Festivals in 2010

Maybe it's so early, but here calendar of country and folk festivals in Slovakia:

FEBRUARY 2010

Date	Place	Name	Info
February 12	Nova Bana	Nova Bana Winter Folk Festival	A review of non-professional guitar soloists

MAY 2010

Date	Place	Name	Info
May 8	Prievidza	Strunobranie Folkforum 2010	A regional festival of music genres

JUNE 2010

Date	Place	Name	Info
June 2010	Zvolen	Country Garden
June 11 - June 13 2010	Trnava	Dobrofest	18th year - An international festival celebrating John Dopyera
June 18 – June 19 2010	Radimov	Radimovska sopa	14th year - A festival of good music
June 2010	Nove Zamky	Country Castle 2010	2th year - A festival of country. bluesgrass and western

JULY 2010

Date	Place	Name	Info
July	Nove Mesto nad Vahom	Country Park	10th year - Festival of country music groups and dance groups genres
July	Nova Bana	Nova Bana Summer Folk Festival	14th year - A festival of folk and country music groups
July 16 - July 17	Turzovka	Drotaria 2010	6th year - Festival of folk, country and tramp song
July 24	Povazska Bystrica	Country Music under Starry Skies	8th year - A festival featuring music bands and soloist groups and dance groups genres
July 30 - July 31	Liptovsky Hradok	Folk under Skalka	14th year - A festival of folk, contry, tramp and blegrass music

AUGUST 2010

Date	Place	Name	Info
August 6 - August 8	Tuzina pri Prievidzi	Country Fest Tuzina	14th year - A review of Slovak bands and performers of country, folk, bluegrass, tramp music and related genres
August 26 - August 28	Piestany	Lodenica 2010	12th year - An international festival of folk and country music

Festivals 2009 in Slovakia II.

     Welcome to Slovakia. Find your favourite festivals in August.
Festivals in July in Slovaka

Date	Place	Name	Genre
July 02 - August 09 2009	Bratislava	Letné Shakespearovské slávnosti
July 21 – August 21 2009	Trnava	Letný kinematograf	movie festival
July 31 - August 01 2009	Poprad	Okey Summer 2009	different music styles
July 31 - August 01 2009	Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Open Jazz Fest	jazz music
July 31 - August 01 2009	Podbranč	Punkáči deťom	punk music
July 31 - August 01 2009	Zelená Voda	Open Jazz Fest	jazz music
July 31 - August 02 2009	Jaslovské Bohunice	Fest Dobré Bohunice	country music
July 31 - August 02 2009	Žilina	Fest Anča	movie festival
August 06 - 09 2009	Kráľová Lehota (Ranč)	Camp Fest Svarín	open-air music festival
August 07 - 09 2009	Červeník Amfiteáter)	Červeník festival	different music styles
August 07 - 08 2009	Duchonka	Orange Music Summer	different music styles
August 07 - 09 2009	Trnava	Trnavský jazzyk Trnavský jazzyk	jazz music
August 08 2009	Turzovka	Rock beskyd fest 2009	rock music
August 13 - 15 2009	Jaslovské Bohunice	Hard Fest	different music styles
August 14 - 15 2009	Terchová	Terchovský budzogáň 2009	rock and punk music
August 15 2009	Holíč	Cibula Fest	different music style
August 14 - 15 2009	Zliechov	Pustohlav festival	different music styles
August 14 - 15 2009	Snina	Rock pod kameňom	rock music
August 19 - 23 2009	Kolárovo	Hanna Hanna Festival	art gathering and festival
August 21 - 22 2009	Modra	Minikvas festival	different music style
August 21 - 22 2009	Orava	Orava Music Summer	different music styles
August 21 - 23 2009	Trnava	Trnavská brána	folklore
August 22 2009	Nitra	Na brehu 2009	different music styles
August 22 2009	Hadlová	Festival na brehu	folk and rock music
August 27 - 29 2009	Piešťany	Lodenica	country music
August 28 - 29 2009	Bratislava	Uprising Reggae Festival	different music styles

The Best Festivals in Europe

Date	Place	Name
August 20 - 22. 2009	Salzburg, Austria (Green Park St.Polten)	Frequency Festival
July 02 - 05. 2009	Belgium	Rock Werchter
August 14 - 16. 2009	Burgas, Bulgaria(Central Beach)	Spirit of Burgas
July 03 - 12. 2009	Petrčane, Croatia	The Garden Festival
July 02 - 05. 2009	Denmark	Roskilde Festival
July 03 - 05. 2009	Belfort, France	Eurockeennes
July 17 - 19. 2009	Ferropolis, Germany	Melt
August 12 - 17. 2009	Budapest, Hungary	Sziget Festival 2009
September 04 - 06. 2009	Stradbally Estate, Ireland	Electric Picnic
July 09 - 12. 2009	Novy Sad, Srbija	Exit Festival
July 16 - 18. 2009	Trenčín, Slovakia	Pohoda Festival
July 16 - 19. 2009	Benicassim, Spain	Fiberfib
August 13 - 15. 2009	Göteborg, Sweeden	Way Out West

Festivals 2009 in Slovakia I.

