Ten years of music, dozens of performances by musicians from twelve countries and hundreds of stories will play out throughout Brno in just one week. Brno Music Marathon celebrates its tenth anniversary year and will turn the city into a vibrant space packed with music that rings out in the streets, squares, courtyards and some more unexpected places - from the surface of the reservoir to the historical water tanks, and from Villa Tugendhat to the tramp cabin of artist Kateřina Šedá right on Náměstí Svobody.
The four-day music marathon will bring a varied selection of world music, jazz, folk, acoustic and experimental music to the South Moravian metropolis. The festival continues to engage exclusive artists in residence, with legendary Indian drummer Trilok Gurtu taking on the role this year. This year’s festival will run from 7 to 10 August 2025.
"The Brno Music Marathon is exceptional not only for its genre diversity, but also for the fact that it connects the local scene with top artists from all over the world. This year we will be presenting several Czech premières. For the first time, we will host performances by the Finnish wind quartet Sväng, the excellent Serbian duo Kalem, Croatian folk group Trobozanke and Slovak dulcimer player Alžbeta Luptáková with her original project Duša moja. One real treat will be the residency of the legendary Trilok Gurta, whose music will be enjoyed in three different settings and forms. I’m also delighted that the popular Estonian duo Puuluup is returning to Brno, not to mention that the amazing Dumai Dunai and exceptional Serbian violist Jelena Popržan will be performing in our city for the first time. This year's programme also puts great emphasis on women, both performers and composers. I recommend checking out the Polish female trio Sutari, as well as the three female Indies singer-songwriters and artistes - Martina Trchová, Vera Linhartová and Kvietah & Včely - Lada Šimíčková with her group Lada & kapela, Klára Veselová, and the Slovak singer-songwriter Ildikó Kali, this year's winner of the Radio Head Award," explains Milan Tesař, dramaturg of Brno Music Marathon.
The highlight will undoubtedly be Balkan Night, which will get the crowd in the Brno Velodrom up and dancing on Friday 8 August. The stage will host the energetic Bosnian band Dubioza Kolektiv, the international Dumai Dunai and well-known DJ Gadjo. Visitors don’t have to worry about night traffic, as extra night services will be running back to the city centre in partnership with the Brno City Transport Company. The evening will also include a food court serving up a selection of the best Balkan and Brno street food delicacies.
One traditional part of the Music Marathon is the Bezuliční busking project, curated by artist Kateřina Šedá. Every year, the stylized "rooms" right there in the streets of Brno become small concert spaces for street musicians. This year they’ll be joined by a completely new element, a tramp cabin with a campfire, set up right in the city centre.
"I've long wished that busking at the Music Marathon would be expanded to include a genre not normally found there - and this year it's finally happened! As part of the festival's tenth anniversary year, we will of course be playing in traditional rooms (in the kitchen, the toilet and the doctor’s office), but most of all we’ll also be lighting a bonfire at the tramp cabin on Náměstí Svobody in Brno. It will host performances not only by selected musicians, such as Thom Artway, Dunaj, Old Boys Poutníci, Alfasrnec, Martin Harich, Game Of Art, Flaškinet and others, but this time all of them. The general public can even roast marshmallows by the fire and spend the night there. So bring your tent, sleeping bag and good mood to this year's busking session!" says Kateřina Šedá.
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