25th

international bagpipe festival Strakonice

22nd - 25th August 2024

ABOUT FESTIVAL

The festival is one of the most important folklore festivals in the world in terms of its scope and quality. Each year of the festival is an opportunity to meet and get to know each other’s ensembles and individuals who present bagpipes. The performers are united by their love of tradition and folk art. For the 25th time, bagpipers and bagpipe ensembles from various countries of the world will gather in Strakonice to play, sing, dance and together create the International Bagpipe Festival. The audience will have the opportunity to admire the beauty and diversity of the costumes and musical and dance traditions of different nations. Over time, the Bagpipe Festival has become one of the main pillars of cultural events in Strakonice and plays an irreplaceable role in the presentation of our town and Czech folklore throughout the world.

INTERNATIONAL BAGPIPE FESTIVAL, short IBF (in czech MDF) is organized by Municipal Cultural Centre of Strakonice, the city of Strakonice, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and South Bohemian Region under the auspices of President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel and Minister of Culture Martin Baxa.

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ENSEMBLES

CZECH

Czech ensembles with a long tradition that regularly perform at the bagpipe festival.

LIST OF BANDS

FOREIGN

Foreign ensembles with a long tradition regularly return to the bagpipe festival.

LIST OF BANDS

CHILD'S

Children's ensembles are a regular revival of piping and a contribution of the younger generation.

LIST OF BANDS

INDIVIDUALS

Every year we also welcome individual bagpipers, who add variety to the traditional parade.

LIST OF INDIVIDUALS

OTHERS

Traditionally, we also try to introduce you to alternative bagpipe music or the production of the bagpipes themselves.

LIST OF OTHERS

PROGRAMME

THURSDAY - 22nd August
FRIDAY - 23rd August
SATURDAY - 24th August
SUNDAY - 25th August

STALL SALE

Dear Sellers,

Thank you for your interest in booth sales at the International Bagpipe Festival. Please read the following lines, adherence to these guidelines is essential:

  • The stall sales will be located in the area of Strakonice Castle, the summer cinema, in the vicinity of the brewery Pivovar Strakonice 1649, a.s. and in the parking lot of the former Bat’a OD opposite the Church of St. Margaret.
  • We ask you to fill in the application forms properly in all details, please indicate all types of goods (if you are found to be selling a different product range than the one you have indicated in the application form, you will be evicted).
  • Each vendor is required to clean up the rented space after themselves (boxes, papers, etc.).
  • Refreshment vendors will provide their own bins at their own expense, which must be emptied continuously into the bins provided.
  • We recommend using eco-friendly utensils when selling refreshments, for more information click here: https://www.top-obaly.cz/kategorie/ekologicke-nadobi. Please note the possibility of returnable cups /under discussion/.
  • If you require an electricity connection, please indicate this on the application form.
  • Only beer from the brewery Pivovar Strakonice 1649, a.s. will be sold and promoted at the booth sales at this event. If found selling any other beer, such vendor will be immediately ejected.
  • The price is per square meter. The price is per stall for the entire duration of the event.
If you have multiple booths, please indicate how many spaces you would like. Please send completed applications to: sona.petrikova@meks-st.cz Selected applicants will receive an informational email including an invoice for the space. The space fee is non-refundable. Application for the MDF 2024 booth sale must be submitted no later than June 30, 2024. If you are selected as a vendor at MDF you will receive a confirmation + invoice, which is binding on the vendor and must be paid by June 30, 2024. A car or trailer counts towards the space taken up if sales are made from it. A car not for sale must be parked in a predetermined location.
PRICE LIST

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Municipal Cultural Department

František Christelbauer

festival director

Dana Skoupilová

festival tenant

Zdeněk Vejvoda

chairman of the programme committee

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Czech ensembles

Coming soon…

Foreign ensembles

Scotland

Skotská vlajka

NEILSTON DISTRICT PIPE BAND
Russel Mechan – group leader

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Austria

rakouská vlajka

WINKELTANZ 
Michael Vereno – group leader

TRIO BORDUNITIS

Rudolf Lughofer – group leader

Greece

řecká vlajka

FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE AGIOS IOANNIS O THEOLOGOS

