This article provides a list of fun and interesting activities, attractions, and events you can enjoy in Prague during the month of April, updated for 2022.

Enjoy St. Mathew’s Fair

This fair has been celebrated since the 16th century at least, so you’ll really get a good taste of a traditional Czech festival – updated for modern times, of course – here! St. Mathew’s Fair started in February and runs through April 25th, 2022, at the Prague Holesovice Exhibition Centre. There will be rides, games, and live entertainment.

Prague Majales

At the end of April, this festival will be held in towns all over the country, including in Prague. This year, the festival will be on April 23rd, 2022. There will be a parade through Old Town before the concerts start in the early afternoon.

The festival draws a crowd of over 20,000 people, most of them university-student aged. But everyone is welcome to attend! Live entertainment is spread out over multiple stages. The majority of the bands each year are Czech, with a few Slovak artists.

Tickets are 500 CZK, and the first time you enter you’ll receive a wristband so you can leave and come back at any time.

Find tickets and more information here.

Prague Beer Fest

Prague Beer Fest offers visitors the chance to taste Czech beer in all its variety. 30 Czech breweries are expected. Prices: 100 CZK per day. 200 CZK for both days. Includes tasting glass. No need to book, tickets are available on the day.

More info here

Prague Half Marathon

The Prague Half Marathon winds its way through Prague’s city center, through the historic areas on both banks of the Vltava River. This is one of the fastest marathon courses on the IAAF circuit.

More info here

The Prague Easter Markets

The Prague Easter Markets are open daily at the Old Town Square. Wooden huts display traditional handicrafts, such as glassware, embroidered lace, jewelry, and hand-painted Easter eggs. Local food and drinks are also available: sausages, hams on spits, pastries, Czech beer and hot mulled wine.

We wrote about the markets here

Mediterranean Food – Festival

The annual Mediterranean Food Festival is held at Smichovska Naplavka on April 9, an embankment on the left bank of the river. Taste specialties of French, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Croatian cuisine, including grilled fish, oysters, paella, lamb kebabs, olives, figs, falafel, and various cheeses and wines.

More info on their FB page here

Febiofest

Febiofest is an international film festival, screening the best of the past year’s cinema releases. The festival focuses on feature-length films, although short, documentary, experimental and animated movies also feature. This year the festival is running from April 19 to April 28.

Find the whole program on the official website

Comic/Con

From April 22 to April 24, fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror will enjoy this international three-day festival dedicated to video games, board games, films, TV shows, comics, books, paintings and more.

Find the whole program on the official website

Čarodějnice

An ancient folk festival, Witches’ Night is a cross between Halloween and May Day and marks the end of winter and the start of spring. An effigy of a witch, said to resemble winter (or perhaps a historical reference to witch-hunting) is burnt on pyres on hilltops across the country.

In Prague, there is usually a lantern parade starting on April 30 at 7 pm at the Lesser Town Square, proceeding on to Kampa Park for a witches burning around 8 pm.