The Hrady CZ Festival will enter its third decade with Mirai, Landa, and Mig 21, and will take place in Hluboká nad Vltavou for the first time.

The Hrady CZ Festival will enter its third decade with Mirai, Landa, and Mig 21, and will take place in Hluboká nad Vltavou for the first time.

Exclusive ninety-minute extended concerts by Daniel Landy and Mirai, as well as a new stop at Hluboká Castle over the Vltava River – these are the attractions of the 21st edition of the traveling music festival Hrady CZ. The organizers are presenting the complete music program for their eight summer stops. The Friday program will feature concerts by Rybičky 48, Mig 21, rapper Rytmus, Trautenberk, and others, while Saturday will belong to the aforementioned Mirai and Daniel Landa, Vypsaná fixa, and Harlej. The festival will kick off on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11, at Točník Castle, and will then resonate through seven more castles and chateaus – Kunětická hora, Švihov, the brand new Hluboká nad Vltavou, Veveří, Hradec nad Moravicí, Bouzov, and will conclude its tour on August 28 and 29 at Bezděz.

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Hrady CZ, as the only festival of its kind, has been combining the experience of music with the support of tourism and historical monuments since its inception. Part of the Saturday ticket includes free entry to the castle or chateau.Until April 16, tickets can be purchased at low spring prices directly on the festival's website www.hradycz.cz/vstupenky.

The festival concerts will take place in festival areas next to the monuments. Visitors can look forward to Tomáš Klus, the band Krucipüsk, or singer-songwriter Xindl X and singer Lenny. Younger audiences will appreciate artists such as the cross-genre Grey256 or indie-pop Brixtn. The program will also feature the pop band Vega Elektra. A change from previous years is the new stop in Hluboká nad Vltavou, which will replace Rožmberk nad Vltavou. The Hrady CZ festival spent fifteen years in Rožmberk in the South Bohemian Region, but the challenging terrain, combined with unfavorable weather, was already pushing the organizers to the limits of technical possibilities and at the expense of the audience's comfort. When the opportunity arose to move to a place with the genius loci that Hluboká nad Vltavou offers, the organizers did not hesitate.

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“Not every South Bohemian knows Hluboká nad Vltavou, and it is well accessible from České Budějovice as well as from other large South Bohemian cities. We will build the festival area here in a beautiful flat location surrounded by many trees in the Munice area near the Vondrov courtyard. We believe that Hrady CZ will thrive here, and we are looking forward to the historically first visitors to this new festival stop,” says one of the organizers of the Hrady CZ festival, Michal Šesták.

Hrady CZ boasts the largest carnival of masks in the Czech Republic, which this year celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The carnival has become an attraction for both young and old, individuals and groups across generations. Some people regularly gather for this Friday masquerade near mysterious monuments, their masks have reached a completely professional level over the years. The organizers give a lot of space to the accompanying program, attractive prizes are prepared, and no participant leaves empty-handed. All masks participate in the parade on the main festival stage, making the carnival a breathtaking experience for both the masks themselves and all visitors to the Hrady CZ festival. “The carnival is an inseparable part of Hrady CZ; it has become an integral part since the second year of the festival. We are thrilled that visitors have taken a liking to it and the quality of the masks increases every year,” says the festival organizer and carnival curator, Viktor Souček.

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The Hrady CZ festival offers visitors several levels of accommodation. For a fee, you can sleep completely worry-free in the so-called VIP camp PLUS with a prepared tent, two or four comfortable sleeping pads, and sleeping bags and above-standard sanitary facilities including showers and reception. Paid VIP camps at the level of classic modern camps will offer showers and flushing toilets, a 24-hour reception, catering services, and phone charging. There will also be bicycle and luggage storage, as well as classic tent town for free. The capacity of the VIP camp and VIP camp PLUS is limited.

The Hrady CZ festival will take place this year at Točník in the Central Bohemian Region (July 10 - 11), at Kunětická hora in the Pardubice Region (July 17 - 18), at Švihov in the Plzeň Region (July 24 - 25), in Hluboká nad Vltavou in the South Bohemian Region (July 31 - August 1), at Veveří in the South Moravian Region (August 7 - 8), at Hradec nad Moravicí in the Moravian-Silesian Region (August 14 - 15), at Bouzov in the Olomouc Region (August 21 - 22), and at Bezděz in the Liberec Region (August 28 - 29).

Tickets for the Hrady CZ festival can be purchased via NFCtronna www.hradycz.cz/vstupenky.

A ticket for Friday can be purchased at a low spring price of 950 crowns until April 16, for Saturday 1050 crowns, and a pass for both days for 1800 crowns. At the venue, admission will cost 1300 crowns for Friday, 1400 crowns for Saturday, and a pass for both days 2300 crowns. Discounts are prepared for children, ZTP/P, and seniors. Two-day accommodation in VIP castle camps for two days can be purchased until April 16 for 750 crowns per person, in VIP camps PLUS for 1550 crowns, at the venue for 1000 crowns in the VIP camp and 1800 crowns in the VIP camp PLUS. Tickets and accommodation can now also be purchased together in a package of pass + VIP camp for 2450 crowns or pass + VIP camp PLUS for 3250 crowns, at the venue then for 3200 crowns with VIP camp and 4000 crowns with VIP camp PLUS. Exclusive passes in a limited series with merchandise are also available now for 4800 crowns. More at www.hradycz.cz

 

ARTISTS AT THE HRADY CZ FESTIVAL: Grey256, Mig 21, Rybičky 48, Rytmus, Trautenberk, Vega Elektra, Brixtn, Daniel Landa, Harlej, Krucipüsk, Lenny, Mirai, Tomáš Klus, Vypsaná fixa, Xindl X

DATES AND LOCATIONS:

July 10 - 11. Točník

July 17 - 18. Kunětická hora

July 24 - 25. Švihov

July 31 - August 1. Hluboká nad Vltavou

August 7 - 8. Veveří

August 14 - 15. Hradec nad Moravicí

August 21 - 22. Bouzov

August 28 - 29. Bezděz

 

Contact PR and press service: Martina Reková, martina.rekova@4press.cz, Klára Bobková,

klara.bobkova@4press.cz, tel. +420 731 514 462
Organizers: Nedomysleno, s.r.o., Riff Raff, s.r.o.

www.hradycz.cz

 

Hrady CZ – program by days

(WARNING! This is not a time line-up, the bands are listed in alphabetical order!)

 

Točník July 10 - 11.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

Kunětická hora July 17 - 18.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

Švihov July 24 - 25.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

Hluboká nad Vltavou July 31 - August 1.

Friday

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

Vypsaná fixa

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Grey256

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Xindl X

 

Veveří August 7 - 8.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

Hradec nad Moravicí August 14 - 15.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

Bouzov August 21 - 22.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

 

 

Bezděz August 28 - 29.

Friday

Grey256

Mig 21

Rybičky 48

Rytmus

Trautenberk

Vega Elektra

 

Saturday

Brixtn

Daniel Landa

Harlej

Krucipüsk

Lenny

Mirai

Tomáš Klus

Vypsaná fixa

Xindl X

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