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International Festival Theatre
The guide was updated:Every September, Pilsen is invaded by visitors that do not only aspire to see the city but also join this wonderful festival, as its programme features a selection of most significant plays written and played by both domestic and foreign productions. Try to take this happening into account, when planning your stay, and you will experience the city in an even better way.
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- Address: Pilsen
- Opening hours: Mid September
- Website: www.pilsen.eu
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This international festival of classical music ranks among the most significant cultural events in Pilsen, and organised by the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, it invites foreign and Czech stars to perform on stage here alike. While the programme changes annually, you can definitely look forward to great performances and unique experiences.
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DEPO Street Food Market
This festival, organised by DEPO2015, celebrates dishes from all over the world, and you will soon notice that street food hides much more than American burgers and Hungarian langos. Stay tuned about the dates, as the feast normally happens twice or thrice a year, and you will experience flavours and taste from all around the globe that you will probably never (or not before long) meet again.
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Festival of Light
While the atmospheric streets of Pilsen invite for a romantic walk in any season of the year, this festival enriches the city's natural vibe only once a year, and always in different formations. Keep up to date and experience, how buildings are highlighted by various light installation and when alleys allow performers to show off their skills.
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Liberation Festival
Pilsen is the only large city in the Czech Republic that annually remembers the end of the WW II, and the liberation of the city by the American Army in May, 1945. The reminding feast features a rich cultural programme, and many military-historical events that will teach you about history, and also about the days passed since.
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Pilsen Yards
Although Pilsen features a historical city centre that allows everyone to explore the area by foot, and also independently, a large number of mysterious corners, yards and gardens cannot be visited throughout the year. This one-day festival, however, brings the hidden areas closer, as it invites you to visit at least some of them, and to experience their interesting stories.
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Fresh Festival
This festival is the largest gourmet feast in the area of the Western Bohemia, as it attracts thousands of people every year by offering specialities from all over the world. Experience the art of cooking and baking live, as you get close to great chefs from all around the globe like nowhere else, and try out flavours that you never met before.
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Metal Fest
This festival is a metal fan's paradise, as it is more than dedicated to get best bands and performances on stage that let heavy fans' hearts beast faster. As one of the first summer music festivals, summer officially starts here in the Lochotin Amphitheatre, and you should definitely join when being around, and into this music.
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International Folklore Festival
CIOFF provides a stage for both czech and international folklore artists from all over the world, playing musical instruments and dancing in the city centre for entertaining the visitors, and also themselves. Head here for convince yourself that folklore is still alive, and that it spread great mood and a wonderful atmosphere.
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Historical Weekend
Travel back in time, into the period of knights’ fights, by experiencing theatre and music performances, traditional fairs with jugglers, magicians and handcraft shows, and an evening parade of ghosts. While learning more, and fundamentally, about the days back then, you will also experience a lot of fun.
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Night of Churches
For one night each year, the gates of churches and various praying areas are opened in the evening time, and you can then visit places that are not accessible during the year. While you can expect great architecture and interesting insights, a rich cultural programme will also entertain you that night.
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Night of Opera
Hosting a spectacular opera event under the blue sky, the Lochotin Amphitheatre transform its breathtaking atmosphere into an even more vibrant ambience. Do not miss out this beautiful opera gala performance, when being in Pilsen, as this is indeed a once in a lifetime experience.
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Theatre Summer under Pilsen Sky
This summer festival in the historical city centre creates its stage all on its own, as the performances will spread their atmosphere even better when performed in a breathtaking scenery. Stay tuned about whether its happening during your stay, and you should then not miss it out.
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Vivid Street Festival
This open-air festival in the heart of the city boasts all genres that you can think of, and many activities and events for people of all ages. With theatre performances in July, and street concerts in August, this feast will take to you wild experiences and days (and tons) of fun, that get closed by the Soup Festival on the first Sunday in September before starting again next year.
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Summer Baroque Festival
The successful festival 'Nine Weeks of Baroque' in 2015 brought many cultural events to the Baroque sights in the Pilsen region, and the city now continues with a regular feast. Check out whether it is happening during your stay, and you will experience these sights in their most beautiful state.
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International Festival Theatre
Every September, Pilsen is invaded by visitors that do not only aspire to see the city but also join this wonderful festival, as its programme features a selection of most significant plays written and played by both domestic and foreign productions. Try to take this happening into account, when planning your stay, and you will experience the city in an even better way.
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Sun in Glass
This traditional festival happens once a year, and it offers small breweries from both Czech and foreign origin to display their beers, and show off their skills. While tasting the beers may be focused quite most, you will also learn more about the process of brewing, and the history of beers.
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Pilsen Busking Fest
This fest is an original festival of street art, and it offers concerts, dance performances, street theatre and other artistic experiences by performers from all over the world. While all the performances are free of charge, the only fee you need to pay is a donation to those whose performance you have enjoyed, and you can also visit the new project of creative zones for young artists.
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Autumn Wine Festival
Although Pilsen is a beer town, there is not need to travel to South Europe for enjoying a wine tasting, as you can taste wines from twenty Czech and Moravian wine producers in the historical centre of Pilsen as well. As a nice music programme is also planned for the event, you will definitely spend a nice time with friends, and locals, while savouring a glass (or two).
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Pilsner Fest
Pilsner Fest is a birthday celebration of the world-known brewery Pilsner Urquell, and its unimaginable selection of beer is always completed by great musical performances. While you cannot leave the city without trying its beer, you should also not miss its party when then being in town.
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Treffpunkt
This festival of the Czech-Bavarian cultural cooperation offers events and activities across various genres, and a wide range of gastronomical experiences that naturally include beer but also other German specialities. Dress up in German costumes, and enjoy the rich culture.
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Celebration of the Republic Foundation
This celebration of the foundation of the independent Czechoslovakian state is a opportunity to visit many sights in the city either free of charge or for advantageous entrance fees, and the firework in the evening is an all time favourite. While a street food festival will introduce tastes from the period of the First Republic, performances take place quite all over the centre, and for people of all ages.
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Christmas Market
Pilsen Christmas Market boasts a romantic atmosphere filled with the smell of mulled wine, and freshly baked sweets and other treats, and as completed by an interesting cultural programme, it is the place to be during Christmas time. During the period of advent, you can join guided tours of the historical city centre, before heading back to the market for warming up with punch.
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