Colours of Ostrava

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Colours of Ostrava
Logo Colours of Ostrava.jpg
GenreVarious
DatesSecond or third weekend in July (4 days)
Location(s) Ostrava, Czechia
Years active2002–present
FoundersZlata Holušová
Website colours.cz

Colours of Ostrava, or simply Colours, a multi-genre event, is the biggest international music festival in Czechia and one of the biggest in Central Europe, held every summer since 2002 in Ostrava, the third largest city in the country. Colours features 16 stages, including 4 big open-air stages (the main one with a capacity of 15,000), 6 indoor stages, a theatre stage, a workshop stage, a kids' stage, a cinema, and live discussions. It features performers from all major popular music genres as well as avant-garde music and world music.

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Background

Until 2012, Colours took place in the Silesian Ostrava Castle entertainment district and on the Černá louka fairgrounds, as well as at other places in the city centre. Since 2012, the festival takes place on recultivated brownfields in the Vítkovice city district.[ citation needed ]

Since 2016, the event has taken place concurrently with the international discussion forum Meltingpot. [1]

2017 was the first year that all tickets to Colours were sold out. [2]

COVID-19 pandemic

In 2020, while the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a four-day, indoor event was organized on the festival grounds, with a limited capacity of 1,000 attendees, titled NeFestival. [3] It included performances by the Czech bands Tata Bojs and Voxel. The Bosnian rock group Dubioza kolektiv was also slated to perform, but due to restrictions on international travel, they were unable to attend. NeFestival was called off after only two days, as restrictions on gatherings were tightened by the local government. [4]

Colours of Ostrava did not take place in 2021, again for reasons related to the ongoing pandemic. [5]

Awards and recognition

Among other awards, in 2005 and 2006, Colours won the Musical Event of the Year prize at the Anděl Awards. [6] In 2016, The Guardian ranked it among the top ten music festivals in Europe. [7]

Transportation

Due to the popularity of Colours and the electronic music festival Beats for Love, both of which take place in Ostrava in July, several trains are added to regular rail schedules by České dráhy. [8]

Controversy

In 2023, visitors were denied entry by security if they wore rainbow-colored articles of clothing. In a recording, security personnel referred to the festival's official policy of prohibiting the propagation of ideology and likened the LGBT flag to the Hakenkreuz—a Nazi symbol. [9]

Partial lineups, by year

Jamie Cullum at Colours of Ostrava, 2009 Jamie Cullum at Colours of Ostrava 2009.jpeg
Jamie Cullum at Colours of Ostrava, 2009
Colours of Ostrava 2014 in Dolni oblast Vitkovice Colours of Ostrava.jpg
Colours of Ostrava 2014 in Dolní oblast Vítkovice

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References

  1. ↑ "Meltingpot hlásí: do Ostravy přijedou světové osobnosti" [Meltingpot reports: world personalities will come to Ostrava]. moravskoslezsky.denik.cz (in Czech). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Colours of Ostrava trhl rekord. Festival byl poprvé vyprodán" [Colours of Ostrava broke the record. The festival was sold out for the first time]. tyden.cz (in Czech). 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Místo Colours of Ostrava se uskuteční NeFestival. Součástí budou i debaty" [Instead of Colours of Ostrava, NeFestival will take place. Debates will also be included]. lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Festival v Ostravě museli zrušit z hodiny na hodinu, organizátorka zvažuje právní kroky" [Festival in Ostrava had to be canceled from one hour to the next; the organizer is considering legal action]. novinky.cz (in Czech). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Colours of Ostrava se přesouvají na červenec 2022, o práci přijde 6000 lidí" [Colours of Ostrava postponed until July 2022; 6,000 people will lose their jobs]. lidovky.cz (in Czech). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Výsledky ročníků cen Anděl" [Yearly results of the Anděl Awards]. andelceny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Top 10 music festivals in Europe for 2016". theguardian.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Festivalové vlaky z Beats for Love a Colours of Ostrava" [Festival trains from Beats for Love and Colors of Ostrava]. kodis.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Deník N|Na Colours jen bez duhy". 20 July 2023.

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