Music festival Castles CZ starts on Friday the 13th July at the castle Tocnik and gradually over the years presented every Friday and Saturday until 31 August castles Švihov, Kuneticka mountain Rozmberk, Veveří, Hradec nad Moravicí, Bezděz and Bouzov.
The ninth largest domestic festival in Czech and Moravian castles offer on their first stop concerts Tomáš Klus, Annette Langer and bands No Name, Monkey Business, Mandrage, Wohnout, Notice of fixation or Portless and other musicians. The program starts at Tocník Mig 21 or of Dead, the area will be open on Friday from 18 hours and the first concert will begin an hour later.
The next day introductory tour of the castle festival moves to new premises on the meadow directly below the castle Tocník, where two large stages will perform thirteen bands and artists, and the first festival weekend closed Kitts, coffee and Other Monkey Business. Another castle stop will be the 20th and 21 July castle Švihov.
Last year the festival attracted nearly castles 60,000 visitors and Castles CZ and confirmed that the music festival with absolutely the highest audience participation in the Czech Republic. Festival continues in joining the most awarded bands in the Czech music awards Angel and Ladder and consists of two parts. In 2005, began its existence the first part of the castles in Bohemia, five years later, organizers expanded summer music tour of castles in Moravia, where such will take place for the fourth time. The project includes a total of Castles CZ always a two-day music program in the vicinity of five Czech Czech castles in five regions in Moravia are three different locations in three Moravian regions. Castles CZ and during the summer festival season allow music fans in different regions enjoy the best offers what Czech and Slovak music scene.
Friday's festival program always starts in the evening and often takes place directly in the castle at one stage also includes a carnival masks associated with a raffle for prizes. Saturday's program takes place mostly around the castle near the castle where it becomes a great festival sites for thousands people with two music stages. Similarly, this is also the castle Tocnik, the festival area this year due to increasing traffic changes its location to offer visitors more comfortable.
"The festival has gradually grown significantly, so this year the Tocník and Švihov festival area are moving a little further so as to create more spaces where visitors will not push. I believe that viewers will appreciate, "said festival organizer Michal Sestak.
The original complex, which was situated in the lower part of the village Tocnik, thus moving the festival meadow directly below the castle Tocník. Into the area, visitors will easily and conveniently, the same road that leads to the castle. The moment around the paddocks with animals entering the unpaved road (left), visitors will go straight upwards, where after about 250 meters, find the entrance to a new area with a beautiful view of the castle. The area is much larger and so will all the comfort and plenty of space.
Besides music, the festival organizers visitors Castles CZ allow you to identify attractive places in the Czech Republic and visit various historical monuments, including the tour route, because admission to them is included in the festival ticket. Our long collaboration with the project Bike for Life gives visitors the opportunity to come to the festival by bike and on the festival site storage room for bicycles. As in previous years, this year continues cooperation with the National Heritage Institute.
Of course there are tent cities, where you can also rent tents, including the possibility luggage storage. Specifically, the Tocník the tent city situated near the entrance to the complex. Shuttle from the nearest train station to the festival and back is provided for both days, in addition to the area are also parking that can accommodate hundreds of cars. On Tocnik will ride shuttle service from the train station and back Hořovice.
More information at: www.ceskehrady.cz , www.moravskehrady.cz , www.hradycz.cz
Performers Festival Castles CZ
A Banquet, BT'nJ, Dilated, Other Kafe, David Koller, Tomas Klus, Koblížc, Christopher, Annette Langer, Mandrage, Mig 21 of Dead, Monkey Business, Nightwork, No Name, Pipes and Pints, Portless, Prague Selection , Rybičky 48, Rhythm, Skyline, Vypsaná Fixa, We On The Moon, Wohnout, grain
Dates and locations
12 to 13 7th Tocnik
19th - 20 7th Švihov
26th - 27th 7th Kuneticka mountain
Second - 3rd 8th Rosenberg nad Vltavou
9th - 10th 8th Veveří
16th - 17th 8th Hradec nad Moravicí
23rd - 24th 8th Bezděz
30th - 31st 8th Bouzov
Source: Press Release