PonavaFest 2026: Park Side of the Moon

PonavaFest 2026: Park Side of the Moon takes place for the eleventh time in Lužánky Park in Brno. This year's ambassador is Dalibor Buš. The festival offers three days of music, theatre, poetry, performances, and film programming featuring artists from the Czech Republic and abroad.

The programme includes a literary segment showcasing the youngest generation of poets, and animated films in collaboration with FAMU and Echoes of Anifilm.

Thursday 21 May 2025: Martin Forman – Structure of Consciousness (vernissage at Ponava Cafe, 18:00); Láska opravdivá: Thieves, Brigands and Outcasts (20:00).

Friday 22 May 2026: Lucie Tomsa and Theatre 3+kk – Lesson with Jane (16:00); FAMU for Kids 1 (16:00); Rajtaraj (17:30); FAMU for Kids 2 (17:30); Tea and Lisa – Flatmates (clown show, 18:30); Majkls & friends (19:30); FAMU Anidoky (19:30); Čočka (20:30); Putan Club IT-FR (21:00); Does It Matter?! (21:30); Magnis – Fire show (21:45); Radim Babák (22:00); Nixies (22:30).

Saturday 23 May 2026: Shared Prayer and Meditation for Peace and Kindness (11:00); Decidrámy – The Broken Sparrow (13:00); Prune (14:00); FAMU for Kids 1 (14:30); Forman's Art Workshop (15:00); Martina Trchová & Band (15:30); FAMU for Kids 2 (15:30); Thea Sedmidubská – Poetry: Butterflies in a Burning Forest (16:00); The Naive Collective (17:00); FAMU for Kids 1 (17:00); Jan Horský – Poetry: Butterflies in a Burning Forest (18:00); FAMU for Kids 2 (18:00); Bladderstones + Vladimír Václavek (18:30); Tim Postovit – Poetry: Butterflies in a Burning Forest (20:00); Nultá meze – ARTFILM (Premiere, 20:00); Den Der Hale SWE (20:30); Echoes of Anifilm: Boys Go To Jupiter (21:30); Jan Lamram (21:30); Magnis – Fire show (21:45); Dunaj & Jana Vébrová (22:30).

Sunday 24 May 2026: Shamanic and Psychotherapeutic Perspectives on Psychedelic Healing (11:00); Theatre DIP – Journey Through the Body (14:00); Marta Svobodová (14:30); Darina Alster (15:00); Janoušek & Wróblewski Quartet (15:30); Theatre Potají – Bropodcast (15:30); Jakub Orel Tomáš (15:30); Kateřina Olivová (16:00); David Helán (16:30); Vladimír Havlík (17:00); Filorodu (17:00); Jan Karpíšek (17:30); Jana Gazdagová (18:00); Pavel Klusák – This Machine Kills Fascists 2026 (18:00); Trio Character Rytual (18:30).