BEEF: A Ritual for All Senses
A strong experience is promised right at the beginning of the celebration of the BEEF experiential dinner, which will take place in Hall 17. An eleven-course opulent feast celebrating meat and agricultural tradition will guide you through flavors and emotions that awaken respect for the landscape, animals, and humanity. The menu by chef Láďa Vaníček from the Mlýnec restaurant is like a liturgy on a plate – from “Host” to “Purification.” The evening will be guided by the high priest as performed by actor Kryštof Bartoš. Reservations can be made at www.beef2025.cz.
BEEF / April 25 – May 14 / Hall 17 / reservation required
Pop-up Café as a Shelter and Laboratory of Flavors
In the same place, but one floor down – in Hall 17 – a café will be open every day, welcoming you with red beer from Zichovec, cocktails, premium lemonades, and original delicacies from Goodlok's workshop: miso butter, kimchi bianco, beef heart garum, or Bloody Mary with celery espuma. The café will not only be a place to relax but also a space for reading and public lectures that will open topics of food, sustainability, tradition, and the future.
Pop-up Café / April 24 – May 14 / daily 12 PM – 12 AM / free entry
Words That Have Flavor
From stories of royal kitchens through the greasy times of the First Republic to the question of what we will eat in twenty years – a series of public lectures will entertain you, inspire you, and perhaps even make you look at food and its role in society in a slightly different light. Guests will include food historian Martin Franc, chef Vojtěch Kalášek, and promoter of traditional butchery František Kšána. Representatives of the initiative Save Food and Kristina Šemberová with her retro cooking will also be present.
Lectures / selected days from 2 PM / Hall 17 / free entry for lectures, tickets required for artistic performances
Music That Resonates with the Space
Selected evenings in Hall 17 will conclude with live concerts that will transform the industrial space into a music club. Performers will include Himalayan Dalai Lama & Terezie Kovalová, WWW NEUROBEAT, Manon Meurt & Ida The Young, Anna Vaverková / Jakub König & Hvězdy, Slut, and Meat-House Chicago I.R.A., P/\ST, or Republic of Two. The final BEEF closing party, which is free for the public, will be enlivened by DJ and producer “Šaty s vlečkou” and will conclude the celebrations in grand style.
Concerts / April 25 – May 14 / from 9 PM / Hall 17 / tickets on GoOut.net
Exhibition in the Water Tower: When Memories Come to Life
What transformations has the market undergone since 1895? What lies behind its walls and what stories have been forgotten here? The exhibition, located in the iconic water tower, will take you back in time through photographs, artifacts, and memoirs. It will also feature a visual installation by Jan Hladil from H40, offering an interpretation of the view from the tower as it might have looked in 1895. The exhibition is open daily from April 24 to May 18 from 10 AM to 6 PM. It will then be open until June 29, every Thursday to Sunday at the same time.
Exhibition / April 24 – May 18 daily 10 AM – 6 PM / May 19 – June 29 Thu-Sun 10 AM – 6 PM / Water Tower / admission 90 CZK, reduced 50 CZK / ZTP, 65+, children under 15 free
Pastrami Pop Up 3: When Great Food Meets Culture
The Holešovice market will transform next Thursday into a center of New York street food with a dozen vendors as part of the traditional Pastrami Pop Up event, ensuring a great atmosphere where the renowned pastrami sandwiches will take center stage in many forms. And because a proper street food experience doesn’t end with food, visitors can also look forward to a cultural program. Besides food, they will enjoy music, visual arts, and cultural performances. The event will feature DJ Tea Jay Ivo and DJ Gadjo, who will provide the musical backdrop. Artist Jakub Bachorík, whose witty drawings of sandwiches have accompanied Pastrami Pop Up from the very beginning, will paint original illustrations among the visitors. The evening will feature an improvisational theater performance Just! Impro in Hall 17. Admission to this cultural part is 190 CZK. The Pastrami Pop Up event starts on April 24 at 11 AM and is free until 10 PM.
“Pastrami Pop Up is more than just a food festival for us. It is a place where a community meets that shares a passion for great food, creativity, and can appreciate the work that goes into it. We have great vendors who apply every year, and more are joining us, which makes me very happy. And the beautiful thing is how it all works in mutual synergy. I believe that is why people return to us and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere here,” says Aleš Víšek from the programming department of the Holešovice market and the author of the Pop Up concept.
Pastrami Pop Up / Thursday, April 24, 2025 / 11 AM – 10 PM / Free entry
Come Breathe in History and Taste the Present
The celebration of 130 years of the Holešovice market is not just a reminder of the past – it is a vibrant celebration of the present and a vision for the future. Come stroll between the halls, sit down for a drink in the pop-up café, listen to a concert, experience a tasting ritual, or just sit back and soak in the atmosphere of a place that has memory. The market is here for you. And you are its future.
For more information about the 130 years of the Holešovice market program, follow the social media of the Holešovice market and the website Holešovice market celebrates 130 years.
