Friday 4/26
Burger Street Festival
From Friday 26/4 to Sunday 28/4 a gourmet hamburger festival will be held in the courtyard of the Pilsenský Prazdroj brewery. There is something for everyone to choose from the offer of more than a dozen stalls. You can buy classic, vegetarian, gluten-free, beef, belly or ribs burgers. There will be sweet spots, excellent beer and other snacks.
Pilsen Wine Festival
There is no shortage of good wine in Pilsen either. You will be convinced of this by the largest wine event in the region – the Pilsen Wine Festival, which will take place right in the historical center in Kopecky Sady and Bedřich Smetana Street 26 and 27 April More than 20 wineries from Bohemia and Moravia will be presented at the festival. You can look forward to meeting the sommeliers and there will also be refreshments. You can only taste wines from a festival glass, which you can buy on site. Immerse yourself in the world of excellent wines and rhythms of live music! ATMO music, Jakub Děkan & band, dulcimer music Vincúch will perform.
Tales from Ošemetno they are waiting for you on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and at 5:00 p.m. in the Alfa Theater.
The story of the giant cucumber says goodbye. Only two more times will the story be told on the Alfa stage about how a giant cucumber grew in Ošemetno, of which the locals are initially proud, but it soon begins to spread across the village. Who will ripen on an overripe cucumber? And is there a hero who isn’t afraid to go into the local forest where something is making strange noises? In addition to all this, there is a polecat who does not like work and a red waterfowl who is looking for the right water. Saturday’s derniere is on the program at 3:00 p.m.
Swarm of witches
Little wizards and witches are waiting from 15:00 at MOTÝL, z.ú, Žlutická 2, fun tasks, creative workshop, Obludka salon, theater and performances by children from clubs. The event takes place in all weathers. In case of rain, the competition tasks will take place in the center building. In case of good weather, the end of the event will be the burning of the witch Děsbuchy Děsné Údésné XX. and the popular sitting by the campfire. The entrance fee is paid directly on the spot. Witch costume for children and adults is welcome.
Naděžda Potůčková / Path of Hope
The opening of the exhibition starts at 17:00 in the Jiří Trnka Gallery. Ceramic sculpture, painting and jewelry will be on display here. The exhibition lasts until May 19.
Concert by Filip Gruber and his friends
Don’t miss the concert of the young flutist Filip Gruber and his guests at U Ješíška church from 5:00 p.m.
The Witches of Salem from 19:00 the New Scene DJKT is on the program.
Perhaps the most famous treatment of the infamous phenomenon – witch trials – is exceptional in its atmosphere and story based on real events. The emotive performance, which stands out by combining live music and singing with drama, is etched in the memory of the audience for the third season. Between the lines, he shows that fanaticism and mob panic were just as dangerous in the 17th century as they are today.
Musical Green Day’s American Idiot will be presented at 19:00 by the DJKT Small Stage.
A trio of young men are trying to escape from the dull stereotype of suburban life, but each one takes a different path – where will it lead them at the beginning of the twenty-first century? You can look forward to the popular hits American Idiot, 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy and many others performed by the young members of the musical group DJKT and directed by the renowned American director Steve Josephson.
Comedy To make it clear… presented by Dramoklam at 19:00 in the Dialog Theatre.
To be clear… is a comedy about men’s slippers that are to blame for everything. Otherwise, everything seems clear. But appearances are deceiving… Is that clear?
For comedy Side effects invites you at 19:00 Town Talk.
They say love goes beyond the grave – but where does it really end? What are you willing to risk and sacrifice for your partner? A brilliant conversation shootout by the renowned comedian Stefan Vögel tells about partner relationships – and not only about them! Directed by Peter Svojtka, it stars Klára Cibulková, Michal Dlouhý, Kateřina Březinová or Veronika Svojtková and David Novotný.
PROTHEUS & KOMUNÁL: Sex, beer and Rock’n’roll tour 2024
You can enjoy the concert from 19:30 at KD Šeříková.
Moonlight Concerts – The best of film music
You are cordially invited to a magical concert in a mysterious church ️right in Pilsen! Hear the best of film music. Experience an unforgettable evening in the wonderful setting of the church, where thousands of candles create a scene straight out of a fairy tale. Surrender to the magic of music, you will feel every note as if it sounded directly under the moonlight. Let yourself be enchanted by the atmosphere and turn an ordinary evening into a truly magical experience.
The concert starts at 8:00 p.m. in the Hus temple, Němejcova 1722/2 in the Jižní Předměstí. The string quartet Krása Quartet will play for you.
Program:
He’s a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean) – Hans Zimmer, Across the Stars (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones) – John Williams, Theme from Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino, Feather Theme (Forrest Gump) – Alan Silvestri, Now we are Free ( Gladiator) – Hans Zimmer, Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) – Harold Arlen, Chevaliers de Sangreal (The Master Leonardo Code) – Hans Zimmer, We Have All The Time In The World (James Bond) – John Barry, James Bond Theme – Monty Norman, Schindler’s List – John Williams, The Brave Seven – Elmer Bernstein, Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) – Henry Mancini & more!
