Ponavafest 2019: Music, theatre, workshops and a children's programme

Ponavafest 2019: Music, theatre, workshops and a children's programme

The festival "with no fences and no admission fees" will be held in the Brno Lužánky Park this year as well. Over fifty events will take place on total of five The Stage s over the weekend. The programme includes musical performances, theatrical shows, film screenings, workshops and author readings. The music scene is represented by names such as Arve Henriksen and David Kollar, Dorota Barová and Jiří Šimek, The BladderStones, Brünnwerk or Songs From Utopia.

This multi-genre festival attracts individuals and families with children to the Lužánky Park. The programme includes performances by international artists, debate meetings, film screenings and activities for children. This year's 4th edition is announced to take place on 24  to 26 May 2019 in the Lužánky Park in Brno.

Festival programme:

Friday 24 May 2019

17:30

Karel Jiroš

(i)  PONAVA

19:00

Jan Fic

(i)  PONAVA

20:30

Brünnwerk

(i)  PONAVA

22:00

Veselý Quintet – "Maybe the Bandleader Will Come As Well"

(i)  PONAVA

Saturday 25 May  2019

10:00 - 14:00

Flea market

(B)  The Circus Tent

10:30 - 12:30

Hana's Henna Uprising by Mae Sara

(D)  Zone U

11:00 - 23:00

David Čech: Free Talk Stand (D)  Zone U

12:30

Hanna's Dance – a dance performance by Hana Magdoňová

 

(D)  Zone U

13:00 - 18:00

Children's creative corner

(D)  Zone U

13:00

Gloster 69

(A)  The Stage

13:30 - 16:30

Workshop: Drawing of spring flowers

(D)  Zone U

14:00

Short animated fairy tales

(C)  The Yurt

14:30

Songs From Utopia

(A)  The Stage

15:00

Lužánky Leisure Time Centre  [SVČ Lužánky] Brno – WE DON'T HAVE and Lachtánci: Krysař [The Pied Piper]

(B)  The Circus Tent

15:45

Kalan

(A)  The Stage

16:30

Block of the Host publishing house

(B)  The Circus Tent

16:30

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York

(C)  The Yurt

17:00

Short Films from Brno 16 (12+)

(C)  The Yurt

17:00

TALK Barbora Kašubová and Kateřina Cendelínová

(D)  Zone U

17:00

The BladderStones

(A)  The Stage

18:00

Ponava Edition presents: Martin Černer - Bobky a borůvky [Beans and Blueberries]

(B)  The Circus Tent

18:15

Marián Hatala and Jiří Vondrák

(B)  The Circus Tent

18:30

Tornado Lue

(A)  The Stage

20:00

Bohemian Rhapsody

(C)  The Yurt

20:00

Improvisation performance of actors not only from the Husa na Provázku Theatre

(B)  The Circus Tent

20:00

Vladivojna La Chia

(A)  The Stage

21:30

Lamram Jam

21:30

Stunpoetry – free space for your verses

(B)  The Circus Tent

22:00 - 22:30

Jana Francová – The Message of Trees

(D)  Zone U

22:30

Blues Nocturne (Tomáš Studený)

(B)  The Circus Tent

Sunday 26 May 2019

14:00 - 15:00

HAČTE! creative group with performance of stage reading

(D)  Zone U

14:00

Short animated fairy tales

(C)  The Yurt

15:00

Aldente Theatre: Who Would Be Afraid of That?

(B)  The Circus Tent

16:00

Braxton Ensemble JAMU

(A)  The Stage

16:30

Big Cheese Robbery

(C)  The Yurt

16:30 - 18:00

Embroidery workshop with Maud Kotasová

(D)  Zone U

17:00 - 17:30

Colourful Revelry with Lucie, Anna and Kristýna

(D)  Zone U

17:00

Short Films from Brno 16 (12+)

(C)  The Yurt

17:00

Martin Kudlička – recital

(B)  The Circus Tent

17:30

Dorota Barova & Jiří Šimek

(A)  The Stage

18:00 - 19:00

Happening of Creative Writing by Přemysl Procházka

(D)  Zone U

18:00

Jiří Dědeček - recital

(B)  The Circus Tent

19:00

Limbo

(A)  The Stage

20:00

Divadlo Druhý Pád [Second Case Theatre]: The Picture

(B)  The Circus Tent

20:00

Smoke

(C)  The Yurt

20:30

Arve Henriksen & David Kollar

(A)  The Stage

Photo from archive of the festival

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