Efi Proikou – group leader

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Slovakia

slovenská vlajka

FOLKLÓRNY SÚBOR GYMNIK

Fakulta telesnej výchovy a športu UK

Ing. Kristína Šatánková – group leader

PÁNI ČASU

Lukáš Lacko – group leader

Poland/ Belarus

polská vlajka

KAPELA REY

Vital Voranau – group leader

Hungary

madarská vlajka

VIRTUS HUNGARIAN BAGPIPE ENSEMBLE
DÁVID KIRÁLY – group leader

United Kingdom

madarská vlajka

ROBSON´S CHOICE
MARIAN DOWNS – group leader

Spain

španělská vlajka

Asociación Banda de Música e Investigación Albedro

LUME DE BIQUEIRA CELTIC BAND

Ángel Hernando – group leader

Croatia

chorvatská vlajka

CROATIAN BAGPIPE ORCHESRTRA

Stjepan Večković – group leader

France

francouzská vlajka

VIRA E BOHA

Ghislaine Saintorens – group leader

Netherlands

nizozemská vlajka

HAILANDER
JEROEN DE GROOT – group leader

Turkey

turecká vlajka

HANCI HALK OYUNLARI SPOR KULÜBÜ

Göksel Yigit – group leader

Latvia

lotyšská vlajka

ABRA

 Eduards Klints – group leader

Romania

rumunská vlajka

MARIA LĂTĂREȚU ENSEMBLE

 Alexandru- Ciprian Bratu – group leader

Child's ensembles

Coming soon …

Individuals

Coming soon ...

Dr Jean-Pierre van Hees – BELGIE

Others

Coming soon…

Medieval music

Bagpipes producers

Rock, pop & punk

Programme for Thursday 22 August 2024

20.00 – 21.30 Bagpipe Nokturne with 18th Century Music

  • Concert of works by baroque masters J. Spurný and V. J. Kopřiva (II. Castle Courtyard, K. Hodinová / Z. Vejvoda)
    Perform: J. Pierr (Belgium) and Collegium Urtica (CR), conductor Vojtěch Spurný
 
Accompanying Program

Bagpipes and Bagpipe Traditions in the Museum of Central Otava Region

(Permanent Exposition Open 9.00–17.00)

Old Czech Fair at the Castle Below Jelenka

(22.–25. 8.)

European Meeting of Producers of Bagpipes on the III. Castle Courtyard

(24.–25. 8.)

