Stredné Považie, fests and events

Pohoda is an art festival, which takes place in the second weekend of July in Trencin, at the airport. An alternative, indie, electronics, world music and punk meet with classic; along with literature, dance, visual arts, film and theater. The campus of the festival is a former military airport in the valley of the river Váh, surrounded by three mountains of the Western Carpathians. Generously designed space provides a capacity for 30,000 visitors. Pohoda was founded by Michal Kaščák and Mário Michna in 1997. In 1999, Pohoda became a two-day festival. Since 2004, the festival has been held...