditional North Bohemian pilgrimage fair tied to the Assumption of Mary, held beside the grand Cistercian monastery at Osek whose landmark church has been a destination for regional pilgrims since the medieval era."

Osecká pouť

"Voted one of the five most anticipated events in the Hradec Králové region for 2026, this long-running festival brings exotic ensembles from Asia, Latin America and Africa to a natural open-air arena in the Jestřebí hory foothills."

Mezinárodní folklorní festival Červený Kostelec

"The 26th edition of one of the world's most important bagpipe festivals, bringing together pipers and folk dance ensembles from dozens of countries to perform across six stages in the South Bohemian market town of Strakonice."

Mezinárodní dudácký festival Strakonice

"The young Bítešská chasa erects a maypole then leads a wine-fuelled costumed parade through the town square in this week-long Moravian hody tradition on the Vysočina-Moravia border."

Bítešské hody

"A small-village harvest wine festival held at the village hall in Pržno in the foothills of the Beskydy mountains, offering a rare taste of Silesian wine culture in an intimate rural setting."

Prženské vinobraní

"At sunset in the Nechory vineyard outside the small wine village of Prušánky, men carry an oak pole decorated with a nine-flower bouquet, two wine bottles and grape clusters on their shoulders, plant it with twelve symbolically carved stakes, and read the ancient vineyard law forbidding entry until harvest."

Zarážání hory

"A walking and cycling burčák trail through the Blue Hills wine villages of Velké Pavlovice, Němčičky, Bořetice, Kobylí and Vrbice, connecting open cellars and vineyard viewpoints in the heartland of the Velkopavlovická wine sub-region."

Krajem vína: Putování za burčákem po Modrých horách

"Held each second September weekend in the wine-town of Mikulov, this three-day harvest festival blends torchlit processions, cimbalom music, folk costume parades and a prestigious public tasting of hundreds of wines from the Mikulov subregion."

Pálavské vinobraní

"The annual village day in tiny Kujavy in the Nový Jičín district brings the community together for local music, food stalls and the kind of unhurried Silesian village sociability rarely seen by outsiders."

Den obce Kujavy

"A two-day main pilgrimage at the celebrated Carmelite Marian shrine of Kostelec u Vítkova, combining solemn liturgy and the blessing of relics of the Holy Cross with an open-air gathering that draws pilgrims from across Moravia and Silesia."

Hlavní pouť, Slavnost Povýšení sv. Kříže

"Now in its 31st year, Hustopeče's three-day Burčák Festival revives the town's identity as the greatest historical wine-growing seat of Moravia through mock burčák police patrols, a purkmister and consuls, mázhauzy (traditional wine halls) and the unique currency of the Búro."

Burčákové slavnosti

"A three-day wine harvest and countryside celebration in the tiny Hodonín-district village of Archlebov, combining vinobraní traditions with a love of rural Moravian life, folk music and local wine in an unashamedly village-scale setting."

Oslava vinobraní a lásky k venkovu

"A traditional wine harvest celebration in the small Slovácko town famous for its folklore festival, enlivened each September by burčák tastings, folk costume processions and cimbalom music through the historic streets."

Strážnické vinobraní

"Costumed processions led by a princess and a Bacchus figure wind through the old wine town before an open-air cimbalom session and burčák tastings from local cellar doors."

Bzenecké krojované vinobraní

"The 87th edition of one of the oldest grape-harvest festivals in Bohemia fills five stages around the château above the Vltava-Elbe confluence with a procession of Bohemian monarchs, a craft market, sommeliers pairing local wines with regional food, and a closing fireworks show."

Mělnické vinobraní

"Visitors don overalls and headscarves in the style of 1950s grape-picking brigades then race through the Château Valtice vineyards in the World Grape-Picking Championship, competing alongside cimbalom music, fresh burčák and a crackling-spread bread supper."

RETRO VINOBRANÍ a Mistrovství světa ve sběru hroznů

"In Čejkovice, whose wine cellars were dug by the Knights Templar in the 13th century, this intimate harvest evening gathers neighbours around burčák and local wines in one of Moravia's most historically resonant cellar villages."

Vinobraní a posezení u burčáku

"Across eight stages in Litoměřice's intact Renaissance town centre, this Bohemian harvest day pairs a grand procession of Charles IV with craft demonstrations, knight's duels, a period market and tastings of wines from the northernmost Czech wine-growing sub-region."

Litoměřické vinobraní

"Dating back to 1936, this two-day harvest festival in the wine village of Velké Pavlovice features a krojovaný procession of local youth, tastings of wines and burčák from local growers, and performances by folk ensembles."

