The second edition of the Poznej Vltavu (Get to Know the Vltava) festival will take place across Prague on September 28, 2026. For one day, the banks of the Vltava will host a programme exploring the river from a variety of perspectives. The festival will feature workshops, exhibitions, sports activities, boat trips, and tours of places that are not normally open to the public. Prague’s riverfront embankments and other locations along the Vltava will offer activities for children, adults, and seniors. The festival aims to highlight the Vltava as a natural part of Prague’s urban environment and an important ecological feature, while giving visitors the opportunity to spend a day exploring the river and its surroundings. Experts from a range of fields will discuss the Vltava in its broader context and offer insights into lesser-known aspects of the river. This year’s programme will involve organisations including the Prague Institute of Planning and Development, Prague City Tourism, the Prague City Gallery, the Vltava River Authority, Prague Waterworks and Sewerage Company, the Prague Water Management Company, ROPID, Prague City Forests, the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, and many others. The festival area will extend farther along the Vltava this year,...
On October 21, electronic duo AIGEL will perform at Futurum Music Bar in Prague as part of a special concert marking the band’s 10th anniversary. AIGEL was formed by Tatar poet and singer Aigel Gaisina and St. Petersburg producer Ilya Baramiya. Over the past decade, the duo has developed a distinctive sound combining electronic music, trip-hop and psychedelic influences. Get your ticket here Their music crosses linguistic and cultural boundaries, with songs performed in Russian, Tatar, English and German. AIGEL gained international attention with the viral tracks “Tatarin” and “Pyyala.” The latter topped streaming charts in 25 countries and reached No. 1 on the global Shazam chart. Over 10 years, the duo has released five albums and dozens of singles. They have also received a Cannes Lion for the music video “You’re Born” and toured extensively across Europe and beyond. Now based in Europe, AIGEL is preparing a special anniversary show in Prague, combining the duo’s electronic sound with Gaisina’s distinctive and expressive vocals. The concert will take place on October 21 at Futurum Music Bar. Promote your business to thousands of expats in Prague Find out how. .
After a major renovation costing more than CZK 3 billion, Prague’s Industrial Palace at the Výstaviště exhibition grounds will open its doors to the public in two weeks. From September 25 to October 11, visitors will be able to explore the history and architecture of the landmark and see how it has been transformed during the renovation on guided tours organised by Výstaviště Praha and Prague City Tourism. According to Výstaviště Praha, the palace will not remain open to the public on a regular basis after the tours. Instead, it will serve as a venue for exhibitions, trade fairs and other scheduled events. The renovation of the Industrial Palace, including the reconstruction of its fire-damaged left wing, began in February 2022, more than 13 years after the wing was destroyed by a fire in October 2008. The approximately one-hour guided tour costs CZK 91. Organisers say the symbolic price refers to 1891, the year the Industrial Palace first opened. Tickets are available through the Prague City Tourism website. Places are limited, and some tour dates have already sold out. The first major event scheduled at the renovated palace will be the Designblok festival in early October. Built in Just Ten...
Award-winning Holocaust documentary UnBroken will have its Czech premiere at Prague’s Edison Filmhub on Friday, September 25. The screening will take place alongside the opening of the new “Rescuers of Children” exhibition at the National Pedagogical Museum. Director, producer and writer Beth Lane will attend the Prague screening. The documentary tells the story of Lane’s mother, Ginger Lane, and her six siblings, who survived the Holocaust after being hidden for two years by German farmers Paula and Arthur Schmidt. The seven Jewish children were sheltered on the couple’s farm in Brandenburg, about 60 kilometers east of Berlin. They survived the war and emigrated together to the United States in 1946. They are believed to be the only known family of seven Jewish siblings to have survived the Holocaust and later emigrated together as a family. Ginger Lane, now 86, is one of two surviving members of the family. Paula and Arthur Schmidt were later recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, an honor given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Their story is also featured in “Rescuers of Children,” the new exhibition at the National Pedagogical Museum. The exhibition examines the experiences...
