Mezinárodní setkání evropských vesnic Bystré
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.
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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
"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 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 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 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
"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
"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