Saturday 4/27
April 27th is Jaroslav’s holiday
According to statistics, Jaroslav is the sixth most common male name in our country. It has a Slavic origin, is used by many other peoples and is also found in the feminine form as Jaroslava. However, the name Jaroslav is not derived from the time of year, as it might seem, but from the word spring, meaning exuberant, vigorous or strong. The name is said to bring its bearers strength, fame, but also spring exuberance and energy. Famous bearers of this name included, for example, Jaroslav Vrchlicky, Jaroslav Hašek, Jaroslav Ježek, Jaroslav Foglar and Jaroslav Seifert.
Pilsen farmers markets 2024 you can visit between 8:00 – 12:00 at náměstí Republiky.
At Pilsen Farmers’ Markets you can taste and buy high-quality, authentic local food grown and processed with love and respect for customers. Stallholders, growers and breeders work with respect to the environment, so many holders of various certificates offer their products here – local product, integrated production system, organic, etc.
Carrying festival Pilsen 2024 will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Intergenerational and Volunteer Center TOTEM, Bolevec branch.
The Pilsen 2024 Wearing Festival will not only be about wearing this time! Sales exhibition from baby carriers and scarves to clothes, cosmetics, underwear to sensory play and the Czech Association of Dolls! For children, there will be a children’s corner from Striðáme toys and a station with sensory play from Senza play! A large load of lectures and workshops is prepared for adults.
Vladimír Havlic and graphic workshop
The guided tour of the exhibition in the West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen will start at 2:00 p.m. Jindřiška Čížková Havlicová will guide you.
This year we commemorate 20 years since the death of the Pilsen artist, academic painter, graphic artist and illustrator Vladimír Havlice (1944–2004). On this occasion, and at the same time on the occasion of this artist’s 80th birthday, a retrospective exhibition commemorating Havlic’s work will take place in the premises of the West Bohemian Museum. The concept of the exhibition offers some of the key works illustrating the development of the author’s artistic expression. Visitors will get to know the works of Vladimír Havlice, which opened his artistic career in the 1960s, the stabilization and development of the author’s creative expression in the following decades, but also the top works of the beginning of the new millennium, which crown his work. The exhibition is also complemented by Vladimír Havlice’s graphics and illustrations, a reference to his collaboration with the world of Pilsen puppetry, as well as the trace that this artist left in public space.
Guided tour of the wastewater treatment plant in Jateční Street will start at 2:00 p.m.
Do you want to find out where the water in our taps comes from and how it is produced? Or where does all the wastewater go and what happens to it? Come and see the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jateční Street, where Ladislav Silovský, the author of the book Plzeňská vodárna: O vodre ze zách strány, will tell you about it.
Tales from Ošemetno you can see it for the last time in the Alfa Theater from 15:00.
The finale of the musical Green Day’s American Idiot will start at 17:00 on the DJKT Small Stage.
Kiss
Don’t miss the premiere of one of Bedřich Smetana’s most popular operas from 19:00 at the Great Theater. The premiere is preceded by a lecturer’s introduction from 18:30 in the foyer of the Great Theater.
The Witches of Salem don’t miss it at 19:00 on the DJKT New Stage.
Prague Film Orchestra: Concert of film music
The Prague Film Orchestra is the only one in the Czech Republic that specializes in film music and is also exceptional in that its founder and conductor Jiří Korynta is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest multi-instrumentalist, having managed to play 28 different musical instruments in one hour! Today, he manages even six more. The genre range of the orchestra’s repertoire is very wide, and the concerts are thus unique every time. Don’t miss the concert in Měšťanská beseda at 19:00.
Sunday 28.4.
Charity concert of the Pilsen Rotary Club takes place at the Semler residence from 3:00 p.m. Opera singer Miriam Čížková performs.
Opera Cat in boots has a DJKT Small Stage at 3:00 p.m. and at 5:00 p.m.
A renewed staging of the popular fairy-tale opera with fresh and imaginative music by a leading Czech composer. Opera (not only) for children takes us to places where the human and animal world meet. And as in any good fairy tale, everything turns out well here.
Gabriela Beňačková or Mařenka, Rusalka and Jenůfa say goodbye
Gabriela Beňačková dazzled the audience for the first time in 1970, when she made her debut at the Prague National Theater while still a university student, and now she will present herself to the Pilsen audience for the very last time as part of her final concert tour, which will stop at the Great Hall of the Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. Over the years, the world-renowned Slovak opera singer has performed dozens of operatic roles on the world’s most prestigious opera stages, but her most beloved repertoire has always remained Czech music. After more than fifty years of her active career, she has now decided to say goodbye to the roles that have accompanied her since the beginning of her career. You can look forward to pure Czech music by A. Dvořák, B. Smetana or L. Janáček, arias and duets from The Sold Bride, Rusalka and Jejá pastorkyně.
Performers: Gabriela Beňačková – soprano, Jakub Pustina – tenor and Jiří Hrubý – piano
Ballet Tchaikovsky has a program at 19:00 at the Velké divadlo.
The production for the Pilsen Ballet Ensemble shows the complex life of a genius composer, in which moments of happiness and glory alternate with moments full of pain and longing for love.