Prague Castle will host a four-month festival celebrating the legacy of Václav Havel, with theatre, film, music, design and public debates taking place from October through January. The Havel ALIVE festival will mark what would have been Havel’s 90th birthday and explore the continued relevance of his ideas. Most events will be free. One of the main highlights will be the Czech premiere of The Warning, an unfinished Havel play that remained hidden for almost 40 years. The manuscript was discovered by David Dušek among the papers of writer Zdeněk Urbánek. The production has been prepared by Jiří Havelka, artistic director of Dejvické Theatre, and will feature actors Martin Myšička and Ivan Trojan. The theatre will also present We’ll Start It Tomorrow, or Who’s the Gentleman Here at Prague Castle’s Riding Hall. The festival will also focus on Havel’s influence on Czech design. In cooperation with Designblok, Prague Castle will present Design for Václav Havel, featuring objects connected with his presidency, including Bořek Šípek’s Olga chair, original glass pieces and Castle Guard uniforms designed by Theodor Pištěk. For the first time, the exhibition will also show the entire presidential office, including Havel’s library. It will open during Designblok on October...
One of the world’s most sought-after producers and the king of the high-tech minimal genre, German DJ Boris Brejcha, is returning to the Czech Republic. As part of his Reflections world tour, he will perform at Prague’s O2 Arena on Friday, October 2, 2026. For electronic music fans, one of the highlights of the season. Boris Brejcha, whose identity is inextricably linked to a mysterious Venetian mask, promises a show full of spectacular lighting and a breathtaking visual spectacle. He is recognized worldwide as a creator and pioneer of the “high-tech minimal” genre. The concert will be the artist’s only performance in the Czech Republic. Official ticket sales have already begun. Tickets are available exclusively through the official Ticketmaster and Ticketportal sales networks. Where did the iconic mask come from? At the age of six, Brejcha suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. He sustained severe burns to his face and body. Music became his escape, and he began producing it on his own at the age of twelve. He launched his official career in 2006. He made his debut at the Universo Paralello festival in Brazil, where he was inspired by the local carnival and chose his iconic Joker...
Netflix has begun filming its new series based on Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets, bringing Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon back to Prague. The production officially started in the Czech capital this week, with Netflix releasing a first look at Morgan Spector as Langdon and Rebecca Hall as scientist Katherine Solomon. The series is currently untitled and does not yet have a release date. Netflix has now added five more actors to the production. Mamoudou Athie will appear as Michael Harris, Ben Levi Ross as Alex Conan, Anamaria Marinca as Dr. Gessner, Richard Sammel as Karl Muller and Elena Saurel as Susan Housemore. The series is being developed by Carlton Cuse, who co-created Lost and later worked on Jack Ryan, Locke & Key, Bates Motel and Five Days at Memorial. Cuse serves as co-creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer. Emma Forman is also an executive producer for Genre Arts, alongside Cuse and Brown. Brown is involved in the project as a co-writer and executive producer. The novel takes Langdon through several recognizable parts of Prague, including Charles Bridge and the Klementinum, as he searches for answers following Solomon’s disappearance. Netflix says the television adaptation will combine scientific ideas, historical mysteries...
The Prague Planetarium in Stromovka will host a new series of chamber concerts combining live music with projections of the universe from September 2026. Called Niche Nites, the series will feature 10 concerts between September 2026 and June 2027. Each performance will be accompanied by visuals projected across the planetarium’s 22-metre-wide dome, with the imagery responding to the music in real time. The programme will take place on the final weekend of each month. Rather than staging repeated performances, each musician or group will appear at the planetarium only once, giving every concert its own programme and visual design. The series will open on September 25 with cellist Terezie Kovalová, whose work combines classical music with pop, alternative and electronic influences. Other performers confirmed for the programme include guitarist and composer Michal Pavlíček, who will appear with singer Bára Basiková, pianist and composer Beata Hlavenková, and singer-songwriter Lenka Dusilová. Further names will be announced by the organisers in the coming months. Producer and dramaturg Michala Komrsková said the project is intended to present established Czech musicians in a more intimate setting than the large concert halls where they usually perform. The planetarium’s technology will play a central role. Its dome...
