Puppet Street Festival

Name: Puppet Street Festival
Start: 2026-07-04T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-04T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Muzeum - Fibichův sál

took place · 4 Jul 2026

Muzeum - Fibichův sál, Chrudim

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A street puppet festival in Chrudim featuring puppet performances and interactive entertainment for all ages.

About the venue: Muzeum - Fibichův sál

Fibichův sál is the main concert and social hall in the neo-baroque Museum building on Široká Street, run by the Chrudimská beseda cultural organisation. It holds up to 500 people and regularly hosts concerts, balls and various shows. The hall is named after composer Zdeněk Fibich, who gave his first public performance at the Chrudim civic club in 1865.

Široká 85, 537 01 Chrudim Get directions

About the festival: Puppet Street Festival

75.

year of the Loutkářská Chrudim festival

1951

year of the festival's foundation

year of the street festival

Good to know

Takes place on Saturday, July 4, 2026 from 15:00 in the streets of Chrudimi city center
Admission to the street program is free (outdoor event in the city streets)
Suitable for all age groups, marked 3+
Workshops and activities for children run from 15:00 to 19:00
The program includes theatrical and musical performances, slam poetry, flute music, street songs, happenings and carved carousel
In the evening - a lantern parade through the streets with giant illuminated puppets
Part of the 75th edition of the Loutkářská Chrudim festival (June 30 - July 6, 2026) - the oldest continuously held puppet festival in the world
In Chrudimi you can also visit the Museum of Puppet Cultures with approximately 8,500 puppets from around the world

What's new

2026-06
The jubilee 75th annual Loutkářské Chrudimi festival takes place as part of the announced Year of Puppet Theatre in the Czech Republic.

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