Bratislava carnival

The Capital City of Bratislava invites you to Bratislava’s Carnival on Saturday!

The sky is grey, the asphalt is grey and everything in between is also grey. Don’t despair! Because an (old) new tradition is coming to life:

🍩🎉 BRATISLAVA’S CARNIVAL!

💤It’s time to wake up from the winter half-sleep. Since ages ago, carnival has been a mysterious time in the winter time, when in a friendly atmosphere thawed relationships and burning hearts, it is a time of masks, fun, variety, a time of Tuna, a time when everyone can be a little bit of a shishi and a time when the menu of the appetizer, main course, and dessert are what? Oh, yes…doughnuts.

And so it will be on Saturday, February 10! There will be a playful daytime program for the kids and an Evening Carnival Disco for all. There will be food and drink stalls and, of course, doughnuts! 🍩

Programme:

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME:

10:00 – 16:00 (Square of the Velvet Revolution, balcony of the Old Market Hall and Zichy Palace)

🦚 Old Town Children’s Carnival Parade with RC Prešporkovo – children, come in masks, whether as princesses, Indians, astronauts, ironmen!
🎠 Carousel
📷 photo booth
🎭 creative workshops to make masks
🪢 braid braids
🎨 face painting

EVENING CARNIVAL DISCO PARTY

19:00 – 00:00 🕺 for adults (Old Market Hall interior)

🕴️ with stand-up
🎭 mask competition
💃 dance workshop with folk music
and three DJs – God Save The Vinyl!, Maikl Night and DJ Yanko Král
🦚🕺 February is all grey and cheerless. But tonight’s carnival disco party will be quite the opposite – colourful, cheerful and full of colour and sweetness. Scarves, glitter, paint, jerseys, costumes, uniforms, cartons, wigs, armour, ribbons,
EVERYTHING IS ALLOWED. Don’t be shy, put on a mask/ gala/ jersey and enjoy a stress-free carnival disco party!

CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL PARADE

with Prešporkovo under the title Long Live Carnival!

10:00 Meeting at Zichy Palace – opening dance and singing together with folk music
10:10 transfer from Zichy Palace via Ventúrska – stop at Konská fountain
10:20 via Hviezdoslav Square, stop in front of the old SND theatre
10:40 transfer to the Main Square
10:50 via Primatial Square
11:00 arrival in front of the Old Market Hall
11:00 – 11:30 – dance workshop for children and parents with RC Prešporkov on the stage in front of the Old Market Hall
11:30 – 12:00 – parade and evaluation of children’s masks

DATE WITH THE CITY – walks

👉 14:00 – Rendezvous for the blind and partially sighted: Bratislava Ball yesterday and today
accompanied by Ľubomíra Černáková
👉 14:00 – Date for people with physical disabilities: Proms and balls in Prešpork
Helena Navrátilová
The capacity of the walks is limited and participation must be booked.

ZOO BRATISLAVA

10:00 – 13:00 Wolf Carnival in ZOO Bratislava
Join the carnival parade and meet the new wolf pack.
The carnival parade starts at 10:00 from the brown bear enclosure and will lead to the Carpathian Forest to the Eurasian wolf enclosure. A unique guided wolf feeding will also take place at this location at 11:00 am, during which visitors will get to know the individual members of the pack better.
From 10:00 to 13:00 there will be an accompanying programme:
🐰 Tea at Mr. Kralíček’s
🍩 Fasciang doughnuts and langos at the lower playground
🎲areal game
🐾 Zooshop stand by the wolf enclosure
Entrance to the zoo according to the current price list.

BRATISLAVA CITY GALLERY

15:00 – 17:00 Family Carnival.
Spend a weekend time with your children (6 – 11 years old) while creating and exploring the exhibition! Come and make a mask inspired by Baroque dressing and enjoy the carnival in the city.
Tickets are on sale online and at the Mirbach Palace box office. The number of seats is limited.
You need to arrive on time for the program, the lecturers will be waiting for you at the entrance of the palace.
Family admission: 12 €

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA

15:00 Micro: Balls, balls and carnivals (lecture in the Old Town Hall)
The Three Kings’ Day opens the season of balls, which lasts until Ash Wednesday. This period is also called Carnival. Find out how the phenomenon of balls originated, where balls and balls were held, how they took place. We will also look at their evolution into their present form. Tickets on sale at the Old Town Hall box office or on GoOut.net.
The event is organised by the Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre in cooperation with the Capital City, the Old Town, the Bratislava City Gallery and the Bratislava City Museum. Partners of the event are the Old Market Hall, RC Prešporkovo, SĽUK, edelia.sk.

Please note that during the event, photographic and/or video footage may be taken for the purpose of promoting the events and activities of the Capital City.

We look forward to seeing you!

From 10:00 to 13:00 there will be an accompanying programme:

🐰 Tea at Mr. Kralíček’s
🍩 Fasciang doughnuts and langos at the lower playground
🎲areal game
🐾 Zooshop stand by the wolf enclosure
Entrance to the zoo according to the current price list.

BRATISLAVA CITY GALLERY

15:00 – 17:00 Family Carnival.
Spend a weekend time with your children (6 – 11 years old) while creating and exploring the exhibition! Come and make a mask inspired by Baroque dressing and enjoy the carnival in the city.
Tickets are on sale online and at the Mirbach Palace box office. The number of seats is limited.
You need to arrive on time for the program, the lecturers will be waiting for you at the entrance of the palace.
Family admission: 12 €

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA

15:00 Micro: Balls, balls and carnivals (lecture in the Old Town Hall)

The Three Kings’ Day opens the season of balls, which lasts until Ash Wednesday. This period is also called Carnival. Find out how the phenomenon of balls originated, where balls and balls were held, how they took place. We will also look at their evolution into their present form. Tickets on sale at the Old Town Hall box office or on GoOut.net.

The event is organised by the Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre in cooperation with the Capital City, the Old Town, the Bratislava City Gallery and the Bratislava City Museum. Partners of the event are the Old Market Hall, RC Prešporkovo, SĽUK, edelia.sk.

Please note that during the event, photographic and/or video footage may be taken for the purpose of promoting the events and activities of the Capital City.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Place: Square of the Velvet Revolution, Bratislava, Slovakia
Date: Saturday, 10.02.2024
Start: from 10:00 – 18:00
Admission: free

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