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LiKE 2025 - Festival súčasnej literatúry Košice
LIKE 2025 - Festival of contemporary literature Košice
Event by: BRaK - Bratislavský knižný festival, literarnyklub.sk, Medziriadky, Kníhkupectvo Artforum Košice, Creative Industry Košice, ASPEKT, Literárny festival Košice LIKE
Location: Hotel Michael's Palace, Komenského 9, Košice
Talks & discussions, Theatre
About event
The tenth year of LIKE - Festival of Contemporary Literature Košice is coming inexorably! We will meet 25 - 27 September 2025 in Artfore, Tabačka, memorial room Sándor Máraia, theater on the peron, ponqu and cycling.
A complete festival program can be found below.
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According to theory, literature is realized in contact with reading - it accepts, spends and transforms it. The theme of the current year has therefore become a metabolism. From Thursday to Sunday we will fill it with Jana Bodnárová, Peter Milčák, Marián Andričík, Barbora Hrínová, Miroslav Hlavač, Orsolya Karafiáth and other guests of our literary cuisine. We are waiting for debates, author readings, poetic performance, theater, music and feast. Béowulf / Peter Milčák, Jakub Milčák, Marián Andričík (📍artforum)
20:00 - Poeti from the street: Hi Košice! /Teriyakii, Simon, Moon, Ljuk (📍artforum)
20:30 - Avantgard Feat East Coast/Dominik Bárt, Lubomír Tichý, Elena Petceová + Alfred Tóth, Alena Brindová, Viktória Citráková (📍artforum) 2025
17:00 - Shy Dom Barbora Hrínová / Barbora Hrínová, Marta Součková (📍artforum)
18:00 - Golden Wave 2025 - Author reading and discussion of finalists for poetry / Zuzana Husárová, Peter Milčák, Martina Ivanová, Alena Brindová, Gabriel Kuľbaková, Gabriel Kuľbaková, Gabriel (📍artforum)
18:00 - feast in Ponqu/Lea Vasková, Kristián Lazarčík, Martin Hlavatý (📍ponq)
19:00 - Version Live: The Falling Forest. Brazilian Ekocritics /Zuzana Greksakova, Lucia Halova, Michal Tallo (📍artforum)
19:00 - Krumpli I Druha Zelenna (stand -up) /Ivanka Sirota (📍na Peron)
Saturday 27. 9. 2025
11:00 - Czech Book of the Year: Miroslava Hlauča/Miroslav Hlavočo, Erika Godlová (📍artforum) Memorial Room of Sándora Máraia)
15:00 - SIN countries with Ruthenian Andersen / Michal Pavlič, Peter Medviď, Anna Zamutovská, Lea Vasková (📍artforum)
15:00 - @Soc_ke cycling between blocks (trip) / Maroš Juhás (📍na route: Račkov Park, Comeni Czechoslovak army, amphitheater, terrace, Železníky, Šibená hora)
16:00 - Karlos Kolbas: Mr. Karlos Kolbas, Koloman Kertész Bagala (📍 Memorial Room Sándora Máraia) Klapáková, Martin Makara, Peter Darovec (📍tabačka)
17:00 - New Poland from Silesia to Sea with Zbigniew Rokit / Ziegiew Rokita, Laco Oravec (📍artforum)
18:00 - Author's reading: Vičanová (📍tabačka)
18:00 - sirens Orsolye karafiáth/Orsolya Karafiáth, Ivana Gibová, Lucia Hrašková (📍 Memorial Room of Sándora Máraia) Peron)
19:00 - Candles are played (📍 Memorial Room Sándora Máraia)
20:00 - Viktor Ori (📍Tabačka)
21:00 - Vojik (📍tabačka)
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The event is implemented with the financial support of the Fund to support the culture of national minorities. The event was supported by the City of Košice. Partners: GOOUT SLOVAKIA, what to read, book revue, - lem.fm, Rusyn.fm.
A complete festival program can be found below.
🩷❤️💚
According to theory, literature is realized in contact with reading - it accepts, spends and transforms it. The theme of the current year has therefore become a metabolism. From Thursday to Sunday we will fill it with Jana Bodnárová, Peter Milčák, Marián Andričík, Barbora Hrínová, Miroslav Hlavač, Orsolya Karafiáth and other guests of our literary cuisine. We are waiting for debates, author readings, poetic performance, theater, music and feast. Béowulf / Peter Milčák, Jakub Milčák, Marián Andričík (📍artforum)
20:00 - Poeti from the street: Hi Košice! /Teriyakii, Simon, Moon, Ljuk (📍artforum)
20:30 - Avantgard Feat East Coast/Dominik Bárt, Lubomír Tichý, Elena Petceová + Alfred Tóth, Alena Brindová, Viktória Citráková (📍artforum) 2025
17:00 - Shy Dom Barbora Hrínová / Barbora Hrínová, Marta Součková (📍artforum)
18:00 - Golden Wave 2025 - Author reading and discussion of finalists for poetry / Zuzana Husárová, Peter Milčák, Martina Ivanová, Alena Brindová, Gabriel Kuľbaková, Gabriel Kuľbaková, Gabriel (📍artforum)
18:00 - feast in Ponqu/Lea Vasková, Kristián Lazarčík, Martin Hlavatý (📍ponq)
19:00 - Version Live: The Falling Forest. Brazilian Ekocritics /Zuzana Greksakova, Lucia Halova, Michal Tallo (📍artforum)
19:00 - Krumpli I Druha Zelenna (stand -up) /Ivanka Sirota (📍na Peron)
Saturday 27. 9. 2025
11:00 - Czech Book of the Year: Miroslava Hlauča/Miroslav Hlavočo, Erika Godlová (📍artforum) Memorial Room of Sándora Máraia)
15:00 - SIN countries with Ruthenian Andersen / Michal Pavlič, Peter Medviď, Anna Zamutovská, Lea Vasková (📍artforum)
15:00 - @Soc_ke cycling between blocks (trip) / Maroš Juhás (📍na route: Račkov Park, Comeni Czechoslovak army, amphitheater, terrace, Železníky, Šibená hora)
16:00 - Karlos Kolbas: Mr. Karlos Kolbas, Koloman Kertész Bagala (📍 Memorial Room Sándora Máraia) Klapáková, Martin Makara, Peter Darovec (📍tabačka)
17:00 - New Poland from Silesia to Sea with Zbigniew Rokit / Ziegiew Rokita, Laco Oravec (📍artforum)
18:00 - Author's reading: Vičanová (📍tabačka)
18:00 - sirens Orsolye karafiáth/Orsolya Karafiáth, Ivana Gibová, Lucia Hrašková (📍 Memorial Room of Sándora Máraia) Peron)
19:00 - Candles are played (📍 Memorial Room Sándora Máraia)
20:00 - Viktor Ori (📍Tabačka)
21:00 - Vojik (📍tabačka)
🩷❤️💚
The event is implemented with the financial support of the Fund to support the culture of national minorities. The event was supported by the City of Košice. Partners: GOOUT SLOVAKIA, what to read, book revue, - lem.fm, Rusyn.fm.