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ESENCIA festival tradičnej kultúry Košického kraja
ESENCIA festival of traditional culture of the Košice region
Event by: Centrum kultúry Košického kraja
Location: Kunsthalle Košice, Rumanova 1, Staré Mesto
Topics: Folk music & dance
About event
🍀🎻 ESSENCE 2026 | Festival of Traditional Culture of the Košice Region
📅 September 11 – 12, 2026
📍 Košice, Kunsthalle
It is not necessary to know folk songs or to know how to dance čardáš. You just need to have the desire to discover new experiences, meet interesting people and experience an atmosphere that combines traditions with the present.
For the fifth year, the ESENCIA festival brings to Košice two days full of music, dance, singing, theater, crafts, creative activities and joint meetings. It is open to everyone who wants to get to know the cultural diversity of the Košice region and experience traditional culture in a different way - vividly and authentically.
🌍 Theme of the year: Meeting of cultures
This year's ESSENCE will show that traditions can naturally connect people, generations and regions. Concerts, dance performances, folk dance and singing schools, crafts, creative workshops and the popular Dance House with live music await you.
Program
📅 Friday | September 11
🕘 Traditional culture through play - educational concert for schools
💃 Dance and sing with us - folk dance and singing schools
🎭 Navel - Everything between East and West (Ifjú Szivek Táncszínház Dance Theatre)
🪗Dance House
📅 Saturday | September 12
💃 Dance and sing with us - schools of folk dance and singing
🌿 The essence of folklore - gala program of the festival
🎶 Concert by Júlia Kozáková - Manuš II
🪗 Dance house
✨ During both days
• creative workshops
• activity Street art in ornament
• traditional crafts and handicrafts
• gastrozone
👉 We will gradually publish the complete program, news and all practical information at:
www.tradiciekraja.sk
We are looking forward to meeting you at ESENCIA 2026.
👏 Košice self-governing region supported from public sources
📅 September 11 – 12, 2026
📍 Košice, Kunsthalle
It is not necessary to know folk songs or to know how to dance čardáš. You just need to have the desire to discover new experiences, meet interesting people and experience an atmosphere that combines traditions with the present.
For the fifth year, the ESENCIA festival brings to Košice two days full of music, dance, singing, theater, crafts, creative activities and joint meetings. It is open to everyone who wants to get to know the cultural diversity of the Košice region and experience traditional culture in a different way - vividly and authentically.
🌍 Theme of the year: Meeting of cultures
This year's ESSENCE will show that traditions can naturally connect people, generations and regions. Concerts, dance performances, folk dance and singing schools, crafts, creative workshops and the popular Dance House with live music await you.
Program
📅 Friday | September 11
🕘 Traditional culture through play - educational concert for schools
💃 Dance and sing with us - folk dance and singing schools
🎭 Navel - Everything between East and West (Ifjú Szivek Táncszínház Dance Theatre)
🪗Dance House
📅 Saturday | September 12
💃 Dance and sing with us - schools of folk dance and singing
🌿 The essence of folklore - gala program of the festival
🎶 Concert by Júlia Kozáková - Manuš II
🪗 Dance house
✨ During both days
• creative workshops
• activity Street art in ornament
• traditional crafts and handicrafts
• gastrozone
👉 We will gradually publish the complete program, news and all practical information at:
www.tradiciekraja.sk
We are looking forward to meeting you at ESENCIA 2026.
👏 Košice self-governing region supported from public sources