The Pop Messe Festival joins forces with Fléda and Kabinet Múz

19 June 2023, 1:00
The Pop Messe Festival joins forces with Fléda and Kabinet Múz

The Pop Messe music festival, which celebrates the diversity of pop music with its program design, has announced a new partnership with the prestigious Fléda and Kabinet Múz clubs in Brno. The mutual cooperation aims to strengthen the local club scene, connect fans and share unforgettable musical experiences together.

“I consider it quite natural to cooperate with local and established partners such as Fléda and Kabinet Múz. I am delighted and looking forward to our new synergy, and I believe that in the future it will strengthen both our rapidly growing Pop Messe festival and the leading entities on the Brno club scene, which are indispensable elements of Brno’s cultural wealth," festival producer Tomáš Kelar comments on the new cooperation.

Pop Messe, which has become one of the most important music festivals in the Czech Republic during its short existence, has come up with a new concept that brings the festival environment even closer to the local music.

“The connection with Pop Messe is a clear and logical step for Kabinet Múz. We identify both the festival’s program design and its creative team. The cooperation between local clubs and the progressive festival will attract more visitors to all our venues, and together we can work to maintain awareness of live music in our beautiful city of Brno,” adds Martin Kozumplík, the operator of Kabinet Múz.

Pop Messe will take place on the last weekend of July, on the 28th and 29th, in the vicinity of the Za Lužánkami stadium and the adjacent premises of the Bobycentre. The organizers are preparing one outdoor and three indoor music stages for this year’s event. Two of the three stages inside the Bobycentre will bear the names of the cult clubs Fléda and Kabinet múz.

During the festival, Fléda will host an all-night Off Messe afterparty. Visitors who want to enjoy music into the early hours of the morning can look forward to musical productions until 6 a.m. “Although it may not always be obvious when you look at the Fléda program, the Pop Messe festival’s program design is an affair of the heart for us. We are thrilled to have it and we will do everything we can to make it even more successful and stronger," adds Lukáš Stara, manager of Fléda Club. Fléda, like Kabinet Múz, is one of the icons of the Brno music scene. Both clubs are known for their great concerts and atmosphere, attracting music fans from all over the country.

The third year of the Pop Messe will feature musicians such as  Tommy Cash, Spiritualized, Clark, Mareux, Gilla Band, Young Fathers, Hudson Mohawke, Max Copper, Lankum, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom, Annet X, Ventolin, Kale, Sunbrella and many more. 

Young Fathers / photo: festival archive

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