The Wine Harvest In Prague This Weekend

21 September 2006, 23:12 - Culture
This is the 10th autumn, when Vinohrady and Zizkov - Prague quarters - celebrate weekend full of wine drinking and festival of wine and history related events.

Starts on 22 September in the very center of Prague just on of the Prague small - wineyards Gröbovka. Right at noon drums will announce the arrival of the greatest of all Czech kings - Charles IV, who will read the "king decree".

After his speech, this year's first grape will be squeezed out. All visitor could hear medieval music during the ceremony. Parade will go to Namesti Miru and then to Jiriho z Podebrad.

Here is the program that follows, on Namesti Miru:

12:15pm: Krajanka (brass band)

1:40pm: Zelená půlnoc (blues-rock band)

3:30pm: Kalumet (Slovak country group)

4:30pm-5:40pm: Break

5:40pm: Cafe (rock group)

7pm: Svítání (folk group)

8pm: Open-Air Movie Screening: Murder of Ing. Čerta

and on Jiriho z Podebrad:

4:05pm: Opening Ceremony

4:25pm: Historical Reconstructions

6:30pm: Public Competition

7:15pm: Nevím ("rock group composed of three 11-year-old boys playing classics by Nirvana, AC/DC, Kiss, Pink Floyd and others")

8:30pm: Support Lesbiens (pop-rock)

Saturday 23 Sept 2006

Namesti Miru

12:20pm: Pětník (vocal group)

1pm: Opening Ceremony

1:20pm: Limbora (folk dance group)

2:10pm: Arantýz Néptánc Együttes (folk dance group)

3:20pm: Dick O'Brass (Breton and Irish music)

4:30pm: Beruščina detektivní kancelář (performance for children)

5:40pm: Bokomara (folk group)

6:50pm: 2 + 1 (folk group)

8pm: Sestry Steinovy (folk group)

Jiriho z Podebrad

3pm: Fencing Tournament, Historical Reconstructions

6:30pm: Competition: Historic Hurdle Race

7:30pm: Ondřej Brzobohatý & Bůh ví (world music group)

9pm: Petr Bende and Gábriel Al Dhábba (pop)

Sunday 24 Sept 2006

Karlovo namesti

historical program with parades, arrival of Charles IV, Medieval dance and music

Entrance to all shows and events is free.

Enjoy!

Source: Prague 3 (in Czech)