Colours of Ostrava
Colours of Ostrava, or simply Colours, a multi-genre event, is the biggest international music festival in Czechia and one of the biggest in Central Europe, held every summer since 2002 in Ostrava, the third largest city in the country. Colours features 16 stages, including 4 big open-air stages (the main one with a capacity of 15,000), 6 indoor stages, a theatre stage, a workshop stage, a kids' stage, a cinema, and live discussions. It features performers from all major popular music genres as well as avant-garde music and world music.
| Colours of Ostrava | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Various |
| Dates | Second or third weekend in July (4 days) |
| Location(s) | Ostrava, Czechia |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Founded by | Zlata Holušová |
| Website | colours |
Until 2012, Colours took place in the Silesian Ostrava Castle entertainment district and on the Černá louka fairgrounds, as well as at other places in the city centre. In 2010, attendance exceeded 30,000, and it became the first festival in Czechia to be sold out a month in advance. In 2011, the event celebrated its tenth anniversary. Since 2012, the festival takes place on recultivated brownfields in the Vítkovice city district.