Velkopavlovické vinobraní

"A traditional Bohemian village pilgrimage fair beneath the twin-peaked ruins of Trosky Castle, held each year at the feast of St Wenceslas in this small Bohemian Paradise village of under 2,000 people."

Svatováclavská pouť

"A national-day pilgrimage at the Carmelite chapel of Kostelec u Vítkova on the feast of Czech patron St Wenceslas, combining patriotic feeling with a traditional outdoor mass and rural fair atmosphere."

Pouť ke cti sv. Václava

"Held in the heart of the UNESCO Lednice-Valtice landscape, this two-day harvest festival fills the baroque château town with costumed folk ensembles, cimbalom music, choral singing, wine and burčák from Moravia's self-styled wine capital."

Valtické vinobraní

"On St Martin's Day weekend the wine village of Velké Pavlovice opens its cellars and celebrates the new vintage with goose dishes, cimbalom music and a traditional market in the heart of Moravian wine country."

Svatomartinské slavnosti vín

"Held as part of Klatovy's traditional town fair, this international folklore festival fills the historic Šumava gateway town with costumed ensembles, processions and folk-craft displays each July."

Mezinárodní folklorní festival Klatovy

"Celebrating its 70th edition in 2026, this Moravian-Slovak border folk festival draws over thirty ensembles from both sides of the Carpathians to a hillside village famous for its scattered kopanice farmstead settlements."

Kopaničářské slavnosti

"A beloved South Bohemian blueberry harvest celebration in the small village of Borované, featuring traditional blueberry specialities, a craft market, and popular community competitions."

Borůvkobraní Borované

"Since 1957, this four-day authentic folk festival under Strážná hůrka hill gathers cimbalom bands, dancers and craftspeople from the entire Horňácko region for one of Moravia's most deeply rooted folk celebrations."

Horňácké slavnosti

"A historical festival in the spa and fishpond town of Třeboň commemorating Renaissance fish-pond master Jakub Krčín, with period processions, costumed performances and market stalls evoking the town's remarkable 16th-century water-management heritage."

Historické slavnosti Jakuba Krčína

"A three-day folk fair set on the UNESCO-listed Baroque vernacular village square of Holašovice, combining traditional craft markets, ceramics, bobbin lace, and a full programme of live folk music."

Selské slavnosti Holašovice

"A three-day pilgrimage fair filling the historic centre of this small Bohemian town with craft markets, folk music and traditional funfair rides every year around the feast of St Anne."

Anenská pouť, Slavnosti města Horšovský Týn

"Each summer, the romantic baroque garden of Buchlovice chateau hosts this traditional hay-mowing ceremony with folk songs, scythes and costumed performers keeping alive an old Moravian rural custom."

Kosecké písně Buchlovice

"A charming single-day raspberry harvest festival in the tiny South Bohemian village of Malenice, celebrating the local soft-fruit growing tradition with tastings, folk music and a village fair atmosphere."

Malinové slavnosti Malenice

"A small South Bohemian village pilgrimage fair on the feast of St Mary Magdalene, held in the picturesque wine-growing commune of Chelčice, home to fewer than 700 people."

Pouť sv. Maří Magdaleny

"A Moravian village feast honouring St Margaret with krojovaný průvod (costumed procession), cimbalom music and the raising of the hody maypole in a community of under 2,000 people."

Markétské hody

"A rare international gathering celebrating the culture of European village life, held in the small East Bohemian village of Bystré and bringing together folk ensembles and traditions from across the continent."

Mezinárodní setkání evropských vesnic Bystré

"A convivial summer beer festival in the small Silesian market town of Brušperk, held at the local fire-station grounds with live music and craft brews from the Moravian-Silesian region."

Pivní festival Brušperk

"An ancient pilgrimage indulgence fair held on the Porciunkule feast day beneath the Renaissance chateau of Opočno, a tradition stretching back to the Franciscan observance of the Portiuncula pardon."

Porcinkule

"A four-day national folklore festival rooted in the Dolňácko sub-region of Slovácko, showcasing costumed ensembles, cimbalom bands and traditional Moravian singing in the small wine town of Kyjov."

Národní folklórní festival kyjovského Dolňácka

"A cheerful annual village festival at the football ground in Podlesí, bringing together music and community celebration in one of the most scenic Sudeten valleys of Moravia."

Malomoravské slavnosti 2026

"An annual pilgrimage fair in the compact East Bohemian market town of Nový Bydžov, honouring the town's patron St Laurence with stalls, rides and local entertainments on the August feast weekend."

Svatovavřinecká pouť