The word "pohoda" means "relax" or "ease" in the Slovak and Czech languages.

Pohoda Festival
Pohoda 2024
Genre	Various
Dates	First half of July (3 days)
Locations	Trenčín, Slovakia Štadión na Sihoti (1997) Pod Sokolicami (1998–2003) Trenčín Airport (2004–present)
Years active	1997–present
Founders	Michal Kaščák, Mário Michna
Attendance	30,000 (2019)
Website	Official website

Pohoda is an open-air summer music festival in Slovakia, first organized in 1997 in Trenčín. It is the biggest Slovak music event organized annually. The current venue is Trenčín Airport.

In addition to a variety of musical genres (rock, pop, indie, electronic, classical, experimental and folk), its programme is full of contemporary art – from visual art, theatre, literature, film, dance to stand-up comedy and various workshops, discussions and a zone of non-profit organizations.

Pohoda has been held at the Trenčín Airport since 2004, and the current maximum capacity of the festival is 30,000 visitors. The festival's programme takes place on 16 stages, which each year host over 130 musical performers from all over the world. Some of the most famous names in the festival's history to date include Liam Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers, Björk, The 1975, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lou Reed, The Prodigy, Pixies, The Roots, Mac DeMarco, The XX, Tame Impala, Sigur Rós, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fatboy Slim, James Blake, St. Vincent, Atoms for Peace, Kraftwerk, Portishead, Moby, Pulp and Suede.

Pohoda is one of the best known cultural brands in Slovakia, regularly winning various awards. In 2023, it was named one of the Top 10 Independent European Festivals by the UK's IQ Magazine^[1] and in the same year it won the prestigious Best Medium-Sized European Festival at the European Festival Awards.^[2]

The 29th edition of the festival will take place on 10–12 July 2025 and will be headlined by Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Queens of the Stone Age, Fontaines D.C., Ashnikko and FERG, and co-headlined by Morcheeba, JPEGMafia, Marc Rebillet, Magdalena Bay, Action Bronson, The Kills, Kamasi Washington and Yousuke Yukimatsu. ^[3]