Night in Chestnuts 2026: BEN CRISTOVAO & Guests

Name: Night in Chestnuts 2026: BEN CRISTOVAO & Guests
Start: 2026-08-14T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-15T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Letní scéna zámeckého parku

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 — Sat, 15 Aug · 18:00

Summer Stage of the Castle Park, Dačice · from 890 Kč · ≈ 37 €

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Night in Chestnuts 2026: BEN CRISTOVAO & Guests — Summer Stage of the Castle Park, Dačice

Buy ticket on sale until 15 Aug

Ticket sales for the 3rd edition of the summer festival Night in Chestnuts are now open. The festival will take place on August 15, 2026 at the summer stage in the castle park in Dačice.

The main headliner is BEN CRISTOVAO, who sold out Eden. Tickets are now on sale at a discounted price valid until the end of the year or until capacity is reached.

Additional festival guests will be announced gradually.

About the venue: Summer Stage of the Castle Park

The Summer Stage of the Castle Park is an open-air amphitheatre set within Dačice's castle park, with the entrance from V Kaštanech street. It hosts concerts and festivals across various genres - most notably the two-day RockFest Dačice, which has been held here since 2006. The venue also serves as the backdrop for other summer events such as beer festivals and the multi-genre Noc v Kaštanech open-air festival.

V Kaštanech, 380 01 Dačice Get directions

About the festival: Night in Chestnuts 2026: BEN CRISTOVAO & Guests

3rd edition

festival year

Good to know

One-day event - Saturday 15. 8. 2026
Admission 890 Kč (current pre-sale price)
Gates open from 18:00
Tickets via SMSticket (smsticket.cz)
Venue: summer stage (amphitheater) of the castle park, Dačice
Stalls with draft beer (Pilsner Urquell), mixed drinks (Beefeater) and prosecco (Bohemia)
No entry with backpack
Further guests will be announced gradually

What's new

2025-12
Pre-sale of tickets for the 3rd festival edition has started; the discounted price was valid until 31.12.2025 or until capacity was sold out.
2025-12
Ben Cristovao was confirmed as the main headliner of the 3rd festival edition, having sold out Prague's Eden in the previous season.
2026-06
Festival tickets are on sale via SMSticket at the price of 890 Kč, the event starts at 18:00.
2025-07
The second festival edition took place on 19.7.2025 with bands UDG, The Feet, Kalybr and Like-It; the entrance fee in the first wave cost 400 Kč.

Line-up

About: BEN CRISTOVAO

Ben Cristovao, born Ben da Silva Cristóvão on 8 June 1987 in Plzeň, is a Czech singer, rapper and music producer of Angolan-Czech heritage. He gained prominence as a finalist in the Česko-Slovenská SuperStar competition in 2009 and subsequently became a major figure in Czech pop music, earning the Český slavík award in 2016 for the year's most-streamed Czech song "ASIO". He represented the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions: the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the pandemic, and in 2021 he finished in 15th place with "Omaga".

885 thousand

monthly listeners on Spotify

27,5M+

plays of the single "Slzy" on Spotify

18,2M+

plays of the single "Sweet Chilli" on Spotify

35 000

capacity of the concert at Fortuna Arena (June 2025)

What's new

2025-06
On June 7, 2025, Ben Cristovao performed the largest concert of his career at Fortuna Arena (Eden) in Prague.
2025-12
Ben Cristovao and Sofian Medjmedj released their second collaborative album of the year DENPASAR and performed two sold-out shows at O2 Universum in Prague (December 21 and 22, 2025).
2025
The collaborative album KHAOSAN (June 2025) with Sofian Medjmedj was created during their road trip across Asia and contains 14 tracks combining pop and electronic elements.

Tour

PrahaJablonec nad Nisou

Tracks

Slzyfeat. Sofian Medjmedj, over 27 million streams on Spotify, biggest hit

Sweet Chilliover 18 million streams on Spotify, long-term radio hit

ASIOwinner of Czech Nightingale 2016 in the category of most-listened Czech song

Kemamasong for Eurovision 2020, competition cancelled due to pandemic

KHAOSANalbum from 2025 recorded with Sofian Medjmedj, 14 tracks

Recent shows

Jun 12, 2026 Park 360, Hradec Králové
Apr 25, 2026 Pivovarská flošna, Hradec Králové
Oct 27, 2025 MOOD Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové

About: Renne Dang

A Czech rapper of Vietnamese descent whose candid lyrics on identity and mental health have resonated across a generation. His double-platinum album problémy v ráji was followed in May 2026 by the fifth solo record trauma party, launched at a sold-out Forum Karlín show.

223.8K

monthly listeners on Spotify

~60

concerts per year

2×

platinum record for the album Problémy v ráji

What's new

2026-05
On May 1, 2026, he released his fifth solo album trauma party; the premiere took place on May 16 at a sold-out concert at Forum Karlín, which became the largest show of his career.
2026-05
After the sold-out Forum Karlín, he announced another solo concert - in October 2027 he will perform at O2 universa.
2025-11
In November 2025, he received the Český slavík award in the Objev roku category; he donated the prize money of 200,000 Kč to the organization Nevypusť duši.

Tour

PrahaBrnoPlzeňLiberecKarlovy VaryTřebíčSvitavyPřerovTelčTáborOlomoucÚstí nad LabemPardubiceHradec KrálovéKostelec nad Orlicí

Tracks

Kytky z pumpyhit from the album Thái, one of the most famous singles of his career

problémy v rájititle single of the eponymous album (2024), 2x platinum record

nehledá láskuinstant hit from the album Problems in Paradise (2024)

poslední requiemsingle from the album Trauma Party (2025/2026)

trauma partyfifth solo album, released May 1, 2026

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