Ondřej Havelka & Melody Makers - The Best Pieces of the Season!

Name: Ondřej Havelka & Melody Makers - The Best Pieces of the Season!
Start: 2026-12-06T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-06T22:00:00+01:00
Location: DKO

Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 19:00

DKO, Jihlava

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Ondřej Havelka and Melody Makers perform in Jihlava on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at the DKO cultural center with their program "Nejkrásnější kusy sezóny!". The Jihlava concert is one of nine Czech tour dates the ensemble is undertaking across the country. The DKO venue has served since 1961 as one of the main cultural stages in the Vysočina region. The performance starts at 19:00.

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About the venue: DKO

DKO has been Jihlava's main cultural venue since 1961, serving the Vysočina regional capital for over six decades. Originally run as DK ROH, it was restructured in 1992 into the independent company DKO s.r.o. The programme covers concerts across genres, theatre, opera, ballet, and exhibitions; the venue has also hosted screenings for the International Documentary Film Festival MFDF Jihlava since its early days. The main hall seats up to 750, the theatre hall 502, and the small stage 100.

Tolstého 1455/2, 586 01 Jihlava 1 Get directions

About: Ondřej Havelka

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8 300+

Facebook follower

1995-present

years active with Melody Makers

What's new

2025-10
In October 2025, Havelka appeared in the program Všechnopárty on Czech Television, where he spoke about his departure from the theater.
2025-12
Two major concerts of the show SWING! SWING! SWING! are announced for December 2025 - December 8 at the Olomouc Reduta and December 14 at the Grand Hall of Lucerna in Prague.
2025-03
In March 2025, Melody Makers launched a tour with a new program Šecky pecky synkopicky (tak jak dycky..!), which visited, among other places, Plzeň, Blansko, and Sokolov.

Tour

OlomoucPrahaPrůhoniceBlanskoPlzeňSokolovBrnoPříbram

Tracks

Nebe na Zemialbum with Adam Plachetka (2023), dedicated to Jezek, Vosek and Werich

Swing nylonového věkuMelody Makers album from 2021

Cole Porter (with Magdalena Kožená)album from 2017, collaboration with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena

Rhapsody in Blue Roomalbum from 2007, one of the key titles in the discography

Sing, Sing, Sing (feat. Sestry Havelkovy)debut single/recording from 2001

About: Melody Makers

Melody Makers is a Czech swing orchestra led by Ondřej Havelka, dedicated to the dance music and jazz of the 1930s and 1940s. The ensemble performs in the spirit of the pre-war era and regularly appears at concerts and dance evenings across the Czech Republic.

~10 700

fans on Facebook

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followers on Instagram

studio albums (CD)

1995

year the orchestra was founded

What's new

2026-02
The orchestra performed at the Znojmo Music Festival 2026 in the newly reconstructed Centrum Jízdárna hall - table tickets sold out.
2025-12
The orchestra announced a Christmas show 'SWING! SWING! SWING!' with concerts in Olomouc (Reduta, 9. 12.) and at Prague's Lucerna (14. 12. 2025).
2025-03
The March concert in Velké Meziříčí was postponed to 14 October 2025 due to Ondřej Havelka's illness; tickets remain valid.

Tour

PrahaOlomoucBrnoLitomyšlPlzeňZlínČeské BudějoviceZnojmoŽďár nad SázavouPrůhoniceBlanskoVelké Meziříčí

Tracks

Swing nylonového věkualbum from 2021, return after a six-year break

Nebe na Zemialbum from 2023 with world-renowned baritone Adam Plachetka

Rhapsody in Blue Roomalbum from 2007, one of the most famous in the discography

Cole Porteralbum from 2017 with soprano Magdalena Kožená

Dávají perly swingualbum from 2012, a selection of swing gems

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