Fall is an ideal time to hit up the kino. Not only is the weather perfect for film-gazing, but there are also a fair number of quality, English-friendly film festivals at this time of year in Prague and beyond. Bollywood…
Signal Festival
Signal Festival is a dazzling mix of videomapping and light installations taking place over several fall days. Installations are mostly scattered throughout the historic center, although some are more off the beaten tourist path, for example, at Náměstí míru or…
Prague Pride
In August of every year, Prague is taken over by rainbow flags, glitter, and cute boys in pink shorts. The pride movement had humble beginnings in the Czech Republic starting in 2008 in Brno (one of the largest cities…
Queer Eye
Queer Eye festival in April of each year focuses on alternative music, performance, visual arts and photography. It maps the Czech society and culture from a different “queer” perspective, but it also has an international outreach. And since it is…
Žižkovská Noc
Three crazy nights/60 venues/more than 500 artists/cheap as hell Žižkovská Noc is a multi-genre festival held in one of the coolest and party-friendly neighborhoods of Prague, Žižkov. What started out as a homegrown one day music festival has now morphed…
Zombie Walk Praha
BRAAAAINS! Mmm, tourist braaaains! Every summer since 2008 the streets of Prague are filled with the walking dead. It’s quite a site to see as hundreds of zombies shuffle through Old Town Square and across the Charles Bridge. Anyone interested…
Prague Fringe Festival
The Prague Fringe Festival is Prague’s one and only English language theater festival. It started in 2001 and has been going strong ever since. Prague Fringe focuses on theater, music, and dance performances in English, although there have been a…