Colours_of_Ostrava Knowpia

Colours of Ostrava
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.cz

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.

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.

Partial lineups, by year edit

2002: Monkey Business, Kryštof, Buty, Tata Bojs, Floex, and Oldřich Janota

2003: Goran Bregović, Geoffrey Oryema, Kosheen, Support Lesbiens, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, Te Vaka, Kryštof, and Divokej Bill

2004: Natacha Atlas, Bob Geldof, Rachid Taha, Zion Train, Oysterband, Urban Trad, Elliott Murphy, Monkey Business, Tata Bojs, and Buty

2005: George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic featuring Bernie Worrell, Asian Dub Foundation, Alabama 3, Fun-Da-Mental, Transglobal Underground, Mariza, Daara J, Septeto Nacional, Kryštof, The Klezmatics, Dan Bárta, Monkey Business, and Čechomor

2006: Salif Keita, Robert Plant & Strange Sensation, Gogol Bordello, The Frames, Delirious?, Woven Hand, Cheikh Lo, Zakopower, Stephan Micus, Monkey Business, Chinaski, and Lenka Dusilová

2007: Marianne Faithfull, Mando Diao, Bajofondo Tango Club, Gipsy Kings, Coldcut, Yungchen Lhamo, Vinicio Capossela, Orange Blossom, The Idan Raichel Project, Goran Bregović, Richard Bona, Balkan Beat Box, Djivan Gasparyan, Salsa Celtica, and CocoRosie

Jamie Cullum at Colours of Ostrava, 2009

2008: Sinéad O'Connor, Goldfrapp, Happy Mondays, Jan Garbarek, Habib Koité, Koop, Shantel & Bucovina Club, Hawkwind, [[Gogol Bordello, The Dandy Warhols, Lou Rhodes, Noa, Tanya Tagaq, and Deva Premal & Miten

2009: Ahn Trio, Asian Dub Foundation, David Byrne, Jamie Cullum, Jape, Johnny Clegg, Jon Anderson, KTU, Maceo Parker, Michael Nyman Band, Morcheeba, Mamady Keïta, Mercury Rev, Stereo MC's, Glenn Kaiser Band, The Violet Burning, and Tata Bojs

2010: Iggy Pop & the Stooges, The Cranberries, Regina Spektor, Afro Celt Sound System, Jaga Jazzist, El Gran Silencio, Erik Truffaz Paris Project, Porcupine Tree, Mor Karbasi, Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos, The Proclaimers, Sophie Hunger, and Zion Train

2011: Grinderman, Salif Keita, Public Image Ltd, Yann Tiersen, Clannad, Balkan Brass Battle, Swans, Apollo 440, Brendan Perry, Santigold, The Horrors, Semi Precious Weapons, The Herbaliser, Blackfield, Lisa Hannigan, Joan As Police Woman, Mono, Dubioza kolektiv, La Shica, and Frank Yamma

2012: Alanis Morissette, Bobby McFerrin, The Flaming Lips, ZAZ, Janelle Monáe, Antony and the Johnsons, Rufus Wainwright and His Band, Animal Collective, Infected Mushroom, Mogwai, Parov Stelar Band, Kronos Quartet / Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Staff Benda Bilili, Fink, Hjaltalín, Portico Quartet, Katzenjammer, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, and Hugh Masekela

2013: Sigur Rós, Jamie Cullum, The xx, The Knife, Tomahawk, Damien Rice, Bonobo, Asaf Avidan, Woodkid, Russkaja, Devendra Banhart, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maria Peszek, Kumbia Queers, Dub FX, Rokia Traoré & Inspiral Carpets, Jon Hassell, Sara Tavares, Balkan Beat Box, Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa, Irie Révoltés , Tata Bojs, Markéta Irglová, Pražský výběr, Aneta Langerová, Xindl X, and Wanastowi Vjecy

Colours of Ostrava 2014 in Dolní oblast Vítkovice

2014: Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, The National, ZAZ, MGMT, Bastille, John Newman, John Butler Trio, MØ, Angélique Kidjo, Chet Faker, Emilíana Torrini, Trentemøller, Seasick Steve, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Les Tambours du Bronx, Hidden Orchestra, Jamie Woon, Ólafur Arnalds, Shaka Ponk, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Korben Dallas, A Tribe Called Red, Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere, Monkey Business, Chinaski, Bára Hrzánová & Condurango, Anna K, 5P Luboše Pospíšila, Lake Malawi, and Gipsy.cz

2015: Björk, Kasabian, Rudimental, St. Vincent, Mika, Clean Bandit, José González, The Cinematic Orchestra, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Caribou, Roni Size & Reprazent, Avishai Cohen's New York Division, Klangkarussell, HVOB, William Fitzsimmons, Michal Hrůza a kapela Hrůzy, Vladimír Mišík & Etc, Lenny, Floex, Xindl X, Aneta Langerová, Lenka Dusilová a Baromantika, Vladimír Merta Trio, and Telefon Tel Aviv

2016: Tame Impala, Of Monsters and Men, M83, Passenger, Thievery Corporation, Kodaline, The Vaccines, Caro Emerald, Underworld, Sharon Kovacs, Monkey Business, Lake Malawi, Barbora Poláková, DVA, Už jsme doma, Korben Dallas, and 2Cellos

2017: Imagine Dragons, alt-J, Norah Jones, Jamiroquai, Midnight Oil, Moderat, Birdy, LP, Laura Mvula, Benjamin Clementine, Unkle, Michael Kiwanuka, Justice, Zrní, Michal Hrůza, Tata Bojs, Aneta Langerová, Nouvelle Vague, Walking on Cars, and Faada Freddy

2018: N.E.R.D. with Pharrell Williams, Kygo, Jessie J, Grace Jones, George Ezra, Paul Kalkbrenner, Joss Stone, Cigarettes After Sex, Kaleo, London Grammar, Future Islands, Beth Ditto, Ziggy Marley, Mura Masa, Aurora, Oumou Sangaré, Calexico, Jon Hopkins, GusGus, and Slaves

Controversy edit

In 2023, visitors were denied entry by security if they wore rainbow-colored articles of clothing. In a recording, security personnel referred to the festival's official policy of prohibiting the propagation of ideology and likened the LGBT flag to the Hakenkreuz—a Nazi symbol.^[1]