Regular cultural events

REGULAR CULTURAL EVENTS

Prestigious beer and mineral water festival - January
- connected with the competition for the Czech Beer Seal

Venue: Hotel Palcát, 9 května Street 2467, Tábor
Organized By: The Town of Tábor, the Revel Production agency, South-Bohemian University in České Budějovice, Catering Secondary School Tábor and the Amber Palcát Hotel
This event celebrating the “golden drink“ is held in Tábor annually. The congress hall of the Amber Palcát Hotel in Tábor is packed with the stalls of significant Czech beer and mineral water producers. Over forty breweries have participated during recent years and presented more than 100 types of beer. Beer tasting is an integral part of life for real professionals – beer brewers or production managers from breweries. This professional board selects the best sample which is awarded the Czech Beer seal. Mineral water producers compete along with breweries. The most successful of them is awarded the Golden Czech Spring. In the plentitude of stalls one can also notice stalls offering foreign beer or beer from exotic countries.
Pork specialties and various tit-bits to go with beer are sold during the festival. These are produced by apprentices in their school kitchen. 



Hussite Days – June

Intended mainly for children!
Venue: Housův Mill, under Holeček Park, 500 m from Žižka Square (in the historic centre of town)
Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism
The whole programme is set outside and under the fortification walls of the town on the grounds of Housův Mill. It is intended especially for primary school students and families with children. It can be incorporated into programmes of school trips or summer camps. The event starts with a play about the life of Master Jan Hus and continues with entertaining, interactive activities from medieval life, with games and competitions where children can verify their knowledge gained during history lessons.
So, what is to be expected in the Hussite town? You can:
- meet the Hussite captain Jan Žižka of Trocnov
- participate in medieval competitions and games (shooting from slings, cross-bows and bows)
- watch craftsmen working
- hear a shot from a siege device
- see Hussite equipment and weapons
- buy souvenirs
- watch a battle between the Hussites and their enemies
and last, but not least, you can visit a medieval pub and order medieval specialties


Festival of Garrison Music – June

Venue: Tábor,T. G. Masaryk Square – New town
Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism

South-Bohemian Music Festival – classical music concerts - July

Venues: Oskar Nedbal Theatre, St. Jacob Church, Dean Church in Žižka Square
Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism

Tábor cultural summer – July – August

Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism
Those who visit Tábor during summer can attend events organized within the, so called, Tábor Cultural Summer. The Festival of Garrison Music has traditionally been the first event of this cultural series. The Cultural Summer offers a variety of classical music concerts, promenade concerts, entertaining afternoons for children, fairy-tales performed in the open air, rock concerts, events inspired by the local history and a number of exhibitions. The South-Bohemian Music Festival, which is held in July, features classical music concerts. An event named “Táborský Uličník“ offers street theatre performances and is also held in July. The Tábor Cultural Summer peaks in September when the international festival The Tábor Meetings is held.


The Tábor Meetings Festival - September (always Friday - Sunday)

Venue: historical centre, main programme in Žižka Square
Organized by: The Town of Tábor and the Foundation Fund – Tábor Meetings
The Tábor Meetings Festival is inspired by medieval history, it has a very specific atmosphere which results from the traditions of the place where it takes place. Once a year the centre of Tábor changes into a medieval town with stall keepers, craftsmen, jousting knights, dancers, conjurors and musicians. On Friday the unique atmosphere is emphasized by the festive parade through the town led by Jan Žižka himself, by fireworks and other cultural events. Saturday always offers a very varied programme where everyone can find something to enjoy – theatre performances and concerts by Czech and foreign ensembles. It is a must to try some of the medieval titbits offered in several period taverns in the centre of town. You can taste not only special local drinks such as “Žižka´s Wound“, but also mead, young wine and others. All the streets near the square are full of the scent of roasting meat since an ox is roasted right there. Who could resist roast piglet, pickles, potato pancakes or bread with lard in the medieval market? You can find nice souvenirs to take home in the Old-Czech market – ceramics, scarves, spices, nuts coated in toffee or gingerbread. Sunday is traditonally reserved for the European Heritage Day. So, these are some of the reasons why the festival is annually attended by thousands of people.
More information about the festival is available from HERE.

Tábor Christmas – December

Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism

This varied and rich programme which you can enjoy during the pre-Christmas period has become a tradition. There are a number of programmes for both children and adults set in the festively decorated town. Devils swarm in Žižka Square on the 5th of December. Children coming to the square on this day can have fun playing games and singing, and leave with some sweets. Everyone who comes to the Old Czech Christmas Market can feel the calm, Christmas atmosphere. You can not only buy small presents, Christmas trees, mistletoe, spices, gingerbread and roast chestnuts, but also watch presentations of Christmas customs or a live Nativity scene, and children can have a ride on a donkey. There is a selection of concerts during the pre-Christmas time. Just before Christmas a concert of the Bolech chamber orchestra is held, Ladislav Šotek gives an organ concert in the Dean Church during Christmas and on New Year´s Day the Garrison Music Band from Tábor performs a concert. Fairy-tales and musical evenings are integral parts of the pre-Christmas programme.

Regular exhibitions

Venue: The "U Radnice" Gallery
Organized by: The town of Tábor – Department of Culture and Tourism
Easter Exhibition – traditional Easter products by folk artists; pastries, period furniture, stitched table cloths, coloured eggs and others.
Christmas exhibition of Nativity scenes – Nativity scenes, period furniture, Christmas decorations, pastries, gingerbread.
Regular fine art exhibitions in the Tábor Gallery (in the Tourist Information Centre in Tábor)