Welcome autumn with a Magnificent picnic and taste the delicacies of Ukrainian chef Maksym Dudek. Historical stories about autumn Ukrainian dishes handed down from generation to generation, pleasant music, wine from a local winery and the extraordinary art of paper cutting - vytynanka. All this awaits you during the pop-up dinner in support of Ukraine, from which you will leave not only with a full stomach but also with a fulfilled heart. Moreover, the Midnight Bakery has a tasty little treat awaiting you.

Naomi Hužovičová, Yehuda Gabrielita Madjiah, Kasha Potrohosh, Vladyslav Yatskovyi and Katarína Živanović. These are the faces of the 18th edition of the festival, this year's Humans of [fjúžn], who you get to know better at the opening event. During an interesting talk show, you will hear their stories and taste amazing dishes from their home countries - Indonesia, Serbia, Canada and Ukraine. The atmosphere of the evening will be enhanced by the voice of the Syrian singer Lara Abou Hamdan, who will also perform together with DJ Bobsan and drummer Marek Drummer later on. The theme of this year is UNDERSTANDING. Come and see if we can understand each other.

This year's Humans of [fjúžn] were captured by a photographer with Vietnamese roots - Kvet Nguyen. Thanks to the exhibition, you will meet "our'' foreigners not only in the area of Kulturama/Bistro Soupa, but also in the streets.

Step into our world and let stories come alive in the most unexpected ways. Welcome to Bedtime Stories. Bedtime Stories is a multi-genre, one-of-a-kind storytelling show for the adult soul, where every tale is an exploration told in myriad forms and styles.

Here, a diverse group of captivating performers (from storytellers to dancers, actors, musicians, and more) breathe life into their stories, shining a light on them in their distinct manner. We bring back the magical storytelling moments from childhood while also igniting your grown-up curiosity and senses. 

VIEWER DISCRETION: This show is intended for grown-ups. May contain crude, indecent language, sexual situations, and controversial content, which may offend some viewers.

On Saturday, we are very much looking forward to seeing you in our [fjúžn] zone at Dobrý trh (Good Market). In the garden, in front of the Great Evangelical Church, we have prepared a rich program for the little ones and grown-ups in cooperation with many communities and organizations. Concerts, performances, theatre, workshops, and a lot more, especially meetings with people from diverse communities.

Do you like languages and words? Are you curious about the sounds and richness of languages? Would you like to discover a new language or share yours? Then, this workshop is made for you! Join us for four hours of fun, crazy, and poetic games, improvisations, and creative exercises focused on our sensibility to sounds, melodies, interpretations, and knowledge of at least one language. Bring yourself comfortable clothes, a bit of water and something to write. And also a good mood and an open mind.

A special afternoon for Ukrainian and Slovak children and their families. You can choose from a variety of art and creative workshops during our rich program. The EDUDrama theatre and magician Dani will also put you in a good mood, as well as Ukrainian animated films that you can look forward to.

We invite you to an evening full of poetry and music. Poet Anna Siedykh will read her Slovak-Ukrainian poems. Anna works with the themes of identity and home, trying to grasp the contemporary space and how the war changes it. She looks for common points while touching on places of misunderstanding. Olha Bekenstein, a Ukrainian DJ from the Kyiv center Closer, will respond to the text, and will also play her own DJ set after the reading.

HOROVOD opens a series of movie nights with the aim of building mutual understanding between Slovaks and foreigners living in Slovakia. At the [fjúžn] festival, we will screen the visually imaginative road movie My Quiet Thoughts, in which the Ukrainian director Antonio Lukić shows an unprecedented feeling for creating tragicomic situations.

Start: Faculty of Philosophy Arts, Comenius University, Gondova 1

Aký by to bol [fjúžn] bez tradičnej prechádzky? Bratislavskými kútmi vás tentokrát prevedie Irina. Irina pochádza z malej dedinky na Sibíri. Keď študovala politológiu na Bolonskej univerzite, rozhodla sa semester stráviť na Slovensku. Pôvodný šesťmesačný pobyt prerástol do šiestich rokov. Slovensko sa za ten čas stalo jej domovom a Bratislavu – mesto, v ktorom žije – vám ukáže z vlastnej perspektívy.

Step into our world and let stories come alive in the most unexpected ways. Welcome to Bedtime Stories. Bedtime Stories is a multi-genre, one-of-a-kind storytelling show for the adult soul, where every tale is an exploration told in myriad forms and styles. Here, a diverse group of captivating performers (from storytellers to dancers, actors, musicians, and more) breathe life into their stories, shining a light on them in their distinct manner. We bring back the magical storytelling moments from childhood while also igniting your grown-up curiosity and senses.