Nobody Knows Like Me How to Mow the Meadow… – Meadow at the Manor Garden

(24. 08. from 9.00 to 11.30) – Association of Czech Mowers

Programme for Friday 23 August 2024

10.30 – 12.30 In the meadow by the stream
  • Program of children´s folk ensembles (II. Castle Courtyard – S. Svobodová / J. Zahrádka) Perform: Prácheňáček, ZUŠ (Art School) Strakonice, Slezánek Český Těšín, Písečánek Písek, Úsviťáček České Budějovice
13.30 – 15.00 Musical visiting card of Foreign Guests
  • Concert of bagpipe bands (II. Castle Courtyard – Z. Vejvoda / Z. Vejvoda) Perform: Lume de Biqueira Celtic Band (Spain), Winkeltaz and Bordunotis (Austria), Hailander (Holand), Abra (Latvia), Robson´s Choice (Great Britain), Vira e Boha (France) and Hrvatski Gajdaški Orkestar
15.00 – 16.00 Historical bagpipes, the Instrument of Kings and Beggars
  • Lecture (Knight Hall – M. Vaváček) Perform: M. Vaváček
16.30 – 18.00 Many girls will fall in love with the piper in the Courtyard
  • Program of ensembles from Czech, Moravia and Silesia (II. Castle Courtyard – M. Rusek / M. Rusek) Perform: Prácheňský soubor Strakonice, Slezan Český Těšín, Rokytí Rokycany, Chodský soubor Mrákov, Dudácká muzika M. Cwacha, Pošumavská dudácká muzika, Gajdoši z Kopanic
19.00 – 21.30 Welcome to Strakonice!
  • South Bohemian bagpipers and their foreign guests (Open-air cinema – D. Pavlíček / D. Pavlíček) – CHARGED Perform: Neilston and District Pipe Band (Scotland), Lume de Biqueira Celtic Band (Spain), Winkeltaz and Bordunotis (Austria), Hailander (Holand), Abra (Latvia), Robson´s Choice (England), Vira e Boha (France), Hrvatski Gajdaški Orkestar, Anadolu Hot (Turkey), Agios Ioannis o Theologos (Greece), Maria Lătărețu (Romania), Gymnik (Slovakia), Kapela Rey (Belarus/Poland), Mata e Grifone (Italy), Virtus (Hungary), Czech bagpipers, Strakonice ensembles and musics
22.00 – 22.30 Bagpipe Kasací
  • Ceremonial opening of the festival with fireworks (Katovická street, bridge of J. Palach, footbridge at brewery – M. Rusek / M. Rusek, D. Pilík) Perform: Prácheňský soubor Strakonice, guests from abroad
23.00 – 00.30 Night rendezvouz under Rumpal Tower
  • Meeting of bagpipers from Czech, Moravia and Silesia (II. Castle Courtyard – Z. Vejvoda / M. Šantora, J. Frühauf) Perform: Strakonická dudácká muzika, Rokytí Rokycany, Slezan Český Těšín, Dudáci z Českého lesa, Chodský soubor Mrákov, Czech bagpipers, Gajdoši z Kopanic
Stage at st.Margaret´s Church
  • 17:30 – 18:30 Piánko (Strakonice)
  • 19:00 – 20:00 Dick O’Brass (Prague)
  • 20:30 – 21:30 Bajadera Joy (Strakonice)
  • 22:45 – 00:15 Metsatöll (Estonia)
Accompanying Program

Bagpipes and Bagpipe Traditions in the Museum of Central Otava Region

(Permanent Exposition Open 9.00–17.00)

Old Czech Fair at the Castle Below Jelenka

(22.–25. 8.)

European Meeting of Producers of Bagpipes on the III. Castle Courtyard

(24.–25. 8.)

