Culture/Major events

Major events

FESTIVAL OF LAUGHTER
Theatre Festival Full of Comedies
February/March
East Bohemian Theatre

FOR THE GINGERBREAD SCUFF
Dance Contest
March
Culture House Dukla

ONE WORLD
Film Festival
March/April
Theatre 29

FEBIOFEST+ FEBIOFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL
International Cine-Meeting
April
AFI Palace Pardubice

BUM BUM PARDUBICE BUM
Rally of Drummers
April
Small Hall ČEZ Arena

PARDUBICE SPRING MUSICAL
Chamber Music Festival
April/May
Music Halls in Pardubice

NATIONAL ABYLYMPICS
Possibilities and Skills Contest of Health Disabled Persons
May
ČEZ Arena

FESTIVAL OF BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ
International Festival and Children Choirs’ Contest
June
Culture House Dukla, CSOB Insurance Company, Music House

AVIATION FAIR
Show Including Aviation Engineering
June
Pardubice Airport

FOLKLORE FESTIVAL PARDUBICE – HRADEC KRALOVÉ
National Folklore Music and Dances
June
Pardubice Castle, City´s historical centre

PERNŠTÝNSKÁ NIGHT
Old Czech Feast connected with music production
June
City´s historical centre, Pardubice Chateau

MIRROR OF ART
Show not only of basic art schools
June
City´s historical centre, Pardubice Chateau

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL JAZZ DANCE OPEN
Show of Jazz Dances
June
East Bohemian Theatre

SUMMER CINEMA
Film projection under the open sky
July/August
Tyrs Park (Tyršovy sady)

CZECH OPEN
International Festival of Chess
Bridge and Games
16. 7. – 2. 8. 2009
IDEON, ČEZ Arena

PARDUBICE WINE FESTIVAL
Wine Merchant Presentations
August
Pardubice Chateau

PERNSTYNSKA WINERY NIGHT
Fair Connected with Wine Tasting
August
Pernštýnské Square

HORSES IN ACTION
International Exhibition about horses and people
September
Pardubice Racecourse

YOUNG STAGE
Festival of Chamber Music performed by beginning artists
September
Music House, Pardubice Chateau, East Bohemian Theatre, City Hall

PARDUBICE HARVEST FESTIVAL
Traditional Craft and Farmers’ Festival
September
Tyrs Park (Tyršovy sady)

CITY FESTIVITIES WITH FIREWORKS
Festival of Pardubice artists, theatre plays, rally of historical cars and honey tasting, big firework…
October
Pardubice Chateau, City´s historical centre, shore of the Labe River

GREAT PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE (VELKÁ PARDUBICKÁ)
Hurdle-Race
October
Pardubice Racecourse

FOR THE GINGERBREAD HEART
Ballroom Dancing Contest
November
Club ABC

PARDUBICKÁ RYENGLE
Country Dancing Contest
November
IDEON

ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATIONS
ceremonious lightning of the Christmas tree with market
November/December
Pernštýnské Square

PERNŠTÝNSKÉ CHRISTMAS
Stalls selling traditional Czech products
December
Pernštýnské Square

CHRISTMAS SINGING
Carols Singing, 24. 12. 2009
East Bohemian Theatre

CHRISTMAS SINGING ON PERNŠTÝNSKÉ SQUARE
Czech Christmas mass by J. J. Ryba
24. 12. 2009
Pernštýnské Square

The detailed plan of all Pardubice events can be found at the web site of PARDUBICE REGION TOURISM

Pardubice City Festivities

The Pardubice City Festivities are traditional events that bring plenty of music, entertainment, education and most of all pleasure to the city. The City Festivities are divided into two parts – the spring and autumn festivals. What is more, the autumn festival is organised in-between two very important sporting events – the Golden Helmet (Zlatá přilba) speedway race, which always begins the festival, and the Great Pardubice Steeplechase (Velká pardubická), which brings the celebrations to an end quite spectacularly.

Spring festival – THE MIRROR OF ART (ZRCADLO UMĚNÍ)

This project is organised by Culture Centre Pardubice (Kulturní centrum Pardubice) and the primary school of art in Polabiny. The project originated as a reaction to the challenge of the General Secretary of UNESCO to support art education and creativity as the basis of culture and peace. The words “art” and “mirror” do not appear in the name of the festival purely by chance; in fact they capture the focus of the entire event quite precisely. Each day is set aside for one particular genre of art and this is presented in various parts of the city in different performances. Monday – the city paints, the city recites and acts. Tuesday – the city plays music. Wednesday – the city dances. Thursday – the city sings. The festival is attended by children from nursery schools, primary schools and secondary schools, by the pupils from primary schools of art, by children from children’s homes, from various clubs and groups interested in art. And so it is that the people of Pardubice and visitors to the city come across this cultural marathon in the space of one week in June, whether in the form of concerts, theatre performances or art workshops.

A prize draw is also open to all participants in the festival, i.e. the schools, nurseries and groups that take part in the Mirror of Art festival, in which they can win attractive prizes.

The Mirror of Art is a festival that brings art and culture closer to the people, comes to them in the streets and wants to show that art and art education are an important part of our lives in this day and age, just as they were in the past.

The autumn part of the PARDUBICE CITY FESTIVITIES

Clubs, theatres, galleries, culture centres and art schools are all involved in the festival programme, which lasts almost a week. There is dancing, singing and acting literally throughout the city. Lovers of brass bands, classical music or rock all come into their own and there is something too for children or history enthusiasts, for example.

One major attraction is the magnificent firework display that is organised every year on the banks of the River Elbe. Thousands of people move between Pernštýnské Square (Pernštýnské náměstí), Pardubice Chateau and the banks of the Elbe to take in this fascinating firework show. You can go to large or more intimate events throughout the festival, either indoors or outside.

The individual clubs and groups in Pardubice endeavour to prepare plenty for the people of Pardubice and visitors to the city to enjoy and so the silent motto of the city festivals, “Pardubice folk for Pardubice”, is ever more perceptible every year.