Prague City Guide - Special Events

Ball (Ples) Season, Jan-Mar/Apr (the beginning of Lent), various venues
Witches' Night, 30 Apr, celebrates the death of winter with bonfires, throughout the city
Prague Spring, May-early Jun, various venues (website: www.festival.cz)
Khamoro, late May, Festival of Roma (gypsy) culture, with music, films, theatre, dance, art, various venues (website: www.khamoro.cz)
Dance Prague, Jun, various venues (website: www.tanecpha.cz)
Prague Autumn, mid-Sep, various venues (website: www.pragueautumn.cz)
Burcák Season, late Sep-early Oct, sampling the half-fermented new season wines directly from the barrels
International Jazz Festival Prague, late Oct, Lucerna Music Bar (website: www.jazzfestivalpraha.cz)
Musica Iudaica, Nov, festival celebrating Jewish composers, various venues
Prague German-Language Theatre Festival, Nov, various venues (website: www.theater.cz)
International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music, late Nov-early Dec, various venues, with a final concert of all choirs in the Old Town Square (website: www.orfea.cz)
St Nicholas's Eve, 5 Dec, men dress as St Nicholas, an angel and a devil, giving out sweets to good children, near Charles Bridge, Staromìstské námìstí and Karlovo námìstí
Bohuslav Martinu Festival, early Dec, music festival featuring the music of this 20th-century Czech composer, including a violin and violoncello competition, as well as concerts of chamber, symphonic and dramatic music, Lichtenstein Palace and the Ruldophinum (website: www.martinu.cz)
Prague Christmas, mid-Dec, festival of carols and customs, various venues including concerts in the Old Town Square
St Sylvester's Eve, 31 Dec, wild revelry complete with fireworks, especially around Václavské námìstí and the Old Town Square