Nobody Knows Like Me How to Mow the Meadow… – Meadow at the Manor Garden

(24. 08. from 9.00 to 11.30) – Association of Czech Mowers

Programme for Saturday 24 August 2024

9.00 – 10.30 Under the same sky
  • Concert of spiritual music (Church of St. Margaret – K. Hodinová / R. Dvořák) Perform: Vira e Boha (France), Kapela Rey (Belarus/Poland), Slezan Český Těšín, Gajdoši z Kopanic
10.00 – 12.00 There are two hundred Bagpipers in the Town of Strakonice
  • Regional program (II. Castle Courtyard – P. Ředina / P. Ředina) Perform: Dudáci ze Strakonic, Dudácká muzika pod Rumpálem, Mladá dudácká muzika, Prácheňáček, Prácheňský soubor písní a tanců, Pošumavská dudácká muzika, Strakonická dudácká muzika, Strakoňáček, Švandova a Veselá dudácká muzika, Elčovická dudácká muzika, taneční soubor ZUŠ Strakonice
13.00 – 15.00 Dance card of Foreign Ensembles
  • (II. Castle Courtyard – Z. Vejvoda / Z. Vejvoda) Perform: Neilston and District Pipe Band (Scotland), Anadolu Hot (Turkey), Agios Ioannis o Theologos (Greece), Maria Lătărețu (Romania), Gymnik (Slovakia), Kapela Rey (Belarus/Poland), Mata e Grifone (Italy), Virtus (Hungary)
13.00 – 14.00 Dance, mice…
  • Playful program for both children and parents (Maltese Hall – I. Novotná / B. a J. Novotných) Perform: Veselá dudácká muzika z Katovic
14.00 – 15.00 Magic on Bagpipes
  • Parade of both home and foreign bagpipers-soloists (Knight Hall – P. Ředina / P. Ředina)
15.00 – 16.30 Bagpipes in World Music
  • (Open-air cinema – M. Vaváček / M. Vaváček) Perform: Páni času, Shivers, Gnomus
16.30 – 18.00 Commemorative program for the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Josef Režný
  • (II. Castle Courtyard – I. Novotná / I. Novotná, M. Rusek) Perform: Prácheňský soubor Strakonice, Režnejch domácí muzika, Rokytí Rokycany, Hailander (Holand), Winkeltanz and Bordunotis (Austria), Czech bagpipers
19.00 – 22.00 Silence, don’t even skirl..!
  • Gala concert of ensembles from abroad (Open-air cinema – D. Pavlíček / D. Pavlíček) – CHARGED Perform: Neilston and District Pipe Band (Scotland), Lume de Biqueira Celtic Band (Spain), Winkeltaz and Bordunotis (Austria), Hailander (Holand), Abra (Latvia), Robson´s Choice (England), Vira e Boha (France), Croatian bagpipe orchestra, Anadolu Hot (Turkey), Agios Ioannis o Theologos (Greece), Maria Lătărețu (Romania), Gymnik (Slovakia), Kapela Rey (Blarus/Poland), Mata e Grifone (Italy), Virtus (Hungary) and Prácheňský soubor and Prácheňáček Strakonice
21.30 – 23.30 Medieval bagpipes in the Castle and in the Castle grounds
  • (II. Castle Courtyard – M. Vaváček / M. Valha) Perform: Dei Gratia, Hailander, Subulcus, Trifikus, Peregrin
23.00 – 01.30 Bagpipe Ball with dance lessons for everybody
  • (Culture House – I. Novotná, J. Bašta)
Stage at St. Margaret’s Church
  • 09.30 – 10.00 Anadolu Hot (Turkey)
  • 10.30 – 11.00 Mata e Grifone (Italy)
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Hailander (Holland)
  • 12.30 – 13.00 Hrvatski Gajdaški Orkestar (Croatia)
  • 13.30 – 14.00 Lume de Biqueira Celtic Band (Spain)
  • 14.30 – 15.00 Vira e Boha (France)
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Maria Lătărețu (Romania)
  • 16.30 – 17.00 Gymnik (Slovakia)
  • 17.30 – 18.30 Blue Squadron Pipe Band (Prague)
  • 19.00 – 20.00 Claymore (Štětí)
  • 20.30 – 21.30 Benjamings clan (Trutnov)
  • 22.00 – 23.00 Skiltron (Argentina, Finland)
  • 23.30 – 00.30 AC/CZ – Top AC/DC Tribute Show (Prague)
Stage at Brewery
  • 09.30 – 10.00 Chodský ensemble Mrákov
  • 10.30 – 11.00 Abra (Latvia)
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Dudáci z Českého lesa (Dobrá Voda)
  • 12.30 – 13.00 Robson´s Choice (England)
  • 13.30 – 14.00 BUDUS (České Budějovice)
  • 14.30 – 15.00 Winkeltanz (Austria)
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Dudáci ze Strakonic
  • 16.30 – 17.00 Strakonická dudácká muzika
  • 17.30 – 18.00 Mladá dudácká muzika (Strakonice)
  • 18.30 – 19.00 Gajdoši z Kopanic (Starý Hrozenkov)
  • 19.30 – 20.00 Švandova dudácká muzika (Strakonice)
  • 20.30 – 21.00 Slezan (Český Těšín)

Accompanying Program

Bagpipes and Bagpipe Traditions in the Museum of Central Otava Region

(Permanent Exposition Open 9.00–17.00)

Old Czech Fair at the Castle Below Jelenka

(22.–25. 8.)

