Catalog Regular events

Likewise most of the big spa towns in the world, Trenčianske Teplice has its own film festival called Art Film Fest.

The traditional Bartolomejský jarmok fair in Ilava is a celebration of the summer, good harvest and St. Bartholomew because it is organised on St. Bartholomew´s day.

The Biennial of Illustrations is the most important competition and exhibition of original illustrations of childrens and youths literature and is one of the greatest of this kind in the world.

Traditionally in December the Hlavné námestie square and the Františkánske námestie square in Bratislava become livelier with the splendid atmosphere of Christmas. The most beautiful part of the town is full of savour of various delicacies and Christmas carols can be heard. It is full of people and good humour.

The international jazz festival BJD is one of the greatest events of this kind in central Europe. It regularly welcomes the best-known jazz stars.

Bratislava Music Festival (BHS) is the most important and most prestigious music festival in Slovakia. It was first organized in 1964, and since 1973 it has been Slovakia's only member in the Brussels-based European Festival Association (EFA).

Coronations Ceremonies in Bratislava are a magnificent three-day event during which the town lives in a medieval atmosphere with kings, queens, nobility, troubadours and thousands of eager visitors.

Only on an event such as the celebration of the Days of the Town of Rožňava it is possible to witness such cultural program as offered by the symbolic birthday of Rožňava.

The international theatre festival in Nitra is a presentation of the best works of the last theatre season of the Slovak and Czech troupes, but also a show of plays of various European theatre troupes. It is the greatest show of dramatic art in Slovakia.

Dobrofest Trnava is the only music festival dedicated to the inventor of the resophonic guitar, the native of Slovakia John Dopyera. Trnava country festival belongs among the greatest of its kind in the world.

Every year in November, the festival One World brings to Bratislava films that are about real people of flesh and blood, and their real problems. The films are also about us and where and how we actually live. There are many questions and documentary films provide at least partial answers to those questions.

This is a very interesting event whose unique atmosphere reminds Alaska during the Gold rush, known especially from the novels by Jack London. The Donovaly race is considered as the best quality race of this kind in Europe.

Ekotopfilm is an International Festival of Sustainable Development Films. The Festival is the oldest and the biggest of its kind in the world. Every year in October it takes place in Bratislava and a tour show of the best films is presented in all regional capitals of Slovakia.

„Fabulous Castle“ in Bojnice is the biggest fabulous theatre festival in Central and Eastern Europe. In the month of June, the Castle of Bojnice suddenly turns into a magical place, full of weird creatures and famous fairy-tale heroes.