Bratislava
Cultural Summer 2024 on the stages of BKIS

Bratislava Cultural Summer

June 21, 2024 – September 1, 2024

The place: City center and districts of Bratislava

Without barriers:

Gastro zone
Accessible for the immobile
Suitable for the blind
Sign language

Bratislava Cultural Summer 2024 successfully kicked off with a street festival Music Night and continues with a rich program that will take place on several BKIS stages inherently part of the Bratislava Cultural Summer.

In addition to these stages, you will find a rich offer of multi-genre programs throughout Bratislava, in all city districts.

Cultural scene in Janko Kráľ Park

Sunday morning will belong to children. As part of the cycle Sunday lunch They will be entertained mainly by artists who participated in the Children's Program challenge through the Open Call BKIS. After each performance, children can create from various materials in a creative self-service area or participate in thematic workshops on selected Sundays. 
Starts at 10:00, suitable for ♿👁️.

Sunday evenings in Sada they will bring a theater for adult audiences called On stage. Adventure stories, contemporary dance, comedy or tragicomedy, puppet production, slam poetry, one-man and one-woman shows – every Sunday will be different. The stage will belong mainly to artists selected through the Performative Art call through the Open Call BKIS. The program on the cultural stage in the Janka Kráľa Park was created in cooperation with the Theatre Institute and the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts. 
Starting at 8:00 PM, suitable for ♿, 18. 8. ♿👁👂.

They are dedicated to travel lovers three Wednesday evenings form Travel cinema, It will take visitors beyond the Arctic Circle, to Australia and the Samoa Islands.
Starts at 8:30 PM, suitable for ♿👁️

City walls

We will see you again this year during Evenings on the walls. Interesting discussions, a magic show, DJs, bands and singers, and delicious local wines will underline the unique character of this place and its atmosphere. 

Photo: Lucia Benediková, Evening on the ramparts 28. 6. 2024

Biela 6

In addition to quality holiday entertainment and distraction, you can also visit until September a green oasis in the city center. Come relax in a pleasant environment in the courtyard of the town house at Biela 6.

Surrounded by greenery, you can sit on the street furniture. Sit down! play chess, read literature from the book corner and enjoy coffee or lemonade. 

The courtyard at Biela 6 will be open on selected Thursdays July 4, July 18 August 1 a August 15 (at 5:00 p.m.) also a place for author readings and reader discussions, in cooperation with the BRAK publishing house and literarnyklub.sk. The reading is also suitable for deaf people, as it will be interpreted into Slovak sign language.

For lovers DJ productions There is a music program with DJs from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM on July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9, August 16, August 23, and August 30.

The premises of Biela 6 will also be transformed into an exhibition hall during the summer. As part of the cycle POP-UP exhibition You can look forward to the works of young artists:

On the 1st floor, four themed evenings await you with Thursday's POLAHODA with Adrenalin Film Festival. Evenings July 4, August 8 and September 5th will be full of quality cinematography dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing, mountain biking, surfing and skateboarding.

For teenagers, there are 3 workshops inspired by works of art as part of the Expeditions for Art series:

Klarisky Concert Hall

The cultural summer will also visit the Klarisky Concert Hall, where, in addition to several concert events, you can also experience Silent disco – the quietest party in Bratislava (July 26 a August 23 at 9:00 p.m.), or SWAP clothes (August 24th from 1:00 p.m.).

Freedom Square

After the successful opening of the stage at the fountain on Freedom Square last year, this place will once again be included among the locations with a special program. Wednesdays will be dance hall open-air for everyone with dance demonstrations by experienced Slovak and foreign lecturers in the cycle Dancing by the fountain.

Finale at the fountain

Bratislava's cultural summer will culminate again on Freedom Square with two major events – a concert Meadow by the fountain (August 31st) and a concert Slovak Philharmonic at the fountain (September 1).

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