It has become a tradition that at the end of May, little dancers from the Czech Republic, and foreign guests, meet at the Congress Centre Aldis in Hradec Králové. The ensembles will compete in such disciplines as ball, disco, disco show, hip-hop and show formations and parquet dance compositions. The festival is famous for spectacular dancing and also its unique atmosphere, which we recommend you to sample.
The folklore Festival Pardubice-Hradec Králové is the largest Czech folklore festival which, according to tradition, takes place in both these East-Bohemian centres at the beginning of June.The best Czech folklore ensembles and foreign artists will be performing there. The programme is composed of a variety of presentations of different folklore dances, from the authentic folklore dancing, typical festival performances, to musical, dramatised and entertaining forms.
The encounter in Hradec Králové is an annual feast of theatre in all its aspects. Today no expert has any doubts about its clear preeminence among the events in the world od dramatic art in the Central Eropean region. High standard dramaturgy, excellent organization and wonderful atmosphere attract wider and wider audiences every year to the East-Bohemian metropolis, above all from among the younger generation. Many od the enthusiasts of the festival even sacrifice part of their holiday on that occasion. The great idea to present some of the performances off and outside the classical theatre stages and spaces gives the opportunity to enjoy the hidden beauties of the city - historically the dowry-town of Czech queens. The Hradec Králové festival has become the traditional peak of the treatre season.
On the 3rd July 1866, the second largest battle of the 19th century, was fought between Prussia nad Austria, north-west of Hradec Králové in the area of the Chlum Hills. The losses of both parties were counted in thousands of dead and tens of thousands of wounded, missing or taken hostages. The battle was the second largest cavalary operation of the 19th century. In the area of the Monument Zone, there are nearly five hundred monuments, memorials, tombs and common graves.
In the central area of the battle field there is a museum with an exhibition of armoury and accoutments of the armies of the Prussian-Austrian war of 1866, mainly from the collections of the Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové.
Since the year 1999, the public has had the opportunity to look-out from the new observation tower which is more than 60 metters high. The museum and the look-out tower are open daily, with the exception of Mondays, from 1st October from 9 to 12 a.m. and from 1 to 5 p. m. In the period between 1st November and 31st March they will be open only on the basis of an advanced request.
In the area of the Monument Zone there are two new marked tourist paths - one leads through the central area of Chlum, the second zone through the forest of Svíb which was the location of most intense fighting and the greatest losses. Cyclist routes are periodically added to the paths network.
The music of the international jazz festival will enter the city again in October. City will be honoured by memorable jazz music which essentially happens immediately in front of the audiences and takes root in their hearts and souls for many years after. In the hearts that are equally taken by the superb architecture of the metropolis of the Hradec Králové region. During the festival week the audiences will hear jazz music in all its different forms and manners of interpretation. Jazz will be performed by talented young artists as well as by jazz stars of world-wide reputation. The list of names over the past seven years would be very long. Hradec Králové has heard solo performers and ensembles from all over the world: Joe Zawinul, Al Foster, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Jean-Luc Ponty, Mike Mainieri´s Steps Ahead, John Surman, Vienna Art Orchestra, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Lester Bowie´s Brass Fantasy, James Carter Quartet, Albert Mangelsdorf Quartet, Michel Camilo Trio, Dave Liebman Dublin Project.From among the Czech artists let us name at least Jioí Stivín, Rudolf Dašek, Jana Koubková, Karel Ružieka or Milan Svoboda.
The International Festival Jazz Goes to Town in Hradec Králové has become a first-rate cultural and social event of the year. Together with the theatre festival it has become a permanent attraction of the highest standard both in the local and international contexts.
The intention of the festival is to concentrate and present the most recent films on topics of science and technology and art from the Czech Republic and from abroad and by disseminating information about the latest developmnent in those fields to contribute to education. Place of the festival: University of Hradec Králové, Hradecká st.
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