The word Nhớ is a metaphor for how a person living in the diaspora creates his own story composed of memories and various longings for home. Curators Kvet Nguyen and Denisa Tomková prepared the first art exhibition of the Vietnamese diaspora in Slovakia. They encourage us to think about the fact that Slovakia is much more multicultural and diverse than we often think. This international group exhibition is a sensory space and an invitation to dialogue, where personal memories can be shared and (re)discovered.

In connection with the ongoing exhibition in the Kunsthalle Bratislava Nhớ: The Space Between One and The Other End and the September edition of Kapítál dedicated to the theme of Vietnam, we invite you all to a public program that brings together the themes of artists of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A guided tour of the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Bratislava will be followed by a discussion, a performance by Czech slam poet Večerka and a concert by rapper Anki in the Rómer's house.

Forum Theater is a specific type of theatre that offers a space to vulnerable groups in an innovative way, strengthens their voice, and through personal stories, brings different forms of oppression and discrimination closer to the audience. As spectators, you will have the opportunity to step out of the role of a passive observer during the performance, intervene favorably in difficult situations, and discuss the possibilities of solving the problem.

Equal, the unique concerts that combine tradition with experimentation across different genres. They are a celebration of diversity and create space for us to inspire each other. This year, Equal will include an emotional performance by Ukrainian composer and sound artist Katarina Gryvul and Peruvian digital artist Alex Guevara. Equal will also bring a concert of the Prague musician and instrumentalist Ursula Seregha and Evil Medvěd. Seeing them playing in a joint formation is an exceptional event.

Spend a pleasant time with your children playing modern board games. We want to connect the Slovak and Ukrainian communities through games and entertainment, to create an atmosphere of safety and belonging. There is a rich selection of popular family games as well as novelties on the market.

Otec Mirec is a dancer, DJ and moderator who has been cultivating and improving his deep relationship with music for years. In the Za hudbou podcast, he verbally digs into everything that is hidden behind music and talks to everyone in the area - performers, producers and DJs, organizers and music connoisseurs. In the [fjúžn] episode, he will talk to Kewu, a DJ star in the Prague club scene, a member of the sophisticated Addict crew and the first local ballroom collective Kiki House of Velvet.

Joke’s On You is an English-speaking circle of comedians who perform comedy all around Central Europe. Amazing Joel Bryant, Nasi Motlagh, Tery Norman, Alan Henderson and Sia will entertain you at the [fjúžn] festival.

There is an unforgettable party, we prepared together with Mäsokombinát, ahead! The headliner is Conducta - a multiple award-winning British DJ, multi-platinum producer and head of the pioneering label Kiwi Rekords. You can also look forward to a great concert by Trnava rapper Boy Wonder. DJs Kansiik, Romski and Kewu will take care of spontaneous DJ sets. Get your dancing shoes ready!

Every year [fjúžn] festival brings stories of people from different countries and cultures. This year we would like to introduce you Naomi Hužovičová, Yehuda Gabrielita Madjiah, Kasha Potrohosh, Vladyslav Yatskovyi and Katarína Živanović – Humans of [fjúžn]. You can "meet" them at Soupa Bistro or in the streets of Bratislava.

As part of the project Women Who Stay, Noel Rojo photographed Indian women whose family members left for a better life outside the borders of the state or country. He focused on women from the Adivasi tribes, the indigenous people of India, who are on the margins of society and for whom migration is a survival strategy. Since 2017, he has been working on the Women Who Stay project with Slovak journalist Magdaléna Rojo. In 2023, the Absynt publishing house published their collection of reports, Women Who Stay, in the Prekliati Reportéri edition.

Exhibition of documentary photos from the Women Who Stay project. Photographer Noel Rojo photographed women in Mexico, Senegal and Ethiopia whose family members left for a better life while they stayed in their countries of origin. He collected the photos during the years 2017-2018 in cooperation with journalist Magdaléna Rojo. In 2023, the Absynt publishing house published their collection of reports, Women Who Stay, in the Prekliati Reporterí edition.

A monumental installation by the artist Laco Sabo reacting to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The artwork refers to one of the simplest tools of the Ukrainian resistance - the Czech hedgehog.

Bit is a binary number, the smallest unit of information. The experiential work xBit reacts to the war in Ukraine also in the context of the information provided, which often slips into falsehoods. The project takes place in four different rooms, which depict the experiences and feelings of a person fleeing from war. Come and find out if it is possible to understand the experience of another person and be able to empathise with him/her.    

Give your books a second chance and get new titles for your library. Bring undamaged and complete books and take the same number as you brought. Swap takes place during borrowing hours (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.).