STRAHOV OPENAIR 2026
took place · 23 Sep 2026
Club 007 Strahov , Prague
📝 Description was written before the event
A student multi-genre music festival marking the start of the academic year at CTU Prague. The 29th edition will feature dozens of performers, with food and additional programming available.
Club 007 Strahov is a legendary student club on the Strahov dormitory campus, running since 1990. It hosts live bands across genres - metal, punk, indie, electronic - and has long been a launchpad for up-and-coming Czech and international acts. The raw, no-frills setting is a big part of its appeal.
🎪 About the festival: STRAHOV OPENAIR 2026
🎟️ Good to know
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Free admission
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1 day (Wednesday, September 23, 2026, from 14:30)
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4 stages (main stage, 2 club stages, elektrostage)
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Food trucks from all over the Czech Republic right in the venue
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Venue: Strahov Dormitories, Vaníčkova 7, Prague 6
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Transport: Public transport - buses no. 143, 149, 217 or tram to Pohořelec
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Non-camping event (one-day festival)
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Non-profit project, funded by partners including ČVUT and MČ Praha 6
📰 What's new
2026-05 The final of the Band Contest 2026 took place on May 19 at Club 007 Strahov - the winner Mad Family secured a place on the main stage of the 29th edition.
2026-02 The Band Contest 2026 started on February 10 with the first round at Club 007 Strahov; a total of nine bands competed in three rounds and the final.
2026-01 The festival confirmed the date of the 29th edition: September 23, 2026 from 14:30 at Strahovské koleje, free admission.
2025-09 The 28th edition of the festival took place on September 24, 2025; on five stages performed, among others, Kapitán Demo, Skyline, Portless and Annabelle.
This Falun-based five-piece fuses Gothenburg melodic death metal with symphonic textures and metalcore, and their live show is famously ferocious. With a debut album due in fall 2026, they arrive fresh off a breakthrough set at Sweden Rock Festival.
📰 What's new2026-06 LÝSIS performed on June 4, 2026 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, where they received enthusiastic reviews for their intense live performance.
2026-06 The band released the single 'Unsaid' along with a music video that premiered in Sweden Rock Magazine.
2026-06 After the Sweden Rock Festival, LÝSIS launched a European tour as headliners.
🎵 TracksRotten Delusion the band's heaviest single to date, released in October 2024
Unsaid single from 2026, released before Sweden Rock Festival
Scorched single from 2022, released via CRS Records
All in Your Hands debut EP, December 2019
Different Shades of Pain single from July 2020
LÝSIS
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Turbopreachers are a Czech tribute act put together by members of Prague band Unholy, dedicated entirely to the music of Norwegian rock'n'roll legends Turbonegro. Their sets draw exclusively from the Turbonegro catalogue - no originals. What started as a one-off project has kept pulling crowds back.
Prague's The Gangnails have been blending raw punk with rockabilly and dirty rock'n'roll since 2001 - five albums deep and still one of the hardest-working live acts on the Czech underground circuit.
📰 What's new2026-04 The Gangnails performed as the opening act for British psychobilly legend Demented Are Go at the Walpurgis Night show at Rock Café Praha (April 30, 2026).
2026-06 The band performs on June 18, 2026 at Klubu 007 in Prague.
2026-07 In July 2026, the band will perform at an open-air event at Aqua Loca in Ceske Budejovice.
🗺️ TourPraha České Budějovice Harrachov
🎵 TracksRolling Tunes! fifth studio album (2020), released on PHR Records
Bullets In The Underground third album (2011), released on vinyl and CD by own label
Can Their Pussies Do The Dog? second album (2005), also released on California label Dr. Acula Records
Taste It! debut album (2004), available for free download on Bandcamp
Open The Pub! single from the album Rolling Tunes!, written during the pandemic
The Gangnails
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Chrpy is a Czech punk rock'n'roll band active on the domestic club circuit. They play energetic, no-frills punk and rock'n'roll, sharing stages with like-minded Czech acts such as Turbopreachers and The Gangnails.
Cursor Miner is a British solo electronic music project active since the early 2000s. The project blends IDM, electro-pop and experimental electronics with a distinctly quirky, humour-laden approach to songwriting. Releases have appeared on labels including Lo Recordings.
Cursor Miner
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O.R.B. is a heavy-psych power trio from Geelong, Australia, playing together since 2014. Zak Olsen, Daff Gravolin and Jamie Harmer build their sound on doom-weight riffs, thick fuzz and a cosmic groove rooted in 70s proto-metal. The band records for Flightless Records - home of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - and Fuzz Club; their fourth album Tailem Bend came out in 2024.
Raw Deal is a Czech krautrock-influenced band operating under the Stoned To Death label. The group moves in the realm of heavy psychedelia and stoner rock, blending hypnotic rhythms with heavy guitar riffs.