The legendary Gipsy Kings by André Reyes will perform in Prague this November, bringing their distinctive mix of flamenco guitar, rumba and Latin rhythms to Lucerna Great Hall on November 29, 2026. Led by founding member André Reyes, the group will perform some of the songs that made the Gipsy Kings famous around the world, including “Bamboleo,” “Djobi Djoba” and “Volare,” alongside newer material. The concert is being presented by Gotobeat and will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are online here. From southern France to the world The Gipsy Kings’ story began with the Reyes family and their musical roots in the south of France. André Reyes was one of the founding members of the group, which went on to combine traditional flamenco with rumba, Latin rhythms and pop influences. Their energetic guitar playing and Spanish-language songs helped turn rumba flamenca into an international sound. Tracks such as “Bamboleo” and “Djobi Djoba” became global hits, while their version of “Volare” introduced the group to an even wider audience. Music associated with the Gipsy Kings has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, making the group one of the most successful international acts to emerge from the flamenco-rumba tradition. Their music...
Prague has taken another step toward building the long-planned Vltava Philharmonic. The Prague Development Company (PDS) submitting an application for planning permission and new visualizations revealing the project in greater detail. The application covers not only the Philharmonic building but also the surrounding public spaces, transport infrastructure and connections to the existing metro, tram, road, cycling and pedestrian networks. If the permitting process stays on schedule, the city expects to receive the necessary approval in the first quarter of 2027. A tender for the construction company would then follow, with building work potentially starting in the first quarter of 2028. The project is planned for the Bubny-Zátory district, near the existing Vltavská metro station. The new cultural complex is expected to be completed in 2033, when trial operations could begin. The building was designed by Danish architecture studio BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, which won an international competition in May 2022. Preparation of the detailed permit documentation began in 2025. The complex will have three underground levels and six floors above ground. It will contain five music halls, creative spaces, restaurants and other facilities. The project is also intended to provide new premises for the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK and...
The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP), representing the embassies of ASEAN member states, together with the embassies of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, will host the fifth edition of the ASEAN Plus Three Film Festival (APTFF). The festival will begin on Monday, September 7, 2026, at the Municipal Library of Prague. Organised in cooperation with the Municipal Library of Prague, the festival will run until September 14 and feature seven full-length films, alongside a curated selection of short films from across the ASEAN Plus Three region. Since its launch in 2022, the APTFF has introduced Czech audiences to the diverse cultures and cinematic voices of ASEAN and its Plus Three partners. Previous editions have featured acclaimed films including Escape from Mogadishu (Republic of Korea), Father and Son (Viet Nam) and Yuni (Indonesia). This year’s programme includes Solata: Friends Are the Family We Choose (Indonesia), Babah (Malaysia), The Beginning (Myanmar), I’m Perfect (the Philippines), 4 Tigers (Thailand), Song of the South (Viet Nam) and One and Only (China). A selection of short films will also be screened during the opening night on September 7. The programme includes Mbiyodo/Communal Work (Indonesia), Ninavau (Malaysia), Myanmar Be Enchanted (Myanmar), Lola Loleng/Grandma Loleng...
Jan Poš light installation Synapse will go on display in the Florenc Line C metro passage at the end of September. The artwork will track passengers’ movements and complement the existing Battle of Sokolovo mosaic. Prague city councillors approved around CZK 1.38 million in funding to complete and install the artwork. “Synapse” is a light-based installation by visual artist Jan Poš (1996) and the winning entry in the “Light for the Metro” competition held in 2023. The aim was to create a light artwork for the passage connecting the north and south concourses of Florenc metro station. A total of 23 artists and teams submitted proposals, with four advancing to the final stage, which was conducted as a competitive dialogue. The five-member jury considered the artwork’s long-term maintenance and its ability to withstand demanding operating conditions. According to Poš, the artwork, installed on the wall opposite the underpass’s main staircase, comes into view as metro passengers ascend or descend the stairs. It becomes part of their daily journey while remaining elegantly set apart, creating a space where it can stand on its own and offer a moment of respite from the hustle and bustle. Poš says the work’s format and...
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