Events
Košice International Peace Marathon
In 2025, the 102nd edition of the International Peace Marathon (IPM), the oldest marathon in Europe and the third oldest in the world, will take place in Košice. The event is scheduled for Sunday, October 5, 2025, and traditionally starts at 9:00 a.m. on Hlavná Street in the historic city center.
Date
05.10.2025
Sunday
Time
08:00
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JBL JUMP FEST 2025
The JBL JUMP FEST project brings athletics as close to the people as possible and is a pioneer in urban athletics in Slovakia, the so-called street athletics. The beautiful scenery of the St. Elizabeth Cathedral during athletics competitions is an experience not only for spectators but also for world-class athletes. The competitions themselves are an advertisement for athletics and motivate children to start taking up the queen of sports.
Date
11.06 - 12.06.2025
Time
17:00
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Free admission
SMALL SCENE
The program is intended for children aged 8 to 12, who, over the course of approximately two hours, will come up with a short performance - a skit with the help of artists from the theater, together they will create a suggestive theater costume and, at the end, they will premiere their scenic work.
Date
14.05.2025
Wednesday
Time
10:00
120 minút
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5 EUR
Opening: Andrea Čepiššáková – Sediment - Opening
The spatial site-specific installation for the courtyard of the East Slovak Gallery in Košice creates a landscape of memories, relationships, and emotions that remain when everything settles down inside.
Date
20.05.2025
Tuesday
Time
17:00
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Free admission
S. Mrožek: Three Nights
The main output of the joint project of the Puppet Theatre in Košice and the Thália Theatre is the performance of a dream comedy by Polish author Slawomir Mrožek entitled Three Nights on the experimental stage Jorik of the Puppet Theatre in Košice.
Date
20.05.2025
Tuesday
Time
19:00
80 minút
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10 EUR
S. Mrožek: Three Nights
The main output of the joint project of the Puppet Theatre in Košice and the Thália Theatre is the performance of a dream comedy by Polish author Slawomir Mrožek entitled Three Nights on the experimental stage Jorik of the Puppet Theatre in Košice.
Date
21.05.2025
Wednesday
Time
09:00
80 minút
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10 EUR
Drama: Salman Rushdie: HARUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
In the land of Alifbai, a city so sad that it has forgotten its name, lives the famous storyteller Rashid Kalifa with his wife Soraya and son Harun. A fairy tale for the whole family....
Date
25.05.2025
Sunday
Time
16:00
90 minút
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12 EUR
Marius von Mayenburg: PERPLEX
A brilliant comedy by a leading German playwright that oscillates between conversational and absurd comedy with elements of the grotesque. Nothing is as it initially seems. Coming home from vacation and an unpaid electricity bill is a harmless episode compared to what awaits Eva and Robert.....
Date
26.05.2025
Monday
Time
19:00
100 minút
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25 EUR
Mikhail Urytsky: ELEPHANT
The Elephant in Mikhail Urytsky's puppet play is a kind of seeker. His desire for knowledge is a metaphor for experiential education. The fairy tale about the Elephant based on the story by Rudyard Kipling comes to the stage of the Puppet Theatre in Košice through the interpretation of the Ukrainian author and director Mikhail Urytsky
Date
27.05.2025
Tuesday
Time
From10:30
55 minút
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6 EUR
Mikhail Urytsky: ELEPHANT
The Elephant in Mikhail Urytsky's puppet play is a kind of seeker. His desire for knowledge is a metaphor for experiential education. The fairy tale about the Elephant based on the story by Rudyard Kipling comes to the stage of the Puppet Theatre in Košice through the interpretation of the Ukrainian author and director Mikhail Urytsky
Date
28.05.2025
Wednesday
Time
From09:00
55 minút
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6 EUR
Ondrej Šoth, Michael Kocáb: MILADA HORÁKOVÁ
With deep respect, the creators dedicate the production to Mrs. Jane Kánská, the daughter of Milady Horáková, to whom the letter written on death row for her then sixteen-year-old daughter only reached after an incredible forty years.
Date
02.06.2025
Monday
Time
19:00
90 minút
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20 EUR
SMALL SCENE
The program is intended for children aged 8 to 12, who, over the course of approximately two hours, will come up with a short performance - a skit with the help of artists from the theater, together they will create a suggestive theater costume and, at the end, they will premiere their scenic work.
Date
10.06.2025
Tuesday
Time
10:00
120 minút
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5 EUR
MAN AND ART, FiloCafé – an evening with philosophical dialogues
We invite you to FiloCafé - an evening with philosophical dialogues over coffee or tea, during which there will be an opportunity to reflect together and share experiences on the topic of culture - how we perceive it...
Date
12.06.2025
Thursday
Time
18:00
120 minút
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7 EUR
BENEFIT CONCERT CONNECTING GENERATIONS - PAVEL ŠPORCL AND GIPSY WAY ENSEMBLE - GIPSY FIRE
The phenomenal violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl, whom critics call the Czech Paganini of the 21st century and who calls himself a rebel with a blue violin, is heading to Košice....
Date
15.06.2025
Sunday
Time
18:00
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25 EUR
Bernard Shaw: PYGMALION
Shaw's Pygmalion - the literary model for the famous My Fair Lady - asks the most fundamental and still unresolved gender questions: Does a man need to reshape a woman to his liking in order to fall in love with her?
Date
23.06.2025
Monday
Time
19:00
121 minút
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5 EUR
MADNESS ASSY
Inspired by motifs from EA Poe's short story, specifically The Method of Doctor Téro and Professor Péro, the play floats between scenes of fear, horror, and typical Poe-esque humor. Miroslav Táborský brilliantly portrays 15 characters, offering the audience a real acting concert.
Jaroslav Gillar's Madhouse is a thrilling and insanely funny farce that will draw you into a world where governments are taken over by madmen from a psychiatric institution. This absurd story about the control of society by a madman, which is still relevant, is full of unexpected twists and comic situations, as if they had fallen out of a silent film. The play combines the poetics of absurdist theater, monodrama and horror grotesque, creating a unique and unforgettable experience.
author: Jaroslav Gillar
based on: Edgar Allan Poe
directed by: Jaroslav Gillar
set and costumes: Helena Dubová
music: Jaroslav Gillar
played by: Miroslav Táborský
Performance length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Date
10.09.2025
Wednesday
Time
19:00
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25 EUR
White Night | Contemporary Art Festival
For over ten years, the White Night Festival has been lighting up the streets of the historic center of Košice, where fans of art and culture meet and discover unprecedented installations from local and international artists.
Date
10.10 - 12.10.2025
Time
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