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70th folklore festival

VÝCHODNÁ

July 3–6, 2025

Information about the folklore festival Východná in English is in preparation.

Press

Only pre-registered journalists will have free entry to the festival, based on a based on a completed online accreditation form. The form is intended for the registration of one person, not multiple individuals. Applicants will be informed about the approval or rejection of their accreditation via email along with organizational instructions.

An accredited journalist must present a valid press identification at the event venue. The organizer reserves the right to refuse accreditation if the organizer's conditions are not met. Accredited journalists will have special identification and their movement within the festival will be precisely defined in the organizational instructions. Movement under the stage of the Main Stage is not allowed except for the STVR crew. The location of the Press Center will be marked on the site map.

Photography is permitted exclusively for accredited photographers. Non-professional automatic cameras without flash use are tolerated near the stages of the Main Stage and the Small Stage.

By entering the amphitheater area, each visitor grants consent and acknowledges that photographs or other recordings of their person from the festival will be used in any technical form to promote the festival during and after the event with unlimited time and territorial use.

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Accomodation

ACCOMMODATION NEAR THE FESTIVAL

Prohibitions

Measures:
  • Entry and movement within the festival zone are only permitted with a valid and undamaged wristband.
Prohibitions:
  • Drugs, psychotropic substances, weapons, combustibles, and any kind of pyrotechnics.
  • Strictly prohibited: making audio/visual recordings or videos.
  • Flying drones.
  • Film cameras, video cameras (DV, DV Cam, Beta Cam, etc.).
  • Professional cameras.
  • Items that pose a safety risk, including glass containers and bottles.
  • Bringing your own non-alcoholic beverages in plastic containers.
  • Strictly prohibited: lighting fires within the amphitheater area.
  • Any kind of stoves.
  • Tape recorders.
  • Strictly no smoking in children's/family zones (KOŠIARIK) and in all tents.
  • Strictly no camping in the parking lot and outside designated areas.
  • Use of umbrellas in the audience area of the Main and Small stages is prohibited (to ensure better visibility of the program).
  • Parking of festival visitors is only allowed in designated parking lots outside the Amphitheatre; in case of parking the vehicle in a place outside the designated parking lot, the vehicle will be towed!

Safety and health

The safety and health of festival attendees are our top priorities.

A properly marked security service ensures safety at the festival. They are responsible for protecting visitors and guarding the festival grounds.

Within the festival premises, there is free movement of police, fire, and medical services with their own visibly marked permanent locations. The permanent locations of the state police, medical service, and fire service are properly marked on the information map at the festival venue and are available electronically here.

We recommend that all festival attendees wear their festival wristbands directly on their wrists to reduce the risk of misunderstanding with the organizational staff and security forces.

Competencies of the Security Service:

  • Checking festival wristbands.
  • Inspection of the campsite area.
  • Personal searches (to prevent the introduction of dangerous and unauthorized items);
  • Escorting individuals out of the premises (unidentified persons, aggressive individuals, persons endangering safety, unauthorized vendors and vendors violating sales agreements, drug dealers of any kind of drugs and psychotropic substances, etc.).
  • Directing movement based on organizer's instructions.
  • Assistance to visitors in wheelchairs and holders of ZŤP-S cards with escorts upon entry.

Important phone numbers

Emergency Services, Police 112
Fire Service 150, 112
Emergency Medical Service 155, 112
Police 158, 112
Mountain Rescue Service 18 300
Road Rescue Service (SČK) 154
Emergency and breakdown assistance for motorists 18 128, 18 154
Global assistance Slovakia 18 118
Traffic Information Service *75 (from mobile phones)