Events 2024
Nepomuk offers visitors a number of cultural events. From April to October, you can visit the food and craft market once a month. In the summer, a concert or theater is held on the Small Summer Stage every holiday Friday.
Memorial event - Liberator, 4. 5.
The 79th anniversary of the tragic event when the American bomber Liberator was shot down, carrying eleven men on board, ten of whom died in the accident.
Spring SJN Pilgrimage – March 24
Pilgrimage to the 630th anniversary of the martyrdom of SJN. The program traditionally includes a Holy Mass, a lecture and a themed concert of music from the time of SJN.
Easter market - March 16
The market is focused on food, produce and products originating from the region of southwestern Bohemia, but also Europe and the world. You can also buy handicrafts and Easter decorations at the Easter market.
The start of the tourist season in Nepomuk will allow free tours of museums and normally inaccessible interiors, including guided walks and a spring concert at the archdeaconry.
Nepomuk Pilgrimage – May 18. - 19.
It is undoubtedly the most popular and most visited event throughout the year on the occasion of the SJN. Masses and attractions are part of it, but at the same time it is a lively festival for the whole family, whose tradition dates back to the Baroque era.
Nefestík – June 21. - 23.
Alternative music festival. Every year, the organizing team tries to offer the most interesting things that appeared on the (southwest) Czech club scene. The stylistic range is wide from folk to reggae and punk rhythms to post hard core, drum'n'bass or psytrance.
Little Summer Scene - every Friday all summer long Come and have fun at cultural events! Just a few steps from the main square all summer long. Music, dance and theater, always from 8 p.m.
(regional exhibition of sheep and goat breeds, local exhibition of small animals, championship of sheep shearers, demonstrations of sheep wool processing, work with a shepherd dog, many stylish delicacies and other rich accompanying program), from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., parish garden of the Archdeaconry
A varied display of Czech beer complemented by a multi-genre music program and a rich selection of various goodies of beer gastronomy. Square always hosts taps of more than twenty mostly smaller Czech, Moravian and foreign breweries.
Nepomuk motorcycle race – July 27. - 28.
"The Nepomuk triangle" is a race of historic motorcycles and sidecars. Saturday is training and Sunday is the race. The first edition took place already in 1948, then as a speed race. You can get to know the history of the plant through a permanent exhibition at Zelenohorská pošta.
Autumn Under Zelena Hora - October 18. - 19.
A traditional tourist event organized for pedestrians, cyclists and strollers. Friday's Beer walking includes wandering around microbreweries and pubs in and around Nepomuk, Saturday's program is intended for pedestrians and cyclists on various routes.
Advent market and tree lighting - December 1
A rich market with around fifty vendors focused mainly on Christmas goods and food, which includes a cultural program and the lighting of the Christmas tree.
Castle Green Hill / Zelená Hora
www.zelenahorazije.cz
20. 4. Zelená Hora opens (opening of the castle season), 10.00 – 16.00, admission 20 CZK for adults / children, seniors, disabled free of charge, guided tours at 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 and 15.00, 14.00 concert of the guitar ensemble Crazy Strings from the Chválenická Art School
28. 4. Holy Mass at Zelená hora (celebrated by P. Jiří Špiřík) from 11.00 a.m., from 1.30 p.m. presentation of the international competition show of children's artistic expression St. John's Bridges and performances by pupils from the Nepomuk Primary School, open from 10.00 a.m., guided tours at 11.00 a.m. and 12.00 p.m.
4. 5. Taxmeni, concert to celebrate the liberation, 12:00 – 14:00
18. 5. Concert of Štěpán Rak, guitar virtuoso will open the vernissage of his photographs,
31. 5. Concert of Vypsaná fixa – 30 years + guests, ZNC, Radosta, music festival
1. 6. Children's day with unusual competitions – Kašpárek v rohlíku, Anča band, Pět ran do čepice and theatre, free entrance
3. 8. Aneta Langerová: 20 Years on the Stage, Best of One of the Most Distinctive Singers
9. 8. Pražský Výběr, a unique concert of rock veterans
17. 8. Marie Rottrová, concert of a singing legend
18. 8. Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – concert by the band Musica Vagantium, procession, church service
14. 9. First Aid Day
15. 8. Pokáč, concert of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of today
15. 9. Milena Steinmasslová – Saint Hildegard, unforgettable actress in a play
