Traditional Music Festivals in Moravia
Annual festivals: The following festivals are held annually unless otherwise noted.
- May
- Jízda králů (Ride of Kings) Festival in Vlčnov
- Podluží v písni a tanci (Podluží in Songs and Dance Festival) – held in Tvrdonice
- June
- Kosecké písně – held in Buchlovice
- International Folklore Festival in Frýdek-Místek
- Rožnovská valaška – held in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
- International Folklore Festival in Strážnice
- July
- Rožnovské slavnosti – held in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
- International Folklore Festival "Evropské setkání národů" (European Meeting of Nations) – held in Telč
- Kopaničářské slavnosti (Kopanice Festival) – held in Starý Hrozenkov
- International Folklore Festival in Svatobořice-Mistřín
- Horňácké slavnosti (Horňácko Festival) – held in Velká nad Veličkou
- Romská píseň (Romani Song Festival) – held in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
- August
- Národopisný festival Kyjovska (Ethnographic Festival of the Kyjovsko Region) – held in Milotice
- Slovácký rok (Moravian Slovakian Year Festival) – the oldest Moravian folklore festival, held every four years in Kyjov
- International Folklore Festival "Folklór bez hranic" (Folkore Without Borders) – held in Ostrava
- International Folklore Festival in Šumperk
- Festival in Liptál
- August/September
- International Folklore Festival in Brno
- September
- Hanácké slavnosti (Hanakian Festival) – held in Prostějov
- October
- Festival hudebních nástrojů (Festival of Musical Instruments) – held in Uherské Hradiště
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