European Meeting of Producers of Bagpipes on the III. Castle Courtyard

(24.–25. 8.)

Nobody Knows Like Me How to Mow the Meadow… – Meadow at the Manor Garden

(24. 08. from 9.00 to 11.30) – Association of Czech Mowers

Programme for Sunday 25 August 2024

09.00 – 10.30 International Bagpipe Mass

(Stage at St. Margaret´s Church)

10.00 – 11.30 Fairy Tale about Magic Bagpipes

Program of children´s folk ensembles

(II. Castle Courtyard – Z. Vejvoda / Z. Vejvoda)

Perform: Prácheňáček, ZUŠ Strakonice, Jitřenka Český Krumlov, Slezánek Český Těšín, Sluníčko Rokycany, Plzeňáček

10.00 – 11.00 Contrasts

Bagpipes in different musical genres

(Knight Hall – I. Novotná / I. Novotná)

Perform: Bagpipe groups from both Czech Republic and abroad

11.30 – 12.30 Bagpiper – Master of Nine Crafts

The secret of making bagpipes with historical crafts and master pipers.

(III. Castle Courtyard – M. Vaváček / M. Vaváček)

13.00 – 14.30 Festival Parade Through the Town
15.00 – 17.30 Final Gala Concerts of Foreign Ensembles

(Open–air cinema – CHARGED, II. Castle Courtyard – D. Pavlíček / D. Pavlíček; Z. Vejvoda / Z. Vejvoda)

Perform: Neilston and District Pipe Band (Scotland), Lume de Biqueira Celtic Band (Spain), Winkeltaz and Bordunotis (Austria), Hailander (Netherlands), Abra (Latvia), Robson´s Choice (England), Vira e Boha (France), Croatian Bagpipe Orchestra, Anadolu Hot (Turkey), Agios Ioannis o Theologos (Greece), Maria Lătărețu (Romania), Gymnik (Slovakia), Kapela Rey (Belarus/Poland), Mata e Grifone (Italy), Virtus (Hungary), Prácheňský Soubor Strakonice, Teachers of ZUŠ Strakonice

Stage at St. Margaret´s Church
  • 09.00 – 10.30 International Bagpipe Mass
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Agios Ioannis o Theologos (Greece)
  • 12.00 – 12.30 Virtus (Hungary)
Stage at Brewery
  • 10.00 – 10.30 Kapela Rey (Belarus/Poland)
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Dudácká Muzika Pod Rumpálem
Accompanying Program

Bagpipes and Bagpipe Traditions in the Museum of Central Otava Region

(Permanent Exposition Open 9.00–17.00)

Old Czech Fair at the Castle Below Jelenka

(22.–25. 8.)

European Meeting of Producers of Bagpipes on the III. Castle Courtyard

(24.–25. 8.)

Nobody Knows Like Me How to Mow the Meadow… – Meadow at the Manor Garden

(24. 08. from 9.00 to 11.30) – Association of Czech Mowers

Tabulka cen
Sortiment price per meter2 meters minimum2 power socket without power socket - min. price with power socket - min. price St. Margaret & brewery stage
Craft stalls/ stalls with presentation & children's workshops have priority! 200 CZK 6.00 +300 CZK 1200 CZK 1500 CZK 2000 CZK
Other sortiment – textile, small presents, drugstore shop etc. 400 CZK 4.00 +300 CZK 1600 CZK 1900 CZK 2500 CZK
Food stalls - food & beverage 1000 CZK 6.00 +1500 CZK 6000 CZK 7500 CZK 12000 CZK
Food stalls - sweets, candies, candyfloss, icecream, donuts, cofee etc. 700 CZK 4.00 +300 CZK 2800 CZK 2900 CZK 3500 CZK
Mobile food cart, sale of balloons 1500 CZK 1.00 0.00 CZK 1500 CZK xx 2000 CZK

International bagpipe fastival Strakonice 22nd - 25th August 2024

Stall sale application form