Admission fee for the exhibition and the casemates is 10 CZK per person, free entry to the castle precinct.
Please prepare the exact sum in advance.
Selected permanent exhibitions will be open for visitors. The last entry to the permanent and temporary exhibitions is at 23.30.
In the Great Castle Courtyard a programme focusing on medieval torture and hell fire created by the REX Agency with support by Brno City Council will take place from 18.00 to 24.00.
18.00The Executioner and the Fool – children’s competition – Rex 18.45Arma Bravo – Bravo historic fencing team 19.30The Executioner and the Fool – children’s competition – Rex 20.15Spanish Inquisition anyone? – Sígři group 21.00Gabra Aším Kílvap – dance with fire 21.45Arma Bravo – Bravo historic fencing team 22.30Gabra Aším Kílvap – dance with fire 23.15Spanish Inquisition anyone? – Sígři group 23.45Hell Fire– Rex and guests
An old-style market with historical goods, crafts, as well as ample refreshments in taverns, will be found in all the courtyards. The castle wine room with wine tasting is organized by the Moravian Wine Bank.
The casemates will become alive with the screaming and crying of the prisoners in the dark dungeons of the Špilberk prison.
19.00 and 21.00 In the royal chapel of the eastern wing of the castle songs by the Beatles, Radiohead, Louis Armstrong as well as music by young Brno composers will be performed by the Veritas ensemble, comprising students and lecturers from the Veritas Learning courses, the core of which is made up of ukulele players accompanied by a bass guitar, djembe and flute.
20.00 and 22.00 the royal chapel will resonate with the tones of medieval Renaissance music performed by the Alternus ensemble.
19.30 and 21.30 In the Gothic Hall in the Small Courtyard the AGADIR Theatre of Music and Poetry company will stage their melodrama The Violin Player, an international (Czech-Slovak) and multicultural project blending poetry (in Czech and Slovak), music and fine art (in the form of projection) by the painter Květa Fulierová. The performance will be published as a book and on CD this year.
The Baroque pharmacy of the Cloister of St. Elisabeth in the Small Courtyard — publications on sale at reduced prices.
Children can take a ride on a horse and ponies on the western courtine.
Toy Museum, The Měnínská Gate, Měnínská 7, Brno
Open from 18:00 to 23:00. Last entry at 22:30. Admission fee 10 CZK per person. Please prepare the exact amount in advance. Entry to the exhibition limited to 30 persons at a time.
Permanent exhibition of historical toys from the collection of Milada Kollárová.
