Festival of young wine

Come celebrate St. Martin’s Day in the historic city center. In addition to good wine, you can look forward to a varied music program, competitions, guided tours for people with disabilities, and a quiz on wine and good food.

Since the days of Austria-Hungary, the celebrations of St. Martin have been associated with the wine-making tradition. Every year in November, not only in Slovakia, but also in the Czech Republic and Austria, the first wines of the year’s harvest are opened. According to an old tradition, the wine from the current year’s harvest is blessed by a church dignitary. The young wines will be blessed on the first day of the festival by Bratislava Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský in the Chapel of St. Ladislav in the Primatial Palace.

Program:

🎭 Cultural Zone

Friday 7. 11. 2025

🕠 4.30 pm – Festival Opening
🍷 4.45 pm – Conversation about the history of viticulture in Slovakia with Štefan Hrivňák from the Bratislava City Museum
🎶 6.00 pm – Kriss Krimm Concert
🎸 7.30 pm – Ovarius Concert
🎵 9.00 pm – Space Cats Concert

Saturday 8. 11. 2025

🎉 12.00 pm – Opening of the second festival day
🎤 15.30 pm – Concert Nina Kohout
🎶 17.00 pm – Concert Kamil Mikulčík & Band
🍇 18.00 pm – Bratislava Wine Quiz, Ludwig Bagin and Štefan Hrivňák, Bratislava City Museum
🎵 19.30 pm – Concert Erik Šulc
🎶 21.00 pm – Concert MYDA

📍 St. George’s Courtyard

🍷 Wine Markets

Friday 7. 11. 2025

🙏 4:00 PM – Blessing of young wines of Bratislava winemakers in the Chapel of St. Ladislav
🕓 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Sale of wine from Bratislava wine associations and wineries

Saturday 8. 11. 2025

🕛 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Sale of wine from Bratislava wine associations and wineries
🍷 Even though the wine markets end sales at 10:00 PM, feel free to enjoy your drinks until 11:00 PM, when the courtyards close.

Primatial Square

Gastro Zone:

Friday and Saturday

🪞 Installation Crooked Mirrors
📍 Town Hall Courtyard
🛋️ Relaxation Zone

Saturday 8. 11. 2025

🕛 12.00 pm – Opening of sales
🍷 15.00 – 18.00 pm – Guided wine tastings (WINE by BEER STATION)
🎸 18.00 – 20.00 pm – Let them jam
🎧 20.00 – 23.00 pm – Piaggo Silent Disco

Apponyi Palace

Exhibition Family Facts

Friday 7. 11. 2025

🕔 5:00 p.m. – Date with the City Special: Guided tour of the Family Facts exhibition with Štefan Hrivňák from the Bratislava City Museum

Saturday 8. 11. 2025

🕓 4:00 p.m. – Date with the City Special: Guided tour of the Family Facts exhibition with Štefan Hrivňák
🚶‍♀️ Date with the City

Friday 7. 11. 2025

👵 2:30 p.m. – Date with the City for Seniors: When the Market Was Drunk with Wine, hosted by Peter Fiala

Saturday 8. 11. 2025

👨‍👩‍👧 11:00 a.m. – Date with the City for Families with Children: A Search for Prešburg, hosted by Zuzana Babušiak Petrášová
🕑 2:00 p.m. – A date with the city for the blind and visually impaired: When the market was drunk with wine, accompanied by Peter Fiala
🤟 3:00 p.m. – A date with the city for the deaf: Young wine festival, accompanied by Ivan Chylák
🕓 4:00 p.m. – A date with the city: When the market was drunk with wine, accompanied by Peter Fiala
Due to capacity reasons, registration is required for the A date with the city.

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME:

✨ Exhibition of Crooked Mirrors
🚶 Guided tours on the theme of viticulture
🗣️ Guided tour of the viticulture exhibition (Apponyi Palace)
🥂 Tastings in the Wine Salon

Location: Courtyard of the Primate’s Palace, Bratislava
Date: 07.11.2025 – 08.11.2025
Start: from 16:30 – to 23:00
Admission: free

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