     Welcome to Slovakia. This year is very rich for festivals. Here you can find lists of festivals in July with different genres

Festivals in July in Slovaka

Date	Place	Name	Genre
June 18 - September 06 2009	Bratislava	Bratislavské Kultúrne leto
July 02 - August 09 2009	Bratislava	Letné Shakespearovské slávnosti
July 02 – July 05 2009	Vychodná	Vychodná	folklore
July 03 2009	Čadca	Čadca Fest	alternative music
July 03 – July 04 2009	Handlová	Country trh festival	country music
July 03 – July 04 2009	Banská Štiavnica	Jazznica	jazz music
July 03 – July 04 2009	Horná Streda	Toto je HIP-HOP	hip-hop music
July 03 – July 05 2009	Malacky	Kontact Street Fest	different music styles
July 03 – July 05 2009	Záriečie	Semfest Záriečie	different music styles
July 04 2009	Bytča	Rockstone Fest	different music styles
July 04 2009	Skalica	Skalica Music Fest	different music styles
July 04 – July 05 2009	Bratislava	Rača Fest 2009	country music
July 05 2009	Dolný Kubín	Podbielanské folklórové slávnosti	folklore
July 05 2009	Púchov	Semfest 2009	different music styles
July 06 - July 11 2009	Terchová	Cyrilometod' Days	folklore
July 06 – July 11 2009	Vŕbové	Vŕbové Vetry	alternative music
July 09 – July 19 2009	Liptovský Mikuláš	Letná fotoškola	international Festival of photography
July 10 2009	Trnava	EKO Fest Trnava	different music styles
July 10 – July 11 2009	Bojnice	Summer interval	different music styles
July 10 – July 11 2009	Dudince	Country Stopa	country music
July 10 – July 11 2009	Domaša	Orange Music Summer	different music styles
July 10 - July 12 2009	Piešťany	Jazz Festival Doda Šošoku	jazz music
July 10 – July 18 2009	Liptovský Mikuláš	Letná fotoška Domu fotografie	festival of photography
July 11 2009	Podhájska	Podhájska Fest	different music styles
July 11 2009	Veličná	XVIII. Tradičný veličiansky jarmok	folklore
July 11 2009	Hlohovec	Bajakfest	different music styles
July 11 – July 12 2009	Zvolen	Download Open Air	different music styles
July 16 – July 18 2009	Trenčín	Bažant Pohoda	alternative music
July 17 – July 18 2009	Turzovka	Drotária	folk/country music
July 17 – July 18 2009	Vranov nad Topľou	SunDance Open Air Beach Party	dance music
July 17 – July 18 2009	Šurany	Streetrock Fest	rock music
July 18 – July 19 2009	Malatiná	IX. Bačovské dni	folklore
July 21 – August 21 2009	Trnava	Letný kinematograf	movie festival
July 24 – July 25 2009	Ružiná	Orange Music Summer	different music styles
July 24 – July 25 2009	Trenčianske Bohuslavice	Topvar Žákovic Open	different music styles
July 24 – July 26 2009	Zemplínska Šírava	Šírava Fest	dfferent music styles
July 24 – July 27 2009	Rudava	Summerbeach Rudava	different music styles
July 25 2009	Košice	Free Summer	dance music
July 25 2009	Kežmarok	FestEasy 009	alternative music
July 25 2009	Nové Zámky	Rainbow Open Air 2009	different music styles
July 25 – July 26 2009	Nové Zámky	II. Strekovsý pivničný festival	different music styles
July 25 - July 26 2009	Terchová	Jánošík in movie	folklore
July 26 2009	Sihelné	Folklórne slávnosti Pod Babou horou a Pilskom	foklore
July 31 - August 01 2009	Poprad	Okey Summer 2009	different music styles
July 31 - August 01 2009	Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Open Jazz Fest	jazz music
July 31 - August 01 2009	Podbranč	Punkáči deťom	punk music
July 31 - August 02 2009	Jaslovské Bohunice	Fest Dobré Bohunice	country music
July 31 - August 02 2009	Žilina	Fest Anča	movie festival

The Best Festivals in Europe

Date	Place	Name
August 20 - 22. 2009	Salzburg, Austria (Green Park St.Polten)	Frequency Festival
July 02 - 05. 2009	Belgium	Rock Werchter
August 14 - 16. 2009	Burgas, Bulgaria(Central Beach)	Spirit of Burgas
July 03 - 12. 2009	Petrčane, Croatia	The Garden Festival
July 02 - 05. 2009	Denmark	Roskilde Festival
July 03 - 05. 2009	Belfort, France	Eurockeennes
July 17 - 19. 2009	Ferropolis, Germany	Melt
August 12 - 17. 2009	Budapest, Hungary	Sziget Festival 2009
September 04 - 06. 2009	Stradbally Estate, Ireland	Electric Picnic
July 09 - 12. 2009	Novy Sad, Srbija	Exit Festival
July 16 - 18. 2009	Trenčín, Slovakia	Pohoda Festival
July 16 - 19. 2009	Benicassim, Spain	Fiberfib
August 13 - 15. 2009	Göteborg, Sweeden	Way Out West

Welcome Bratislava - CowParade

What can I tell you about that action? Every year some artists create special sculptures - cows.

Idea of CowParade came by Walter Knapp in 1996. His son Pascal Knapp was the creator of the three cow sculptures in CowParade which had been used in Chicago and New York at the end of the last century. After a lot of modifications, Pascal finished sculpture.

Cows are very authentic, life-size, from fiberglass.

CowParade is the world’s largest public art event.

It isn’t only art, it’s fun and also charity. To paint own cow - it comes to be in, a very prestige (or show how you are rich :o) A specially in Slovakia.)

When cows were in Bratislava, many people walk through the city and tried to find most of them. Some radios made competitions - to find special cow for each day. We walked too and made pictures some of them. You can see them here.

Which cities were this famous presentation - CowParade?

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Welcome Bratislava this Summer I

Everytime I wrote and that's why now I decide to present city only by photos. You can decide if it was good decision. And don't afraid, I don't want to change this country blog to travel instruction or travel blog.

John King's Park

In John King's Park

John King's Park

Bratislava Castle

Bratislava UFO

Bratislava UFO

National Theatre

New Bridge

Old Bridge

Apollo Bridge

In the evening

In the evening

In the evening

In the evening

In the evening