G.A.Z.E. is a Finnish band operating at the crossroads of post-punk, EBM, and hardcore. Their music is characterised by a dark atmosphere and industrial influences, placing them firmly in the European underground scene.
SURGE is an Irish band operating in the post-punk, hardcore and industrial underground scene. Hailing from Ireland, they combine aggressive energy with dark, atmospheric textures characteristic of the contemporary European post-punk circuit.
LVZ Silenciosa is an Argentine one-man EBM (Electronic Body Music) project currently based in Barcelona. The project blends driving electronic rhythms with industrial and post-punk influences characteristic of the EBM genre. It is catalogued in the MusicBrainz music database as an active recording act.
Yossarian is a Czech band operating in the post-punk, hardcore and alternative metal scene. The group appears on international bills alongside European post-punk and EBM acts, and is catalogued in the MusicBrainz music database.
Yossarian
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About:
ZEKE
Fronted by Blind Marky Felchtone, this Seattle outfit plays punk so fast that critics coined the term "hypersonic hardcore" for it - 25-plus songs in 40 minutes is a standard ZEKE set. With over three decades behind them, the band ranks among the most ferocious live acts in the underground.
monthly listeners on Spotify
plays of Long Train Runnin' on Spotify
studio albums over 30+ years of career
songs performed in 40 minutes at one concert
📰 What's new2025-07 ZEKE are undertaking an extensive European summer tour in 2025 featuring the festivals Wacken Open Air, Brutal Assault in Jaroměř, and Punk Rock Holiday in Tolmin.
2024-10 ZEKE released a new 7" EP Snake Eyes on the German label Hound Gawd! Records - the recording is not available on streaming platforms, only on vinyl.
2024-10 The band undertook an extensive European autumn tour in 2024 with stops in Prague, Berlin, Munich, Milan, Barcelona, London, and other cities.
🗺️ TourUtrecht Lichtenvoorde Antwerp Herford Bremen Copenhagen Oslo Malmö Wacken Hamburg Duffel Karlsruhe Budapest Tolmin Jaroměř Stuttgart
🎵 TracksFlat Tracker cult album from 1996 that solidified the band's reputation in the punk scene
Long Train Runnin' most-listened track on Spotify, over 1 million plays; from the Tony Hawk's Underground 2 soundtrack
Death Alley title track of an album from 2001, part of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 soundtrack
Kicked in the Teeth album from 1997 released on Epitaph Records, breakthrough to a wider audience
Hellbender comeback album from 2018 after a 14-year hiatus, produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana)
ZEKE
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Klatovy's Garage Rattlesnakes have been cutting through the Czech club circuit with raw speed rock'n'roll since 2017 - no frills, full throttle. From their home stage at Falcon to Prague's Klub 007 Strahov, they've covered plenty of ground and have a released record to show for it.
placement in the Múza 2018 competition
📰 What's new2024-10 Garage Rattlesnakes performed at the sixth anniversary celebration of KC Falcon in Klatovy together with eight other bands.
2024-01 In January 2024, Garage Rattlesnakes performed at KC Falcon Klatovy alongside the American band Thunderosa from Texas.
2023-02 The band performed at Tábor's MC Orion as support for psychobilly legends The Gangnails.
🎵 TracksPush the pedal the band's first music video, released in October 2018 after placing second at Múze
Garage Rattlesnakes
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Pale Death is a Czech black/death metal band formed in 2022. The lineup draws from members of Haunebu Zwei, Sekeromlat, IASP and No Way Back - a gathering of veterans from the Czech underground scene.
Oxidised Razor are a goregrind band from Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, playing since 1998. Their name comes from the Carcass track "Oxidised Razor Masticator". Raw, low-tuned death metal with gore themes - their 2024 album Stench, Putrefaction and Death came out on Coyote Records.
Oxidised Razor
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Purulent Spermcanal is a goregrind band from Ostrava, active since 1996. They play what they call "cannibalistic gore grind" and have built up a sizeable discography over the decades, including splits with acts like the American cult band Impetigo. They are one of the longest-running acts in the Czech extreme underground.
Kožis is a Czech grindcore trio from the Moravian-Silesian region, made up of seasoned musicians also active in bands such as Euthanasia, Soul Massacre, and Dead Carnage. Their debut album Kill Factory blends grindcore with death metal, hardcore, and punk influences. The band takes its name from guitarist Kožis, who originally founded it as a project with drummer Kuba before bassist and vocalist Pedy joined.
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LÝSIS
SHIVER DOWN
DISTORTED TIMES
BERHELVEN
!T.O.O.H.!
THE GANGNAILS
CURSOR MINER
YOSSARIAN
ZEKE
GARAGE RATTLESNAKES
LAST LIGHTNING
OXIDISED RAZOR
