Castles, music, history. The travelling music and cultural festival Hrady CZ heads to Moravia this Friday and Saturday, stopping at Veveří with Daniel Landa, Mirai, Rybičky 48 and Mig 21
The three Hs – castles, music and history – define the travelling music and cultural festival Hrady CZ. After Točník, Kunětická hora, Švihov and Hluboká nad Vltavou, it is heading to Moravia on Friday and Saturday, 7 and 8 August, to Veveří near Brno. It will then appear, again on Friday and Saturday, in Hradec nad Moravicí and Bouzov, before concluding its 21st tour on 29 and 30 August back in Bohemia at Bezděz. On Friday at Veveří, Rybičky 48 and Mig 21 will perform, along with rapper Rytmus. On Saturday, visitors can look forward to exclusive extended sets by Mirai and Daniel Landa, as well as Vypsaná fixa, Krucipüsk and Tomáš Klus.
Unique among festivals of its kind, Hrady CZ includes free admission to a tour of Veveří Castle in the ticket price on Saturday afternoon, subject to the monument's capacity.
On Friday, the site with two stages in the meadows next to Veveří Castle will open at 3:30 p.m. The crowd will be set dancing by Trautenberk, the creative Grey256 and pop band Vega Elektra. The traditional and largest castle costume carnival, held as part of the programme at 7:30 p.m., celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Everyone who comes in costume will take part in a parade on the festival stage and receive a reward. At every Hrady CZ stop, the crowd will select the three best costumes by cheering. They will advance to the grand final, with the winner announced on 17 November 2026. The main prize for the overall winner will be free tickets to next year's festival and various other prizes.
On Saturday, the site will open to visitors at 10:30 a.m. Fans can also look forward to crazy-rock band Harlej, singer Lenny and singer-songwriter Xindl X. Alternative pop act Brixtn will present its new single Náhubek, while Adaline will bring a 1990s sound to Hrady CZ for the first time.
"At the individual stops of the Hrady CZ festival, we make no distinctions. We give 120 percent everywhere and always try to make the whole concert special. Instead of an inflatable strawberry, this year I crowd-surf over the audience on a mattress, and we have a completely new custom-made stage for Hrady CZ shaped like our own living room. It is quite a clever setup," says Mirai Navrátil, inviting fans to the Hrady CZ festival.
The festival organisers have long cooperated with the National Heritage Institute. On Saturday afternoon, visitors with a festival ticket will have free access to the tour routes at Veveří Castle, subject to capacity. In addition to a varied selection of refreshments, all festival sites will for the first time offer a traditional pub with covered seating and draught beer served in glasses, a family zone with a bouncy castle for children, a Playhouse tent with gaming activities for a break from the festival bustle, shaded chill-out zones with loungers and other leisure activities. Creatively minded visitors can take part in a photo competition for valuable prizes. Photos from this year's festival can be uploaded directly from the venue using a QR code in the festival brochure, which will be available on site. Payments at the festival will once again be made through a cashless system using rechargeable wristbands; no other form of payment will be accepted.
📍 Castle Veveří
📅 7.-August 8., 2026
🕕 from 15:00
🎟️ Tickets via HradyCz